Re: Hair length

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I've had 'pixie' length hair for as long as I can remember, except

for a couple peer pressure years. " Long " hair looked like garbage on

me because it's too fine and thin to do anything else. I laugh when

I hear other women talk about getting their hair cut 'short'!

So, I'm thinking of cutting it (I do my whole family's hair) to

around an inch for the hospital.. then when I get home and a few

months after that, when I hope to be able to reach/stretch/have the

stamina to do mine again, it'll only be a couple inches longer than

it is now (about 2-3 " at it's longest)

Actually, any of my hubby or two sons should be able to cut it for

me... both my parents and hubby's mother were all hair dressers! So,

boys have 3/4 total genes of hairdressers!

I'd look like a 'drowned rat' if it wasn't washed for about a week.

yikes! Maybe I could put some 'product' on and add to it about every

other day...

I'm still not sure why Dr.T is sending me to a skilled facility with

a tilt table. hmmmm. wondering if I'll stand up at all in hosp...

and how they'll get me from hosp to the skilled fac....

All good questions for Jan 14.

Jeri

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> Thought I'd chime in here just a bit...

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> That's also the way I've always put my bra on - it is how I saw my

mom do it when I was young (but she always had her back facing us to

not expose her bosoms(sp?) - but when it was training bra time for

me, I didn't even think about any other means of putting it on - and

I don't recall seeing optional front fastening bras back then (I am

53 yrs. old) - then in the '80's when I started having panic attacks

(not scoliosis related) I started wearing the front closure bras so I

could quickly unfasten them when I was getting anxious, or

experiencing a panic attack, feeling like I was having a heart

attack - but that is a whole different issue but with front fastening

bras coming to the rescue)!

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> About bras, one thing I noticed when I first started wearing them,

was that they didn't fit uniformly and wouldn't stay in place - my

bra strap on my right shoulder would always fall (so I'd keep

adjusting that strap) and it would ride-up on my right side around my

ribs, both front and back - little did I know then that it wasn't the

construction of the bras that caused that - it was the construction

of my torso - the scoliosis - and to this day that's something that

always happens when I wear a bra. I would assume this would be

something common that all of us have experienced?

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> I also have to admit, that unless I am going out somewhere (which

is seldom) or if someone is coming over (also seldom) I just don't

wear a bra. I don't like to wear one, never did. I do wear tops

though!

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> And if I might just throw in one comment about something in a

different thread about hair - to cut or not to cut - again, Peggy's

comments were exactly the same as my thoughts - I had long(er) hair

before I started the series of surgeries over the past few years and

the first time I got it cut for what I thought would be

for " simplicity's sake " , I also had it layered some so I'd have some

lift - boy did I ever regret that - so in my opinion, long and

without layers - plain and simple - is the least maintenance style

I've experienced - and, men, at least in my experience, prefer longer

hair - even if short hair looks better, ... not that is relevant

to us doing what we need to do to deal with the changes during

recuperating from the big surgery - but just an observation from my

experience(s).

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> LiindaG

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> [ ] Bra?

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> Pre-surgery workup on Jan 14... I'm working furiously to write

down

> every possible question that I can think of.

>

> Here's one you all may be able to answer for me better than Dr.

> Tribus...

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> How soon were you able to wear a standard bra with fasteners in

back?

> I'm VERY uncomfortable w/o a bra! I won't go into much detail,

but I

> absolutely HATE jiggling when I walk!

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> I'm dreading hospital and early rehab life without a bra just

about

> as much as I'm dreading the whole surgery and recovery time! If

I

> have any choice at all, the very first thing I want to learn is

how

> to put on a bra!

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> Maybe nursing bras would be the way to go just to keep the

fasteners

> away from the incision...

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> I have a great deal of neck/shoulder fatigue and pain, and the

plan

> is to fuse T4-T5. If you were fused in the upper thorasic

area,how

> soon was it before you could fasten a standard bra by yourself?

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> Thanks for your experience/advice on this seemingly unimportant

> issue! Jeri

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