shrinkage

Trilby · 11-28-2007, 10:56 AM

My tumor is not shrinking. This isn't going to kill me, but the fall out will. I 'll die of liver failure due to years of liver abuse but I woulda survived the CA. My bald head. I look like a baby chick with all that funky fuzz up there, my face has no features (no brows, lashes, just mashed potato feautures flung into a heap---sorta like CLOSE ENCOUNTERS when the guy went ape at the dinner table and sculpted the alien mountain out of taters...)

anyhoo---this sux. Just thought I'd still tell ya that. Plus, I"m lonely, too.

glatt · 11-28-2007, 11:05 AM

Clodfobble · 11-28-2007, 11:11 AM

I'm sorry things are looking down right now, Bri. Hang in there, we're all pulling for you.

lookout123 · 11-28-2007, 11:15 AM

hi bri. we're here.

kerosene · 11-28-2007, 11:21 AM

We love you, Bri. And you are still beautiful, babe. Hair is inconsequential, really. Just dead cells, you know?

Shawnee123 · 11-28-2007, 11:23 AM

Thinking of you, beauty girl.

LJ · 11-28-2007, 11:55 AM

crime spree anyone?

Cicero · 11-28-2007, 12:10 PM

Just thinking about what happened to you and your wig makes me want to throw myself through a glass window in some sort of strange protest against life and it's ridiculous injustices. Just an urge. I'll get over it.

I can't even say anything....so I won't.
We are here for you is all.

jester · 11-28-2007, 12:23 PM

Don't have much to say about that - just that I'm thinking about you. You could have a lot of fun with hats

limey · 11-28-2007, 01:18 PM

Hugs.

Sundae · 11-28-2007, 03:43 PM

Ah Bri, you still make me laugh when you write
Sorry the tumour's not playing ball yet - if good thoughts could heal it, it would be the size of a pinhead by now. But I guess we'd best rely on medical science for a while longer.

While you're feeling at our lowest and feel you look like something out of Grimm's Fairy Tales, I suggest you do something outrageous. Because you can't feel any worse about things and it will make you laugh when you get better.

My suggestions of once-in-a-lifetime things to do when you've had chemo:
- Go into the place where you usually buy shampoo (pharmacy, supermarket etc) with a scarf on. Queue up at the counter with an empty bottle in your hand. When you get to the front, whip off your scarf and say loudly, "I want to speak to someone about this product!"
- Go to your nearest amusement park with a friend, get a wheelchair and get to the front of all the queues - any murmers, again show your head and shout, "I've only got a month left goddamnit!" Especially make sure to get your bald picture taken on every ride.
- Buy a full burka. Hell, you might get some suspicious looks but at least you won't have anyone thinking of gravy. Might raise some eyebrows in the liquor store though.
- Go to a local event where they offer face painting. Ask to be painted up as a plate of potatoes. Then you'll know what it would really look like.
- Draw a tattoo on your head to freak out your family. Like "God Is Stopping My Hair Growing" or something. Tell them God will hoose when you grow enough back to cover it up.

I hope these help. Love and kisses on your head - it's what's inside it that's special, remember.

Aliantha · 11-28-2007, 04:45 PM

Bri...how much longer do you have with the chemo? What's the next step after that?

Griff · 11-28-2007, 07:54 PM

Sorry Bri that sucks...

Pie · 11-28-2007, 07:58 PM

Bri, I'm sorry to hear that. Don't be afraid to bring up a change of gameplan with your onc if it looks like this isn't working...
Best wishes.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2007, 10:41 PM

Bri, hang in there please. Do it for yourself. Dance with every day like it is your last, embrace life. Smile. Be happy. Don't let the dogs bring you down. Please.

11-28-2007, 10:56 AM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	shrinkage My tumor is not shrinking. This isn't going to kill me, but the fall out will. I 'll die of liver failure due to years of liver abuse but I woulda survived the CA. My bald head. I look like a baby chick with all that funky fuzz up there, my face has no features (no brows, lashes, just mashed potato feautures flung into a heap---sorta like CLOSE ENCOUNTERS when the guy went ape at the dinner table and sculpted the alien mountain out of taters...) anyhoo---this sux. Just thought I'd still tell ya that. Plus, I"m lonely, too.

11-28-2007, 11:15 AM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	hi bri. we're here. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

11-28-2007, 11:55 AM	#7
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	crime spree anyone? __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

11-28-2007, 12:10 PM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Just thinking about what happened to you and your wig makes me want to throw myself through a glass window in some sort of strange protest against life and it's ridiculous injustices. Just an urge. I'll get over it. I can't even say anything....so I won't. We are here for you is all. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-28-2007, 01:18 PM	#10
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Hugs. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-28-2007, 11:05 AM	#2
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11-28-2007, 11:11 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm sorry things are looking down right now, Bri. Hang in there, we're all pulling for you.

11-28-2007, 11:21 AM	#5
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	We love you, Bri. And you are still beautiful, babe. Hair is inconsequential, really. Just dead cells, you know?

11-28-2007, 11:23 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Thinking of you, beauty girl.

11-28-2007, 12:23 PM	#9
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	Don't have much to say about that - just that I'm thinking about you. You could have a lot of fun with hats

11-28-2007, 03:43 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ah Bri, you still make me laugh when you write Sorry the tumour's not playing ball yet - if good thoughts could heal it, it would be the size of a pinhead by now. But I guess we'd best rely on medical science for a while longer. While you're feeling at our lowest and feel you look like something out of Grimm's Fairy Tales, I suggest you do something outrageous. Because you can't feel any worse about things and it will make you laugh when you get better. My suggestions of once-in-a-lifetime things to do when you've had chemo: - Go into the place where you usually buy shampoo (pharmacy, supermarket etc) with a scarf on. Queue up at the counter with an empty bottle in your hand. When you get to the front, whip off your scarf and say loudly, "I want to speak to someone about this product!" - Go to your nearest amusement park with a friend, get a wheelchair and get to the front of all the queues - any murmers, again show your head and shout, "I've only got a month left goddamnit!" Especially make sure to get your bald picture taken on every ride. - Buy a full burka. Hell, you might get some suspicious looks but at least you won't have anyone thinking of gravy. Might raise some eyebrows in the liquor store though. - Go to a local event where they offer face painting. Ask to be painted up as a plate of potatoes. Then you'll know what it would really look like. - Draw a tattoo on your head to freak out your family. Like "God Is Stopping My Hair Growing" or something. Tell them God will hoose when you grow enough back to cover it up. I hope these help. Love and kisses on your head - it's what's inside it that's special, remember. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-28-2007, 04:45 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Bri...how much longer do you have with the chemo? What's the next step after that? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-28-2007, 07:54 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry Bri that sucks... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-28-2007, 07:58 PM	#14
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Bri, I'm sorry to hear that. Don't be afraid to bring up a change of gameplan with your onc if it looks like this isn't working... Best wishes. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

11-28-2007, 10:41 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Bri, hang in there please. Do it for yourself. Dance with every day like it is your last, embrace life. Smile. Be happy. Don't let the dogs bring you down. Please. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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