Me now

Lush I know! :(

Thanks Danielle :-)
I wear it all the time (I'm not just saying that)

10 weeks later

If the idea of this treatment was to make me feel totally poisioned and ill, look like a twat and have more seizures, then.......... WOW its fucking worked!!!

Helpful hints for radiotherapy heads....

.....what helped me.

I had a very bad head with the radiotherapy, but some people will only experience hair loss. There are different degrees of how radiotherapy can affect the skin in the area treated. So don't panic it might not be that bad!!!
Oooooo aren't I the lucky one (again)

1. Buy everything you need before treatment starts e.g Cream, baby shampoo, shower cap etc (what the doc's recommend) I never used the shower cap.
   
2. Get a very soft cotton pillow case, 2 minimum is good. Or a sleep hat (I never tried this)
   
3. Cut your hair really short BEFORE treatment. Even if you look/feel like a complete twat. My head very quickly got sore (2 days in) and it was impossible to put cream on my scalp coz I hadn't cut my hair short enough. Also when mine started to fall out it felt like someone was pulling my hair out with each little movement.
4. CREAM CREAM CREAM. I creamed my head at least 3 times a day every day. Use the cream your doc suggested. Don't just buy/use a random.
5. DRINK DRINK DRINK. I'd say this is one of the most important. Will hydrate your skin and helps your body repair. I drank 4-5 bottles of water each day. Just try and avoid caffeine drinks
   
6. HATS. I personally brought specialised hats for hair loss. I started wearing hats on & off for a few months before my treatment started, to get used to them and then during/after treatment people would already be used to seeing me wear hats. I made sure all the hats I brought were really loose fitting.
   
7. Don't under estimate how losing your hair will affect you emotionally. I didn't think it would bother me as much as it did.
   
8. WASHING. My head was so painful my shower was too strong, so I washed mine with a jug (very slowly & carefully) I read somewhere not to wash your hair/head more than a max of 3 times a week. I washed mine twice a week and that was to just to mainly rinse some of the piles of cream off :-)
   
9. Nurses gave me cooling pads as my forehead was so 'burnt' (felt like sun burn) that helped.
10. Keep some of your hair. Weird for some I know!!! but I did
    

Day 30 of 30 LAST DAY

Before


After


At Home

The Fly

Just realised, It looks like someone has mistaken my head for a massive fly and gone a bit mad & fly swatter happy!!

Day 27 of 30

Head update. Not as sore now. How Trendy?? :-)

OMG just had a the shittiest couple days. Had to sleep through most of it! Not just tired shit, but oh my god they are actually poisoning me kinda shit. Also bit emotional. I had one of my fuck fuckedy fuck days, just thinking about 'what about after?' how shit our life situation is, how shit other people can be etc, I think the whole brother situation brought all of that on, oh and I saw someone from my 'old work' at the hospital. So all of the above was wrapped up in a little bundle present of shit. I prefer grapes, the seedless kind thanks.
I cried, Lee loved me better and then he made me some of his lush scrambled eggs on toast :-)
I'm lucky I have my close family to love me better & make me smile and laugh. My boys have been brilliant, me and lee are sooooo proud of Jamie.
Got a constant sicky feeling thing going on. I'm drinking about 6 bottles of water a day (you can't even tell I've weee'd it's so clear)
Prepare yourself for the next bit................
I've gone off T a bit, WHAT!!! gone from 10-15 cups a day to less than 5.......I know!!!
and wait for it...... chocolate as well. I have practically got a basket full of chocolate in my room.
Because of my sicky thing. I just wanna drink cold water, melon & grapes and plain food like toast, jackets, pasta etc. Then I read a thing on 'managing nausea through treatment' and that's what they said anyway. Water, cold foods & plain foods. I'm soooo brilliant :-)
Anyway enough of my gibber gabber. I feeling like i've got rid of that poo parcel present now.

Day 25 of 30 (Shitty day - no friends!!!!)

........At least I have my gorgeous lee :-)

Starting to feel really poorly now.

Day 23 of 30

Radiotherapy head!!


Random Stair Video!!!!