Although I wear a scarf to cover my head everyday and it's a bit obvious that I don't have hair, people usually don't come up to me. The other day, I was at Thai restaurant for dinner and the waitress asked me if I'm going through chemo. I said "yes, I finished about 3 month ago." and she said she did chemo therapy 4 years ago for breast cancer. She is Thai and very pretty. She looked about the same age as me. She is still on medication (tamoxifen), the one I'm taking. Then, she said "You look good. You will be fine." in very gracious way. From that moment, we felt like we've known each other. It is funny how people feel connected.
There are so many people who had told me about their personal experiences with cancer. It's just amazing. And they all live strong and enjoy every moment of life. I wouldn't have known what they had gone through if I didn't have cancer.
I will not need a scarf soon. (I still look like a monkey though.) I will not look like a cancer patient but I will always be the one who knows how it's like, hopefully the one to encourage others like her.
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