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Chemo Took My Hair So I Got a Wig—and Faced My Breast Cancer

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"Looking in the mirror, I saw the face of someone who had cancer" (3:12)
It was the first time Karen broke down about her breast cancer diagnosis.

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Karen lost her hair three weeks after her first chemo treatment and went to pick up the wig she'd ordered ahead of time—as a woman with hair. Seeing herself in the mirror was too much for her. She saw herself as a person with cancer for the first time.

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