I knew I was going to lose my hair because of the chemotherapy. I intended to get a very, very short haircut to minimize the effect, but I delayed too long and now I am dealing with the experience of losing 3-inch long hairs everywhere.
Not to put too fine a point on it, I am shedding like a malemute in June; and it's pretty darn annoying.
I'll be working on my laptop, only to look down and see my keyboard littered with random shafts. I take off a sweater and then have to spend several minutes working on it with a clothes brush.
And nobody told me this was going to hurt! My scalp feels like it's badly sunburned. This makes it very challenging to lay my head on a pillow, which of course makes it very hard to sleep.
Checking on the Internet—the source of all wisdom—I find that scalp pain is a fairly common experience for chemo patients. The good news seems to be that the pain will eventually stop, when the hair has left for good.
In the meantime, I need to haul out the vacuum cleaner.
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