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Comment by PamW San Diego, CA, USA on April 28, 2013 at 6:52pm

Judy, check your email. I contacted you.

Comment by Debs on April 28, 2013 at 6:40pm

Rebecca

Dr Harries has seen women with hair ranging between 2cm and 8cm. You can't tell how much you will lose until it stops.

Comment by Liz on April 28, 2013 at 3:10pm

Hi. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
I've taken myself off both the Doxycycline and Regaine. Both were making me feel ill. Perhaps I have a low tolerance for medication but the Doxycycline was making me feel stressed, giving me ear problems and neverending thrush and the Regaine was making my eyes burn. I'm now dosing myself up on Piriton to try and help. I have started to feel better the past 2 days thankfully.
I'm losing more hair and feeling very sorry for myself. My son said that it looks like a scar where the hair has gone :o(
Has anyone else who sees Dr Harries had thier appointments changed? I've had my June appointment changed 4 times so far. I'm wary of booking train tickets incase it gets changed again.
xx

Comment by Simone NJ USA on April 27, 2013 at 9:42pm

Hi Celia:

Wondering if you could ask Dr. Harries if he were to do any DNA testing on mother/daughter with FFA what would he look for and what sort of guidelines would a doctor follow or what to look for really to pinpont when doing this test as I asked my Derm if it could done, but she said it's such an unknown disease that doctors would not know what to look for?? Also, how soon does he plan on conducting such a test...


Thanks...I would really appreciate it...

Comment by Judy on April 27, 2013 at 8:01pm

Hi ladies. I just finished reading the week's posts. Thank you
Pam and AC for the excellent websites. I will read them tonight.
Interesting. I have been taking strong doses of NSAIDS (anti-imflamatories), for many years as have bad Osteoarthritis - this is not an autoimmune disease like Rhuematoid. But that is why I take any anti-inflamatories that I hear about. The Tumeric I started only 3 months ago - but I have NOT had any inflamation with FFA since then. I also take Ginger and a small amount of some of the other herbs mentioned, plus probiotics.
I recently changed family doctor for various reasons, but because of that, I have learned about several problems I have that I would have NEVER guessed - wonder if they have any relation to FFA? I will mention them in case they may be helpful to anyone. One is severe sleep apenea and one is low cholestrol (way below the minimum) - both of these are fixable but I wonder if they could have any relationship to FFA?
Once I asked my dermatologist why the severeness of my FFA seemed to be getting so much better. I wonder if it is my NSAIDS? Is anyone else taking them? They perscribe them for pain (wihich reduces inflamation in the joints). Curious but I don't know enough to make any assumptions.
Pam what do you think? Also, please check out my April 15 posting for new email address so we can arrange a get-together.

Comment by Celia on April 27, 2013 at 6:24pm

Hello all - I'm seeing Dr Harries next Thursday 2nd May - if you have any questions - I would be happy to put them to him. Hope all's well !

Comment by Simone NJ USA on April 27, 2013 at 7:59am

Thanks For the article, Pam!!

Comment by Chrisy, MA USA on April 27, 2013 at 2:17am

Thank you, Simone!

Comment by Debs on April 26, 2013 at 8:43pm

Pam - wow fab article, I just read it. Very interesting.

Comment by PamW San Diego, CA, USA on April 26, 2013 at 7:28pm

Here is an easy to understand article that explains the link between auto immune disease and inflammation. Thought I would pass it along.

http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/110211p36.shtml

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