Health

Ten-year survivor here, endometrial cancer, returned twice.

1. I was told by a very wise person to celebrate losing my hair -- it means that the chemo is working! The kind of chemo that we normally think of attacks fast-growing cells, like cancer cells, and hair follicles. When your hair starts falling out, it's a good sign. And for women like me, it means that you don't have to shave your legs and armpits either.

I know, it's awful with nothing but fuzz on your head, with most of your eyelashes and eyebrows gone so that you look like a scared rabbit. I wore a wig or scarf or cancer cap, too. But after a while I quit wearing them except for dressy occasions. Bald is beautiful. Just ask Jada Pinkett.

2. $5000 for a wig! Ten years ago I paid a couple of hundred dollars for a wig, and the cancer center gave me a coupon for a free one, too. Granted, they weren't human hair wigs from the Zsa Zsa Gabor collection, but they were decent enough. I still haul out the red bob wig from time to time, just for fun.