I totally understand why people stare at unusual things. Our brains just wants to make sense of things that aren’t the ‘norm’. I manage to go under the radar and blend with the crowd in my wig and my creative eyebrow drawings but I find going to gym is sometimes quite uncomfortable. I usually wear a baseball cap and a little makeup to take the shock away. At any given session I am stared at by 30+ people for that 3 seconds longer than politeness allows. Even my friends stare until the flicker of recognition kicks in. I always respond with a big smile. So far NOBODY (apart from friends) has smiled back. I go to gym 3+ times a week so that’s pretty bad. It’s not the staring that bothers me it’s that NOBODY responds when I smile at them. I know I look like an alien but aliens can be friendly too.
If I said I was going to shave my head to raise funds for cancer I imagine they would all be cheering and giving me a hearty pat on the back.
Perhaps I need to get over my bad self. Let me just say… if you see someone who looks ‘different’, give them a smile regardless. It may well make their day.
Chemo news
If I had the choice I would not choose Tuesdays to have chemo. It takes 3-4 days for the side effects to kick in which means I am feeling yuk by the weekend. Monday to Friday I feel pretty great. Then the weekend I am tired and ‘weird’ feeling. It doesn’t stop me running 5k on the athletics track and socialising my little heart out but I have to force myself and take naps. This weekend I had ‘flu like symptoms’ that are common with Paclitaxol. Aching joints and tiredness.
Apparently it’s ‘have a whinge day’ at the Wood Hood. Ha ha
Two more sessions of Paclitaxel to go and then 4 cycles of AC. I’m almost half way through the chemo woo hoo!!
Through the eyes of a dishmop 
sending you the biggest smile ever :]
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Ha ha thanks Annette x
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Sending a big smile from here too 😃 and I love your creative eyebrows ❤️❤️
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Sending you a massive hug smile and a kiss…….I am not sure why these people are like that Its sad for them and I hope they soon learn to not judge any one like a book by its cover………Im very proud to call you my friend Jenny another hug is need now one for more for I miss seeing you and another one back at you !!!!
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Another huge smile coming your way!
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Wow. I read this in my email this morning and my heart just ached for you. I know we all stare at anything unusual or unexpected, but my lord, a person who’s obviously going thru chemo is not even that unusual anymore. I wonder if they were afraid or embarrassed, too, but I can’t imagine why that’d jolt them so badly they’d be deliberately rude. I dunno. I’d like to think if someone smiled at me, chemo signs or not, I’d smile back! 🙂
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