A blog in which Zoe keeps her buddies posted and her over-active mind soothed and entertained as she works on quashing unruly cancer cells.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Close Shave
Yesterday I learned the true meaning of a close shave when I had an as close an encounter with a straight razor that you can get, without being done in. I also learned earlier that day that one can still be vain even when one has metastatic cancer, is undergoing chemo, and is losing her hair...that someone of course is me and I have not been entirely pleased with my bald look.
In fact, I looked like 70's punk rocker who had had a mohawk, gotten tired of it, and then decided to get a buzz cut. It was mildly interesting to observe the female chemo-balding pattern that was occurring but it was getting a low score on the Zoё stylin' scale.
So...I walked into my local barber and got my head shaved with a straight razor.
Oh yeah baby...$18 plus tip and I went from chemo bald to kick-ass bald.
OMG Zoe you look stunning without hair...you make cancer look good!! love reading about your adventures. you are a brave and beautiful warrior-ess and I always feel a little more brave and sure myself after connecting with your journey through this blog. much love to you and yours. nat.
I am first and foremost a mother, secondly ajewellery designerand way, way down at the bottom of the characteristic list is a tiny pica note that mentions that I happen to have metastatic cancer and am midway through chemo combat.
I am very excited to have a jewellery party coming up on Thursday, June 18th and somewhat relieved that I have three months in which to create spectacular one-of-a-kind designs and extremely-limited editions.
Check out http://www.screamingpeacock.ca/ to see more and add your email if you want to know when I post new designs which I will start to do again very regularly...except when the chemo combat gets in the way.
Zoë-speak
BFO: Big Fat Opinion (usually referring to my own)
FOLLOWERS: these are people who love Zoë enough to actually sign up as a follower and put up a photo of something, anything, rather than the missing person photo outline...those of you who are rooting for me but say that it's too cyber-spooky to sign up as a follower, even with a pseudonym, might want to redefine your definition of what "scary" is...if I believed in emotives or whatever the heck they're called I would put a smiley face right here so that you would know that I am kidding...or at least I would give the impression that I was...even though I'm mostly or at least somewhat serious.
HURTIGRUTEN: an absurd event that makes/made me laugh. Guffaw even. (actually a village in Norway. Population in 2005 was 1,138. And wouldn't you know, both Dolly and Natasha have been there.)
SMIJI: smidgeon (actually a very small mushroom that the Fab Four found to be very funny and I promised to work it into the blog)
OMG Zoe you look stunning without hair...you make cancer look good!! love reading about your adventures. you are a brave and beautiful warrior-ess and I always feel a little more brave and sure myself after connecting with your journey through this blog.
ReplyDeletemuch love to you and yours.
nat.