Short Nails

I have had LONG nails for as long as I could remember. In fact, any time I cut my nails short because of one breaking, I felt handicap! How do people function with short nails?, I would wonder. Also, my nails always grew in pairs. If one thumb broke, the next one to break would inevitably be the other thumb. I guess even my hands want life to be "Fair". LOL 

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I heard icky stories of people losing nails through chemo treatments. WHAT? Not something I was looking forward to. So back in May, I took a snap shot of my beautiful, strong, long fingernails. You know... just in case.

After 4 rounds of chemo, all I had experienced was dry skin! (And lots of that!) But nothing I couldn't handle. I figured my nails were here to stay! Hallelujah!
However, sometime in September (nearly 2 months after my last Chemo treatment), my nails started breaking and hang nails attacked every single finger! What is going on here??? People keep telling me I just need to be patient! [Not a strong point of mine, btw!] I finally had to just cut them all off. Once one nail barely grows over the end of my finger, it tears or breaks. So irritating! OH! the never-ending gifts from Cancer!
So, perhaps one day, I will get my beautiful long nails back but for now... I am learning to not be retarded with a shorter version and learning to love lots of lotion!