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May. 25th, 2010 07:04 pmSo now that I've found a gray hair recently, I keep looking and finding more. Usually in my bangs, which I figure is mostly because my bangs are easier to see in a mirror. Ironic though, considering that in general the bangs make me look younger. I always pluck them out, mostly so I can get a better look at them.
I think it's probably related the mom+cancer thing (btw: the hysterectomy went fine, and they suspect she'll just need some radiation and she'll be done, but we won't know until the pathology report comes back in a few days). But...I'm getting older, and I'm starting to notice and I'm trying not to freak out.
On the upside, it means that now I'm wearing sunblock most days.
It turns out that this kind of cancer does run in my family. Mom has a cousin she never met who died from some kind of uterine cancer, and I guess one of her uncles had colon cancer, which is somehow related. I can look at the list of risk factors/ways of preventing it, and in most ways it appears I'm probably fine (I'm thin! I exercise! I took the Pill for a while!), but gah. Even though I have an IUD, I'm wondering if I should get back on the Pill, since it would lower my risk. And I'm wondering if I should worry about how much soy I eat.
I'm still fairly young though--jesus, I'm only thirty--and I can pass for younger, although (sigh) I don't get ID'ed much anymore. I should enjoy what I have instead of freaking out about what's to come.
....I always hoped I would age gracefully, but it appears I'll be dragged into it kicking and screaming. And wearing frilly dresses.
In Other News: The incompetence at the unemployment office drives me bonkers sometimes. Two weeks' worth of payments are delayed until Friday because of a mistake on the part of someone I talked to on the phone. But the woman I talked to today fixed it, so that's all Yay and stuff.
In Other-Other News: On Thursday Shawn leaves for a bike trip and will be gone for two weeks. Boooo! Invite me out to stuff, people.
I think it's probably related the mom+cancer thing (btw: the hysterectomy went fine, and they suspect she'll just need some radiation and she'll be done, but we won't know until the pathology report comes back in a few days). But...I'm getting older, and I'm starting to notice and I'm trying not to freak out.
On the upside, it means that now I'm wearing sunblock most days.
It turns out that this kind of cancer does run in my family. Mom has a cousin she never met who died from some kind of uterine cancer, and I guess one of her uncles had colon cancer, which is somehow related. I can look at the list of risk factors/ways of preventing it, and in most ways it appears I'm probably fine (I'm thin! I exercise! I took the Pill for a while!), but gah. Even though I have an IUD, I'm wondering if I should get back on the Pill, since it would lower my risk. And I'm wondering if I should worry about how much soy I eat.
I'm still fairly young though--jesus, I'm only thirty--and I can pass for younger, although (sigh) I don't get ID'ed much anymore. I should enjoy what I have instead of freaking out about what's to come.
....I always hoped I would age gracefully, but it appears I'll be dragged into it kicking and screaming. And wearing frilly dresses.
In Other News: The incompetence at the unemployment office drives me bonkers sometimes. Two weeks' worth of payments are delayed until Friday because of a mistake on the part of someone I talked to on the phone. But the woman I talked to today fixed it, so that's all Yay and stuff.
In Other-Other News: On Thursday Shawn leaves for a bike trip and will be gone for two weeks. Boooo! Invite me out to stuff, people.
