Tomorrow is chemotherapy round two for this set of my Carbo/Taxol treatments. I haven't had time to sit down and blog lately and I wanted to share one amazing night that I have had so far this round of treatments and compare it to my experience in 2014. Each year had a shaving party but they were special in different ways.
In 2014 I really wanted to do a big head shaving party as soon as it started to fall out. I had held out with some hopes that it wouldn't fall out, although, with Carbo/Taxol your hair falls out. It is almost a guarantee. I knew the day that it started to fall out I wanted to shave it. Well, the day that it started to fall out I was sitting in the hospital. I was horrified. I remember that my friend Cindy, of Cindy Johnson Boudoir Photography, offered to come into the hospital and do a photoshoot there and help find someone to come and shave it. I was sick and just not up for it so we never did. I ultimately organized a head shaving party a week or so later in my hometown where my previous neighbor did the cutting so that we could donate my hair, a high school friend came and took photographs, and I had family and friends come out. Wylee got to do a few cuts and it was an amazing experience.
In 2014 I really wanted to do a big head shaving party as soon as it started to fall out. I had held out with some hopes that it wouldn't fall out, although, with Carbo/Taxol your hair falls out. It is almost a guarantee. I knew the day that it started to fall out I wanted to shave it. Well, the day that it started to fall out I was sitting in the hospital. I was horrified. I remember that my friend Cindy, of Cindy Johnson Boudoir Photography, offered to come into the hospital and do a photoshoot there and help find someone to come and shave it. I was sick and just not up for it so we never did. I ultimately organized a head shaving party a week or so later in my hometown where my previous neighbor did the cutting so that we could donate my hair, a high school friend came and took photographs, and I had family and friends come out. Wylee got to do a few cuts and it was an amazing experience.
Enough about the past. Time to chat about now. This time I was taking it into my own hands and we were cutting it on day 11. Many people asked why I was shaving my head. People wondered why I would be cutting my hair, what if it didn't fall out? If I hadn't been through this treatment before I probably would have held out. However, I have done this before. I knew it was coming. I wasn't waiting around on the chemo. I wanted some control. After much discussion of how we would actually pull this off my fabulous friend Gretchen, of Gretchen Boyd Photography, took over the planning and did an amazing job of getting me setup with a head shaving party.
Vinnys Barbershop & Shaving Parlor in Beechgrove did an amazing job! Vinny set us up to come in after hours and basically take over the shop. We came in with twenty-three people total, including myself, for the head shaving party. We told Vinny that we wanted to let Wylee make a few cuts. He went above and beyond anything we ever expected! He set Wylee up on a stool, got him in a jacket, and had him shave my entire head! When Wylee was finished Vinny set me up with a great close head shave and then it was Wylee's turn to get his hair cut and even have a great design! This won't be our last trip to Vinnys!
A bonus to having two amazing friends, who happen to be photographers, is that you end up with some pretty fabulous pictures! There are such amazing pictures from the evening and I wanted to share this experience with you. I am so grateful to have an amazing group of friends I can call family here in Indianapolis. They made this night amazing!
Vinnys Barbershop & Shaving Parlor in Beechgrove did an amazing job! Vinny set us up to come in after hours and basically take over the shop. We came in with twenty-three people total, including myself, for the head shaving party. We told Vinny that we wanted to let Wylee make a few cuts. He went above and beyond anything we ever expected! He set Wylee up on a stool, got him in a jacket, and had him shave my entire head! When Wylee was finished Vinny set me up with a great close head shave and then it was Wylee's turn to get his hair cut and even have a great design! This won't be our last trip to Vinnys!
A bonus to having two amazing friends, who happen to be photographers, is that you end up with some pretty fabulous pictures! There are such amazing pictures from the evening and I wanted to share this experience with you. I am so grateful to have an amazing group of friends I can call family here in Indianapolis. They made this night amazing!
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