Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Today is starting slowly - some days are like that! Yesterday was a busy day. The wig adventure continued with our next visit. I am now the 'proud' owner of a guinea pig or that is what it looks like! The wig is made with 40% more hair than needed so that you can go and have it trimmed as you would like it. It therefore looks quite odd sitting on the top of my head. It is a good colour for me but just needs a bit of adjusting. Hopefully then I will be able to wear it without feeling like everyone is staring at the lady with the wig! I am surprised by my need to have hair as I thought it would be fine to wear scarves. I have however found there to be a couple of occasions where i have just wanted to be another person in a crowd of people not to know that everyone is looking at your scarf and thinking - poor them they have cancer. It is fine for people to know I have cancer and I am open about telling people and using the word cancer to help remove the stigma but I choose who I tell and when - my scarf announces it in big letters!

Today my brother and his girls are coming and I am looking forward to seeing them. They will fill the house with chatter and activity and it will be lovely. I am expecting lots of questions as they have been very interested in my hair loss.

I hope you all have a good day too.



5 comments:

  1. I think you should definitely become 'the lady with the guinea pig on her head!', much more of a talking point than a scarf or wig. You could also carry around carrots and lettuce to pretend to feed it occasionally and obviously you need to give it a name...hope this helps!?

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  2. a name seems essential doesn't it - I am open to ideas! I love the idea of feeding it - great idea for detracting people!

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  3. Once it gets trimmed and you can have a style you are happy with there will be no need for any carrots and no more bad hair days!

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  4. Thank you Jill for your reassurance - no more bad hair days yippee!

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  5. maybe you could have it styled like one of those blow dried looking guinea pigs. I still think your should go for the Cher look. Thanks for your posts :) xx

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