September 7, 2010

Before

During

After, note image in mirror!

Note to self: consider tats!

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words!

So here are 4 pictures and a few words to go with them.

My folks came up for a first visit on Friday.   It was great to see them, their first time up since the diagnosis.  We played board games, sat in the sun, made chocolate chip cookies and took naps!  We had a beautiful sunset dinner at the  Bel-Air Bay Club.  Saturday was tennis day.  Everyone went to watch Andie hit!   Excellent exercise for all!  They headed home after lunch, but it was wonderful to see them.

In my last email I mentioned I was holding out shaving my head until after my folks left and I had made it to a black tie wedding on Sunday. Well, I just couldn’t hold out until the wedding!  Let’s just say when I washed my hair Saturday, we would’ve put our plumbers 6 children through college with the drain cleaning bill, if I hadn’t had the sense to call Steve to help me get the hair out of the shower!!!  Like a true gentlemen, he helped me clean it up and stayed with me until I got what was left of my hair dry.  He then went to the internet and found out Floyd’s Barbershop would be open on Sunday!

As promised, Terry Davis, he of the large stature and bald pate, accompanied us to Floyds.  The photos pretty much say it all!  I managed to look pretty pulled together for the wedding thanks to a beautiful silver and black scarf my sister sent me.  (Note, you’ll have to take my word on this one, no photo included).
I had chemo today and it went really well.  The port worked easily (no one fainted!)  Instead of 5 hours it only took 3!   Thanks to my friend Laurie McCarthy for driving me. And Steve for delivering Starbucks coffee!

Just finished a yummy dinner compliments of Susan Harris.

Thank you for all your prayers, cards, emails and calls.  We can’t get through this without you!