I'm sure you've seen the commercials about the cancer drug that may have caused people to lose their hair permanently. One of the things they mention is something called alopecia. I actually knew a gal that suffered with that. She worked in the office next door to our AC company and we had no idea why she was shaving off her eyebrows and drawing them on or why she wore some of the wigs she did. It was obvious they were wigs and not really good ones.
I used to say hi to her all the time because we both seemed to get to our respective offices around the same time of the morning. One day we started saying more than that and, little by little, we became friends. We even discovered that we had a couple mutual friends but had just not run across each other before. She told me she didn't often go out after work because she had a young son and she suffered from alopecia. I hadn't heard of that but I asked her what that was. She told me she had lost all her hair...all over her body. She didn't shave her eyebrows....she didn't have any! She never had to shave her legs or underarms. She had no hair...anywhere! Her husband had divorced her after her bout with breast cancer AND the loss of all her hair. He couldn't deal with it and my heart just broke for her. To raise a little boy, alone, was not fun for her, I'm sure. He was only 2 or 3 (I don't remember exactly but she was still trying to potty train him).
I felt awful about saying some of the things I had said, although she never knew that. The gal in our office that worked for us (and the one that had noticed her drawn eyebrows before I did) felt bad, too, when I told her about the alopecia. She told me she didn't date because she was afraid of what someone's reaction might be over her being bald....everywhere.
My feelings were that if a guy reacted badly, he wasn't worth much and she should dump them like the garbage they would show they are. She laughed but I know I never convinced her. We could never really socialize since she had to rush to pick up her son after work and he took up all her time. But I hope if the drug the commercials name was responsible for her losing all her hair, that she contacted one of the attorneys and got some money for all the heartache she endured.
We ate the last batch of Italian beef from my bff today. We had used up all the green pepper that went with it with the first batch so the Beast went and got some from the store and we cooked it ourselves for this batch. It was really good. We were shocked to discover that Portillo's (also under Taste of Chicago) no longer sells tamales! So the Beast went to Supreme's site and ordered some from them. It was after he had ordered some that he found Tom Tom Tamales site but he bookmarked it for when we want some in the future.
Tomorrow is the day I go for my pre-surgery testing. I go at 10:30am so, when I am done there, I'm going to stop at Cee's house. She is making lunch for us. That works out well and we will be able to visit for a bit. I should find out what time I have to be at the hospital on Thursday tomorrow, too. I just hope it's not too early but you never know.
The Beast made up a picture of the Princess and family that I just love. She had put one on her FB page but this one is much better. Johnnycakes has his hand on Chewlee's shoulder and they all have great smiles on their faces. I'm so happy that he made it up and has hung it in the LR. It makes me want to have pictures of all my kids (and their families & grandkids where applicable).
Well, I have to shower and get to bed if I am going to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning. Love you all. Be happy. ***Hugs***
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