Ha-ha! Thanks girls, you’ve all given me a right good laugh with tales of hair woe. @norts My glasses got lost at Marsden when I went for my op last week and so I am having to wear my emergency pair. It was only on yesterday’s conference call that I realised you could see the large wadge of sellotape holding the right arm on. I also had the flags of Croatia and Switzerland behind me which I had still not taken down from Eurovision. I wonder if those customers will return…?
@sez Why is it that hair grows back so unevenly? I have wings at the side of my head too. I’d love the top to grow faster but it stubbornly refuses to whereas the back just gets bushier and bushier. I too have likened myself to a clown. 
@carrie5 It’s almost like bc has given you the impetus to go and do the most kick-ass activities available to you! I love it.
@kartoffel As you know, I’ve just had my reconstruction and went with the implant. Nobody mentioned encapsulation but it does feel fairly hard still. I was expecting it to feel softer. It’s early days but I’ll let you know how it fares. At the moment my lifted real boob is bigger than the implant but that could just be swelling. Hoping it all settles down to looking ok soon. I’ll settle for ok. I’m not after a miracle.
Our @sooz1 - I know that they have to have the full picture to be able to make firm decisions about where to go with treatment but for you, it’s torture. Great news that they are continuing with the Phesgo. Keep up the pressure on that. It does sound like you are firmly on their radar so I pray that the pathology results get a move on now. I know bc doesn’t grow as fast as all that, but it’s just knowing you have a treatment plan in place and are getting on with it that soothes the mental angst. I hadn’t thought about plastic headbands. They may a bit stronger than the ones I am currently sporting and which put me in mind of a 1980s tennis player. (Think John McEnroe 1981 Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final)
@jayveebee - Sorry it’s one of those days. My counsellor told me to have a self-care pack/plan in place for those times. She said hers consisted of a blanket, music, chatting to friends and a good film to distract her. Ours is such a long haul and sometimes those days will take us by surprise. I think you’ve done exactly the right thing by coming on here and sharing it with us. I hope today is lighter for you.
Love to all
Salbert
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