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Permalink Reply by Dominique Cleopatra on October 7, 2009 at 8:15pm

Hi Mary,

I had dinner with a fellow Long Island girl around my age recently, whom I met on AW named Jen. We are both vegetarians (I'm vegan) so we went to a veggie friendly restaurant and got along famously. I was surprised to see that she had a full head of her own hair, but happy for her recovery due to cortizone injections.

While we are different as night and day in a lot of ways, I think we can both learn from eachother and have fun together. We certainly had a lot to talk about!! We plan on getting together at some vegetarian meet-ups and other things again soon.

p.s. Hi Jen if you're reading this!!

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Permalink Reply by Mary on October 7, 2009 at 8:21pm

That's great! What a coincidence that you're both vegetarians. Pam and I found out we have a lot in common in terms of background, age, and interests.

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Rosse on October 8, 2009 at 12:28am

I had such a WONDERFUL time today. I could not believe how fast the time went, 2 hours whoosh right by. Mary & I had a ball & found we had so much in common. It was amazing. I loved it & cannot wait to do it again.

I too cannot thank Cheryl & RJ enough for creating this amazing site.
For it you two had not, I never would have met the extraordinary woman I had the honor & pleasure of meeting for lunch today.
Honesty, integrity, compassion, kindness & understanding are values I admire a great deal in a person & Mary posses all of them. I'm sure many of you on AW already know/knew that about her.

I am so proud to not only call her my friend but also Alopecian Sister & look forward to many years getting together for lunches or dinners & of course a life long friendship.

Feeling the way I do right now, I encourage fellow AW members to try to do as Mary & I did, it's so worth it.

Alopecian Power

Pam

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Permalink Reply by Mary on October 8, 2009 at 1:18am

Gee, Pamela...thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Rosse on October 8, 2009 at 1:23am

You are most welcome my friend. :)

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Rolon on October 8, 2009 at 3:28am

I have not had that chance to do this yet but this is something I would like to do in the near future!!
I also want to thank rj and Cheryl for creating this site! It has truly been a blessing to me and others.
Thanks!!

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Permalink Reply by Cindy on October 8, 2009 at 4:05pm

I live in MA and in January myself and Dotty arranged a lunch in Boston. It was the first time I met Dotty and some other people form AW. I also took my daughter to Alopeicapalooza and we met several other children and parents from AW. It was so great putting names with faces and emails..I hope Sam gets to meet some more of her pen pals from here one day.

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Permalink Reply by Roger on October 9, 2009 at 2:02am

I met my friends from AW the first time 2008 in Louisville and once again in Houston the summer of 2009.

It was an amazing feeling. Wish I could meet them more often.

Roger.

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Permalink Reply by robert whitford on October 14, 2009 at 5:20pm

I've had it for 15 years and besides a NAAF conference in St Louis, Missouri a few years ago; I rarely meet people who have alopecia in my everyday life...There have been a few random meetings once in a great while...A support group might be a good place to meet others in your area who have it....I've heard of some such groups in the St. Louis area and I plan to attend a meeting in the near future.....

Best Wishes,
Robert

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