Frightening - My hair loss, fighting cancer & a stabbing

In both my cancer battles at 24 and at 43 years old, I have had different things happen to my body. My hair even came out differently. Remembering that every chemo is different and every person has their own medicine to treat that body part. That's why there are so many different experiences. Also we all cope differently. Lots of very awful things happen and it is very hard to hold onto saying good bye to normal day things. For me it was absolutely devastating to loose my breasts, but I can hide that, most whom do not know me never picked it. But loosing my hair was very traumatic, eyelashes and eyebrows it gets a little hard to hide. In my blogs I have shared some great tips for covering up these losses.
Hair in my first Cancer battle, I lost half my hair so I was still able to wear pony tales and up do's. at 43 years old I became totally bald.
A secret that I have kept to myself for a long time is, my children were in year 10 and year 12 doing exams and formals. My middle son, was coming home from his year 10 formal with some friends that were sleeping at my house. Two friends were in a massive fight, so as you do my son offered to help stop the fight with his two friends that he was walking with. One of those boys and I am tempted to write his name here as he nearly killed my son, he hindered my recovery. He stabbed my son 3 times, he is from a wealthy and well known family of the Central Coast. Tom this boy was charged guilty and spent time in Somersby Juvenile Justice 9 months sentence. This was after my first Chemo, the stress of seeing my son at 3 am lying on a metal slab with oxygen, blood pouring from his chest, his head and his face, was more than I could bear I absolutely thought I would have a heart attack. 1 mm from his lungs he could have been killed by this idiot ICE dealing looser........Oh that is not all his mother tried to get him off so her rich friends did not find out. Well know school physco.
Due to this terrifying moment, my hair fell out much quicker than it was supposed too. So life is supposed to be calm, not see your kids nearly dead when you already are fighting for your life.
As every mother knows, I would give my life to save my children as we all would. My hair all of a sudden and fighting for my life seemed unimportant. Thank goodness my son was ok. Every day I am gratful.... When I think of that night I could WEEP....

Comments

"Hard nipples" - areola or nipple skin

Someone once wrote"... when i get really cold, or get goosebumbs all over my body, the whole things really scrunch up, like, my entire areola scrunches itself up into a wrinkled little mound. it looks really weird and ugly, and i haven't ever seen other people's breasts do it. what is wrong with my areola/nipples??" The answer: Well nothing is wrong. This is what my areola does too. It's a normal reaction to the coldness or to irritation / stimulation. The little muscles in the areola do a similar goosebump thing as your other skin can do. People often call this phenomenon "hard nipples". Also note that skin on areola has less feeling or sensation to it than other areas of your body. If the areola was very sensitive, then breastfeeding would probably be quite uncomfortable because the baby pulls and tugs it! The nipples are sensitive but the sensitivity changes with hormonal changes, such as occur at mestrual cycle or pregnancy. Also this v...

Mastectomy Drain Breast Cancer Treatment

The purpose of drains after mastectomy is to drain away the fluid that can gather in the armpit region or around the scar on the chest wall. Some people after mastectomy also find that fluid gathers around the shoulder blade area on their back - this seems more common if the muscle from the back has been used for breast reconstruction at the time the mastectomy was done. When mastectomy is done - and especially if the lymph nodes are removed from the axilla or armpit - then there is a lot of tissue fluid and lymph fluid left with no where to go. This fluid normally flows through the lymph channels but if they are cut then it can escape into the normal skin and muscle tissues. Your surgeon will place drains under your skin after mastectomy. These drains gather up the fluid and remove it to a bottle (or bottles) that you carry around with you. Some people use a belt clip to attach the drain to their waistband - making them more mobile. Others car...

Youngest Breast Cancer Survivor

No one is immune to Breast Cancer. A four-year-old Canadian Girl, Aleisha Hunter, is reported to be the youngest Breast Cancer survivor in the world. On that note, she is also the youngest woman to ever have a mastectomy. At the age of two, her mother found a lump in her daughter's breast and the doctors confirmed that it was a very rare form of breast cancer. According to the article, less than five percent of women will have to have invasive breast cancer surgery before the age of 40. Luckily, this type of cancer is very slow moving and slow growing. So, she was able to be treated without chemotherapy and harsh radiation that would have harmed her developing immune system. I hope that she continues to heal and will realize how strong and special she is one day when she is older. Aleisha, you are strong and a survivor of a disease that claims a number of lives daily. Women and men alike have been stricken by Breast Cancer, although they are usually much older....

I am still a woman - Confessions of a twice cancer survivor - my journey by Nina Ann McCurley

Search This Blog