Kathie Nietenhoefer's Blog – May 2009 Archive (3)

Getting Past Hurdles

I really want to say thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. You all helped me make a decision I was fighting with. I'm close to the end of an Associate's degree now and as part of one of my classes, I had to go on a mock job interview where the interviewer was the one grading me and part of that grade was on my appearance - was it professional enough. I thought about wearing my wig as this would be the most professional-looking thing to do, but in the end, I chose to go as I am. I… Continue

Added by Kathie Nietenhoefer on May 24, 2009 at 4:09am — No Comments

Still Worried

You'd think after all these years of living with alopecia, I'd be used to it by now. In a lot of ways, I actually am. I've come to accept that I'll never know what it's like to have long hair blowing in the wind, never understand the literal meaning of a "bad hair day", nor will I ever feel like I'm completely normal (whatever that is). I'm just glad that I've found this place. Now, at least, I can feel like I belong somewhere.



I've chosen to live without wearing wigs for my entire… Continue

Added by Kathie Nietenhoefer on May 13, 2009 at 12:58pm — 4 Comments

My First Blog Ever!

This place is such a trip for me! I had no idea that so many others deal with the same basic problems I do. My form of alopecia is different from what I've been reading from many of those who have it. While most (at least from what I've read) once had a full head of hair and then lost it, I was simply born with it. I was completely bald at birth and very, very, *very* slowly started accumulating a little bit of hair. My hair has never grown past where it is right now though - very sparse, very… Continue

Added by Kathie Nietenhoefer on May 10, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

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