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Losing my hair is one of the most challenging aspects of my cancer journey. And it sucks! I hate that losing my hair makes my illness visible to everyone, eliciting pity looks from strangers just by going to the store to buy some apples.

I had hoped that maybe I’d be one of the few who wouldn’t lose it. But as the weeks progressed into chemo, I started to notice more and more hair stuck in my brush in the mornings. I tried to keep it in a ponytail so that I wouldn’t be shedding all over the place, and I had been told stories of finding it on my pillow and everywhere in the house. Then the volume increased and my scalp felt sensitive each tim

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