met with my dermotologist again last friday for my third intramuscular kenalog (steriod) shot. i have dense, dark regrowth in all three of my current bare spots with the exception of one dime size portion of the largest spot which insists on remaining hairless. it's good i suppose. i'm relieved. i'm also trying to remind myself that it may or may not be permanent. the intramuscular steriod shots appear to be responsible. stay tuned.

friday night i found my second patch. this one on the right side (stage right) of my head. smaller than the first, about the size of quarter, as opposed to being lime size like patch 1. i suppose i'll have to give them proper names now that there is more than one...so i cried a bit then got incredibly moody. then picked a fight with the husband. kicked the cat (just kidding... my cats are enormous, i would injure myself kicking them). then i got wasted with my family. good times. not the most… Continue

it's been two weeks-ish since finding the patch. i've stopped making my husband photograph it everyday (how manic was that) and i am trying really hard to focus on the fact that i am very lucky to be otherwise healthy and able bodied. i've ramped up my yoga and meditation, making them daily practices rather than sporadic as they were...but everytime my head itches i feel a tinge of panic... is it a new patch? every time that i run my fingers through my hair and get more than a couple strands my… Continue

you know the kind of bad dream: you show up to school naked or your teeth crack and tumble out of your mouth or you like realize all of your hair has fallen out and you are bald? Yeah. The last one...So last week I notice a 2 inch bald spot on the back of my head. I don't know when it started or how it got so big with out me noticing but when I ran my fingers through my hair after the gym on Wed they hit a smooth patch... WHAT?! Confirmed by some yoga moves with a compact in the employee… Continue