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Pending hair loss and bathroom repartee with #2 son

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Hair started to go Thursday – yesterday morning. Perfect timing 16 days after my first chemo and two days after the second one. Just about as the docs and nurses predicted. I was in the shower at 7AM when some hair on my head started coming out. As I got out, in walked the 8 yr. old – Tim – to do his teeth. Now we’d prepped the boys that I was going to lose my hair, and Joe (our 7th grader) has already been telling his friends. I pointed to the little amount of hair in the shower and said something like "Tim this is the start of my losing my hair." I am standing there holding a towel with no clothes on – so he doesn’t say anything – but points at my crotch!

So I said, "I don’t know Tim – some people lose just the hair on their heads and others lose all their hair – but in a couple of weeks I might look just like you."

He didn’t say a thing. Just went back to brushing his teeth.

I go for my crew cut today – Friday. Perfect timing.

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6 responses to “Pending hair loss and bathroom repartee with #2 son”

  1. Andrew Avatar
    Andrew

    Looking on the bright side, losing your hair all at once may be better than the inexorable, dragged-out process that most of us have to deal with. You’ll never be tempted to cover it up with a comb-over! Take good care of yourself and your family, and GO YANKEES!

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  2. Mary Avatar
    Mary

    You’ll look great in a crew cut–very retro 50’s. Just tell everyone you decided to join the Marines, after all. Or, we could get you a pocket protector and you could tell everyone you were one of those pencil pushers at NASA on the set of “The Right Stuff”… decided to stay in character. Actors change their look all the time! Don’t worry, it’ll grow back.
    You might want to re-consider the name of the site, though. After all, you didn’t get this on purpose, so we’re gonna cut you some slack. How about “From Here To Healing — With A Little Help From My Friends” or “Tom’s Great Adventure”? It’s important to send positive thoughts out into the universe. Just a thought.
    Regarding “prayer in all denominations”: I have a plan. We will all pray for your miraculous, total and complete recovery, asking Pope John Paul II and Mother Theresa to intercede on your behalf. They are sure to be canonized, so I figure this is a slam dunk. Then we pack you, Bridget and the boys off to Rome, to testify in the canonization
    hearings. You can be “Exhibit A”. Hey, if this blog site catches on, and we can generate a critical mass of prayer, we can all go! Book a Perillo tour, look up the relatives in the old country: Prada, Armani, Versace, Ferrari…
    Have a great day. Mary

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  3. tom faranda Avatar
    tom faranda

    Mary, you are too funny!

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  4. maggie Avatar
    maggie

    I’ve been bald for three months now and eschewed the wig/cap/bandana look for the “Croton Mom who rocks out at Lilith Faire look.” It’s working for me, and I’m sure it will work for Tom. From what I’m told, the hair comes back quickly, is thicker (which for me and Tom will be a scary site, being as we started with a TON of hair to begin with!), and is a different consistency. The key to this whole thing–hair loss and everything–is to maintain one’s sense of humor, and Tom, you’ve got that covered. Keep on keepin’ on, my friend. Maggie

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