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Mumbo Jumbo

 Well, so many things can happen from one blog to the next. My hair started falling out today. Cycle 2 is tomorrow and I don't think these locks stand a chance after that. I'm trying to be prepared and accept it before it happens. Too little too late for me but I found a company that makes custom wigs out of your own hair!! I would have had to send in my hair before I started chemo though and I didn't find this company until this week. I'm happy to share that information should anyone need it though! This company also donates their wigs to pediatric patients. Which I love so much! All of my salon's hair donations will be sent to this company from now on for that very reason! It's wild to think I have invested so much of myself in HAIR. It's never been just hair to me though. It's always been about building up my clients confidence. It's been about using my God given talents to allow a safe space for anyone who sits in my chair. It's been my passion since I could remember to help people see their worth. HAIR has been my door to do that.. it has been my art, my calm, my peace. I am one of the lucky ones to have found something I am so passionate about. I suppose with or without hair on my own head, my passion truly comes from the heart and not even cancer can take that!!!!! 

OH!! By the way, my cancer is now being classified as STAGE 3B if that means anything to you!!! The specialist I saw first classified me as Stage 4 because of how much it has spread to the surrounding tissue, chest wall, lymph nodes and how quickly that was spreading as well. The oncologist I am working with now throughout my treatment believes Stage 3B is a better title because although it severely disrupted the tissue, it has NOT spread to other major organs and for that we are BEYOND thankful. PRAISE! I've been taught this 'stage' is something that can and will probably change throughout treatment and we hope for that! Please keep praying I respond well to these next cycles and maybe I won't need all 16!!! 

Also, I got my genetic testing back and I do have a rare gene that can be the cause of both benign and malignant growths! I still have to meet with the oncologist to go over this. I want to make sure talk to him before I share the details on this. That way I can make sure I am reading the results the right way! Have you ever had genetic testing done? I'm so curious about all of this now. I have no idea about my mom or my dad's genealogy so this has been fascinating to me and it 100% is something I will have my siblings and my children tested for. 

That's all my mumbo jumbo for now! Go check your ta-ta's! 

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  1. Cheri G.November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM

    I had the BRCA gene test and it was negative. I did this because my Mom and her Mom had breast cancer as well.

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