Hello and welcome, Irene!
How are you today?
LeslieAnn

sure! what is it?

Hi there, :) i'm just fine, thanks.
I love your profile picture. :)
I have a german shepard as well & an australian shepard mix.

Well she's 7 months, old but almost full grown. I'll post a picture so you can see her, she's adorable. :) Oh & her names mercedes. And besides my two dogs, I have 7 cats, a turtle and some fish. Hah. It's pretty crazy. :p

And about me, wellll, i'm 15, sophomore, i compete in cheerleading & do gymnastics. And I just got diagnosed with alopecia, about two weeks ago.
And decided i'd join this site, it's pretty cool. :) And it definitely
makes you feel like your not alone.

thanks Irene, it was great chatting with you tonight. Funny thing about my pic, this is at my reception only 9wks after giving birth to a 10lb4oz girl! My hubby and I eloped in Fiji cause we didn't want a big deal wedding-family had other ideas. I love this picture too, I seem conflicted, yet totally comfortable and happy. It reads well :)

Hello Irene, I just wanted to introduce myself, I saw your picture on Jax page & wanted to tell you how beautiful your German Shepard is. I have 2 Lab's but had a shepard when I was in high school & college, I miss her. Take care hope to hear from you.

Pam

Thank you Irene I would love to be friends.

Hi there Irene! Thanks for the friend add. Hope all is going well with you (in spite of the dang'd AA). Take care for now!

Hi Irene good to meet ya. Great looking GS you have in your pic...my hubby used to be a dog handler in the corrections dept and had 2 dogs in the time he was with them. Both used to come home with him and they were treated as pets by the rest of the family. I miss them :(

Hi Irene! My daughter is a teenager, 13years old. Her doctor did mention that treatment to her and he told her it is like poison ivy on your head. She opted not to do it. She did get some shots and they helped but she also doing a treatment from this man in Israel of a natural herbal gel. It is helping her grow in and stay in, but we shall see.

We live in PA. We have visited Greece many times with my children and they love it there. I speak fluent Greek.

I would love to chat again!

Hi Irene,
Nice dog!! Thanks for asking me to be your friend. One can never have TOO many friends! We are cat people, but I've always had a soft spot for German Shepherds - and Chows - my Mom had one when she was a girl and her stories always made me want one. Stay warm this winter in MN. NH is cold too!!

Hi Irene, I've done kenalog injections and squaric acid. The injections were every few weeks until hair growth appeared. The number of injections depended on the size of the bald patch. For the really big patches I received both squaric acid and the injections. The squaric acid is itchy. But I guess it's the itchiness that stimulates some hair growth activity. Both treatments have worked for me so far....topically. That being said, internally I'm anemic and also since March, gluten and dairy free. No new patches on my head, yet. The old patches have grown in now and are about 2-3 inches long.

Hi! I'm doing pretty well, thanks. how are you?

Hi thanks! How are you?

Irene, I think my daughter is also seeing your doctor! lol. Yes, he is very good at what he does. She is receiving shots from him, as they are working to grow her hair in quicker. Also, this herb treatment I feel is also helping it grow in strong. I told him about it and he said that it is fine that she uses it as long as she doesn't mind it. She likes it a lot, as it smells soooo good.

hey, thanks for the invite
how are you

Yes! That's him. He is very optimistic for my daughter and I trust him. He also has a great intern that is now working in his office...he passed his tests and he is now taking over my daughter's treatments. When I see Dr. C. I will tell him that I met you here and that you will like to contact him, but I'm sure you can call his office. He is still at Penn Medicine at Radnor. How cool and what a small world to have found each other here!

We never went to the support group here. I asked my daughter and she does not want to go. She met a friend of my husband who had AU and his hair grew back and I explained to her that I grew up with twin friends and they had the same thing. We did bring awareness that she is not alone, and so far she is okay, but just okay. Dr. C. and his staff are wonderful people and they are keeping her motivated too.

Hello, sure I wanna be friends!!!! How are you and are you new to group? Thanks for the friend invite!!!!
Cheryl

Hi Irene

Thanks for the friend request.

How are you doing?

Robert

Hello there!

Hi Irene! Thanks for adding me as a friend! How are you doing?

hello Irene, hows Duluth? im from the Mankato area. Im super glad to see another Minnesotan on here! Thanks for adding me as a friend. Nice pic, you part of the DPD? Are we the only people from MN on here?

Hello Irene...
LOL... Can you tell I am laying on my belly in a hole that is only about 5 feet deep? The cool part is that I was on a glacier in New Zealand.

Would love to catch up with you sometime. Look for me in chat and I will do the same.

Irene! You are correct - but only half greek - that's funny that you noticed.. are you?

Hi. No, not greek.

No.

Hi Irene - I'm not Greek, but I love Greek music and dance. I teach folk dancing and have done quite a bit of Greek. I play drums in two Balkan bands. One band plays a couple of syrtos (syrta?), and the other is led by a Greek-American guy and we play mostly Greek: tsamiko, zoharadhiko, kalamatiano, zembekiko, hasapiko, sta dhio....You can see some videos of us playing with a couple of guest musicians in these YouTubes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ZieIiHzog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmlozhSBfAo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEe9ptCQesg

Hope you like them. Do you do any Greek folk dancing?

Mary (who grew up in St. Paul and went to Lake Superior every summer)

Not Greek... I am Mexi-Rican :) Mexican PuertoRican..

Hi Irene, my name is Cindy and I have a 7 yr old daughter who is now AA. Gloria told me you did the squaric acid and I was wondering which one you did and if you have ever lost your hair post regrowth. Sam has been doing SADBE for almost 2 yrs and has almost complete regrowth and her brows are returning. We have no signs of a regression and I was wondering what it has been like for you. She has been wig free for 5 months now. Thanks Cindy

Sorry, it's been a while since I've been on here. I live in Duluth, Love it here. But I'm from Superior. What part of Duluth are you from?

HI Irene, how are you doing? Hope all is going well with you and you're getting all set for the holidays. Drop me a line sometime!

Geia sou Eirini!!

Signwmi pou argisa na apantisw!! NAI!!! milaw ellinika!!!
LOL!

Hi Irene...can't wait to get together!

Hi! I did receive your email...it was great information. If you can find out how long it took before you saw results, I would appreciate it tremendously!

Thank you!!!!

Happy Easter!