Hair today

My mad, unruly curls have all been chopped off.  Shame – I’d grown quite fond of them once they’d moved on from the tight, grey, just had a perm stage.  People pay good money for curls like that.  But I knew they weren’t destined for a long life and my hair really did need cutting.   It is now two years and about three weeks since that awful, dreamlike day when I was told I had cancer.  Almost exactly two years since my hair started falling out,  19 months since I noticed the first hint of bum fluff returning to my bald head. 

That’s not so long, really. All over and done with in the blink of an eye.  My cancer is old history now and I’m just a statistic.  I don’t think about it so often these days and I suspect most people around me don’t ever give it a thought any more.  And that’s how it should be.  I fully expect to be one of the 73% of ovarian cancer sufferers who survive to 5 years after diagnosis.  I plan to be one of the 30% or so Continue reading

Nice hair!

I’m getting good at this.  Wearing my wig, that is.  I had a meeting to go to today so wore my wig instead of my much more comfortable buff.   I detoured on the way home to buy Christmas cards and have a coffee, and bumped into a couple I knew in the queue.

“Oh you’ve changed your hair style!  It looks really nice!”

“Thank you”, smiling sweetly.

“Is it easy to look after?”

“Oh yes, very easy” trying not to smirk.

“It must be great for swimming.”

Aloud:  “Definitely easy for swimming”.  (Thinks: I could just take it off and stuff it in a bag. If I could go swimming, of course.)

And I managed all this with a straight face.

Children are so kind

“Mum!  What’s that you’re wearing?”   😯   I can’t quite replicate the tone of total repulsion.

“A scarf, my dearest, darling, younger son. It’s catching the bits of hair that are falling out.”

“Well could you please not wear it when you drop me at football tonight.  In fact, you could just stay in the car.”

I bought a buff today, so I swapped the scarf for the buff.  I thought it might be a bit more socially acceptable, with no undertones of curlers in bed.  Continue reading