This is a funny story:

I was at the grocery checkout when a gentleman on staff came up to me and said "survivor?" I looked at him and said "survivor?" then we just looked at each other... you see I was preparing for my father's birthday celebration and I was so focused on getting everything that I needed that I never considered my baldness. As I'm looking at him all I could think of was Survivor the reality show! and what did that have to do with me? He didn't know me and I don't know him. After an awkward moment I finally clued in and said "oh no I don't have cancer I'm healthy as a horse" he resonse was "well I was just going to tell you that everything would be Ok" so sweet of him to say. So I went on to explain that it was Alopecia and that it was my immune system causing my loss of hair, ending with funny huh? His reply "no not really". You see, we don't see ourselves as being bald, at least I don't, but it's nice to know that people do care enough to take the time and give us encouragement. Now if he only would have helped me go over the grocery list just one more time :)