Life With Chemo - Part 2

Well, it finally happened. Ted started losing his hair, he could really care less about that at this stage in the game. I took a couple of days off and went home for the weekend. In order to keep what little bit of sanity we both have, it is good for both of us to get a couple of days away from each other, really. I tend to mother him a little too much at times and he tends to be a stubborn patient at times so it balances out. LOL!

I went back to his house Sunday morning and noticed that he had hair all over his shirt. He told me that his hair started coming out a lot while he was in the shower. He asked me if I would shave his head. Ok, so to chase the white rabbit here for a moment, when Ted and I first started dating he asked me to shave his hair for him as he had a job outside. Let's just say that being a "barber/hair stylist" is NOT in my future. I think it was possibly the worst jacked up buzz cut I have ever seen in my life. So you can imagine when he asked me to cut his hair again what thoughts were going through my head. I tell him about my hesitancy to do this, he in his usual smart ass humor way replies "It's not like you can totally screw it up, it's all gonna fall out anyway."

So we proceed to the back porch and I put the only guard I can find on his clippers and start shaving away. I REFUSED to shave without the guard on as I did not want to truly scalp him as he is at such a risk for infection right now. I think this time it was still a little jacked up but not as bad as the first time I cut it.

He went yesterday to a barber and had it shaved the rest of the way off. I guess he really didn't like my home style hair cut. I told him I am still on the hunt for a Viking Helmet and for the mean time if he wanted a bandanna I would get him one. He is cool just walking around with a bald head.