FCKuCANCER.

so this past weekend, i did a thing…but lets back up first and talk cancer.

friday marked my tenth radiation session. if you’re keeping count, that means i have six left. this week in addition to radiation and physical/occupational therapy, i will also have my first kadcyla infusion. i am a bit anxious about it but i am hoping for it to go smoothly, especially since i will only be doing one infusion. last chemo regimen, there were four.

now let’s get to what i did this weekend…a few years ago during one of my support group sessions, another member brought up the idea of microblading before starting a new chemo.

microblading is a semi-permanent cosmetic technique that creates natural-looking, fuller eyebrows by using a handheld tool with fine needles to deposit pigment into the skin in hair-like strokes.

in simple terms, it’s a tatoo done with a very small needle.

she did it so that when she lost her hair, she would still have her eyebrows. and she stressed the BEFORE, because she wanted to make sure that when the hair did grow back, she didn’t end up with four eyebrows instead of two!! and man that stuck in my head. like REALLY, stuck in my head. i was really wanting to try and get mine done earlier this year, before i started my last chemo regimen, but everything happened so fast i didn’t get a chance to.

fast forward to this weekend. all of the right cards fell into place and i was able to get an appointment with a technician that came highly recommended for saturday. y’all, i scheduled this appointment well before my chemo was even scheduled. like, it all really fell into place perfectly.

now listen. they applied numbing cream before the service started, and i don’t want to tell a lie — that shit still hurt. but duh, it’s a tatoo, so that was to be expected.

y’all. i cannot stress this enough — i am overjoyed with how they turned out. and they haven’t even healed yet. like, these are the days where they look worse because the skin and pigment haven’t settled and they look really good.

i’ve put together a lil slide show for you guys…

precancer –> post first hair loss –> post second hair loss i.e. last month –> and lastly, in the car right after the appointment…

and listen, don’t focus on the lashes. just the brows. i don’t know how my hair will react to this new chemo regimen, so it doesn’t make sense to have lashes right now. but when i do get my lashes again…

so yeah…do the thing you’ve always wanted to do. have that work done, just don’t go full meg ryan. never go full margaret r.

but after the pain…

fin.