2nd to Last Chemo Treatment!...Going Bald...Getting My Wig, ......

I am really excited to talk with my Son Elder Featherstone (Parker) on Christmas!! Today is my last chemo treatment! I will be sick for a day or two but will hopefully be better to enjoy Christmas. My doctor’s office is closing. Her partner is retiring so Dr. Prystas will be moving over to Huntsman Cancer. I will continue to see her there. I will also continue to see my OB Oncologist. Last week was my last visit at their office. My nurse Kathy gave me a treat bag with a granola like mix in it with a label saying, congratulations on your last treatment!

I have now had massive amounts (handfuls) of hair coming out, so I made the decision to call my wig guy (Rich) and tell him I was ready. I had been shedding so much it got to be so annoying, I was done, it was coming off. So on Friday afternoon after Peyton’s preschool
program I received a phone call from Rich saying he had an opening at 5 pm and wanted to know if I wanted it? Of course I did, or did I? I was ready…We went to the salon, Mark, Courtney and I. Rich wanted Mark to wait out front so it would be a surprise, so he went around the mall while he waited. Courtney stayed with me (she was so great!). We all helped pick the color of the wig. Then they sat me down for buzzing it off. I had her turn me so I couldn’t watch it in the mirror (Courtney took pictures). I was nervous but I was ready. After they shaved all my hair off she took me over to wash my hair and do a scalp treatment, then she brought me back to the hair chair. I looked up…..I was bald….I was doing ok. My first thought was I looked like Lex Luther. Just then the song from the movie “Frozen” came on over the radio. The words I heard at that particular moment were; let it go, let it go…It was at that moment that I broke into tears. I was letting it go. Cute Courtney was teary as well and came over to give me a hug. It was at that moment that I realized how sick I was. I looked like someone who was sick. We shared a sweet moment together.

  ....Ready to get my wig....               ....Starting the buzz....                         ....My Mohawk....                

Picture #4 Almost finished, eyes still closed...
            #5 Realization just how sick I really was. "Let it go"...
            #6 Fitting the wig...
            #7 Cutting the wig
            #8 The new me...for awhile....      

Since my doctors office was closing I actually had my last chemo treatment at LDS Hospital. They were really sweet and gave me a bottle of Martinelies to congratulate me even though I hadn't been getting all my treatments with them.