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Alea O'Shea

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
356 total appearances

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Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

organization which like I'm like it makes so much sense as well when you're talking about like business and yeah and stuff and like who you are but can you talk us a little bit about that yeah so honestly I was on so much dexamethasone in the start of this process like I call it the crack drug because I was like firing on all cylinders and like this is one great thing that came out of it a lot of other business ideas have just been put to the side we'll wait for a better time but um

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

I was just like up at 3 a.m.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

one night in hospital and I was like, okay, I'm only going to lose part of my hair, like a whole half of my head because with brain cancer, I was doing oral chemo.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

So I didn't lose any hair from that.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

So just where the radiation hits, I lose that hair.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

And because my tumor is on the right side, I was like, oh.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

like literally like that is going to be lost.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

And I was like, I really want a wig because I still have half of my hair and I feel like it's going to be all uneven.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

And then my left hand, I was like, I'm not really going to be able to put it on.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

So I was like, I'm going to do some research here and find out what I can get.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

And I found this amazing place.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

Shout out Tammy Lovato.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

She does really incredible wig stuff.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

They do bonded toppers, which is like portions or a fully bonded wig if you've lost all your hair.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

And bonded means you can wash it normally.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

You can swim in it.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

You can like

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

do anything in it so I found that and I was like this is incredible does anyone know about this went to my cancer like care center and was talking to some of the older ladies being like have you heard of a bonded wig and they're like no yeah like I hadn't even heard of it but obviously I'm young I'm like on my phone like crazy

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

So it started there of me being like, I want to be able to provide bonded wigs for people.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Radical Acceptance, Body Neutrality & Creativity

But then lately, which is so funny because like you'll read an article and I'm saying one thing and then the next week I'm saying the next thing because I'm like, I'm figuring this out as I go.