In 2007 and possibly before, I began developing Hashimoto’s Disease, which is not uncommon in women, but because the period of 2004 to 2011 was seven years of undue stress, my condition was amplified and all of my hair fell out and my energy level plummeted to zero. To learn more about the thyroid and how it is the master regulator of your entire body, watch this slide show. My blood test last week revealed…
Hashimoto’s and Alopecia got you down? Take control of your life, change your diet. And I did, took out dairy, cut back meat – inflammation be gone. Only I replaced dairy with soy – what! are you nuts! – soy mimics estrogen and therefore suppresses the thyroid causing weight gain, depression and fatigue in Hashimoto patients. What? The list that I can eat shrinks, but I don’t mind, as long as the rest of me…
Good morning this gorgeous fall-ish Sunday; I’ve been up for eight hours and I feel as if I am in need of a nap. So goes the story of those who rise at 3:30 am. I looked up insomnia and it appears it arises out of stress and depression, but also afflicts the elderly. Have I truly crossed into territory where I would be referred to as elderly? I’m trying to make my list for…
A friend of mine says that she separates the world into those who have been through therapy and those who haven’t. For me, honestly, I can’t tell the difference. A friend asked me the other day how I was handling all of the issues in my life and I said, “Here’s the deal, number one, get a life coach, number two, go back to therapy, and number three start meditating, and number four … .”…
I keep getting these spam emails about baldness – hmmm, let’s see, I wonder why. Yesterday, I went over to Swirl to hang flyers for Waldorf’s open house and a friend told me that another friend had said my hair was starting to grow back. She looked at my smooth pate and said, um, I don’t think so. I yam what I yam.
When I returned to New Orleans after being in California for sixteen years, I was taken aback by Margaret Orr, our local meteorologist – she looked fabulous. Not to mention she had become a redhead, my own personal favorite shade. So yesterday, when I was in Saks getting my Kiehl’s moisturizer and I ran into her I said, “You know Margaret, I have to say you look stunning – I mean you are more beautiful…
A friend of mine has finally discovered that her horrendous migraines are a result of her gluten intolerance, but on looking up gluten intolerance you see that emotions play a large role in it. Similarly, I was reading what Dr. Weill has to say about Hashimoto’s and he suggests an inflammation free diet, which means no lactose, but again Hashimoto’s and emotions are delicately balanced as well. A lot of the natural health articles I…
So turns out I’ve slayed my thyroid yet again – I’m taking too high a level and it is in and of itself killing my thyroid. Too much of a good thing – there you have it. So now I am going to start on a new dose tomorrow – .88 – to be precise and hopefully this is the magic pill dose. On the positive side I ordered a new wig and I ordered…
So I went for blood work and to see the dermatologist this morning and basically things are what they are – I’ll get the results of the lab later this week, but the dermatologist said that there is pretty much nothing she can do to get my hair growing. Once my thyroid is level, she could give me steroids and/or my endocrinologist could give me an intense hormone therapy treatment over a course of two…
1) You don’t have to shave. 2) No more bikini waxes. 3) Swimming is a breeze. 4) Cuts down on getting ready time. 5) Elicits sympathy in strangers. 6) Conversation starter. 7) No hair stylist appointments. 8) Wig budget goes way up. 9) Wind is no longer bothersome. 10) You look like the Buddha.