One of the cool effects of the chemo I am taking is that my fingernails developed white stripes! One of the nurses mentioned that he thought they were called bow lines, and that you get one for each chemo treatment. So far I can count four, and I suspect the rest are on their way up.
It's kind of like tree rings, I suppose. You mark your progress by the number of rings showing. And you wear them with pride. No nail salon could make such perfect embedded lines, all the same white color, but each individual as far as how thick they are - which probably is some indicator of how the chemo hit your body. So far the second and third ones are the fattest.
At least my nails have not fallen off. I have heard others talk about how their fingernails and toe nails hurt and lifted right off. I am lucky. Just stripes for me. Let's keep it that way!
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