Friday, April 4, 2008

6 Month "Anniversary"

My "mohawk" is getting quite long and is at the awkward stage where it's too short to fit in my ponytail and too long to just ignore. I have to clip it up and it almost always sticks out somewhere.

I've decided to grow my long hair for 3 more months and then chop off 9 inches on the 9 month anniversary of my surgery and donate the two ponytails to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. They only require 8 inches and give free wigs to women who lost their hair due to cancer treatment.

This is just my story of my experience with Chiari. Until I was diagnosed, I'd never heard of it, and I just want more people to be aware of it. I'm not a doctor, so don't quote me on any of this stuff - k? If you are looking for information about Chiari Malformation, a lot of the more informative posts are the older ones.