Go bald for cancer!!

Look at my BALD head!! Oh my, can't believe I did it in the end... If ur wondering if I've just gone through a heartbreak or broke down due to sth, it's not it! I only did it as the title of the post suggested, for cancer! On Friday, my school of medicine held an annual charity at Monash University, and the theme for this year is 'Toon Out Cancer', the theme picture being the one I'm holding above... A lot of events were held, but none more interesting than the main event, 'Hair For Hope', haha...

For this event, basically we just encourage ppl to show their support for cancer patients by going bald... When I first heard of it a month ago, I couldn't care less as I wasn't prepared to lose my hair AGAIN... For those of u who don't know, this is the 2nd time in my life that I'm getting bald, the 1st being in National Service... Well, it all changed on the day before the charity... I left my fb on on a computer, and my friends fraped me into posting a status of going bald if I got 50 likes, and I got much more than that... =.=

Then, I started considering real hard that night and on the whole day of charity... It just came to my realization that maybe God has arranged for me to be fraped so that I would get an opportunity to go bald and do sth meaningful for cancer... And, to be frank, I reli dun have much to lose... though I still dun have a gf now, I thought that having bad haircut for 3 months wouldn't make such a big difference too... my own personal self-esteem is nothing compared to the sufferings of cancer patients worldwide... In the end, I decided to do it, and I got the haircut or shave by 4pm...

The reactions to my antics were quite surprising to me actually, seeing that I've been bald before in the past... I posted the photo above to fb, and I've got 150 likes so far... everyone was like saying I'm so brave to do it... to be honest, I didn't think I was so brave... there were braver ppl than me, most notably GIRLS who went bald... I heard one of them even cried while having her head shaved, seriously impressed and astonished by their guts...

Anyway, I guess the event was a success, though there were only 3 year ones who went for the cut... All in all, I think guys shouldn't hesitate so much abt giving up their hair... What's there for us to lose when we can get our hair back like in 3 months? For other cancer patients, they can never grow hair on their heads, which we should respect and show empathy to them... I'm glad I did it, as this is the very first genuine good thing I did as a medical student, a good start to the journey of being a good doctor in future! =D