alternate title "Cancer causes lice"
Yes. Lice.
AGAIN!
I'm so mad I could just throw up.
Last December we got lice. We thought we got rid of it. At the same time the cancer came back in Feb, the lice was back . We thought we got rid of it. Then in June when we got to Seattle, we had it again. At that point I was still sick from chemo, and still bald, and REALLY angry. Everyone in the family got their head shaved. Problem solved.
Mmm hmm ... it's back.
JUST when I start feeling a little better from chemo, and JUST when I think I can go on with my life like a normal person, (at least til next Friday), JUST when the girls are starting to have hair again, I have to deal with this.
All day yesterday was spent packing away stuffed animals (which I have NO place to store. nice) and washing bedclothes, and spraying mattresses, and shampooing/combing out the girls' hair. (Boy, Mommy and Daddy go bald) After doing laundry all day, PLUS Steve taking our bedding to the laundromat at 8 at night, this is what the main bathroom looks like today.
Nice, huh? The tub is full of dirty clothes - that basket was all that was clean as of 20 minutes ago. The house has been sprayed and vacuumed, the girls' hair treated and combed, but the laundry is gonna last forever. Which means I'm probably not really rid of this, and we'll be treating it for months again. Only this time, BigSister will be missing school, and isn't that just peachy.
(and just because I'm evil - THIS is why I kept pestering Steve and BigSister to keep up with the laundry while I couldn't do it. The pile wouldn't have been so big if every basket in the house hadn't be overflowing before I started. UGH!)
I had two or three complete meltdowns yesterday. Cancer I can deal with. Chemo I can deal with. But lice in the middle of it? Not so much.
Also, this means no one can come to our house - or us to their's - until I'm sure it's gone. And it's never gone. Obviously. I've been dealing with it for a YEAR now.
Anyway ... that's my temper tantrum for the day. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got about 10 more loads of laundry to do, and I need to check the girls' hair again.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Insult to injury
Posted by Jesica at 12/02/2008 11:38:00 AM
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2 comments:
We've have struggled with those buggers before. I feel for you. They will drive you insane.
Just what you DON'T need. Try Licehelp.com. It is the only thing that worked for us. All natural. It takes a while and is a bit expensive but it works. And your money is refunded if it doesn't. And I swear, I promise, I don't work for them or anything. I'm just a normal person who battled this earlier this year.
I know you don't know me but I am praying for you and rooting you on.
Good luck.
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