2 posts tagged “aging not-so-fucking gracefully”

i remember when i was visiting my grandparents as a child and i was wondering why grandpa had so many prescription bottles that he had to use a black sharpie pin and write on the tops of the bottles so he could quickly find what he was looking for.

sigh.

well, he would have been in his 60s about the time i was wondering this.

i think my husband was actually the one who did it first. a few weeks ago, he used different color markers to distinguish my "day" pills from my "night" pills.

i just filled my first prescription for medication that is supposed to prevent hot flashes.  oh, and my doc also threw in a prescription for vaginal estrogen suppositories -- just for fun.   yum!

the rash appears to have been nothing but i would really appreciate it, please, if my body would just chill out and stop doing weird things.

last night when i was getting ready for my post-chemo margarita party i noticed that i have little white (WHITE) hairs in random spots all over my head.  these hairs have been there for awhile because they are all about 1/2 inch long.  there aren't that many -- maybe a couple of dozen -- but they look wispy and are pure white.  i simply hadn't noticed them before -- but my hair hasn't started growing back otherwise.

did i mention that the hairs are white?

so i'm wondering if this is foreshadowing for my new hair.  everyone and their dog has a story about their "aunt whose hair came back CURLY!"  (uh, great.  that's really groovy.)

just what i need to help me feel youthful and fresh again -- a headful of white hair.