@StarGirl, I'm quite sure it was not your intention to offend, but I just wanted to clarify that not all who choose to shave their heads in a controlled and empowering situation, are doing it in order to acquire a "tattoo on the forehead" so to speak, in order to obtain pity or sympathy from the general public. Not all do it to get extra brownie points in some sort of Kafkaesque pissing contest to see who has "payed the higher price" in this nightmare disease and its fallout. (Pardon the pun). Some choose to wait for the inevitable start of hair loss and then end up shaving as their heads now look as if the mice have gotten to it, and for them, the shaving is almost an admitting of defeat, regarding hoping that their hairloss would be less rather than more. Others bite the bullet, and as I saw it for myself, get a Marine #1 buzz cut, and thus in "warrior mode", put on their figurative combat boots and prepare for the battle ahead.
