Good Hair Day!!

Just another quick update since some of you have been asking when my scan is since I wasn’t sure in my last post. It is on Thursday afternoon. So, prayers for a good scan would be much appreciated!

I got sick out of nowhere again on Saturday like I did two Saturdays ago, since I dropped Chemo. So, I guess every other Saturday might be my rough day from now on. Luckily, it is only for one day, and it is usually OK after I lay down for a while.

We went to see 1917 yesterday. Usually, I love war movies, and I really did like this one a lot, but I didn’t think about the death themes (guess I should have 😜), and I teared up a few times. So, I am going to prepare myself for my students’ dad’s funeral on Saturday. It will be the first funeral I go to since this diagnosis. I am just going to concentrate on the guys, who I know were really close to their dad, and meeting their families. I have watched Henry’s kids grow up on Facebook, so I am so anxious to meet them, and Jose and his wife (who I also can’t wait to meet) have a brand new baby.

Other than getting sick, my only other symptoms, which I now know are from immunotherapy and not chemo, are hot flashes/getting flushed easily, and I have had itching all over my body, which I have read is common with Tecentriq.

And while I was researching side effects of Tecentriq, I came across the studies on life expectancy. Two years. I know everyone is different, and there are miracles, but I will be coming up on a year since diagnosis this summer, and it freaks me out a little. The studies discuss how aggressive triple negative cancer is, and that freaks me out a little, too. I need to stay off the Web!!!!!🙄 So, I am just going to try to stay busy till Thursday. Shouldn’t be a problem with Aleks in lacrosse now! 🚕 And I am looking forward to Amanda’s visit.

I posted this picture of me with the Pink Heals firefighters the last time I was on Chemo to remind me that I am a survivor, and I need to keep that mentality. I have a saying on my bulletin board that reads: Survior and Staying One.

And good news today — my hair is really coming in now the past few days! It is darkening. Still gray hairs in there, but I guess that is to be expected at almost 45?! But, overall, it is getting thicker and darker and longer! I actually like my hair super short. It grows in pretty stylish (not bragging, just surprising!) — off to the side in the front. I had so many people stop me to ask me where I got my hair cut last time my hair grew in, and I hadn’t had it cut yet! But then, it got curly, and that I can do without again!! My military ID and my driver’s license had to be renewed last time I had that curly hair!! UGH!!!!!! My military ID needs to be renewed this month, so I am hoping to have the short, straight hair for that! Anyway, it feels great to have some hair growing on this head. It is all baby soft when it grows back. I’d love to have my own hair for the summer because wigs and caps are hot to wear. And I hope, hope, hope 🙏🏻 this immunotherapy is working on its own because it would just be a bonus to be able to grow my hair out again.

So, in the meantime, feeling good physically and mentally this week as I wait for my scan. Wil probably update from Walter Reed as I have a two-hour wait between drinking the stuff and my actual scan.