You know it’s just like me to write a post about facing myself and talk about self-acceptance only to have it all change a week later. Well, when you look in the mirror and see the face of a puffin, it’s kind of hard to love that face.
Yes, I look like a puffin…just like that bird in the picture. My eyes are tiny and my cheeks are puffy. My body under normal cirmumstances is round but now it’s even rounder. It’s all quite frustrating.
Still, no one knows what’s causing all of this. The theory is that it’s a delayed reaction to all the steroids I took for chemo two weeks ago. To add insult to injury I’ll be taking more steroids this week for chemo on Thursday.
Will my face get so puffy it will explode?
At least the Bead Expo was fun. I met lots of interesting people because I have no problem talking to strangers. One woman asked me if I had cancer because I had a turban on. She was kind enough to give me extra beads and a discount on my purchase because her mother was battling cancer. I got some really beautiful, different and interesting beads that you just can’t get anywhere else other than a bead expo. There had to be at least 250 vendors there.
I spent the entire day reorganizing my beads and making some teal bracelets for September. September 5th is National Teal Day in honor of Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Mark your calendar. Guys…wear a teal shirt! Gals…wear a teal shirt and a teal bracelet. I’ll be selling bracelets all week starting tomorrow. It’s time that the color TEAL gets equal billing as some other colors, you know what I mean?
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