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  • 2015
    • March 2015
      • Fuck Cancer – CaringBridge Introduction
      • So, It’s Lymphoma – March 31, 2015
    • April 2015
      • Flowers for Deb – April 2, 2015
      • Another Day, Another Biopsy – April 4, 2015
      • Quack Quack – April 8, 2015
      • New Do and a Portacath – April 10, 2015
      • Coming At You Live from Treatment Room 25! – April 13, 2015
      • Now For the Good Stuff – April 13, 2015
      • And…. We’re Done! – April 13, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 6 – Cycle 1, Part 2 – April 14, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 9! – April 15, 2015
      • Look Good Feel Better – April 15, 2015
      • Update and Wig Day – April 16, 2015
      • Wig Play – April 16, 1015
      • Relatively C-Free Weekend – April 18, 2015
      • Port Draw Day – April 21, 2015
      • Better Today April – 22, 2015
      • That Moment When “Personal Grooming” Ceases To Be An Issue – April 25, 2015
      • Today’s the Day April – 26, 2015
      • Bus Stop Baldness Reveal – April 28, 2015
    • May 2015
      • Accessorize! – May 3, 2015
      • Live from Treatment Room 9! – May 5, 2015
      • Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jig – May 5, 2015
      • Neulasta Appointment – May 7, 2015
      • Pulled an All-Nighter – May 12, 2015
      • Things of Note – May 12, 2015
      • I Remain in Custody – May 12, 2015
      • The Latest From Room 5012 – May 12, 2015
      • Some Things Can’t Be Unseen – May 12, 2015
      • Freedom!!! – May 13, 2015
      • Well, Crap! – May 13, 2015
      • Back and Forth and Still Here – May 13, 2015
      • I’m Bustin’ Out! – May 14, 2015
      • I’m Fine – May 18, 2015
      • Cheers! – May 19, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 21! – May 26, 2015
      • She Made It! – May 26, 2015
      • Needles, Needles Everywhere – May 27, 2015
      • Crazy Brows – May 28, 2015
      • Lashing Out – May 30, 2015
    • June 2015
      • Crash Into Me – June 1, 2015
      • And I’m Free, I’m Free Fallin’ – June 3, 2015
      • Spoke Too Soon – June 4, 2015
      • Hot Child in the Suburbs – June 5, 2015
      • PET Scan – June 11, 2015
      • PET Scan Results – June 12, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 19 – June 15, 2015
      • Round 4, continued – June 15, 2015
      • Needledeedledee – June 16, 2015
      • Blech Day – June 17, 2015
      • Bump in the Road – June 18, 2015
      • Waiting for Godot – June 18, 2015
      • Homeward Bound – June 18, 2015
      • R&R – June 19, 2015
      • Deb and The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day – June 23, 2015
      • Chillin’ – Retro Style – June 24, 2015
      • Housekeeping – June 24, 2015
      • Housekeeping – June 24, 2015
      • Chillin’ – Retro Style – June 24, 2015
      • Deb and The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day – June 23, 2015
      • Mail Bag – June 25, 2015
      • Zzzzzzzz – June 29, 2015
      • Closer to Fine – June 27, 2015
    • July 2015
      • Doesn’t it Figure? July 6, 2015
      • Live from treatment room 6! – July 7, 2015
      • Back Home – July 7, 2015
      • Good Day So Far – July 8, 2015
      • Great Day – July 8, 2015
      • Polar Opposite – July 9, 2015
      • Tasteless – July 10, 2015
      • Owie – July 11, 2015
      • A Horse of a Different Color – July 13, 2015
      • Adventures in Neutropenia – July 14, 2015
      • Fire-Free – July 14, 2015
      • Chillin’ – July 15, 2015
      • False Advertising – July 16, 2015
      • Chemo Head as Art – July 25, 2015
      • Live from Treatment Room 16 – July 27, 2015
      • L’Chiam! – July 27, 2015
      • Thoughts On My Last Treatment Day – July 28, 2015
      • Fuckity Fuck Fuck – July 30, 2015
      • A Bit Better – July 31, 2015
      • My Haunted Leg – July 31, 2015
    • August 2015
      • Fire Watch – August 2, 2015
      • Yep – August 2, 2015
      • Definite Incineration – August 3, 2015
      • Prisoner – August 3, 2015
      • Incineration Continues – August 4, 2015
      • Sunset, Day 2 – August 4, 2015
      • On Hair – August 4, 2015
      • Going…. Going… – August 5, 2015
      • Gone! – August 5, 2015
      • Back in the Saddle Again! – August 18, 2015
      • Live From the Nuclear Dungeon – August 20, 2015
      • Better Images – August 27, 2015
      • CANCER FREE(ish?) – August 24, 2015
    • September 2015
      • Ow! – September 2, 2015
      • Po’ Hawk – September 11, 2015
      • No Hawk – September 15, 2015
      • Can’t Do Math – September 15, 2015
      • Definite Progress – September 19, 2015
      • Step by Step – September 24, 2015
      • Not Totally Random – September 20, 2015
    • October 2015
      • Lashes! – October 1, 2015
      • Live from Sbux – October 7, 2015
      • Lumps & Bumps – October 20, 2015
      • The C-Word – October 27, 2015
    • November 2015
      • Hair! – November 10, 2015
      • Here Piggy Piggy – November 21, 2015
      • HaaallelUjah! HaaallelUjah! HallelUjah! HallelUjah! HalleeeluuujAH! – November 24, 2015
    • December 2015
      • Endings, Beginnings, and Mergings – December 13, 2015
      • Deported! – Dec 14, 2015
      • Season’s Greetings, Urinator Update, and More – Dec 23, 2015
      • First Haircut! – Dec 30, 2015
  • 2016
    • One Year Later… – Feb 19, 2016
    • Another Follow Up Visit with Alla – March 6, 2016
    • Meow Scan – May 31, 2016
    • Rockstar and Red Beans – Sep 11, 2016
    • Housekeeping – Nov 5, 2016
    • One Helluva Week (and a Half) – Dec 16, 2016
    • Checkup Time! – Mar 14, 2017
  • 2017
    • Clearing My Plate – Dec 15, 2017
    • Checkup: Check! – Aug 29, 2017
  • Epilogue – 2020
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Update and Wig Day – April 16, 2015

Last night, after dinner, I normally would have been crashed out on the couch. But the 100mg of prednisone had me going bonkers. I sat on the couch and felt like I was vibrating. The previous two days, I’d had benadryl with my infusions, so that cut the impact of the prednisone down. But yesterday, it was full strength. Wowsers. Thankfully, by 8pm, I started to chill out. I took my lorazepam and was in bed by 10 – and FEVER FREE!

When I woke up this morning, I was really groggy. I was surprised, because I slept so well. But, I got up, Mere and I did our breakfast thing, I took my meds, and got her off to school. I had hoped the fog would lift once the prednisone kicked in, but it’s hung around. Still, life goes on. I showered, got dressed, and headed out for my wig appointment.

Carol, the volunteer, was very nice. She had me try on several wigs, but I ended up taking the one that Mere liked from the catalog. After all, I’m mostly doing the wig thing for her. She’s afraid she’ll be scared of me when I’m bald, and while I don’t care what anyone else thinks of how I look, I do want my girl to be happy and comfortable with me. Maybe I’ll wear the thing once in a while for going out on the town, but being that the warm weather is headed in, I know I’m going to want comfort more than anything, and that wig is going to be HOT, so I’m sure you’ll see far more of me in bandannas and hats. Oh, and besides the wig, I got a really cute purpleish scarf that I’ll save to photograph another day – for another post. 🙂

Wig Collage
Enjoy the collage of me and the wigs. I’m going to see about shagging up the top of the winner wig, to give it some more “me” style. Gotta find a stylist who is good with trimming wigs, and I’ll be set. Oh, also of note – I ordered my eyebrow wigs from eyebrowz.com. I figure it’ll be good to get them sooner rather than later, so I can trim them to look like my own.

I want to take a quick moment to thank all of you who are following on here, texting, emailing, Facebooking, checking in, leaving comments, inappropriate jokes, and sharing your love, prayers, juju and all of that. It makes me feel even better on my good days, and I know you’ll all be such a comfort on the bad days when they inevitably show up now and then. Love you all!

Original Comments from the CaringBridge Blog:

Eye brow wigs? I had no idea! Big hug!
—Carol Elliott, April 22, 2015

I think you look good in every wig. The eyebrow thing really surprised me. Never knew they existed. Thinking of you.
—Loretta Annex, April 16, 2015

Wig pictures are great! Thinking of you.
—Sara Deck, April 16, 2015

Personally, I think you should try blue or hot pink. I hear all the cool kids are dying their hair with vivid color!
—Lenna Scott, April 16, 2015

YOU HAVE SUCH FLAIR–WITH OR WITHOUT HAIR–I’M GOING TO LIKE THE PURPLE SCARF!! : ) HUGS!!!
—Jo Wilken, April 16, 2015

If they weren’t so darn expensive, I’d say get a few and change it up- go crazy! But I like the one you chose…it’s definitely the most natural “you”! You’re a total bandana girl though…so I think that is going to be your best look!! 🙂
—Janet Stich, April 16, 2015

Funny, Kris – the bottom right (south/east corner) is the only one I don’t like! Deb, I think you look fab in each of them….but remember that I liked your short haircut last week, too. Which was the one that Meredith likes best? Also, I like the scarves – you look good with them because you have a nice shaped head. I went to the eyebrow web site – pretty amazing, too. Sending you love and so glad you are up for some X-rated humor. . .
—Margo Barbakow, April 16, 2015

How about some purple hair??? As long as you’re rocking a new look, you ought to take a walk on the wild side:-)
—Kris Baker, April 16, 2015

Top left and bottom right! You could TOTALLY rock being a blonde. 🙂 xo
—Holly Ruck, April 16, 2015

That looks like it was kinda fun!
—Mary Schumann, April 16, 2015

Thinking of you all the time!
—Susan Rosenthal, April 16, 2015

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