Kind Of Like Bankers Hours, Only Better

After our first consult with the Oncologist last week he outlined a course of treatment to rid Donna of any cancer. First up is systemic treatment with 4 rounds of adriamycin & cytoxin 3 weeks apart. After that it is localized treatment consisting of 6 weeks of radiation blasted at her breast.

Both of the chemo drugs list hair loss as a side effect, so to get prepared for that eventuality we visited the little boutique at the Cancer Center on Thursday. We had a about three hours to kill while waiting for the radioactive tracer to get distributed throughout her body for a bone scan test. With the help of the nice lady that runs the place, Donna tried on a whole bunch of styles of turbans, scarves, hats and such. We picked out two neat turbans, two more dressier hat/bonnets for work, a nice little cotton beanie for sleeping and under ball caps. Although Donna liked the scarf option they seemed a little tricky to get looking right. The last item we picked out was a small hair piece 6″ wide with about 4″ of hair to simulate bangs that give a more natural look to the other items.

The shop keeper took a copy of Donna’s insurance card and said she’d call and see if our items would be covered. We when back to the hospital and finished up the bone scan, etc. We then went home and had lunch. The woman called shortly thereafter to say that our insurance didn’t cover those kinds of things. We told her we still wanted to buy the items and would come over later to pick them up.

Donna called at about 4 o’clock to see how late they were open and was told the store was closing. Oh, well, no problem we’ll come over and get them tomorrow she told the woman. Tomorrow was today, so we took a lunchtime ride over and guess what? Right, the store closed at noon on Friday. The woman at the front desk had our stuff in a bag for us, but couldn’t take a charge card.

I guess we’ll try again Monday at lunch. We will call before we drive over though, as with our luck, the place is probably only open in the afternoons on Monday…