I’ve previously posted as to why I hate this campaign, but I’ve recently had a new perspective which makes me dislike it even more.
This year my friend was diagnosed with rectal cancer. She now has a colostomy bag, which she will have for life. She is having chemotherapy, but it won’t make her loose her hair. I have been present when cancer has come up in conversation, and people have asked her about hair loss. On discovering she will keep her hair, the comments have ranged from “your cancer can’t be that bad” to “well your treatments must be easy”. She feels like the campaign is completely trivialising her condition, as the general public seem to have the idea that unless you loose your hair, you don’t have ‘proper’ cancer.
I’m assuming that those who have had ‘just’ radiotherapy, would have similar views.
