<p>Our Cancer Society office has many wigs for immediate give-away. They have lots of styles and colors. They are given away at no charge. I suggest seeing if your local office/chapter has wigs. You could get one from them for free to start. Then you could visit a wig salon with your mom for a wider/better selection if she so chooses, once she is feeling up to it. She will find having two is handy anyway.</p>
<p>Threekids, while those of us who have been through it may have helpful advice, your mom - at 82 - is in a completely different place than, say, I was at 36. I was bound and determined to find something easy to deal with so my kids and their friends never saw me without hair. Your mom has seen many (if not most) of her peer-group become disabled or pass away. She sees this disease and treatment from a different angle.
Just wishing you and your family the best… hope you have friends and family there in real life to give you big hugs.</p>