2018 Paint paper pink
Page 58 2018 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2018 bathing her as well as washing her hair, while she had hair. Gary worked but was there when needed, and he went with her on the last day of her radiation. Kathy said that her husband R.C. also took care of her and held her up in the very tough times. She talked about the loss of her hair during chemo and said it was R.C. who took the straight razor to her head and shaved her when the hair started coming out. Jane said she also lost her hair. That was something that bothered her mother Shirley, who insisted that Jane would wear a wig. Jane said she personally wasn’t in favor of going the wig route, but she did purchase one for her mom’s sake. Then, she said on the first day she put it on, she went outside and the wind sent it spinning on her head. Jane said she pulled the wig off and said “enough of that!” In the end, she said she really loved being bald. It was a sign of battle and a message of hope when the hair began coming back. Kathy was working at the Lincoln Developmental Center during her cancer treatment. She said that as a nurse, she spent time with the children, so she got “a little red wig” to wear to work because she didn’t want to frighten the children with her baldness. Both women had struggles, and Kathy admits that in the time since her treatment she works to block out some of the worst memories. She said they do come back to her on days like this when she is talking to someone expressly about her cancer, but otherwise she doesn’t dwell on what she went through. CONTINUE ...
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