@georgieeswallow hair loss experience❤️ Back in 2018, I was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins lymphoma which is a form of blood cancer that would need aggressive chemotherapy to treat. Even though there was a long list of not so fun side effects I would be experiencing, the one I dreaded the most was losing my hair. I felt my hair was such a big part of who I was that the idea of losing it was something I really struggle to come to terms with. As it started falling out in clumps over the first few weeks of treatment, I felt broken. Like cancer was taking over who I was but when the day finally came when I took a deep breath and shaved the last remaining strands off ... I felt this sense of empowerment. The realisation that I am so much more than my hair and from that moment, I felt strong again. I won’t say that being bald was easy because it wasn’t. I’d have days where I couldn’t even look in the mirror as a stranger would be looking back but on the flip side of that, I’d have days where I felt undeniably powerful. Like nothing could stop me! I went through the process of losing my hair twice after reaching remission and being diagnosed for a second time a few months later and something I learned through losing and regrowing my hair twice is that our hair doesn’t define who we are. The person we are is still in there whether we have hair on our head or not, and even on the days you feel less confident, you are still just as beautiful. #hairlossawarenessmonth