My Own Hair (curly au natural & blown out) 2000 / This is what I looked like before I had cancer. I was always called “the girl with the hair.” I told my doctor I would do anything but lose my trademark hair. She told me to chose my hair or my life. I wisely...
Can’t Find Myself in that Wig! Nov 2000 / Who am I? Hello is Sheril there? Wig shopping was awful. The attendant in one store told me that I would never get a wig as long as my hair nor would I be able to match my curl pattern. He told me I needed to cut my hair...
Wig wearing in NY Vineyard & Venice 2001 / This is me in the first wig I bought. I felt OK in it. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted but I could deal with it. On one break in between chemo and surgery I went to Italy for a few days to LIVE and forget about...
A Very Sick Sheril June 2001 / I am pretty sick in this photo — right in the thick of it. I had surgery, and a few months of chemo. A few days after this photo, I went into the hospital for my Bone Marrow Transplant. It’s not the best “hair...
Me & Jordan: Twins in Bandannas Oct 2001 / My nephew Jordan and I were very attached. He was “the thing” I was most afraid of losing. I wrote a children’s book called Jordan’s Big Day because I was afraid I was going to die and he would...
