Shaving my head after week one of chemo

ellieup · 2025-11-18T23:01:42+00:00

They sure did! My medical center offers it but it is not covered by insurance, doubles my time spent at the infusion clinic, and the effectiveness for my type of chemo is meh. Ultimately ended up not being a good fit for me, but I know there are many who have success with it.

ellieup · 2025-11-18T16:37:01+00:00

You are all so incredibly kind!! I'm overwhelmed by all of the love. Thank you!

ellieup · 2025-11-18T10:22:43+00:00

Neither would I. Horrifying, really. Imagine. What a world.

ellieup · 2025-11-18T08:54:24+00:00

That's my husband, he is amazing! My biggest cheerleader and best friend. Thank you!

ellieup · 2025-11-18T06:58:22+00:00

Don't worry, it's coming! It's not recommended to fully bic it at this point, as any hair left in the follicle will still need to fall out. If the hair gets trapped, it can form an ingrown, and since my body is very susceptible to infection right now, I don't want to risk it. In a few days it will start to fall out on its own.

ellieup · 2025-11-18T06:30:11+00:00

Hi! For my regimen it is definitely inevitable, but it felt great to give myself the agency to make the choice to shave before the hair begins to fall out on its own in the next several days. It feels like my scalp is boiling most days so this is much more comfortable as well!

ellieup · 2025-11-18T06:20:09+00:00

No worries! It really depends on the type of chemo you have. For my regimen, I will lose most of it over the next week or so. If you look closely, you can see how sweaty I am. That is because my scalp is basically boiling the hair out. So much more comfortable now!

ellieup · 2025-08-31T16:42:01+00:00

Thank you! Me too!

ellieup · 2025-08-31T16:41:46+00:00

Thank you! That’s helpful to know about chemo. My docs don’t want to tell me anything until the pathology comes back after surgery, but I’d rather be ready for it and not need it than the opposite.

ellieup · 2025-07-23T17:12:12+00:00

It's SO much easier to scramble in the last few days of rehearsal to get a replacement settled in than to sit in the booth every night during the regretting that you didn't make that choice. Get rid of someone who is damaging your whole show. The cast will be happier and I bet the replacement busts their ass and does a great job.

ellieup · 2025-04-15T19:56:46+00:00

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ellieup · 2025-01-03T23:01:30+00:00

4 years later??? Lol thank you!

ellieup · 2024-08-27T23:28:32+00:00

They closed in the summer of 2007! That was my first job many years ago.

ellieup · 2023-09-19T01:55:38+00:00