"Flow it, show it, long as God can grow, it, my hair......"( Hair- the musical)

well folks i went to the hair salon today. i told my friend, and the wonderful guy who  has been doing my hair since forever, to please trim it a little shorter since i am going to be out for a while.( o.k. i'll admit that i also had a little color on my roots,too!!hahah) after he had washed my hair, he looked at me and said, "sweetie, you are losing quite a bit of your hair!!" i know that hypothyroid patients have to deal with hair loss( especially at the ends of our eyebrows. mine are a little short there) but i was not quite prepared to hear the news.  i thought that somehow he would not notice. fat chance of that, he knows me better than some of my family members! i have noticed recently that, well, larger handfuls have come out in the shower after i wash my hair. i know that really there is not anything you can do about this.

i have done a couple of things to slow things down a bit. i have, for the past several months, let my hair alone. in other words, i put up my flat iron and quit trying to be a person with straight hair. my hair is curly enough to be frustrating, so i just put a little gel on it and gently blow dry it. the other thing i have done, is to switch to organic shampoo, conditioner, and gel. i am not sure this really helps, but it makes me feel like i am doing something.some people swear by vitamins. they  will not hurt you, and it may help some,too. i think that once my thyroid medication has stabilized- hopefully i will find the dose that is right for my body, the hair loss will slow down. i am so thankful that the treatment used for thyroid cancer( the I-131) does not cause hair loss. it can cause nausea sometimes in some people. i get nausea pretty easily, so i plan on asking for some medication before hand. i can handle pain ( to a point) but nausea is another story. when i get nausea, i am a weenie.

the other day at work, a lady came in to the store to pick up her medicine. i heard her talking to the cashier about going through chemo for breast cancer. she was completely bald, wearing only a bandanna to cover her head. i felt sorry for her, but more than that , i admired her strength and grace. if i look around, i have found that there is always someone who is dealing with something more serious than what i have to deal with. it helps put things in perspective for me. thanks again for those two wonderful comments after my last blog. they help more than you could know!