Brave the shave

[MagnumAddict]

I am going to try and be sensitive when I explain my feelings because the last thing I want to do is upset anyone who is dealing with Cancer. I lost my Dad to it so have felt the devastation it brings. I've also had close family and friends come through it thankfully.

To be clear I respect anyone who raises money and awareness and I do as much as I can to support cancer charities. Have volunteered countless times doing all sorts but there is something about this campaign that I personally find upsetting and a bit... I don't know. I'm really struggling to put it into words.

I honestly don't want a bun fight. I'm prepared to be told I'm being unreasonable but what I'm really looking for is to question myself and understand my own feelings so thought it would be helpful to hear other people's opinions

My sister text me from the waiting room of the oncologist last week to say there was a girl in there crying because she didn't want to lose her hair. Other patients bald and growing back were trying to comfort her.

I'm not sure that people shaving their heads would have made her feel any better, but obviously I don't know.

I do my my sister and my best friend lost every hair on their heads several times and would have regarded me with amazement if I'd volunteered to do the same. It's just not the same thing at all.

Seriously just how extreme does cancer awareness need to get?