medical rambling incoming but y'all i got to feel human today for the first time in months 🥺
back in early june i had to have several cancers removed from my scalp which included a skin graft, was told it would be 2 weeks before i could wash it. a week after, i get told they didn't get all the cancer and need to repeat the surgery, and the surgery ends up being on the day i was meant to be allowed to wash it. a week later, i'm once again told they didn't get it all, and that in a week i'd be allowed to rinse my hair, and after 2 weeks i can wash it. the next surgery is currently under debate.
the top image was about 6 weeks in; my hair had been so stiff and matted with blood, it was all set in place from where the hair tie had been. i thought for sure i'd have to shave it.
after about 7 weeks, today was the day i could finally wash it, so i took myself to a hairdressers and man, i nearly broke down looking in the mirror. there's less hair - some of which will never grow back - and more grays, but despite the odds, my hair is normal again. i felt confident, and that's very unlike me.
i'm genuinely scared of what the next appointment will bring, but i'm glad something turned out okay in the meantime.
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the problem with only having a kink tumblr is I have nowhere to put 5000 word essays on dungeon m.eshi
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