Hair Loss
Problem: Surgical masks don’t work well with long beards. Beard hair keeps getting pressed into my mouth, and when I take the mask off, I end up with bizarre-looking mask-beard.
Problem (cont.): Since Amy will be receiving chemo for several more months, which weakens or wipes out her immune system, I’m going to have to keep wearing the masks to visit her.
Problem solved:
I mean, they did warn us that chemotherapy would lead to hair loss…
David Slayton
January 21, 2019 @ 2:51 pm
I hope she recovers quickly. Went through this last summer with my nephew and it was hard. She’s in my thoughts.
Mer
January 21, 2019 @ 2:55 pm
You do look approximately one age of Middle Earth younger, though!
Jim C. Hines
January 21, 2019 @ 2:55 pm
David: Thank you. How is your nephew doing?
Jim C. Hines
January 21, 2019 @ 2:55 pm
Mer: My son said it was like I had time traveled backward five years.
Dena A M Norton
January 21, 2019 @ 2:57 pm
A very practical solution.
Mike
January 21, 2019 @ 3:50 pm
Just think of it as losing lots of grey hair from your beard.
Kari (AKA Mom)
January 21, 2019 @ 4:07 pm
You look great Jim, and I’m sure Amy does too! Give her a big ol’ hug for me!
Christine Jordan
January 21, 2019 @ 4:11 pm
Thinking of you and Amy. Chemo sucks but I am proof that hair grows back – even beards.
Kris Dotto
January 21, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
I wish you and Amy all the best. My nephew currently is fighting osteosarcoma, and I have a good friend who is past the 5-year remission mark with Stage 4 breast cancer. It can be beaten. I have no doubt that Amy will be surrounded by those who love her. And good for you for losing some hair first. 😉
Kltownsend
January 21, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
Stylish!
Cancer sucks.
Adam J. Whitlatch
January 21, 2019 @ 5:34 pm
That guy looks familiar… (squints)
Jim C. Hines
January 21, 2019 @ 8:03 pm
Kris – All the best to your nephew and your family.
(And technically, Amy lost her hair first…)
Rhonda
January 21, 2019 @ 8:30 pm
You look good, though.
You and your family are often in my thoughts <3
Allison
January 22, 2019 @ 3:39 pm
This is close to what you looked like when we briefly met during your author Guest of Honor stint at MarsCon Williamsburg a few years ago (January of 2014, I think). My now-husband kept being mistaken for you (he looks like a slightly younger version), so obviously I think you look great!
Your family has been in my thoughts and I wish you all the best. Stay strong!
John Hartness
January 23, 2019 @ 11:11 am
You look remarkably presentable. 🙂