Hey James,
Yeah that is a tattoo of my birth month flower (May-Lily) and my best friends (March-Daffodil). Hurt like a SOB! but was worth it.
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Hey James, Checkout discussion/events...Carol is looking to setup a camping trip in Guelph July31-Aug3...Just passing the word if you are interested? I am going to see if I could get off work that weekend, but time off in the summer is not too easy for me. I would love to volunteer to help or do something to support!
I would bring the wine for the adults ;P...just for fun! Enjoy, Kim J
Hi James :)
Thanks for the add!
Yeah ive just recently started talking to other people who have alopecia thanks to this site! I think its awsome!
At 6:08pm on February 11, 2009, Julia Gedeon said…
Hey James.. funny you read that on my profile about alopecia enhancing rather than hinering. I've had AU for 29 years now, most of my life. Its only been in the last 5 years where i have truly accepted it. I used to hide in the shadows.. do the best that I could to distract from myself. Being the centre of attention was difficult because it inevitably brought on questions of.. "why do you shave your eye brows".. or "I love your THICK hair".. followed shortly by them take a fist full to feel it..... lol... nothing else made me want to die.. right there!
5 years ago I just let it all go..... i knew i wasnt giving people enough credit.. and i would start trying a different approach... I started wearing different wigs.. from long to short, from red hair to brown, to blonde. If I saw someone looking curiously at me I would break the ice with the conversation myself... OR if someone asked me a question I would answer candidly... it was life altering... NOW, this is not to say that if tomorrow I could have my hair back I would say "no".. I'm not insane... BUT i am starting to have fun with it... fun with the styles, fun with people's reactions.. just learning to enjoy it not run from it....
There really is no secret.. this took years for me... 25 years to be exact .. and even now my first instinct is to run for the hills.. but I stop, and I face it.. and I am better for it.
Hi James
How are you doing? Saturday afternoon would be fine with me. If you take hwy. 7 here, you can shoot up Victoria (north) to Woodlawn, there's a Tim's on the corner we can meet at. Let me know what time is good for you if the weather gives us a break! Take care! :)
James, It is amazing how Brampton has grown and what they are planning...Hope they expand their services, because they will need it to handle that many people. Never mind the traffic!!?? There could be some potential job openings for you in the city services; like fire dept, bus driver, traffic control....just unlimited possibilities (:P
In a sense, I am like you that I have not really met or spoken to anyone with Alo in years. I have my family and friends that support me, but sometimes it is not the same as someone who also has it. There was a support group in the Toronto/Mississauga area a long time ago and I had attended a few meetings but soon stopped because lack of interest.(Which now I find surprising based on what I have read on AW) Going to the meetings was the first & only time I knew other people had Alo. So finding this site has opened my eyes also!
Yes, the pic is with my horse....I enjoy animals; otters and horses especially. I was a veterinary technician for years when I lived in Brampton. But changed my career as I had a hard time seeing abused animals! Never mind how they must have treated their children? That is a whole other topic!
Well, thanks for adding me as a friend and feel free to chat anytime. Take care, Kim J
Hello James,
I had lived in Brampton for years and moved to the Kingston area about 3 years ago. Surprises we never crossed paths? just joking...Brampton is a very big city now! When I first lived there, Springdale was just in the planning stages and now there is houses all the way west to Georgetown. Wow! That is one of the reasons why I moved, the city just grew too big, too fast!
Hope you don't mind my comments...I joined this website a few weeks ago and it has been good to communicate with people dealing with similar life issues. Hope you have a good week. Kim J
Hi James,
How are you today?
Yes, my book is geared toward women, but it's an interesting and entertaining read, so I hope you read it!
Let me know how you like it!
LeslieAnn
I've realized the grass isnt always greener on the other side but I think I am still happy I made the change. I think I might need a career change as well. I would stay in healthcare but doing something a little less stressful as I age.
The working 3 days a week are great. They are 12 hour shifts so it's long but I love all the free time I have.
You're right healthcare is a pretty caring enviornment as a general rule. So the people I work with for the most part are really nice.
Getting alopecia at 43 was weird. I had never heard of it. I was shocked and then angry and frustrated. Fortunatly alopecia world came along withen 6 months of all this and then the Naaf Conf. So it really helped he out so so so much with acceptance and back to being my happy go lucky self.
The loss of lashes and brows is the hardest part for me. I told you I got them tattood and I will post a pic so you can see my artists work.
You've had several different career paths. I on the otherhand have just the one. I have been a respiratory therapist for the past 24 years.. I was at my last job for 17 years and was getting pretty frustrated and then I developed my 1st alopecia areata spot. Thats when I decided enough is enough and found a new job. Well that has been about a year and I'm kinda not liking this facility either. Oh well ce la vi "whatever" I only work 3 days a week.
Hi James,
Haha Nothin' gets passed me.
I like the snow in small doses but I dont think I could take it for months at atime. The weather here is pretty mild year round.
Hope you are staying warm.
Hi James
I'm still in Guelph and I did get the support group off the ground. I have roughly 30 people on my list but usually only about 5 - 15 people come to the meetings, our next one will be this spring. Many people with alopecia become addicted with meeting other people with alopecia simply because they've finally met someone else with the same affliction, almost like meeting a long lost relative. If you ever want to come over to Guelph, you're more than welcome to attend a meeting or we could have coffee. Take care! :)
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Just dropped in to say hey. How is everything going?
Hows everything?
I posted an eyebrow pic
Jeff
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Yeah that is a tattoo of my birth month flower (May-Lily) and my best friends (March-Daffodil). Hurt like a SOB! but was worth it.
What's new?
~ Court.xox
I would bring the wine for the adults ;P...just for fun! Enjoy, Kim J
as for boy or girl... I'll find out tomorrow..... :)
Thanks for the add!
Yeah ive just recently started talking to other people who have alopecia thanks to this site! I think its awsome!
5 years ago I just let it all go..... i knew i wasnt giving people enough credit.. and i would start trying a different approach... I started wearing different wigs.. from long to short, from red hair to brown, to blonde. If I saw someone looking curiously at me I would break the ice with the conversation myself... OR if someone asked me a question I would answer candidly... it was life altering... NOW, this is not to say that if tomorrow I could have my hair back I would say "no".. I'm not insane... BUT i am starting to have fun with it... fun with the styles, fun with people's reactions.. just learning to enjoy it not run from it....
There really is no secret.. this took years for me... 25 years to be exact .. and even now my first instinct is to run for the hills.. but I stop, and I face it.. and I am better for it.
Hows life over there?
Rog
How are you doing? Saturday afternoon would be fine with me. If you take hwy. 7 here, you can shoot up Victoria (north) to Woodlawn, there's a Tim's on the corner we can meet at. Let me know what time is good for you if the weather gives us a break! Take care! :)
In a sense, I am like you that I have not really met or spoken to anyone with Alo in years. I have my family and friends that support me, but sometimes it is not the same as someone who also has it. There was a support group in the Toronto/Mississauga area a long time ago and I had attended a few meetings but soon stopped because lack of interest.(Which now I find surprising based on what I have read on AW) Going to the meetings was the first & only time I knew other people had Alo. So finding this site has opened my eyes also!
Yes, the pic is with my horse....I enjoy animals; otters and horses especially. I was a veterinary technician for years when I lived in Brampton. But changed my career as I had a hard time seeing abused animals! Never mind how they must have treated their children? That is a whole other topic!
Well, thanks for adding me as a friend and feel free to chat anytime. Take care, Kim J
I had lived in Brampton for years and moved to the Kingston area about 3 years ago. Surprises we never crossed paths? just joking...Brampton is a very big city now! When I first lived there, Springdale was just in the planning stages and now there is houses all the way west to Georgetown. Wow! That is one of the reasons why I moved, the city just grew too big, too fast!
Hope you don't mind my comments...I joined this website a few weeks ago and it has been good to communicate with people dealing with similar life issues. Hope you have a good week. Kim J
How are you today?
Yes, my book is geared toward women, but it's an interesting and entertaining read, so I hope you read it!
Let me know how you like it!
LeslieAnn
I've realized the grass isnt always greener on the other side but I think I am still happy I made the change. I think I might need a career change as well. I would stay in healthcare but doing something a little less stressful as I age.
The working 3 days a week are great. They are 12 hour shifts so it's long but I love all the free time I have.
You're right healthcare is a pretty caring enviornment as a general rule. So the people I work with for the most part are really nice.
Getting alopecia at 43 was weird. I had never heard of it. I was shocked and then angry and frustrated. Fortunatly alopecia world came along withen 6 months of all this and then the Naaf Conf. So it really helped he out so so so much with acceptance and back to being my happy go lucky self.
The loss of lashes and brows is the hardest part for me. I told you I got them tattood and I will post a pic so you can see my artists work.
Now that was some Yippity Yap lol
Jeff
Jeff
Haha Nothin' gets passed me.
I like the snow in small doses but I dont think I could take it for months at atime. The weather here is pretty mild year round.
Hope you are staying warm.
What do you do for a living?
Jeff
I'm still in Guelph and I did get the support group off the ground. I have roughly 30 people on my list but usually only about 5 - 15 people come to the meetings, our next one will be this spring. Many people with alopecia become addicted with meeting other people with alopecia simply because they've finally met someone else with the same affliction, almost like meeting a long lost relative. If you ever want to come over to Guelph, you're more than welcome to attend a meeting or we could have coffee. Take care! :)
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