Hair story -- it finally happenened!

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jdootoo
jdootoo Member Posts: 253
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

It was just a matter of time, really. I live in the city and went to sit on the benches outside of my building to do some knitting last night (we live on a major road). My 8 year old son comes running up to me, sits down and asks, "Mommy, did you forget something?" I asked him, "What do you mean?" He looks at me funny and says, "Um, your hair?" Sure enough, I was bald as the day I was born, happily knitting away in front of dozens of people! We laughed all the way back upstairs!

One love, Jackie

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited June 2010

    excellent.. bald is good .. why hide it?

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  • lorrhaw
    lorrhaw Member Posts: 751
    edited June 2010

    Jackie - that is too funny.  I am not as brave as Apple and am one of the ones who only have let a select group of people see me with no hair.  The other day I opened the bedroom door to say something to my step-son and his friend and since I had just gotten out of the shower I forget that I didn't have my hair on.  I apologized later but they both said they didn't notice.  Maybe someday I will be brave enough to venture out into my backyard and pool with no hair and who knows after that where I may dare tread......

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  • jenn3
    jenn3 Member Posts: 3,316
    edited June 2010

    I love the story.........bald is beautiful!!

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  • kimber3006
    kimber3006 Member Posts: 586
    edited June 2010

    I love it that your son asked if you forgot something - lol!  What a great story.

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  • KittyDog
    KittyDog Member Posts: 1,079
    edited June 2010

    great story. 

    I went to to pick my dd up from school and straight to karate which is at school when I realized I had forgotten my hat.  I had already given up the wig because it was just to hot here.  All the kids loved it and thought it was neat.  I was very embrassed but life goes on and a week later I gave up the hat.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited June 2010

    no one would ever dare to go out bald.. we are.  (ok, i do have hair at the moment, but i'll lose again). 

    it IS cool.  Everytime I went out bald, people practically bowed at my feet.  it is good for them to know that cancer is a reality for some.

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited June 2010

    I love it....why not go "naked" more often!!

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  • jdootoo
    jdootoo Member Posts: 253
    edited June 2010

    It was really funny, and did make me think about going out with a shiny noggin all the time! My sister made a bunch of beautiful caps for me, though, and I really enjoy wearing them (one for every outfit!)

    Like you all said, the kids think it is hilarious! (I am learning from them)

    One love, Jackie

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  • RegulJ
    RegulJ Member Posts: 244
    edited June 2010

    That's great!!!

    I am post chemo and have dinner tonight with the in-laws. I am trying right now to be brave and go without a scarf tonight.

    Yikes!

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  • jdootoo
    jdootoo Member Posts: 253
    edited June 2010

    RegulJ: Hope everything went allright at dinner! If it as hot there as it is here, I am sure you felt fantastic!!

     One love, Jackie

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  • RegulJ
    RegulJ Member Posts: 244
    edited June 2010

    Dinner went well. The dining room was really empty so there weren't a lot of "eyes" on me. I found a few of the staff members staring a bit, however I stayed focused on the buffet (yum) and not on them.

    Tomorrow I am going out again for my birthday dinner at a busier place. O.o

    Double Yikes!

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  • YATCOMW
    YATCOMW Member Posts: 664
    edited July 2010

    I never braved going out without a wig........
     
    But one day I was going into Lowe's to pick some things up and as I was walking towards the entrance in the parking lot.......a man and his maybe 6 year old son were coming out.......all of a sudden a burst of wind came and it blew off my wig and  landed by my feet.  I looked at the two of them.... picked up my wig....put it back on and continued to walk towards the store......
     
    Count on that I was part of dinner conversation that night with the boy.
     
    Jacqueline 
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  • RegulJ
    RegulJ Member Posts: 244
    edited July 2010

    I have stopped wearing a scarf. I had dinner out 2 nights in a row and left them at home. Although I did bring it with me and tied it around my neck instead. :)

    I also ventured out today and did some shopping with no scarf and no hubby as a "buffer".

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  • Annie62
    Annie62 Member Posts: 1,081
    edited July 2010

    Nice thread to read. I did mostly wigs at work, and bald the rest of the time. Once I wore a wig to a party at my brother's house where lost of not close relatives (in-laws of bro who I love who had a bc daugher the yr before and who know me since I was a kid) but I liked being  baldy. More comfortable. If I ever get dx Stage IV, I will search for a comfortable wig  or hat because its one thing to be bald for 6-12 months, another to be bald forever. I dont' want my 7 yr old remembering me as bald at her special occasions unless I really can't stand the wig!   As for work, I went bald when I know the honchos weren't in town. Got surprised once and it actually ended up better for me. Most people don't remember and the ones that do, think I'm a 'killer' saleperson! If they only knew the chemo fog I was in...

     Annie 

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