Hi Jenny, minus a few details, I felt I had written this post. I feel the same way about my single status -- the fear of rejection is so intense, it paralyses me. I haven't had the courage to tell any man I've been with and intima...
Ask your doctor about folic acid. A friend -- who was NOT suffering an immune disorder -- found great relief in taking folic acid supplements, upon the advice of her doctor. Hang in there.
You are not a drama queen. From anywhere. You're human. I get it. I feel your pain. And there's nothing I can say to make you feel better except that I know how you feel. Keep sharing. It helps. And finally, you're awesome be...
Amanda, I wish I had words of encouragement and hope but all I can say is that I hear you. I've learnt that there is comfort in knowing that I am not alone in this heartache. I've only recently started to talk about it on this web...
I loved how you wrote positive thinking on your profile. Is it something you can transfer cause i could use some. I've been wearing a hair piece for 10 plus years but will now have to switch to wigs as I moved to Vietnam in Feb and the...
Hi, Thanks so much for your comments! The fact that you can relate and feel the same way I do is comforting, I thought I was so secretive, dishonest and vain for not telling any men that I have been in relationships with about my hair. I really struggle with this issue, it consumes me more than the actual hair loss! Now, I don't feel so bad knowing that others face this same problem and it justifies the way I feel, it's very real and scary to think about.
I've only told one or two close friends but it has taken years and lots of therapy to tell them! I sometimes feel like they look at me differently now. I'm complimented on my looks a lot and feel that if I told people, they wouldn't think I'm as attractive. I wish I could get over the fear of rejection and accept myself so that others can accept me too but it's hard for me to accept what has happened to my hair and I also feel guilty about not accepting myself as I am but it's so difficult as a woman, to deal with this problem.
Thanks for the words on my blog. I am sure I have siad this before but, I like how you think. How goes the wig hunt? I saw some sill teen documentary on MTV or something about spoiled girls. One of these girls owned several wigs just for fun and I thought, yeah wigs can be fun. Like a disguise, like being a spy. I was concidering shopping for some cheaper costume wigs just to get the feel of them and maybe spend a dai in cognito.
Hi! Thanks for the comment. It's so nice to know there are people out there I can relate to. There are some really nice human hair wigs out there and on line. I ordered my second wig online because it's alot cheaper than the wig shops. Mine is called the payton. Here's a web address: http://www.annswigs.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scr een=PROD&Store_Code=AnnsWigs&Product_Code= RPPayton&Category_Code=1W I am so thankful that people donate their hair for us. The only bad part about wigs is that they get hot under there during the summer and I am always wondering if people can tell I am wearing a wig. Good luck!
Wow, Rome... I would love to visit Italy one day. ::sigh:: Hurrah for people daring enough to live beyond where they've always known!
My friend also works for a newspaper around here -- I call NJ the 'armpit of America' because of the way it's wedged in the US. Haha.
I left Thailand because it was the end of my student teaching internship...I had done it through a Global Teaching program that my college arranged. In retrospect, it was one of the happiest times of my life.
Hey... I did Rogine for only about 6 weeks or so. I know that isn't long enough for results to happen, but I was so incredible stressed out that I went to my GYN, whom I love, and he thought I needed to get my life under control and deal with the stress at hand. He is one who believes that stress can contribute.... plus he thinks that a lot of this is left over from having a baby and never really "recovering" - Usually it all levels off after a year or so, but that is still what he thinks. So, I thought I would give it a few weeks to see how I feel on the anti-anxiety meds.
So, to answer your question. I was on 5%, twice a day, for a few weeks. I had no issues with it at all. No redness or irritation. It's just hard to remember to use it for me, for some reason. If I can get myself in a better emotional state, and I still feel that my hair is not "bounching back" - I may try the Rogaine again. I feel it is less invasive than taking medicine orally. Those testosterone blockers are scary for me, for some reason. SO many side effects.
Hope that helps.... I've heard people say Rogaine worked well for them... others say it didn't work at all.
Thanks for your thoughts...and I'm sure that your photographs contain that much more heart and meaning because of the way you've learned to view the world around us. I've been trying to focus less on the mirror and more on what's around me, and it's almost empowering to learn to find details in life...
I see that you live in Vietnam. That's awesome! What led you to live there? I once taught abroad for two months in Thailand, and befriended several Vietnamese nuns at the international school. :) Fun times!
Like many things, making transitions in how you appear to a) yourself and b) others is a process. And like lots of big projects, especially the ones with an emotional investment, breaking it down into smaller tasks works best.
Take one little step this week. Here's the first: go back, if you have them, and re read the emails. That's it, just reread them.
I'm getting used to this network.Not sure how to keep the conversation in one place. It seems unless I'm missing something that your comments and mine will wind up on different pages. I guess I could copy your reply before adding mine.
Well it's about 90 degrees and high humidity and it's only 8 AM. No question, this is a straw- hat-and-scarf or bald-look kind of day.
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It's good to hear that there's a friend on site who knows the journey you're on.
wow, interesting photo of Naomi. It looks like a full lace wig that's unglued...and a not-too-careful glue release repeatedly could have pulled out a wee too much hairline.
Catch me up....any new items in the wig/hair/hat/scarf wardrobe for your hot summers over there?
I'm putting a prototype under-hat/under-scarf hair thing through its paces this week.....looks promising. Very light weight and extremely comfortable. It came quite long. Deja-vu...it was the first time in decades that I reached behind my waist and up my back and could touch hair there. In that moment, the sense memories of college came flooding in. Back then I liked nothing better than to twist it up and off my neck. I enjoyed that.... so why not now? Simple, identifiable pleasures. So I played around with this new thing and twisted the hair around into a quasi bun....scrunchy to hold it together..voila! Messy chic suits just fine.
Thanks for your welcome. I am thankful for this site - I am feeling down today as my scalp hurts from the biopsy and I am anticipating whats next but happy to be connected to other folks...
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