And saying as loud as I can 'FUCK YOU CANCER"..  You may control what's going on inside of me but you can not and will not control my mind and how I feel, need or want to respond to you and what your doing to me and those I love.  I am LIBERATED, I am WOMAN and cancer hear me ROAR......  I chose to take my hair now and not allow you to destroy a piece of the woman, mother, and wife that I am (well at least in the hair, soon I'll take back the other wife part too hahahaha I can just see my Joe's face)  Yes it was sad, yes there were some tears but I said ok we can cry for a minute and that's it, and then we are doing this my way and in a way that has become a part of our family "BRING ON THE SHOTS AND THE GOOD TIMES".

I had my husband standing in front of me, my daughter beside me, Kayla on my lap, my parents, sister, brother, (Nate too with googly eyes showing signs of his very first crush with my girlfriend and hairdresser Chrissy, Dan you better watch out you have some tough competition now), Erin, George, another mother and two other sisters in my heart and a whole lot of special people and loved ones to support me.  I wish some others could have been here too but timing and lack of space in my house did not make it possible but I hope you all know who you are and that you were with me in my heart (and this especially includes four very special people who have gone to a better place).  And a special thank you to another friend of mine of helped me make this decision, having the chance to talk to someone who has had to do this as well as endure treatment and side effects, for sure makes some of this a lot easier and I hope you had and will continue to have the same type of love and support you give me.

So it's done, hair is gone and in it's place is another woman standing up, being proud of who she is and even more proud of who she has become these past eight months.  Cancer you think you can beat us well guess what you CAN'T all you can do is make us stronger, make us better and make those I know and love an even bigger part of my heart....

Love & Peace  

Sue Kiss