Journal: News & Comment

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
# 1:54:00 PM:

Last day before chemo

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The doctors and nurses tell me I'm rather unlikely to lose my hair, and the real stuff (with radiation and full-on chemo drugs) doesn't start for a couple of weeks, but for posterity, here's what I look like 56 days into my cancer treatment, and one day before I start chemotherapy:

Cancer Treatment: Day 56

Several people have told me that, if I do lose my hair, it might come back different. KA (who ought to know) says Terry Fox's hair wasn't curly before chemo, and David at Navarik says a relative of his had grey hair beforehand, and black hair after.

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