Dundee schoolgirl Megan Fletcher has told the Tele she can’t believe the response to our Bald is Beautiful campaign.
As she headed off for a “normal” day at St John’s High School, 14-year-old Megan said she had been completely blown away by the support she has received from people all over Dundee.
She said: “Everyone has been absolutely amazing.
“So many people have been in touch with messages of support and encouragement.
“And many others are offering to raise money for the campaign.”
Megan became the face of the campaign after it was launched jointly last week by the Tele and Dundee charity fundraiser Charlie Kean.
The brave schoolgirl was diagnosed earlier this month with Hodgkin lymphoma but immediately announced that she wanted her illness to result in something positive.
She said she wanted to help other city children and their families who were facing a battle with cancer.
She decided to have her head shaved prior to chemotherapy treatment to launch the campaign.
She added: “I thought if I shaved my head it would highlight the campaign.
“I also thought it would stop people bullying me when my hair began to fall out because of the treatment.”
Megan has now undergone several courses of chemotherapy — the last one was on Tuesday.
She returned to Dundee from the Sick Kid’s Hospital in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
She said: “I’m excited to be having a few normal days at school.
“I am feeling really well — much better than I expected to be at this stage and that has come as a welcome surprise.
“I thought that at this stage I would be pretty sick and feeling awful and it’s a really pleasant surprise for me that I am feeling well enough to go to school.”
Megan said she hopes to have a few days at school, joining her friends in third year who have already pledged to organise fundraiser events.
She added: “I return to Edinburgh on October 15 for six hours of chemotherapy. I was initially a bit worried about how I would feel while undergoing the chemo but it’s not that bad.
“The last time I had a lengthy session I managed to fall asleep during it much to everyone’s surprise.”
Megan will have to keep attending the hospital in Edinburgh for the next six months before she is then reassessed.