My hair is falling out

Hi Fairy18

All those people that give you funny look, pull a face or wave at them!! Make them feel awkward!

Katie-lou x

hello fairy18 ............... when u say peeps dont look at you do u mean strangers? did they used to look at u before (wheelchair)? like u say u r still sociable so i agree with katie ...give them a wave n a big gorgeous smile ....... then E veryone will look at you ...with a smile too!

good luck with everything hun

xNx

Hey Fairy,

I don't know what it's like to be in a wheelchair, very difficult i imagine at ur age but i do know how it feels to lose ur hair. I'm 26 an lost mine around march time but i finished chemo in July an it's growing back now. People used to stare at me if a went out in a headscarf an i hate that half sympathetic 'oh shes got cancer' look they give u, the kids that stare r the worst! Katie is right, stick ur tongue out at them, i tried it, it works!

I get ppl looking at me now cos i go out without my wig an people just think i'm a strange woman with a skinhead but I don't care what they think. I only care about the people i love an as long as it doesn't upset them i don't mind! Hope ur wig fitting goes ok, their brilliant cos ppl have no idea its a wig!

Love and hugs

Emma

xxx

Hi Fairy

I'm a bit older than you (not going to admit how much) but am just getting used to being in a wheelchair and being treated as though I do not exist i.e. I pay for an item and the cashiers talk to the person I am with!

However, I have found a new hobby, you know that old phrase ' does my bum look big in this?' - well, in a wheelchair, you can tell straightaway that it does so you can sit there having a giggle and ignore all those people who look at you with sympathy or worse still. try to pretend you are not there at all!

Keep smiling Fairy and enjoy the wig fitting.

Love

Jx

I am Fairy18s mum, it is lovely to find these messages, unfortunately Faye died on 24/3/10 very suddenly, she was only 20, her hair had just started to grow back, she managed without the wheelchair not long after her first chemo.  I love the message about peoples bums,, not sure if she got to see it but she would have loved it.