Breast cancer sister warriors powwows

Every Thursday I go to UCLA to join other breast cancer survivors, currently in treatment, for what I like to call the sister warrior powwow. It's a wonderful support group with several women from all walks of life, and all types and stages of breast cancer represented. These women are amazing. They get it. I need them. I love them. Occasionally a few of us get together for lunch and laughs after our group meeting is over. This past Thursday we had a really good laugh when three of us walked into a restaurant, took off our hats and looked at each other and realized that we represented the three stages of chemo hair - gone while in chemo, just starting to grow back 6 weeks post-chemo, and the cute pixie cut about 6 months post-chemo. We had the server take a picture. As I was preparing to post this I realized that the three of us in the picture below are currently all the 30-somethings in the group. Love you, ladies!

Jessica, Julie, and Tira January 28, 2010

Forgot to mention...

...it feels good to finally have clean hair - stopped at the salon to have my favorite stylist wash and blow dry my hair since it's been nearly 2 weeks since it was washed!!!! I know, so gross! It was starting to smell really bad and I couldn't take it anymore. These sponge baths have been the pits and the hair, o.m.g., it was just time! So glad I did because I look and feel a heck of a lot better. Mom asked me why I didn't also have them cut it -- I laughed and said "why bother, it'll all be falling out in a matter of a few weeks/month anyway - I am going to enjoy my long, overgrown hair between now and then" LOL.