"As you can see my hair is starting to come out!! My scalp is tingly and chilly in the bald places! I have an appointment on Friday morning with Dr. Miranda. I will have my blood counts checked that morning prior to the visit. As long as the counts look decent, chemo is still planned for Tuesday. Thanks for all your support and love!!" ~ Melissa
Then tonight she sent me this new picture saying that this much hair has come out since the other picture was taken! There were about 6 hours in between the two pictures. Yesterday she said that two handfuls of hair came out in the shower! It's so crazy that it is happening so fast :/ Melissa was telling me all about why chemo makes hair fall out. Cancer cells divide fast so chemo targets rapidly dividing cells. Unfortunately, chemo can't distinguish between cancer cells and other cells that divide fast, like hair, white blood cells and cells in the mouth. So that is why she was having awful mouth sores and her white blood count was so low. I learn a lot from that smart girl, and it helps me to understand what is happening and why, so I just thought I would share. ~ Nicole
Practically perfect in every way! Just as we suspected! You are beautiful inside and out, don't worry about the hair, we all focus on your eyes and smile anyway! You will never lose your brightness. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThis journey is going to kill me to follow. You are THE SWEETEST person I know. I know that this is a big trial for you and hope you know how much I love and adore you. Thank you for opening your world to the rest of us. We are all routing for you. Bald is BEAUTIFUL. Loves, loves and more loves.
ReplyDeleteI am entering this as a comment because I know Nicole won't put it in the blog. A huge thank you to her for updating and maintaining this site. It is such an amazing way to keep everyone in the loop. Thank you Kolie. I appreciate you so much, and love you more than you can possibly know!
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