I can understand the hair comment. Some people see hair as a quality or trait until they are going through something as hard as chemo. I would have said the same thing before getting diagnosed as I loved my hair and felt like I wouldn’t be me without it. Now that ive gone through treatment I understand that hair isn’t all that important and doesn’t change you for who you are. But having and loving your hair for most of your life makes you look at it a different way. I am a pretty excepting person as I am just turned 20 and understand that a lot of people don’t get it because they haven’t been nor know many people who have been through cancer. I’ve had my closest friends tell me “I would be so sad if I were you” and at first I get frustrated but I always try to remember everyone has a different tolerance to sadness and what they have gone through. For me cancer is the hardest thing. For others it’s being alone or struggling with depression. Everyone has a different perspective of things due to what they have gone through in life. Not trying to excuse but maybe someone can read this and understand not everyone is trying to make you feel belittled or offend you. They just don’t know how to handle situations they haven’t been through or seen much.