Now We Know How Many

It's not a question I wanted to know the answer to, but now I know how many irinotecan infusions it takes to make all your facial hair fall out: four. Kind of a bummer, that. I definitely didn't need to see my chin. It's been some twenty-five years since I last saw my face without hair, and I could've happily gone twenty-five more.* 

Instead, I get to look in the mirror and see Elmer Fudd staring back. 

But it's good to know that the chemotherapies they use in treating colon cancer don't make your hair fall out. 


* Or however many I've actually got left.