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by molecularblonde
Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:29 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Testosterone....
Replies: 6
Views: 24918

good thinking

James- Good thinking. The bloodwork was done the day prior to starting the spioro. I emailed this doctor (the "hormone expert") asking him exactly what low "total" testosterone means. And I asked him why i'm on spiro if my testosterone is low to start with. Hopefully he'll email me back. I don't und...
by molecularblonde
Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:59 am
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Testosterone....
Replies: 6
Views: 24918

Tricia

Hi- I put a call in to my endocrinologist who ordered the test. He's supposed to get back to me this week. I also sent all of the blood work over to my OB/GYN. She is the one who removed my ovary and part of the other ovary last year. She knows about my hair loss but doesn't think that hormones are ...
by molecularblonde
Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:48 am
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Testosterone....
Replies: 6
Views: 24918

Testosterone....

hello- I've just received my bloodwork back form the hormone expert (endocrinologist) I saw in NY. Currently my testosterone level is low: "37" were the lab posts a normal range of "63-120" for an ovulating female. I have not spoken to the doctor regarding this, although I put several calls into his...
by molecularblonde
Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:47 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: New results...
Replies: 1
Views: 3227

New results...

hello- I've just received my bloodwork back form the hormone expert (endocrinologist) I saw in NY. Currently my testosterone level is low: "37" were the lab posts a normal range of "63-120" for an ovulating female. I have not spoken to the doctor regarding this, although I put several calls into his...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:34 am
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Question
Replies: 8
Views: 28284

Hi

James- THanks so much. You gave me advice to try to get my mind off of my hair. I'm trying so hard. It's like time will go by without me thinking of my hair, then I go to run an errand and I'll see my reflection in my car window and my heart jumps! Is that really me? What's wrong with my hair? Who i...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:03 am
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Question
Replies: 8
Views: 28284

Hi

Hi James- I'm having a rough time finding a local support group. I'm sick to my stomach with dread and anxiety over washing my hair. It's becoming unbearable. James there is so much hair in the sink after I'm done grooming myself that my sink became clogged this past week. My hair is so thin on the ...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:55 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Rough time....
Replies: 0
Views: 2356

Rough time....

Hello- I'm having a rough time. I'm filled with anxiety over washing my hair. In fact I went three days without washing it this week. When it's wet it falls out when I comb it. I try to ignore it, but it's devastating. It's just awful. Sometimes thrity strands come out in one comb through! I throw t...
by molecularblonde
Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:08 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Here we go again
Replies: 2
Views: 3203

An update, if you're interested.......

Afters seeing my dermatologist in November last year for TE, my hair loss had stabilized and I last saw her in early April. However, at the end of May, my hair began to fall out again. SO in a panic, I begged for another appointment. I told my dermatologist that my hair had begun to fall out agian i...
by molecularblonde
Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:18 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

Sam and James

Gentlemen- Thank you again for your kindess. James, i know I have a plan now. And I must stick to that plan and hope for the best. Your advice was excellent. I'm going to stick to my plan for now. However, I had a dermatologist appointment today. A follow-up. I would like you to both know that I saw...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Here we go again
Replies: 2
Views: 3203

Here we go again

Hello- Tomorrow, I have an appointment to see one of the three dermatologists whom I haven't seen since April. At that time my hair loss had leveled off and I was feeling okay with life. This dermatologist dx'd me with Telogen effluvium and told me that we couldn't do anything but wait for the hair ...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:30 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Question
Replies: 8
Views: 28284

Thanks

Thanks james-
Still trying to find a support group in my area. I'd love to find a group of inidivuals who can relate to our situations.
MB
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:44 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

James

When I read the thigns I have written on the page I am so depply ashmaed and saddened by my "over-raction" to this problem I'm experienceing. Quitting therpay wasn't a good idea, nor was quitting antidepressants. One thing that gave me a bit of comfort was when I spoke with the endocrinologist on Fr...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:35 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

Thanks

james, Your quote: "You should make yourself a plan like "ok I am gonna lay off the exercise for awhile and try this treatment program that the doctor suggested and reevaluate in 6 months." In reality it is all you can do, it is really the only thing that ANY of us can do in this crappy situation of...
by molecularblonde
Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:54 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Tricia's Story
Replies: 4
Views: 6153

Tricia

Your post was very interesting. I hope things are going better for you. I really feel for oyu. I know what you are experiencing, it's just awful, isn't it? Like you, people don't seem to notice my hairloss. I just confessed to a girlfriend from the gym and she had no idea. But when she looked at pic...
by molecularblonde
Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:40 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

Update...

Hey James- I hope all is well with you. I'm confused and sad now. BUt what else is new? I went to the "hormone expert" yesterday. After hearing about my hairloss and reviewing my situation, I've been put on BC pills (Yasmin) and spironolactone. I can't believe this: my dreams of ever having a baby a...
by molecularblonde
Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:22 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

James/Sam

Thank you both for keeping me going. I'm so thankful to have you. I too have some other issues going on: marriage that is on the fritz, work stress. Today I ran four experiment and I was amazed I could keep my thoughts on track. What's eating me right this minute is this: I'm taking the morning off ...
by molecularblonde
Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:03 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Question
Replies: 8
Views: 28284

Question

I would like to join a support in my area for telegen effluvium. Just a group of women I could talk to and to relate with. Any ideas about how I could do this? How can a find a group of people suffering with this type of disorder?

Thanks-
MB
by molecularblonde
Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:11 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

James

James- Thank you so much for your reply- I'm going to do what you said, and take it one day at a time. I tried to brush my teeth and get ready for bed, and I became engroseed with the amount of hair that is now in my sink. Just from leaning over it and brushing my teeth! :roll: :roll: James, I'm ter...
by molecularblonde
Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:14 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: Alone and afraid...and so sad
Replies: 15
Views: 12743

Alone and afraid...and so sad

Hello my new friends- This time last year I was probably out with my husband having a nice time enjoying the night. Or, if he was working tonight, I was perhaps in bed preparing to get up for the aerobics class that I normally take Sunday morning. But it's not like that anymore. Now I don't want to ...
by molecularblonde
Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:49 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Serum ferritin tests
Replies: 3
Views: 5103

Tricia

please let me know if/when you are able tp get you serum ferritin levels checked-
MB
by molecularblonde
Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:44 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Another question....
Replies: 5
Views: 6059

KC/James

Thank you both so much for your replies- KC, I have seen 3 dermatologists. All 3 think I have TE. I'm seeing the third one for a third time on the 17th of this month. Today my scalp is sore. As usualy my hair is back in a ponytail. When I showered thismonring I counted 65 hairs in the sink. It was t...
by molecularblonde
Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:18 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Another question....
Replies: 5
Views: 6059

kc

Hi-
My scalp itches but only next to my neck. It itches there and it is a bit flakey. I always have scaley areas there. The top of my head is okay, dry but "sensitive".
by molecularblonde
Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: My story...surgery, exercise bulimia et al.,
Replies: 9
Views: 6881

Sam

Sam- Thank you so much for your wonderful reply. I appreciate so much the time you took to write down every last point. I know that you are correct about fixing my diet. WHen my hair began to fall out after my surgery last year, dermatolgoist #2 was bright enough to recommend getting my serum ferrit...
by molecularblonde
Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:02 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Serum ferritin tests
Replies: 3
Views: 5103

Tricia

Wow, this is up my alley- Of the three dermatoligsts I've seen to date, only one was smart enough to bring up serum ferritin levels. He thought since I lost so much blood during my surgery (they couldn't get me to stop bleeding hence my surgery was likke 5.5 hours) that my ferrtin levels dipped. By ...
by molecularblonde
Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:58 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: Another question....
Replies: 5
Views: 6059

Another question....

Hello- Being new to the board (and to hair loss) would someone just give their twoe cents about this? I had an eating disroder and a major surgery last year. When my hair began to fall out I noticed a concommitant irritation of my scalp such that when I began to get my hair colored it would sort of ...
by molecularblonde
Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: My story.....
Replies: 4
Views: 5919

Tricia-

Hi Tricia- My dematolgist told me *not* to use ROgaine for this reason: She thought my TE was due to the severe blood loss and shock my body went through last year after my surgery. If this is the case, then in six month to a year, my hair should grow back on it's own. So, before I saw her, another ...
by molecularblonde
Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:01 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: My story...surgery, exercise bulimia et al.,
Replies: 9
Views: 6881

James

Thanks for your reply- I have never heard of those products, but will look into them if I can't wear a baseball hat anymore. I know this sounds silly, but sometimes cancer presents itself with hair loss. I know this because my husband had a patient who presented like this. If I tell my husband this ...
by molecularblonde
Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:54 am
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: My story.....
Replies: 4
Views: 5919

Tricia

Hi- Thanks for your reply- I don't know if this is genetic. I don't know if it's chronic TE or what. But everything (bloodwork) is normal. I feel that my poor diet has a lot ot do with it. I really do. I mean I was vomiting, running and absuing laxatives. THat couldn't help matters. I'm thinking of ...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:52 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: My story...surgery, exercise bulimia et al.,
Replies: 9
Views: 6881

James/Jacob

Thank you both so much. After seeing 3 dermatolgists and having another battery of blood tests done (all were fine) I'm seeing an endocrinologist in NYC. He is supposedly an expert on female hair loss due to hormone imbalance. I've already seen an endocrinolgist, and my lab work was fine. But I'm de...
by molecularblonde
Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:58 am
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: My story...surgery, exercise bulimia et al.,
Replies: 9
Views: 6881

James

James- Thank you so much for taking the time to read my insanely long post. It helps getting my emotions out on paper. I sit here today wearing a baseball hat (never owned one before) and debating if I should shower today. I'm scared to lose more hair. I went to the gym and did a total body conditio...
by molecularblonde
Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:47 pm
Forum: Women's Hair Loss Discussions
Topic: My story.....
Replies: 4
Views: 5919

My story.....

Hello- I posted this in the general forum, but I thought I might also put it here for other women to see. I'm a research scientist from NJ. Until last year I had a full head of blonde (chemically treated) hair. This is my story: I've dyed my hair for over eleven years. I've never had a problem with ...
by molecularblonde
Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:44 pm
Forum: Personal Hair Loss Stories and Updates
Topic: My story...surgery, exercise bulimia et al.,
Replies: 9
Views: 6881

My story...surgery, exercise bulimia et al.,

Hi- I'm a research scientist from NJ. Until last year I had a full head of blonde (chemically treated) hair. This is my story: I've dyed my hair for over eleven years. I've never had a problem with my scalp or the loss of my hair.I could show you photos from last year and I had so much hair it looke...