Searching for a wig. I went for the professionals assistance.

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I've never bought a wig, well a Halloween thing that cost a couple of bucks, that didn't fit. So I learned from that to go see a professional. So there is a professional wig fitter at our mall. She measured my head. I looked through a book and the wigs that look the best on the most people (like someone like me), cost $300. Way too high a bracket for someone like me. To their credit, those were in the back of the book. The beginning of the book had middle one hundreds and two hundred dollar ones. I'm getting a $109.50 one that is the cheapest that I think will still look good on me. I wasn't going to get a wig because "Ideally, 6 months of" everything the doctors wanted me to do and I would be cured, this would all just be a bad memory, and I would be on my way. I didn't get the ideal. I got it back again. Told I'm incurable. But more chemo can shrink it and keep it at bay. Hopefully. For how long they can do that, they don't know. Unless I have a miracle, the chemo or the cancer will eventually kill me. I'm 53 years old. Chemo is not meant to be used for years. If I were in my 70s or 80s and my parents died in their 70s or 80s (actually, my Mom's side 70s and my Dad's side, 80s), they could keep me going to a possible natural death. The Doctor said he has seen a few miracles, but very few. This is a single chemo once every 3 weeks. I have two 2 cm spots. One near the site of the last operation and one in the middle of my right lung. But I don't really want to talk about it. I want to talk about selecting wigs.Praying for miracles. The positive stuff. I knew before X-mas, but didn't tell very many people, esp. my family because I wanted them to have a Merry Christmas, which we did. Besides a few weeks wouldn't change anything. Better than having one brother drunk for Christmas and one depressed. Instead, everyone was happy. So back to wigs. People went nuts over my curly locks so I will be getting a really curly hairdo. The person fitting me said that since my coloring is sooo white, I should go for lighter than my hair came back (I showed her in the book the really dark brown and silver). But the wig I chose only had a really bad shade of dirty blond for lighter. I was hoping for medium brown. This has dark brown at the roots and medium brown toward the middle to ends so the lighter stuff should be near my face. It also has a little bit of red in the light. The color I would have liked was not available in that wig style. Honey brown highlights with chestnut brown colored-hair. That would be awesome with my white skin and blue eyes. So my stats are 21, 12 10. 21 inches around my head, 12 inches from front to back, and 10 inches from ear to ear. I have an average head which most of the wigs come in. Small or large, there are fewer wigs for. The wigs are now a little bit adjustable in the back. Did you know you can get a prescription for a wig from your Dr? It is called a cranial prostesis and the diagnosis is chemically induced alopecia because of _____________________ cancer. The Doctor has to write all that. Most, but not all insurances, will reinburse for a percentage of the $ for one wig for your entire lifetime in the USA. So I filled out the paperwork, put my receipt with it and off it will go in the mail today. I made copies of everything. Have you ever bought a wig? Were you happy with it? Was it the correct size and color for you? I was wishing they had one of those virtual style fitters where they take a picture of your head and they let you see what you'll look like in the different colors and styles. Have you ever tried a virtual site or software at home or at a salon? I did when I was younger, like my 30s. Blond auburn combo with yellow highlights in a pageboy or bob were my best. That would have cost me a lot of $ in a wig and with my sagging jowels, jaw, and neck would only attract attention to the wrong areas now. So what fun styles and/or colors would you like to buy?