Okay my Fish Mac days and evening burger runs are catching up with me.  I no longer can say that I'm not gaining weight this time around doing chemo.  I'm up 8 pounds since my last chemo.  Maybe if I cut back just a little bit?  It's just too easy to snack all day long and eat big meals too.  I'm going to try and snack on more nutrious low cal foods.  Remember, I said "try".  I'll have to see.  Personally as long as my cancer marker goes down then I really don't care if my weight goes up.

But at least I still have hair!  It's a little thinner, but hey, it's still there.  I'm totally amazed and thankful since both of my chemo drugs I'm doing this time have hair loss as a side effect.  I never imagined that I wouldn't have that side effect!  Yeah, totally amazed since I seem to get almost every side effect mentioned!! 

I may still have to wear a hat or scarf though in public or be brave enough not to care.   I'm talking gray roots.  I used to see woman with the worse gray roots and wonder what is going on in their mind that they would let it go like that.  Well I'm never going to wonder that again or for that matter think poorly of anyone's appearance ever again.  It may very well be that they have cancer and are going through treatments and can't color their hair.  I'm one of them now.  Chemo drugs damage the hair follicles and cause hair loss.  Coloring is to be avoided until after chemo because it can cause permanent damage to already sensitive follicles.  I actually read where it's suggested not to color until 6 months after ending chemo.  Oh baby, I'll have major gray roots by then. 

Last time I did chemo I lost my hair, so I wore a wig while my hair grew long enough to color.  Yep, this time I may have to do something more stylish like scarves or hats, or become one of the brave women with gray roots and proud of it!!