Shaving for Cancer

Looking forward to the big chop.

After my grandmother died of cancer in 2010, I learned that a very close friend of mine experienced a loss worse than mine later on that year when her grand mother who was practically her mother lost the fight to cervical cancer.

I was only just getting affected when I had my aunt had to remove her womb because of the disease and her sister her a mastectomy,a surgery to remove the entire breast, including the skin and nipple. It is usually done to treat breast cancer. I then met my ex, who was also a affected by the death of his grandmother after she lost the fight with cervical cancer. Just as when I thought it would get better, another close friend lost her grandmother to throat cancer.

After the chop! *smiles*

It is devastating and there's actually nothing much we could do but accept and make change. I try to donate blood to the South African Blood Services hoping it could help leukemia patients but i know for a fact that the blood goes to other what medicals would classify as 'immediate' emergencies. In addition to that, I'm a registered organ donor-however, it's reassuring to know that they will have to wait for my death in order to get life.

Pity! All I could do was to show support that goes beyond wearing a ribbon, but shave my hair! It wasn't long enough to aid to the Locks of Love campaign but it's comforting to know that I am doing something to prove to myself and show sufferers that they are with me in thoughts and prayer.

The dance that moved my soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wr42lSuo8