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i'm tired of being upset by this already
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 stomach sinks. there is a part of me that wants to just shave my head and get it over with. beat it to the punch. yeah. someone is a control freak...
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Comment by Katie on March 26, 2009 at 9:11am
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I can SO relate to that feeling! I try not to think about my bald spots...but when my scalp itches or hurts all I can think is not More bald spots! Some days it sure is hard not to go crazy! I just try to take it one day at a time, and pray for some type of cure!
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Comment by SportyAusGirl on March 27, 2009 at 8:32pm
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I read somewhere, that it's easier being bald, than goign bald. That's why i took the big step of shaving whatever left off. Alopecia sucks, i hate it. I wish no one had to go through it. But i guess it happens to us for a reason, maybe because we can handle it, and maybe because to remind us that it's only hair after all, and that something or someone more important could be taken off us. I dont know the reason, but it does suck. Pray for that cure, I sure as hell am :)
Goodluck with your decision and journey with Alopecia.
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Comment by Craig S on April 14, 2009 at 9:55pm
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Hey Jodi- not really knowing what is going to happen is the worst part of this crap- I went nuts watching handfulls of hair go down the drain when I washed my hair. Finally I got the stones to shave it off and I feel a lot less stress just from watching and not knowing how far it will go!
Hey, you are a confident professional- you rock no matter which way this goes- I hope it regresses and all grows back for you!
You are you.
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Comment by eva on June 1, 2009 at 5:33pm
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hi there jodi. what i can tell you about my experience is, it does get better... instead of having meltdowns every other day, you'll only have them once a month! ;) I definitely know what you feel like though with your stomach dropping - I would usually just get major hot flashes and feel all sweaty when I would see my hair all over or examine at my spots... I've had AA for almost a year and last night I had one of my meltdowns because it's gotten quite a bit worse..... What helps me is what my mom said to me "You're beautiful and this doesn't change WHO you are inside." Time does make it better though, hang in there!
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