I used to believe that when you got cancer all your hair fell out cos that's what cancer did. Found out later that's what chemotherapy does.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that cancer itself made you bald, rather than the chemotherapy treatment!— Maggie
- I use to believe that if my hair fell out I had cancer, and was most likely going to die soon. — Luca
- I use to believe that when I lost hair that I had cancerAnon
- I used to believe that you could get cancer from looking in the microwave while it was running.— Kayla
- I used to believe that it was impossible to survive cancer.Anon
- I used To believe that if you picked your freckles you would get skin cancer— Janella