October 2010 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month

getting my hair back

Losing my hair was one of the most traumatic events of my life, this must sound a bit far fetched when you consider everything else I have been through.

Well its now started to grow back and I feel that I’m getting back to normal. However I do feel strange as it’s so short and I’m not used to it like this. Anyway every day it will grow a little more, I’ll be like rapunzal soon.

I went to my friends this weekend,  they live inland about an hour from here. It felt so good to get away I needed the break as things are very difficult at the moment and sometimes a change of scenery is as good as a rest.

hair today, gone tomorrow

Having decided to opt for a wig, my friend recommended a place to me, so off I went with Sgt Major in search of my new hair.

In 30 minutes he had driven me to Malaga and we found the place OK. I don’t know about you but the thought of having to wear a wig all day fills me with dread.

What’s the alternative though,  become a hedgehog for 6 months.

So we loitered by the window display, looking at what seemed some very strange dummy heads with hair on top. Each and everyone of them looked so false and not like the one my friend wore, anyway I bit the bullet and entered the shop. Read more