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Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 69 Likes: 1 | So I went to get my haircut today. Same place as normal and I get the same somewhat not quite right person to cut my hair.
She mistakenly thinks she knows me and talks to me about things I know nothing of. Being who I am I always play along and give vague responses. It's always kind of entertaining. She talks incessantly so I don't need to act much. Every couple of months we go through this routine.
So it started out like normal today. "Have you been taking out the boat much". "No not lately, but the weather has been beautiful" (i don't own a boat.). " how are those fuzzy headed kids?" "Good, good" ( neither of mine are fuzzy).
So then she gets around behind me and sees the hair loss from radiation. "What's going on here? Did you try to fix something yourself?" "No, I have cancer"
Silence.
Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45
Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes
Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013
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Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | I guess she is going to keep quiet from now on. I go to the same barber, actually hair salon, for the past 35 years, so when he, the owner, saw me come in after 8 months post chemo, his jaw dropped. Was no hiding anything with my weight loss, hair loss, and walking in with my walker that something was wrong. He does a great job in keeping my hair looking its fullest after chemo and radiation, but it's not the same thickness as it was. Even at 52, I'm lucky to have a full set of hair.
I like the boat thing lol. Even if someone gets my name wrong, I go with the flow lol, and don't say anything.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | I hope she's a REAL GOOD barber.
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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That made me laugh!! I was told mine wouldn't grow back! But hooray it did and my hairdresser is pretty good.......but I did laugh at your crazy hairdresser!
Jayne
Scc nasal cavity /hard palate
Surgery removal of septum and roof of mouth 15/3/11 cl margins
Rt and cisplatin 6 weeks starting 24/5/11
Obturator
Age 45
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