Better Off Bald

As for me, time moved forward, but I couldn t move on. Part of me died with Adrienne, leaving a void so vast that nothing will ever be able to fill it. For years, I tried to relieve my grief. 2dtm8ian The post Better Off Bald: Episode 40 After Adrienne appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Look, if you insist on mentioning our mother, you might as well not write the damn thing at all. My sister wouldn t have wanted that. Don t you get it? Our mother lost custody! She s doesn t deserve to be listed as a surviving relative; she s not even invited to the funeral. The post Better Off Bald: Episode 39 Days 1 7 Without Adrienne appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Cancer adds to the story of my individual life; it adds to my unique character and sense of humor. John, in my eyes, has never seemed more like a father, and Sissy has never seemed untrapped and free from time and stress. I know that she s stressed right now, I can see it hiding beneath […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 38 Day 147 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

We are taking Adrienne home. She wouldn t want to be here. I understand the risks. You can t talk me out of it, so don t try. Now let s do what needs to be done and get her home as soon as possible. = Without flinching, Casey nods and says, Okay. Later, she tells me upon that first […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 37 Days 145 146 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Adrienne pops up like a jack-in-the-box. Her shrieks are coherent despite the mask. Thrashing her thin arms in mid-air, she pushes doctors and nurses away as they grab her limbs. She spots John and me. SISSSYYY! STOP. MAKE STOP, she yells. Oh my god! What have they done? The post Better Off Bald: Episode 36 Days 142 144 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Adrienne is angry because her doctor is giving up on her. I remember Dr. Aquino s email to Kirsten, which she forwarded to me. His last words were I m sorry I can t offer her much help. If I were Adrienne lying in that bed, listening to him, I would have said fuck off too. We are […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 35 Days 139 141 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

You don t know my sister or our family. Well, let me tell you something. We don t believe in numbers so there s your prognosis. As far as doing her work, ask her teachers. She is more than capable. School is one of the few things that gives her pleasure now. It brings some normality back […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 34 Days 131 138 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Adrienne s career list 2000 present: Professor of religion Zoologist Forensic psychologist Full-time artist painter (gallery) or digital art Webcam star Fashion designer Computer programmer Studio musician The post Better Off Bald: Episode 33 Days 124 130 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

I am asking for an immediate 504 Hearing (504 being the section of the Rehabilitation Act that covers educational programs). Schools must make reasonable (five hours is not reasonable) accommodations to ensure full, meaningful access to educational programs for eligible, handicapped persons. As a cancer patient, Adrienne is protected under the Rehabilitation Act. I expect this […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 32 Days 118 123 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

For half a second, my heart soars like a young bird finding its wings, taking its first flight, racing through the air. Then I look into his eyes, and my brain connects the words to the look on his face. My heart stops, forgetting to flap its wing, and falls to the ground, landing with […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 31 Days 111 117 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Wow. It looks great. How bold, he says as he gestures toward her head. I love that you shaved your head. What made you decide to do it? Adrienne looks the bus boy in the eye. I have cancer. The post Better Off Bald: Episode 30 Days 106 110 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Today was honestly one of the best days of my life. I cannot describe in words how incredible of a person you are. I have never before met someone who was so wise, down to earth, intelligent, talented, and humorous. Throughout most of my childhood, you were that one string of hope that held me […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 29 Day 105 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Still flushed with excitement, Adrienne greets him by exclaiming in a singsong voice. DAVE Navarro KNOWS who I am! DAVE Navarro KNOWS who I am! Not missing a beat, Dr. Fenn mimics her tone. WHO is DAVE Navarro? Adrienne bursts into giggles and explains the phone call, her wish, and meeting Dave Navarro. The post Better Off Bald: Episode 28 Days 99 104 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Until I see a drop of water fall on the keyboard, I don t even realize I am crying. I touch my face. it is soaked. As the printer churns out each page, each person who had stage IV liver cancer and survived, I weep. Hope floods back into my body, and I welcome it because […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 27 Days 94 98 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

I kinda brought this upon myself. A lot of stuff happened in my early youth, and I repressed it for years and I think that s what caused it (cancer) for some reason. I just have a gut feeling about it. I ve been going through a breakdown now, because I m trying to let go of everything […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 26 Days 90 93 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Who will go with me to the Topanga Canyon haunted house on Halloween? Who will stain the entire bathroom blue with hair dye? Who will argue with me I have seen that episode of Law & Order when I think I haven t, but she is always right? Who will ask me to proofread her paper […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 25 Days 84 89 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

When Adrienne exits her bedroom, I gasp. She appears so ethereal with her blue Monarch butterfly wings and blue bobbed wig Marilyn bought for her. I m looking at a blue fairy from another world. Adrienne is also wearing her brand new blue tie-dyed shirt from Ross along with a blue scarf tied around her […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 24 Days 80 83 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

I picture us sitting in a car at an intersection in the middle of the night. The world feels empty like right after a storm ends. The darkness presses down on us, and we see only a red stoplight blinking: on, off, on, off, on, off. We can t turn the car around and go back […] The post Better Off Bald: Episode 23 Days 73 79 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Adrienne has the pleasure of meeting Nurse Bitchy before I do. I step out to use the restroom down the hall since parents are not allowed to use the one in the patient s room. During the five minutes I am gone, Nurse Bitchy walks into Adrienne s room and takes away her oxygen mask. The post Better Off Bald: Episode 22 Days 68 72 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.

Like the California wildfires, there are so many hot spots in Adrienne s body right now; the doctors don t know which one should be treated first. They are focused on what happened over the weekend, and now there s the orange pee, the funky rash, and the constant nausea. The post Better Off Bald: Episode 21 Days 62 67 appeared first on Andrea Wilson Woods.