I'm glad to see posts like this. As a cancer survivor who never lost their hair, I can relate. Everyone assumed I was visiting someone when I went into the chemo ward for my treatments. No one can see past themselves and their own pain sometimes. It's definitely harder to feel supported when you feel like the way you look is being judged just because you don't happen to fit a stereotypical "Hollywood" tragedy aesthetic.
RE: THE PAIN OF NOT LOOKING SICK