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P.O.D – Boom – 2001

I received a surprising phone call yesterday. It was from my cardiologist’s office and they were calling to remind me of my upcoming appointment. With everything that has been going on lately, I had forgotten about it. Ironically, what I thought was the most important health issue I would have in my life is now only a minor thing. Most of my life has been spent ensuring that my heart was good and to minimize my risks of having heart disease. Given the family history, it only made sense at the time.

When they called, they informed me of the ultrasound appt on Tuesday. I had to tell them that I would not be able to make it because I have something more important. I did not tell them that it was the same day as my chemo treatment. I will bring this up at the appt which has been switched to Monday as I suspect they do not know yet. Also, given all the testing I have done recently, I fear that this ultrasound may be useless as I have more than enough scans of my heart. Either way, I will show up and see what they say.

So, on a different topic, today I got an answer to one of my earlier questions I had posted on my blog. Sadly, it came sooner than I expected. I woke up this morning like usual and was reading my paper when I noticed a hair. Nothing unusual, so I thought, but I started to see a few more here and there. I decided to go upstairs to our bathroom and see what the rest looked like. I ran my hands through my hair over the sink and noticed it was coming out more and more.  There were hundreds of hairs in the sink. It was at that point I knew, it all had to go.

Mary Ann was still home as she had not left yet for Montreal with Gen. I took out the clippers and she shaved my head. At first, it did not feel any different while MA ran her hands over my head. Once I went outside to clean up and I brushed my head with my hands, it was a complete shock. I can now feel how cold it is outside with the top of my head. My head feels like an upside down thermometer. It was sad for MA to see it go, not because of me having no hair on my head but the significance of it all. It is going to come as a shock when the twins come home today. I may need to warn them in advanced so that it is not too traumatic when they come home.

Then, I had lunch with my original and true best bud, Guy. It had been a while since we’ve seen each other. He was the first one outside of MA and Gen to see the new do. He says it looks good and suits me well. I still need to get used to it so I am still on the fence. You be the judge. I have photos of before and after. Would have been nice to have looked a little better prior to taking the picture but, oh well!

Before

After

Rocking the Mr. Clean look, eh? Kind of got the whole Cantin/Ethier look going on now. This is a little more real now. I am sure it will be quite a shock to the hockey boys tonight as I saw many of them last night when I still had hair. I guess there is no hiding this cancer thing now.