Hair, or not!

We know that Doug will lose his hair from the high dose chemo, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. Better to be in control than to watch it fall out in clumps. His hair had just grown long enough to make a short ponytail. Those of you who have known Doug for a long time will remember his long ponytail from years past.

First he shaved off his beard. Doug has had a beard for the last 30 years; losing the beard was the biggest change I think.

The next day he had an appointment with Shannon, our regular hair stylist (is she now an unstylist?) to get a close buzz cut. We had been told not to shave his head as that can make it itchy later.

I asked Doug if he had any comments to make about losing his hair. All he said was "It will grow back." So much for deep philosophical statements.

I told Doug that we need to take another photo since he is squinting in this one. He said "That is my usual expression."