This quote stuck out to me in the reading. "A few weeks ago, at the first meeting of my support group, I was asked to name my greatest fear. Going bald, I answered, without hesitation." As mentioned in previous comments, it is astonishing how her hair meant so much to her, essentially more than her life. Was she not as afraid of dying? going frail? loosing control of her body? not being able to take care of herself? All of these things, I would surely mention if I would be in the same situation. But loss of hair means more and represents her more than loss of control. Her hair is a definition point for her and something that she can physically hold on to which is why it may be so hard to let go of. Her comment makes you think about being a woman in society and how that hair can help you define who you are, which is why it is such an impossible loss to her. While I may think hair isn't meaningful to my life, she can not say the same. An interesting realization for me.

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