Reeb your post really made me laugh. Its good we can still maintain a sense of humour through all this isn’t it?
I was going to make a cake today too. Perhaps I’ll invite all my friends round to share it with me!
Debs
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As women are commenting on their hair…
An upside for me has been to see what I look like with a different hair style courtesy of the wig (which I LUV!).
Like many other women undergoing chemo I had to shave all my hair off just after second chemo session as I was losing it by the handful despite the cold cap. So I got myself a nice, funky wig in a completely different style from my own hair. My normal hair is quite curly and has been cut in a longish bob for a long long time. As they didn’t have any wigs remotely resembling my natural hair when I went for the fitting I decided to go for a shorter, straighter style (I’ll have to get used to short hair for a while once it grows back anyway)in a lovely aubergine colour. Go for the kill, I say!
Well, the new wig looks amazing and everybody is commenting on how chic and younger I look. 
I LOVE IT!
Ok, what does that say about my real hair, I hear you say. The thing is I would have never had the courage to try a shorter/drastically different haircut ordinarily but I can see -thanks to my funky wig- that it might actually suit me.
Now I can’t wait for my real hair to grow back to start afresh!
New look new me!
Take care
Lulu XX
The first time in 20 years that I have no patches of psorasis. Psorasis skin cells are killed off by the chemo as they are also fast dividing cells. I know it will probably come back but I will be free of it for about 6 months post chemo. Funny but it took a friend to point out when I said my hand were so dry these days that it was probabl ynot due to the chemo but because I was not moisturising my psorasis twice a day so needed to start using hand cream.
The long ‘catching up’ phone calls from friends, friends that I’ve maybe taken for granted (and them me) over the years… but having this chance to reach out and really connect, and appreciate just how special my girlfriends are. How awful it would be to never have a reason to step back and notice what special women I have in my life - some recent additions to the friendship fold, and others I have known since I was eleven years old - 30 years of friendship!
Sophie xx
Reeb your post really made me laugh. I think i second all of what other people have said about finding your true friends and coming closer together as a family. I have also enjoyed not having to shave legs,underarms and chin also a free barazilian in the lady garden area ( although this did cling on for dear life untill the end of chemo )but i think going on holiday and not having to worry about wearing light dresses or trousers in case my period came through so i was realy impressed by going through the chemopause.xxxJulie
Reeb your post really made me LOLOLOL
Julie… my lady garden fell out first before even i lost my hair on my head… it was my leg hairs that clung on for dear life.
Lulu glad your loving your new hair despite the cold cap being a failure.
Lxxx
bump - 'cos this thread is so positive!
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Bumping it up for any new ladies. We so need some good stories after all the s**t we have to go through…
Thanks to all who have posted for this. I’m about to start treatment, despite diagnosis over a month ago, and am fighting very hard to keep the usual smile on my face.
An intial plus for me is the constant reminder about how great my kids are. Two grown-ups are doing their best, in their own ways, to be supportive. Playing on their own strengths I’m seeing their best sides.
My school-age kids have tidied my house today - bless! I’m a complete slob and they’ve gone and done what I’ve not managed to do for ages, even before diagnosis.
Kids have friends, and those friends have parents. I’m touched by the practical caring from unexpected directions. “Would your girlie like to come and spend the night? No problem, just let me know, she’s very welcome and a pleasure to have, any time you need it.” Pleasure at how nice some mums are, and pride in how my kids are so good when in other people’s houses.
My upside of cancer is that it has taught me how deep mine and my partners love for each other really is. How to live in the NOW. Probably most of all its taught me how to focus on what really matters.
I have also just found this thread and it’s beautiful. I have found that people I hardly know have quietly supported me in quite oblique ways. I am 52 and work full time and some of the youngsters at work (the same age as my children) have quietly done things I would normally do. We can’t be positive all the time as having cancer is not nice but it’s so heart warming to read these posts
I have reported post - the t shirt certainly is " interesting " !!