First Outing with the Halo
Today on Facebook this photo came up from two years ago of my first outing with the halo on. I'd already drafted this post, but I thought today would be a good day to publish it. So, I'm wearing a HUGE metal cage around my head that's bolted to my skull. I have a thick plastic body suit on that I can't take off, on top of that is a mens XXL T-shirt with the neck cut out. I've definitely looked better. After the accident I couldn't wash my hair (at least not well), I couldn't shower/bath properly and my skin was too bad to wear any makeup. So without my usual tricks to make myself pretty and with the metal hardware my self-confidence was at an all time low. It's very hard to be incognito with the halo on, there's no way to hide that. I was terribly anxious being out in public. To begin with the only place I ever had to go was to my doctors, but I couldn't even sit in the waiting room. My doctor was very understanding and would actually
