{"id":893,"date":"2013-05-22T00:25:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T00:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turningheadsproject.org\/?p=893"},"modified":"2013-07-26T16:35:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T16:35:06","slug":"constance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turning-heads.org\/constance\/","title":{"rendered":"Constance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had cancer four times in the past ten years beginning in the spring of 2003.\u00a0 I am in the midst of chemotherapy today.\u00a0 As I retrace the steps of my journey with cancer I feel emotional.\u00a0 Emotions are something I seldom allow myself to indulge in. \u00a0I have been treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.\u00a0 I am, frankly, amazed at my stamina.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, I stayed home most of the time.\u00a0 I was low on energy, but mainly I hated the way I looked \u2013 no hair, no eyebrows, no eyelashes, etc.When I finally became aware that support groups were available, especially the Turning Heads Project, everything changed.\u00a0 I was no longer alone. Together we could cry, laugh, get together creatively, find ways to face the world. In gentle peace and harmony we five worked together, a quintet, each playing her part perfectly to the inclusion and success of the photo shoot. The pictures are beautiful. Thank you for including me.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really OKAY today with my appearance and go everywhere with or without all the covering accoutrements.<\/p>\n<p><div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-5bf4f51c83a3b76033c52cf5f6d66e89-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/turning-heads.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/constance\/k5a9934_20130426untitled.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/turning-heads.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/constance\/k5a9934_20130426untitled.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/turning-heads.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/constance\/thumbs\/thumbs_k5a9934_20130426untitled.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"239\"\n               data-title=\"k5a9934_20130426untitled\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               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