If you have been keeping up with my posts, you know that with the strong chemotherapy drugs I received, I lost most of my hair within 2 1/2 weeks after the first dose.   I felt OK about the possibilityof losing my eyebrows because I had them permanently applied  many years ago.  They started falling out about 6 weeks after my other hair fell out so I had a little time to adjust.

     I also joked about having a new set of false eyelashes “at the ready”  just in case I lost mine.   At the time, my eyelashes were still visible, and I really thought that I might be that one person who didn’t loose their lashes.   Well,  several weeks ago, it became evident to me that they were beginning to thin out.  But I still had enough that I could see them and could put mascara on them so you could see them too.  But sometime last week, I noticed that I had no eyelashes that I could see.  It felt like there was still something there so I tried to put on some mascara.  Just a tiny little stubble for eyelashes.  And to make matters worse, there is a new product that Brooke Shields is pitching in commercials to make your eyelashes grow “longer and thicker”.   Talk about making someone feel even worse!

     Now I have one eyelash on my right eye and no eyelashes on my left.    I did try to put mascara on before I went to church today,  but it was useless!   I have not tried the false eyelashes yet;  maybe I will later on this week.  I have a party to attend on Saturday afternoon and I would like to look good if I am well enough to go.   In the meantime,  I pull a “Jackie Kennedy” when I go out … a head scarf and big sunglasses.   And I thank God for my wonderful doctor, cancer treatment options, and the fact that I have my eyesight even if I do not have eyelashes.