Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Splitting hairs

It is interesting how little we notice our pinky fingers until the tip splits. The end of my little finger has split and is bleeding. And I am surprised how much I am knocking it around.
I lost my hair last February. After two chemo treatments all of my hair fell out fairly quickly. When they stopped giving me the high powered chemo drug, in September, my hair started to grow back. When I lost my hair it was a reddish brown color. My beard was a reddish color with splotches of gray. They told me that when my hair came back it could very well be a different color, texture and if it had been straight it might be curly. Enough hair has returned for me to verify that the color has changed. It is now black and gray. I don't have enough hair, yet, to answer the texture question or curly question. I'm not really surprised by the color. My mother and father both had black hair. My father into his fifties and my mother into her sixties before they started going gray. I had to renew my driver's license in October and I had very little hair at the time. In my picture I look pretty much bald. They asked me what I wanted to put down for hair color. Then they told me that 'I don't know' didn't answer the question. So I told them to put down gray. If it doesn't come back gray it will get there eventually.

God is good all the time!!
jim

Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. ESV

1 comment:

Gabi A. said...

Hi, JD!

My husband uses Super Glue on his skin cracks. I know you have a lot more than he has, but maybe this could help. Of course, check with your doctor. I read about this technique from a book about the McMurtro (sp?) station in the Antarctic. Blessings to you and your family during this Christmas season!

Debbie Anderson