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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #75 on: September 04, 2008, 04:19:35 pm »
We might get a better deal if we go in a group.  We can charter a plane, rent a big place so we can all cook and eat together (and not care if we spill food on ourselves), and show up en masse to a great salon for "the works".
3cmx4cm trigeminal neuroma, involved all the facial nerves, dx July 8, 2008, tx July 22, 2008, home on July 24, 2008. Amazing care at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #76 on: September 04, 2008, 05:13:13 pm »
Lori~
How about if I say to heck with the Hoedown & just leave them in a LURCH and go to Europe - it'd be MUCH more fun!!   ;D

K
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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #77 on: September 04, 2008, 09:40:22 pm »
Anne Marie -

we all have evil twins - mine is Lori  ;)

Sorry, Lori.  Thought I'd say it about you before you beat me to it and said it about me  :D

Jan
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Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #78 on: September 05, 2008, 07:53:40 am »
so, folks... since this has taken on a life of it's own, anyone object to moving this thread to AN Community?  This has kinda gone beyond "AN Issues" where it currently lives........ and you all can continue in AN community.

Say AYE to the move! :)

Phyl
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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #79 on: September 05, 2008, 08:56:02 am »
Can I say "nay" and just vote for getting back on topic?

It's a very good topic - relevant to many - we just got a little carried away with the silly stuff - which as you know sometimes happens  ::)   ;D

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
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I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #80 on: September 05, 2008, 09:00:28 am »
*watches jan's halo fall to the ground*

kerplunk.

Ok, if you want to keep the silly stuff, it goes to AN community... if you want to get back on topic, it stays here... pick one, all! :)

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #81 on: September 05, 2008, 09:01:45 am »
WOW!  I didn't even realize I ever had a halo  :o

I'm voting for getting back on topic.  Anyone else?

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #82 on: September 05, 2008, 09:32:37 am »
But wait, I thought this was the topic... safely coloring your hair in Europe?

Lori, tripping over Jan's fallen halo...
Right 3cm AN diagnosed 1/2007.  Translab resection 2/20/07 by Dr. David Kaylie and Dr. Karl Hampf at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.  R side deafness, facial nerve paralysis.  Tarsorraphy and tear duct cauterization 5/2007.  BAHA implant 11/8/07. 7-12 nerve jump 9/26/08.

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #83 on: September 05, 2008, 01:54:23 pm »
I'll get back on topic if Lori does.
3cmx4cm trigeminal neuroma, involved all the facial nerves, dx July 8, 2008, tx July 22, 2008, home on July 24, 2008. Amazing care at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #84 on: September 05, 2008, 03:31:58 pm »
Marci -

I hate to disappoint you, but I've been off topic for so long now... I am beginning to think there's no goin' back.     :D

Now, what were we talking about?

Lori
Right 3cm AN diagnosed 1/2007.  Translab resection 2/20/07 by Dr. David Kaylie and Dr. Karl Hampf at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.  R side deafness, facial nerve paralysis.  Tarsorraphy and tear duct cauterization 5/2007.  BAHA implant 11/8/07. 7-12 nerve jump 9/26/08.

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #85 on: September 05, 2008, 03:34:38 pm »
I still think it all relates to HAIR...   ::)

K
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25 yrs then-14 hour surgery-stroke
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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #86 on: September 05, 2008, 04:48:18 pm »
Donnalynn~
You're back - how did the trip go??  Is there a LIGHT Henna shade for me or only brown/reds?
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K
Translab 12/95@Houston Methodist(Baylor College of Medicine)for "HUGE" tumor-no size specified
25 yrs then-14 hour surgery-stroke
12/7 Graft 1/97
Gold Weight x 5
SSD
Facial Paralysis-R(no movement or feelings in face,mouth,eye)
T3-3/08
Great life!

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #87 on: September 05, 2008, 05:30:39 pm »
How often do you have to repeat henna? I was just at the hairdresser today and I told her I was going to wait at least until the holidays before I color again to make sure everything is healed up. We've never discussed henna. Wish I had thought to ask today.

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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #88 on: September 05, 2008, 08:52:05 pm »
Hi all,
I forgot to ask the doctor today if he thought it would be okay to color my hair.  I was sure he would  say no but decided to e-mail him anyway.  Much to my happy surprise he said it would be okay,just to put a lot of bacitracin on the leaking part of the incision.  I will go a step further and cover it as well as possible and possibly avoid the immediate area entirely.  I don't care if it's not perfect  and I might be able to avoid coloring a square inch or more near the incision and have it matter too much.  I'm so excited!  The only other thing he told me was to wait five days because he removed some sutures that didn't dissolve today.  I didn't even know they were there until he told me. They just blended in with my hair and didn't hurt or cause any problems.

Wendy
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2 cm at time of surgery
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Re: Oh please tell me it's safe to color my hair...
« Reply #89 on: September 05, 2008, 11:07:28 pm »
Yea, Wendy!  You brought us back to the topic!  Yes, it was about when it's safe to color your hair, not about henna, guys  ::)   :D

Phyl will be so happy!  She won't have to move this thread now - that is if you all stay on track (yes, you too, Lori)  ;)  ;D

Congratulations on the "officially okay to color" milestone Wendy!

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways