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Bald & brushed

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Posted by hb on 06 Jul 2011, 09:09AM

I've changed my profile pic in solidarity with all the other baldies. I am a bit low about how I look at the moment -- not so much how I feel in myself (I think I look ok, even without the eyebrows and eyelashes that have fallen out since this pic was taken) but other people's reactions to me. For example last weekend I went to a family gathering and an aunt, who I haven't seen since starting treatment, didn't recognise me! She actually came up and said "I don't think I know your name, do I?" I laughed it off at the time, but when I got home I cried so hard ...


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  • About:  I teach gender studies, love my job. I've been happily unmarried to Rod for nearly 25 years. We have a cat, King Louis, but no kids. I'm 46.

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    Fitness and sports, Reading

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