Changing Self

Here is where I’ll catalog my self portrait and portraits. The first few are just some images I have on Facebook, because I didn’t really think I needed any “before” shots. As things move along, I’ll add more every so often. Basically, this will just be a space for me to put images of how my appearance is changing throughout this process.

1/1/12

Here you can see how thick my hair usually is. Most of my winter pictures involve a hat or a helmet of some sort, so this is the only picture I have, really, of what my hair looked like this year.

New Years Eve, 2012

2/25/12

A trip with some friends up to Loon mountain.

February 25th, 2012

6/16/25

This is the earliest picture I took while in the hospital, except for one that’s super blurry when chemo ended. This is the “before” image for my mohawk.

Freshly ‘hawked, June 16th, 2012.

7/2/12

Freshly discharged, this is after a whole bunch of days in a row where I was basically shedding like crazy. You can’t really tell the difference, though.

First day out of the hospital, July 2nd.

7/16/12

The mohawk is definitely disappearing. I’ll be shaving the rest of it off shortly. Probably tomorrow.

‘Hawk thinning out a bit. July 16th, 2012.

7/24/12:

Few pictures from round 1 of consolidation chemo:

My buddy, my buddy, wherever I go, there he go.

7/25/12:

Hopped on the bike, gave it my best “Blue Steel”:

End of the ‘Hawk though 😦

10/11/12:

I wrote about this story, but I got to meet Jeremy Jones! This is the same day I got released from my post-2nd-consolidation fever.

Awesome.

Awesome.

4/24/13:

Post baldness, post transplant, first haircut! My hair is curly now, apparently.

2013-04-25 15.13.07

 

 

7/1/13

1 year anniversary. Biked 6ish miles. Like a boss.

What'd you do today? Oh you know. Just rode 6 miles in 100 degree weather 6 months after my transplant. NBD.

What’d you do today? Oh you know. Just rode 6 miles in 100 degree weather 6 months after my transplant. NBD.

6 comments

  1. Of course there’s physical changes from your treatment.. but you still look good considering 🙂

    1. Thanks! I can’t tell if people are just being nice, or they actually like how I look with a mohawk. Definitely gotten a lot of compliments on it though, haha. I’ll have to test it again once my hair grows back and maybe the cancer is gone 🙂

      1. Well, I gotta say I’m another fan of the mohawk, definitely go for it!! lol

    2. Shame there’s no more hawk, but I’ll try to keep the silliness alive 🙂

      1. tis ok. hair grows back. you could do it again if you wanted 🙂
        keeping the silliness going isn’t to difficult 😛 its a survival skill, a must. I’m sure you’ve got this ..

  2. The caption for your Blue Steel photo: ” I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.”

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