I agonized over losing my hair. In fact I actually considered not doing Chemo because I did not want to deal with losing my hair. However, my son who was only 8 years old at the time said to me, "Mom you have to do chemo and lose your hair, because we need you around." Wow! I thought! such wisdom from my son. With that in mind, I faced chemo head on. I remembered the first day of chemo very well. After they gave me all of the anti-nausea meds, I went into the restroom and looked at myself in the mirror and started crying. I had to tell myself to go back out there and face that "red devil" chemo. After probably three to five minutes I came out and kept in mind that I am doing this for my family.
Now before I even began chemo, my Mom and Dad helped pay for a really nice wig to wear. The American Cancer society has free wigs but the quality of the one my parents help me buy was so much better. I had heard others tell me that the wigs were hot and scarfs and hats were the way to go. I did not agree, for one, my wig was actually cooler than the scarfs I wore around the house and two, I was more obsessed with my hair than other women are. I have noticed though, if women are more worried about their hair, they tend to go for wigs and if they could care less about their hair, they tend to go for scarves and hats.
When deciding, you choose what will make you feel beautiful and able to keep up the fight.
