Ignorance is bliss

Sometimes it’s just better to bury my head in the sand. I’ve learned from having MS that health information can sometimes be more frightening than it is helpful. So I rarely spend time reading about MS. Well, tonight I was browsing through a magazine called WOMEN that my pals at the wig shop had given me. OMG! It contained an article by a woman who, like me, was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. In the third paragraph she describes this form of cancer as “a very aggressive type with a high risk of recurrence and a poor overall survival rate.” S**T! Then I read the insert by an oncologist who wrote that even when this cancer responds to chemotherapy, “the response is often short lived.” Double S**T! (There were actually some more expletives but I won’t include them here). I knew my cancer is aggressive, but I didn’t know it has such a bad reputation. That’s why I’m better off not educating myself. My PEOPLE magazines are much more fun and interesting to read than stupid cancer mags.

In other news, I had a slight accident with a buzz saw today, and lopped off all of my hair! Just kidding. I went to my hairdresser and made the plunge from long hair to super short hair. This way when my hair starts to fall out (probably this week or next), it won’t be quite as noticeable. And hopefully, having short hair will make the transition a little easier when I have to get the rest shaved off.