Today, I’ve been growing dreads for two years after I lost my hair to chemo. After visiting my boyfriend’s family, we all contracted lice from the kids. Even though I did the shampoo and treatment, my locks are too coiled to effectively comb out all the nits. I have to shave my head again. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, for the first time in my life, I have lice. The dog we rescued infested our house. No amount of showering has made me feel clean, and my bald husband just doesn't understand why I'm so bothered. FML
Today, I found out that my wife gave me head lice on purpose so I would have to cut off the ponytail that I've been growing since '99. FML
Today, I slipped and gashed my head bad enough that my head had to be shaved to be sewn up. Right after it had finished growing back from chemotherapy. FML
Today, I was finally confident enough to buzz half my hair off into the style I've wanted since I was young. Turns out that I have a particularly large and angry-looking skin problem across my scalp that may well have been there for years. It'll take months to grow back. FML
Today, I realized that the most romantic thing that my boyfriend and I have done in the last month is comb lice out of each other's hair. FML
Today, I discovered that I have caught head lice from my son. Unfortunately, they are living in my chest hair. FML
Today, I kissed my gorgeous new boyfriend for the first time. I ran my hands through his hair; a multitude of dandruff rained out and five lice crawled onto my hand. FML
Today, I have alopecia areata and I constantly have reappearing bald spots all over my head. I cannot properly grow a beard, and one of my eyes has no eyelashes. However, my nose hair seems to grow at the rate of an old man on biotin. FML
Today, after spending a week detangling my hair (It took a week because my hands have nerve issues) because it felt like my scalp was glued to my scalp from not being taken care of, I cut it all off. My hair got tangled in the device twice and eventually revealed a burn on my scalp. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I are so close that we share everything. This now includes his head lice. Thanks, dude. FML
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RichardPencil 32
What a lousy end to a dreadful story!
Chazzster 32
As a fellow cancer/chemo survivor, I appreciate your frustration. Losing you hair the first time is upsetting, being forced to cut it off again sucks! But your hair will grow back again and you will survive.
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Comments (4)
RichardPencil 32
What a lousy end to a dreadful story!
Yudith 28
That sucks. Fortunately, if you leave your dreads in a sealed plastic bag in the freezer for at least two weeks, you will be able to use them as extensions later on.
Blobby McGee 5
it's fine.
Chazzster 32
As a fellow cancer/chemo survivor, I appreciate your frustration. Losing you hair the first time is upsetting, being forced to cut it off again sucks! But your hair will grow back again and you will survive.