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Alopecia anxiety

To think that alopecia is caused by stress and yet alopecia gives stress. I’ve not wanted to wash my hair for fear that I would come out of it entirely bald. I can’t tell you the feeling of washing your hair and having clumps come out in your hand, or shaking your head and seeing hair fly everywhere. Unnerving to say the least. But this is a stress related disease and it’s too bad that…

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Friendly Friday

I woke this morning and made some decisions about my life that I needed to make to curb the madness. Now I need to implement these decisions. In the meantime, the sun came out – hard to believe after last night’s storm kept me and the dogs up yet again because it was pounding thunder and bright flashes of lightning shining through these 11 foot windows – insanity. I woke weary but determined. My horoscope:…

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Remember the Alamo?

A Spaniard made the comment the other day, “We lost more with Cuba” and so it brought to mind the ever loving need for perspective. Let’s now discuss perspective. Back in mid summer of 2011, I was pulling my hair out. Now it falls on its own. However, people came to me with guidance – one handed me a book, The Power of Now, another suggested Ram Dass, and Be Here Now, and so I…

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Tinism – a log

I’ve started tweeting Tinism’s and decided I’d archive the list so far. Tin is lying in bed as I write, singing C’est si bon, and mumbling gems like, “I fell on the bricks coming home from school because of my lunchbox now my teeth hurt” “I’m going to call your breast mumbles” and “Can little boys wear a tuba?” Mar 22 Tinism: A butterfly died in front of my house Mar 10 Tinism: Do you…

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Knowing when to cry uncle

I was able to get some work done while Tin was at school this morning, but that ended abruptly as I had to pick Tin up from school and take him to the pediatric dentist today only to learn that his two front teeth are basically going to fall out. We’re going to make quite a family – me bald and him toothless. When he woke this morning I poured him a cold glass of…

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Human bankruptcy

When I realized my hair was falling out I called Tatjana to ask her about her dermatologist. She said she’s good but her bedside manner is lacking. I ended up seeing her associate who handles hair loss. His bedside manner – nonexistent. Now here’s the deal – my hair is falling out. Wouldn’t you be concerned? Thankfully, my hair stylist Scott had prepared me by telling me everything I needed to know. And I went…

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Freak of nature

Today – oh what a day. I woke watching the Queen Palms almost blowing horizontally and it did not bode well for the kind of day it would be. I should have gotten up early but I took one look at the sky and turned over and slept till it was late chalking up 10 hours sleep last night. I must have needed it. Then Tin didn’t want to get up either so we began…

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