Monday, February 1, 2010

Attitude is everything

Following is posted in Radiation Oncology at Kaiser Permanente on Interstate Avenue. I liked it, so thought I'd share it:

"One morning I looked in the mirror and saw I had only 3 hairs left.
Ah! Today I will braid them, and I had a pigtail.

"The next morning I looked in the mirror & saw I had only 2 hairs left.
Ah! Today I will part them down the middle.

"Yesterday I looked in the mirror and saw I had only 1 hair left.
Ah! Today I will have a ponytail.

"This morning I looked in the mirror and I had no hair.
Ah! Today I don't have to do my hair."

Disclaimer: Hair loss is the least of my worries, since I had no hair to begin with. 19 radiation therapy sessions down, 11 to go. So far, so good. A little paresthesia in my right hand, but it is tolerable. Management strategy? Add another medication (dexamethasone). And so it goes.

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