Kudos to Catherine to wearing heels - I'm three months post-chemo and still struggling with peripheral neuropathy and super-dry/cracked feet, so wearing anything higher than a kitten heel is a nightmare for me. Some days, wearing shoes full stop is still painful.
I thought she looks marvellous all things considered. The white was a brilliant choice, a colour I wore a lot during chemo and still wear now as it draws a lot of light to the face and make's one looked refreshed. I looked pretty good (all things considering) during my chemo regime, something that prompted quite a lot of my friends and acquaintances to be incredibly surprised I did not look like the walking dead. Not everyone looks awful all the time during treatment. Like me, Catherine has age on her side. Also, and as she said, she has good days and bad days. This is so true. Only a handful of people close to me saw me at my worst, usually when I had collapsed on the bathroom floor due to nausea or didn't have the energy to get out of bed. In order to have a good day, I knew which point of my chemo cycle this was most likely to occur. I used to rest as much as possible, particularly if I knew I had to go somewhere so that way, I had as much strength as possible and could deal with 'performing' for wont of a better word for a few hours. I would then spend the next few days recovering.
Unlike PoW, I do not wear make-up. I also lost my hair and eyebrows. (I had breast cancer which has uses some of the hardest chemo drugs, I didn't cold cap either). I ditched my contact lenses and wore glasses because they hid my lack of eyebrows. (I had not wanted to pencil them on or even have them micro bladed). I did notice her brows were really heavy, which makes me wonder if they have thinned out a little. However, and that said, Catherine has always preferred a heavier brown anyway.
For me, anyone who has been through chemo is someone I now admire and wholeheartedly respect. Chemo is tough, full stop. To do so in the public eye, under the the scrutiny of the world, and press, wow. I think Catherine is pretty damn magnificent.