So I've finally gotten brave enough to announce that I have not lost my eyebrows or eyelashes and I most likely won't! At first I thought maybe it would just take longer to lose those than it did my hair, but other than thinning, they are still there-yeah! I have a history of jinxing myself. You know how it is...you say "we haven't gotten sick all year" and the next day someone is throwing up! Or if I said, "I guess I'm not going to loose my lashes & brows" and then I wake up the next morning & they are gone. That is why I have been so leery about celebrating this! But celebrate I will because you have to find the positives everyday:)
I have had some funny wig experiences. On Sunday at church I was talking to a gentleman who was asking about how things were going with me. When I said I was doing chemo he asked if I was going to lose my hair. I came clean & kindly told him that I had lost my hair and was wearing a wig. He was surprised at how much it looked like my normal hair!
Another story was when picking the kids up from school yesterday. They usually ride the bus home but I picked up for the first time in a month or so. One of the school staff in the pick-up line wondered what I had done different with my hair. I again, caught her up on the situation and she commented on how much she liked my wig.
Then we went to Lexi's orthodontist. First the assistant told me that she liked my hair. Then the doctor asked if I had done something different with my hair. I explained to him, the assistant and pretty much the whole room (it's just one big open room with all patients getting worked on next to each other) what was going on with me. Their responses were very nice as they again talked about how natural they thought the wig looked.
So today I am thankful for my eyebrows and a wig that has everyone fooled!!!
