Meredith Jorgensen has been out of work for several months undergoing chemotherapy for a rare, but highly curable form of uterine cancer.
During her time off, she said she has learned a lot about the journey of cancer.
In her final segment on her journey battling cancer, Meredity introduces a woman who makes patients feel whole again after chemotherapy.
"I've learned there is a lot of uncertainty and fear when you're diagnosed with cancer," Jorgensen said. "There's also a little vanity."
"Finding out you are losing your hair is your identity," said Stephanie Bollinger of Classic Images Salon in Lititz.
"The prospect of going bald is daunting for any patient," Jorgensen said. "Each of my 'chemo friends' have shared their stories with me. As a television journalist, I've had a lot of hair styles, but the thought of going bald on TV was scary. I wanted to continue to work as long as I was well enough. Yet, when the hair started to go, I started to feel sick. That's when half-a-dozen people recommended a visit to Bollinger's Classic Images Salon in Lititz."
"As a woman, you think, 'Well, am I going to lose it all of a sudden? Is it going to be on my pillow the next morning?' So, I can relate to women," Bollinger said.
Bollinger said she can relate because she is a breast cancer survivor. It was her illness that urged her to expand her business.
"You go through it and you think, 'What am I going to get out of this?' And I know now why I went through it, it was to start my wig salon. They're comfortable, they've come a long way since the 60s and 70s," Bollinger said of wigs. She has more than 100 wigs on display.
"I put the wig on them and they feel like, 'Wow, I feel like myself again.' And just getting over that little hump is all they need. If their eyes are sparkling and shining, then their bodies are sparkling and shining."
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