catching up for lost time!

two updates in one day...

so if you dont want to read all the wibble wabble gabble below here is a quick list of the beginning of my post-treatment overhauls.

1. hair still falling out badly in handfulls, but getting my aveda chocolatey fudge brown colour touched up on oct 18th then lovingly blowdryed before heading off to friends' wedding party
2. botox booked for evening of oct 8th so hopefully i will not be able to move my face or neck by the 18th
3. perfume shopping at liberty sale tomoro night as have gone off my usual lovely vanilla scents and now need spicy orange yumminess
4. eyebrow threading and dyeing and llama lashes tinted blue black tomoro lunchtime
5. dentist! getting my choppers sorted for the wedding starts october 21st
6. next thing is to book in with GP to get all the niggles that we ignored during treatment sorted...
7. about to do some yoga - lovely fiance bought me the Let's Yoga tutorial for my cute little pink nintendo DS
   

so what did you do today?

east angular...

i did it.

chopped my hair...and even shorter than planned!

its dark dark deep deep chocolate brown again and very very manga...

i just cant wait to get off treatment and put some really extremely long hair extensions in the front so it's even more extremely angled.

funny thing is that it now feels even heavier than before - reckon its because what is left is sooo healthy compared to the brittle dry mess i was carrying around.

now i just need some new sunglasses.

hmmm...

and a nap.

my manga

my hair has finally got to the point that i need to do something about it again. there is another big fiance family lunch on july 15th and i want to look nice for it, so booked in a hair consultation this morning - at aveda as usual...and top stylist there leanna helped me decide to chop my thin dry brittle long scrawny locks into a brutal sharp angular asymmetric manga type bobbed hairstyle. my appointment is next week so let's hope i'm well enough to go.

it's very exciting! it has been 5 years since i cut my dreadlocks off and years since i had an actual betty page style hairdo. i'm getting boring and brown and middle aged - we cannot have that! so i'll have a nice new look for the big heppers picnic in mote park in july.
(if you are coming or want to come please ping me so i know who to look out for!)

but i've overdone it again, and at least i'm getting better at taking breaks during overdoing it...
today while i was out i HAD to get some food as i've gone off all my usual vegan treats.
(which is gonna cause problems i think)

so i walked over to the new renovated outdoor shopping mall thingy that still looks like a french sci-fi film set (not a bad thing, especially considering the new hair i'll have next week) and then went into space.nk and bought some bumble and bumble dark brown hair powder. this will help me bouf up the bob when i want to...

then i had a little sit down in the sun to rest.

also bought lots of new bright nail polishes in oranges and pinks to cheer myself up a bit and because i smeared my manicure and pedicure yesterday as i was rushing to change into something smart to get to another lovely family thai meal in fitzrovia. 'north soho' as lame trendies and property developers now like to call it, is so much nicer than the hassle of soho or covent garden. i love it and glad to be working and hanging out back in it.

so back to today's food though...my sweet sweet tooth is still going strong so i bought baklava again, yum! and i don't know what it is or why i've got an appetite but i've already eaten 2 pieces so far today...yikes...but yum!

if i'd planned ahead i could have bought some vegan food to take to the hep BBQ tomoro evening, but guess i'll just grab some stuff on the way instead...see some of you tomoro!
wow so many social events in one post!

monday ugh

ugh...wokeup thought i was up to trying to get my hair re-touched today...my ashy hair is peaking out from under the brown i overdyed my high lights so it's actually making me look like i've lost even more hair than i actually have...so i phoned up aveda and luckily there was a cancellation today and i can try and get a massage afterwards!

but now i've had a bath, my fever is way back up and the painkillers aren't breaking it. all i want to do is stay in bed now but i look like shit and need to sort my hair out - i know i will feel better once i get up and walk around the corner and get pampered a bit...after all it is doctor's orders! they made me promise not to just work work work and home home home. to do something nice for myself...and i guess i can combine my daily walk with it.

ddnt manage to see my chemo friend at the weekend but will call him tonight and try and again soon when we are both up to it...like herding cats this gathering of the sick, lol!

bootcamp

i've not told alot of people about the hepC...

well, kinda maybe i have but not really considering how much i blog everything out online usually. i'm so used to being blatant that this covert blogging is weird for me.

so who have i told?
only the 2 friends from back home that were here in london when i found out - 1 of them has a sister with it and himself has had major health issues with transplants and everything so was the perfect person to come out to.

some of the ppl at work know and are uber supportive as they have a close friend in the industry that has had it for agez and been unresponsive to any treatment.

a mailing list that i've been on for over 10 years whose members have become my bestest friends.

a few other ppl and a few more other ppl

the landlady at my local pub - so she would understand why i'm not there 24/7 anymore!

and of course my fiance.

but no family - why worry them with something that might clear?
they all have their own health issues they are dealing with anyway...
(and the same susceptible fatty diabetic liver as i have been blessed with)

then there are a couple more ppl - both hairdressers that know i'm having a medical treatment and needed to dye my hair back brown, but dont' know what the treatment is for.

so how will i explain the non-drinking and weight loss?

easy.

bridal bootcamp.

i have a wedding to get in shape for so as all other brides do these days i will be detoxing and shedding the pounds...

phew!