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I am not brave, I just won’t look.

In four days time someone from the Leukaemia foundation is chopping off all my hair.

I will no longer be able to dramatically fling my plait over my shoulder for emphasis when I am being flippant.

Numerous people have told me How brave I am being, I don’t consider myself brave at all.

It is a good cause and I am losing my hair by choice, not necessity.

My hair will grow back, and in the meantime, if I am too horrified by how my lack of hair makes me look, well I just won’t look. I will look instead at the lovely long list of generous sponsors.

I will avoid mirrors and when I do see myself, I will  refuse to think  about my appearance. Scarlett O ‘ Hara was right on the money when she said, “I will think about that tomorrow.” As I find that philosophy works wonderfully well, especially when combined with rigorous avoidance of  reflective surfaces.

So today, I am determinedly not thinking about the Worlds Greatest Shave, instead I am thinking about food.

I didn’t realise how much food I had scattered about  my house. A banana in the fruit bowl, muesli on the shelf, dark chocolate in the cupboard.

Everywhere I look there is some sort of foodstuff.

And I cant eat any of it.

Today I am fasting and purging.

Tonight I will be horrendously grumpy.

Tomorrow I am scheduled for a colonoscopy.

I have been on the waiting list for this procedure since October 2009. My GP joked that if my symptoms were indicative of bowel cancer I would be dead by now.

So there is that, at least.

This week is shaping up to be a big week, all I need for the trifecta is a pedicure and I will have had something done to the top, middle and bottom of my body.

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  • Veronica March 20, 2012, 9:19 am

    I’ve got some bright purple nail polish….

    • frogpondsrock March 20, 2012, 9:23 am

      Can you eat nail polish? Or is that so I can look at my pretty nails after the shave and not my double chin? You are a good girl xx

  • Rusty Hoe March 20, 2012, 9:25 am

    Ah doctor humour, up there with dad jokes. Good luck with the colonoscopy tomorrow, fingers crossed it comes back sparkly and perfect. I had my second last year combined with an endoscopy, or as I like to call it, the full internal body floss. Fun times. Dignity is over-rated I say 🙂

    • frogpondsrock March 20, 2012, 9:40 am

      The full internal body floss is brilliant. Thanks for the giggle. ( and the sparkly wishes)

  • Suzi March 20, 2012, 9:55 am

    Good luck tomorrow, at least the doctor has a sense of humour…

    I did the head shave when I was in high school – upon reflection not a great time in my life to have done it but still, it raised money for a great cause as will yours. Good on you for doing it!

    I think some bright purple nail polish would be just the thing 🙂

  • Dorothy @ Singular Insanity March 20, 2012, 5:18 pm

    At least the pedicure might be enjoyable and give you something lovely to look at, while you’re avoiding looking at your head 🙂

    Funny, even though my hair is normally really short, I’m not sure how I’d cope with a shave. Sometimes I am very, very tempted…

    • frogpondsrock March 20, 2012, 6:16 pm

      There is only one slight problem with a pedicure Dorothy, I can not bear to have my feet touched. A hang over from a child when my Father would hold me down and tickle my feet until I was sick.
      And it isnt really a proper shave, I am having a number 8 which is about an inch long.

  • Elephant's Child March 20, 2012, 5:20 pm

    Heaps of luck with all that is on for you this week. I will be thinking of you. My partner is scheduled (unless the hospital changes the date again) to have his colostomy reversed next week. Hopefully. So bowels are far too confronting just at the moment.
    Hugs

    • frogpondsrock March 20, 2012, 6:17 pm

      I had to google colostomy, best wishes to your partner and I hope they don’t change the date. xx

  • river March 20, 2012, 9:22 pm

    Save the plait and pin it to a beanie, then you can still do the flick thing…?

    I love the sound of bright purple toenails.

    I used to ask doctors for a colonoscopy and was told by several that it really wasn’t necessary, even with my medical history in front of them showing that my mum died from bowel cancer. Years later a new doctor read about my mum in my file and seemed very surprised that I hadn’t yet had one. I should probably follow up on that sooner rather than later.

  • Barbara March 21, 2012, 6:25 am

    Good luck for both. I think that bright purple nail varnish sounds just the ticket and I love River’s idea of attaching your plait to a beanie. Genius.

  • Signe March 23, 2012, 1:58 pm

    Good luck for tomorrow! Hope it all went well at the doctors and you are feeling on top of things.
    For encouragement I can say that I had my long hair chopped off about a year ago and LOVE having it short. I had it long for a VERY long time but will never ever ever go back to it again. Short hair has much more attitude and is so much easier to handle in everyday life. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have (it hasn’t stopped me from having days where I think “what have I done” but it doesn’t take much to remind me).
    Best wishes from here