First some quotes from a friend: bulrush (Chuck R.)

“I always try to find the positive side of things, so I will attempt to be funny.”

A Positive twist on Chemo
- You save money and time on haircuts.
- No one lies to say “Gee, your hair looks nice today.”
- Bald is beautiful!
- You get to wear wacky bandannas on your head.
- People wait on you.
- You get to tell stories with a high “Wow” factor. Like when the nurse gives you chemo she has to wear a full body suit, complete with helmet, like in those virus movies.
- You can catch up on your sleep. (Some chemo makes you real sleepy.)
- The drugs for the side effects they have today are a lot better than 10 years ago.
- Your spouse gets to do all the housework and cooking and take care of the kids.
- You can wear a clown nose to the hospital, and the people will just think “Oh, she’s just destressing.”
- The hospital serves cookies for certain types of chemo.

Thanks for the light side of things, Chuck! We always need to laugh a little more!

To add to your lines:

My brother just bought my sister a Harley-Davidson bandana. She says it the softest one she owns, and cost him $20! I hope he gets me one with butterflies! I love bikes, but I’ll let the two of them sport the Harley wear hahaha

My husband has been doing all the housework, laundry, & cooking already for over a year now, and the kids are grown, I’ll be danged if either one of us is taking care of them!

My Dad always went with my Mom for her Chemo, because they had great supplies of herbal tea. He now drinks it all the time, and rarely drinks coffee. He never drank tea before. He still goes over to the Cancer Center when anyone is in the hospital for anything, and gets himself a cup of tea. They will remember him if I get to get treatments here in town, I’m sure!

I’m definitely used to the “drugs for the side effects of the drugs” thing. I’ve been on Prednisone for 5 years. You talk about a drug with side effects. I guess maybe it was preparation? hahaha

I do agree that bald is beautiful, but I always referred to men when I said that before!

Thanks to all the gals that commented on the procedure for my daughter. I’ll let her know what everyone has had to say. I don’t know if she was already familiar with it or not. She may have been, as she is a nurse,but she’s pretty young, and works in a nursing home, so may not have had any contact with the procedure or information other than what the DR gave her, and she has read on it. It sure makes me feel better