At first, ALL I could think about, were THE CHILDREN
then,
The thought of DEATH went through my head
But, from the moment it reached there, whenever I thought of myself,
It was ALL
about my
HAIR
For 6 weeks -
The time between my diagnosis and the beginning of chemotherapy -
I had only
Great HAIR Days.
I woke up with the WEirdeSt head ace EVER
It felt as if someone was pulling
Each
Hair
s e p a r a t e l y .
It was Exactly 2 weeks, after my 1st Chemo.
Exactly the way THEY said it would be.
Next Day was
my
SHAVING DAY
So poignant. Made my heart ache. Hugs, Kathi
Thank you dear Kathy, you know I didn’t mean to hurt you…
For me, to lose my hair, was worse than knowing I had cancer! In fact, it was the Real Thing….
I think it is so, for so many of us…
You are so beautiful. inside-out.XOXO
Thanks dear, from the in & out
U r amazing.
Thank you my love, my inspiration
for me loosing my hair was something not to talk about!
for sure not 2 think about….
but it did happen unfortunately!!!
and it was the worst THING for me i’v ever been to.
like mini holocaust moment for my life.
i salute u sister <3
like u said,we R AN AMZONA!
At the 1st support group meeting I’d been to, there were 40 women, who went through almost anything.
When we were asked what was our hardest moment 39 of us said: losing our hair…
Interesting that I’m here reading this today. I’m posting tomorrow about hair loss. It’s such a huge deal isn’t it? It is just hair, but then again it’s not… I’m finally feeling up to sharing some photos of myself when I was bald. I think I am anyway! Great post. I’ll be sharing it soon. Thanks for your poignant words. And what a great title for a post!
Nancy, it took me almost 4 years, to publish my blog, I think deconstructing cancer’s experience, changes and after effects, takes a long time. I also know, there’s a great relief after putting it all (stories, pictures etc.) out. I also think that the need of hiding parts of what we went through, is a remnant of a conception we are all trying to change, and if 1 of 8 women will have to go through it, there’s no reason they’ll all need to hide…
But then again, for me, losing hair was about being a “cancer patient”, before and above being just me.
And as for you, oh, please, do Share !!! we are all waiting…!
:)
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Wow. Very powerful, I’m so glad Nancy pointed me to your post. ~Catherine
Thank you Catherine, and thanks to Nancy for sharing this post. I think that for most of us, losing our hair is a very big deal, because it leaves us exposed, Vulnerable, and it puts the Cancer all out there…
dear Efratush, amazing courageous touching words. thank you heart opener
thank you dearest