{"id":26825,"date":"2021-03-03T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=336712"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:15:45","slug":"daughter-donates-hair-to-mother-after-she-was-diagnosed-with-stage-iv-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/daughter-donates-hair-to-mother-after-she-was-diagnosed-with-stage-iv-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter Donates Hair to Mother After She Was Diagnosed with Stage IV Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marybeth Kersey<\/a> has wanted to donate her hair to her mother, Lynn Hier<\/a>, since she first found out she had stage I breast cancer. But at the time, her mother shot the idea down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI originally wanted to cut my hair and make it into a wig for her and she told me I couldn\u2019t,\u201d says Marybeth. \u201cI was about 21 and in college so I listened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe is very giving and loving and compassionate,\u201d says Lynn proudly about her daughter. Lynn, who was a full-time registered nurse at the time of her diagnosis, went through a year of chemotherapy and three months of radiation before going into remission. Marybeth agreed that she would continue growing her hair out until her mom hit the official \u201ccured\u201d point in her remission.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Lynn Hier<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But that was about 10 years ago, and the \u201ccured\u201d moment never arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Lynn noticed a change in one of her breasts and asked for an MRI. The doctors discovered that the cancer had spread to her chest wall and neck<\/a>, leading to an immediate diagnosis of stage IV metastatic breast cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was diagnosed about a month\u2026before my wedding,\u201d says Marybeth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Lynn Hier<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lynn\u2019s treatment has been a very difficult experience for her, but she says the worst part has been the loss of her hair.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cFor some women, it\u2019s losing their eyebrows, for some women it\u2019s the disfiguration of the breasts . . . for me, it was the hair,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

About five months ago, Lynn started up another chemotherapy<\/a> regimen to treat her cancer, and it has shrunk considerably. The disease is considered incurable, but her original prognosis of one to three years may actually be much longer than that since it was caught relatively early.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Lynn Hier<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lynn is not done fighting. And Marybeth is not done doing everything she can to help. She again asked if she could cut off her hair<\/a> to make a custom wig for her mother\u2014and this time her mother agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s my best friend and I would do anything in the world for her,\u201d says Marybeth.<\/span><\/p>\n

So after her wedding, Marybeth chopped off a full foot of her hair and began searching for someone to make a custom wig out of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Lynn Hier<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cTo make custom wigs out of your own hair\u2026it\u2019s a whole long thing,\u201d says Marybeth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the time, when you donate your hair to charity, you don\u2019t get to decide, or even know, where your hair goes afterward and who gets a wig made from it. That\u2019s why it was so important for Marybeth to find someone who could make a custom wig<\/a> specifically from her hair. After a long search, she found someone in California who could do it for her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, Lynn\u2019s new custom wig arrived at her home. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. The minute I put it on, I was like, \u2018I feel like myself again\u2019,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Lynn Hier<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marybeth, for her part, is excited to be able to share such a special gift with her mother. She says her mother has given so much, and she\u2019s happy to be able to provide her with some comfort now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had this beautiful thick gorgeous head of hair, always have,\u201d she says. \u201cMom never did\u2026and so growing up, mom would do my hair just like every mother does and it would be, \u2018Marybeth, I wish I had your hair\u2019\u2026I heard it my whole life\u2026and now she has my hair.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After the event, Marybeth and Lynn\u2019s relationship has only grown more. They live two hours away from one another but feel closer than ever before.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe woman has devoted her whole life to me as a daughter, so it\u2019s the least I could do to make her feel comfortable and\u2026I wish I could do more,\u201d says Marybeth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynn says her daughter\u2019s gesture has changed her life. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to thank her for such a selfless act of love,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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