Today, I shaved my head because I heard that one of my good friends got cancer. I went to visit her in the hospital. She's not bald. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I completely shaved my head as a gesture for my boyfriend's mother, who was suffering from cancer and having a terrible time undergoing chemotherapy. Turns out she doesn't even have cancer, and my boyfriend thought I wouldn't have the guts to do it. FML
Today, it's the 3-month anniversary marking the day two friends and I shaved our heads as a show of solidarity for a friend starting chemo. Her prognosis is good and her hair only thinned slightly. We, on the other hand, look like a motley crew of lesbian biker chicks. FML
Today, I slipped and gashed my head bad enough that my head had to be shaved to be sewn up. Right after it had finished growing back from chemotherapy. FML
Today, my daughter shaved her head in solidarity for a friend who went bald from cancer. Normally this would be an amazing gesture. Unfortunately, her “friend” is a fictional character from a book she’s reading. My daughter had almost 24-inch long hair. FML
Today, I had an elderly woman come up to me and tell me how well I pull off the look of being bald. She said that most women can't look attractive without hair. Then she asked me if I had cancer. I had to explain to her that I am, in fact, a man, and I shave my head because I'm a swimmer. FML
Today, I brought my best friend to my uncle's birthday party. We were having a great time until my grandmother walked up to us and said to me, "You sure have a nice looking boyfriend." My friend is a girl. She has cancer and lost all of her hair due to chemotherapy. FML
Today, after I watched my girlfriend get her head shaved in preparation for chemo a few days ago, I took the clippers and buzzed my long, well kept hair, gave her a loving hug, reminding her that, "We're at this together." She later broke up with me because I, pretty much, "look like shit." FML
Today, when I went out to get some groceries with my mother, a small girl came up to me and said I was an "ugly egg" because I'm a bald girl. I had to shave my head in order to have brain surgery to relieve me of the symptoms of my neurological disorder. FML
Today, I let a friend cut my hair. I soon went from having a 'fro to looking like I lost a fight with a lawn mower. FML
Today, I went to school with a bad haircut. I got about 50 cancer jokes so far. FML
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jvillan87 5
well at least you were being supportive.
jellyybeans 5
well it doesn't instantly happen as soon as they get cancer. but you sound like a good friend (:
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Comments (97)
skitzofreniks 5
YDI for thinking everybody with cancer is bald...although it was sort of a nice gesture.
lcocheerleader 0
you can't get cancer from someone else... so why the hell you shaved your head in the first placed!?!?!
bubblekitty 1
are you that dumb? the OP didn't want to let their friend suffer alone and he/she showed respect for their friend. he shaved his/her head to let his/her friend know that tree will always be someone t"here for u and one of those people is me."( thats what the OP would say)
Kookish 2
What? When did she say that? She did it to be nice, not to protect herself 0.o
soccerchick_1994 8
wow your not very bright. she was trying to support her friend.
AnagenisisZagus 13
33- You my friend are very much misinformed or lack understanding. People who have cancer sometimes undergo chemotherapy which may rid of the cells that..... you know what? Look at the other ******* comments above, man!
GODs_uncle 1
at 43. OP may have cut his/her hair as a gesture of friendship but seriously, how can someone be that dumb to believe your hair falls out because of cancer? First OP should have found out what type of cancer their friend had and then waited to see if the treatment for said cancer would cause their hair to fall out.
bubblekitty 1
55 - ALMOST every person that never went through a situation in their life when a member of their family had cancer, don't know that its from the treatment. plus even in movies you just see a person with cancer and slowly their hair falls out and that's what the OP thought. people loose hair when they have cancer. ....
bubblekitty 1
plus in other countries we don't get the education about cancer like everybody does in USA. in my country we didn't have medication for cancer. we had to go in other countries to get it. and it was very very expensive. so most people just died of cancer because two didn't have $$
ChuckNorris141 0
are you really that stupid
bgonzal1 0
wow. no wonder you're a cheerleader. your dumb.
nerdchic 5
she's blonde.. she can't help it
EliseAqua 0
43 agreed. My sister's friend got cancer and lost her hair in chemo. My sister shaved her head to make her friend feel better. She also got a couple of her other friends to shave their heads, so that her friend with cancer wouldn't feel so weird.
EG14_fml 8
wow, you're stupid. guess it is a blonde thing. (no offence to other blondes, just a joke)
bubblekitty 1
just look at the bright side. no new to take care of hair for a while. even tho when I cut my hair short I was crying for months. I'm sorry OP
bugmefmlnotnow 7
My girlfriend always says she'll shave her head if her sister (chain smoker) gets cancer. This is something I could imagine her doing; her sister gives her the call that she has cancer, then she immediately shaves her head. Hope your friend the best of luck. Support her, it helps.
kinga08 0
People with cancer don't begin to lose hair until after they begin chemotherapy. It's not like the doctor diagnoses them and them BOOM, all their hair falls out. You did a very selfless thing, so your life is not ******. I once worked with a girl my age who developed cancer in her lymph nodes and it was miserable watching her undergo treatments as she developed more and more bald spots and was losing energy. Be thankful you're bald but healthy. Hair grows back.
figureskates2344 6
oh well, it was still sweet :)
wisericky 12
get some duc tape and put your hair back on!
Luvmehateme292 0
Duct tape: It fixes everything.
OMG_N3RD 0
At least you supported!!
nerdchic 5
she will when she goes throu chemo... this isn't an FML :) you're a great friend for be supportive and by her side :)
franceypants 0
just bc someone has cancer, doesn't mean that they absolutely HAVE TO be bald