Cured

[clevermanka]

Fetish's glucose levels came back a-okay this morning. This was after breakfast but no shot. The vet says this means she doesn't need insulin shots, just kept on the canned food (which she is finally eating regularly with enthusiasm). Yay! He said diabetic symptoms can come back, so I need to keep an eye out, but for now, tra-la-la, no more daily injections. That's the good.

Poor nottygypsy spent hours doing the henna indigo treatment on my hair last night and it didn't take at all. This morning when I looked, the indigo stain was non-existent, but at least I could see reddish roots. In the fluorescent light of the Wescoe bathrooms, though, I can see white roots. So boo, hiss. It's a good thing there's only two more weekends because I am so not going through that any more. Not worth it. It looks gorgeous and makes my hair feel wonderful (when it actually, you know, works), but the cost, the time, the tedium and the smell far outweigh the pretty.

My throat hurts again. My back is still achey. I am way tired. I need a vacation.

Comments

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

You'll have to send me the link you're buying from cause it works great on me and I'm going to keep doing the henna I think.

WHY didn't it stick, stupid indigo, the henna works great. What do you think of the red in your dark hair?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the red in your dark hair?

If it was dark red I might be okay, but this sort of brassy orange is not.

I just finished an email to the info@mehandi folks and I hope to hear from them soon. I'm happy to keep doing your hair, and if they have any suggestions on how to better apply the indigo, I'll let you know.

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

Yay, I love our hair nights! (I don't think I'll need to do mine every 2 weeks though. ;)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

According to my photo log, our last henna date was 9/10. So that's not quite a month, but certainly not two weeks!

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

After this time, I'll see how long I can go before doing it again. Love the oil idea too.

Can't believe how much my hair grew in less than a month!

[curieuse.livejournal.com]

What great news for Fetish and for you! :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Quite a relief! Hello, weekend trips away from home!

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

Hooray for the Fetish news....
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What's going in the Henna-indigo mix?
are you adding any oil?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

We put in the henna and indigo separately. I did add just a touch of amber oil to help with the smell. But it was just two drops in probably three to four cups of paste. I'm wondering if it was the new shampoo bar (that I bought from the same people who sold me the henna). I washed my hair with it the day before. Perhaps it's got too many emollients?

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

When I'm laying down the henna for myself or others I add something like a tablespoon to a 1/4th of a cup of olive oil to make sure the dye can sneak past the natural hair oils or emollient shampoo residue.

Also, gives you pretty hair from 'hot oil treatment' effect.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Hm. Maybe I'll try that, if nothing else, on nottygypsy next time.

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

We are also thrilled by your Fetish news!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yay! Me, too!

[the-themiscyran.livejournal.com]

Oh good! Hooray for kitty recovery!

Sorry to hear about the henna and the not feeling well.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

Yeah, the henna fail really blows. Gah.

[nataliesee.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Fetish!

And get thee some EmergenC. I started feeling a throat ache last night, too. I asked for some EmergenC and Tess set the kitchen on fire. So...don't ask her for it. ;)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Poo. I used the last of my Emergen-C a couple weekends ago. Don't wanna go to the grocery store! Too much else to do! Do you think a hot toddy would work just as well?

[nataliesee.livejournal.com]

Do you think a hot toddy would work just as well?

With real lemon juice, a toddy will be better!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I just remembered I used all my lemon juice to make the fucking henna. Goddamnit. =b

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Shall I bring you a couple when I come by? I think I have some in the cupboard.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Sure. That'd be super!!!! Thank you!

[indigodreamer.livejournal.com]

Yay Fetish-kitty! That is such great news! :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm thrilled!

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

So very glad to hear that Fetish is doing better!

So very sorry to hear that the henna didn't take...boo!


D.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and indeed boo on the dumb goosepoop.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mac_/]

Hooray for curing diabetes! I'm sure Fetish appreciates it very much.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I hope she returns to normal behavior soon. It'll be wonderful to have my Good Kitty back!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That's great news about Fetish, hooray! Now maybe she'll stop pooping in inappropriate places (dry - probably from yesterday). I suspect her litter box smelled wrong to her.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I just cleaned them both last night!!! Argh!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That would explain it, then: She poo'd when it was smelly.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I cleaned them Friday, too! WTF, cat can't go two days without her box being clean? I'm going back to the old way of dealing with her litterboxes. This new method is not working.

[theoneinblue.livejournal.com]

So glad for you and Fetish that her health is improving! Now, if we could somehow tweak your achiness and make it better...

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yes!

I think I'll feel a lot better when 1) KCRF is over, and 2) We have a new mattress.

[royal-spice.livejournal.com]

Yay! Go-go kitty pancreas!

Now, about this henna--really? I'd be pissed too if I sat through all that mess and got nothin' but orange roots to show for it. I second the idea that using some oil may help. I have to say though--I tried some henna on the white tip of my dog's tail (don't laugh), and left it for 24 hours, and it just turned it a little orange. Maybe henna is not optimal for white hair--it's structurally different, you know?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's common for henna to color white hairs bozo orange. But the indigo usually darkens it. And I've got very little bozo orange coverage, really. I had a long exchange with the henna help person on email yesterday and I have several tips to try when my rush order arrives Thursday. =D

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm glad the cat backed off being diabetic. You have a hard time getting a cat sitter if shots are part of the care.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm very lucky to have a couple friends with cat-injection experience here in Lawrence, but yeah. I just hate asking someone to have to come by at least once a day. Bleh.