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Post by Shooby on Jul 8, 2014 8:08:59 GMT -5
Have you checked your thyroid or other reasons that could cause hair loss?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 8:13:22 GMT -5
MPL, try taking a Biotin supplement. They sell it with all of the other vitamins. I've been taking it for a couple of years now and I think the quality of my hair has improved and it's also fuller than it's ever been. One of my grocery stores always has a buy 1 get 1 free on vitamins so I make a specific trip there when I have to restock. Yeah, I need to start doing that again and stick with it. I was for a couple months when this first all started, but they were these huge horse pills that I gagged on all the time and you were supposed to take them 3X/day. They were called Hair and Nails from Walmart, but I'll bet I can find just plain biotin in easier to take form.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 8, 2014 8:13:55 GMT -5
MPL, try taking a Biotin supplement. They sell it with all of the other vitamins. I've been taking it for a couple of years now and I think the quality of my hair has improved and it's also fuller than it's ever been. One of my grocery stores always has a buy 1 get 1 free on vitamins so I make a specific trip there when I have to restock. Yeah, I need to start doing that again and stick with it. I was for a couple months when this first all started, but they were these huge horse pills that I gagged on all the time and you were supposed to take them 3X/day. They were called Hair and Nails from Walmart, but I'll bet I can find just plain biotin in easier to take form. Those were suppositories.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 8:16:38 GMT -5
Have you checked your thyroid or other reasons that could cause hair loss? Yeah, that was on the list of test. They took 10 vials of blood from me in one shot doing tests. It was worse than the prenatal screens. I'm still suspicious that it's hormonal. I had a hormonal IUD put in in February of last year and the hair all started falling out April-June, but they claim it's just coincidence. I'm still thinking about having it removed because now I'm reading all this other stuff about them growing in and other scary stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 8:18:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I need to start doing that again and stick with it. I was for a couple months when this first all started, but they were these huge horse pills that I gagged on all the time and you were supposed to take them 3X/day. They were called Hair and Nails from Walmart, but I'll bet I can find just plain biotin in easier to take form. Those were suppositories. Well, you think they would have at least coated them for easy insertion!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 8:47:25 GMT -5
In other, totally unrelated news, first ex informed me they're expecting again in December. He'll be 52 (with health problems) when this child is born. I guess it's kind of related, because he is going to have even less time than he does now. He already cancelled going to summer camp with older son next week because his wife is not feeling well and they are not doing a Fall family vacation with him this year because he needs to save his time for when the baby comes.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jul 8, 2014 9:00:19 GMT -5
MPL, try taking a Biotin supplement. They sell it with all of the other vitamins. I've been taking it for a couple of years now and I think the quality of my hair has improved and it's also fuller than it's ever been. One of my grocery stores always has a buy 1 get 1 free on vitamins so I make a specific trip there when I have to restock. SIL had some major hair loss due to stress and the biotin helped with the re-growth. She also cut a lot of it off and let it grow back. It's healthy now and looks good. She's been on the biotin for 1.5 years now I think and has no plans to stop. With her kids becoming teens, she's going to have all kinds of stress!! ETA: Her biotin are not large pills at all. They're smaller than a jellybean and i don't remember the brand... Sorry
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 8, 2014 9:02:18 GMT -5
In other, totally unrelated news, first ex informed me they're expecting again in December. He'll be 52 (with health problems) when this child is born. I guess it's kind of related, because he is going to have even less time than he does now. He already cancelled going to summer camp with older son next week because his wife is not feeling well and they are not doing a Fall family vacation with him this year because he needs to save his time for when the baby comes. Ouch. Does DS#1 know yet?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 9:06:30 GMT -5
In other, totally unrelated news, first ex informed me they're expecting again in December. He'll be 52 (with health problems) when this child is born. I guess it's kind of related, because he is going to have even less time than he does now. He already cancelled going to summer camp with older son next week because his wife is not feeling well and they are not doing a Fall family vacation with him this year because he needs to save his time for when the baby comes. Ouch. Does DS#1 know yet? Yes. They both told me last night when he brought him home. He seems ok with it. It's a boy! That's the part that makes me happy. Ex never wanted any boys. As a side note, they found out the sex from a blood test on the mother. I didn't even know they could do that. I always thought there was zero mixing of maternal and fetal blood.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 8, 2014 9:12:47 GMT -5
Ouch. Does DS#1 know yet? Yes. They both told me last night when he brought him home. He seems ok with it. It's a boy! That's the part that makes me happy. Ex never wanted any boys. As a side note, they found out the sex from a blood test on the mother. I didn't even know they could do that. I always thought there was zero mixing of maternal and fetal blood. It is a new test. Maybe a year or two old (for public use). My wife had it for our son because of our previous pregnancy with genetic abnormalities. They can test withing a very high accuracy that there are no genetic abnormalities. As a by product they know the birth, based on the genetics of the blood. It is a very cool test.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 9:19:04 GMT -5
Yes. They both told me last night when he brought him home. He seems ok with it. It's a boy! That's the part that makes me happy. Ex never wanted any boys. As a side note, they found out the sex from a blood test on the mother. I didn't even know they could do that. I always thought there was zero mixing of maternal and fetal blood. It is a new test. Maybe a year or two old (for public use). My wife had it for our son because of our previous pregnancy with genetic abnormalities. They can test withing a very high accuracy that there are no genetic abnormalities. As a by product they know the birth, based on the genetics of the blood. It is a very cool test. It sounds really cool. But how the heck are they getting fetal blood out of your arm? I'm RH negative and was told the only reason I didn't reject my RH positive kids was because there was no mixing of blood.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 8, 2014 9:23:19 GMT -5
... It's a boy! That's the part that makes me happy. Ex never wanted any boys. ... With all the misery that you appear to have in your life, I guess that it is a good thing that you can find this little bit of happiness.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 9:28:42 GMT -5
... It's a boy! That's the part that makes me happy. Ex never wanted any boys. ... With all the misery that you appear to have in your life, I guess that it is a good thing that you can find this little bit of happiness. That and chickens. What more can you need? LOL I seriously did pick on him for about 5 minutes straight about the boy part last night. He really is disappointed it's not a little sister.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 8, 2014 9:32:49 GMT -5
It is a new test. Maybe a year or two old (for public use). My wife had it for our son because of our previous pregnancy with genetic abnormalities. They can test withing a very high accuracy that there are no genetic abnormalities. As a by product they know the birth, based on the genetics of the blood. It is a very cool test. It sounds really cool. But how the heck are they getting fetal blood out of your arm? I'm RH negative and was told the only reason I didn't reject my RH positive kids was because there was no mixing of blood. No idea... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell-free_fetal_DNA
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 8, 2014 9:33:25 GMT -5
With all the misery that you appear to have in your life, I guess that it is a good thing that you can find this little bit of happiness. That and chickens. What more can you need? LOL I seriously did pick on him for about 5 minutes straight about the boy part last night. He really is disappointed it's not a little sister. Yeah.
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Post by Angel! on Jul 8, 2014 9:51:40 GMT -5
Have you checked your thyroid or other reasons that could cause hair loss? Yeah, that was on the list of test. They took 10 vials of blood from me in one shot doing tests. It was worse than the prenatal screens. I'm still suspicious that it's hormonal. I had a hormonal IUD put in in February of last year and the hair all started falling out April-June, but they claim it's just coincidence. I'm still thinking about having it removed because now I'm reading all this other stuff about them growing in and other scary stuff. It might just be the stress, but the IUD might be messing you up too. Mine made me unbelievably sick & miserable. I had no energy, was gaining weight, felt like crap every day (and had no sex drive, which kind of makes an IUD pointless). I know a lot of people love them, but I cannot emphasize enough how much I hated it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 9:53:13 GMT -5
Now your hair is doing better I would hesitate to color it. That's awfully hard on your hair.
Talk about stress DD is really giving it to me. She is demanding ibuprofen. Hubby is seeing it and told her to stop, she will with him home but she is getting pretty bad about it. Trouble is you don't know if she needs them or is being a horses ****. I found some on her a couple of weeks ago I don't know if she took them or maybe it was a day she went out ahead of me at Walmart to the car and paid for them, I threw them away. I told her if she starts stealing stuff like that they will ban her. I've read about some other parents with kids like her going through the same thing. If she continues this I told my husband we may have to do something else with her. I can only endure so much. We are trying to make it till next fall, but between his mom and her he knows I may have to do something. With him home I got away by myself a few times and it was heaven. He said when he quits I can go here and there and get away from her. Maybe take up with a bicycling group or exercising, volunteering somewhere or just going fishing alone.
So MPL stress relief is important, I've spent a lifetime stressed also. But my stress isn't growing up. I thought coloring it would make it seem thicker? This girl I work with colors her hair constantly. I mean she'll show up with red one day, blue the next...her hair is gorgeous. Your daughter is wanting ibuprofen? Why? Does she just thinks she needs it? It's not like you can really become addicted to it. Or can you?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 9:54:40 GMT -5
Yeah, that was on the list of test. They took 10 vials of blood from me in one shot doing tests. It was worse than the prenatal screens. I'm still suspicious that it's hormonal. I had a hormonal IUD put in in February of last year and the hair all started falling out April-June, but they claim it's just coincidence. I'm still thinking about having it removed because now I'm reading all this other stuff about them growing in and other scary stuff. It might just be the stress, but the IUD might be messing you up too. Mine made me unbelievably sick & miserable. I had no energy, was gaining weight, felt like crap every day (and had no sex drive, which kind of makes an IUD pointless). I know a lot of people love them, but I cannot emphasize enough how much I hated it. I don't really notice anything besides the hair loss which may or may not have been from it. It's been in a year and a half now and I don't know if I should just leave it or get it out. It's not like I need it anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 9:58:10 GMT -5
It sounds really cool. But how the heck are they getting fetal blood out of your arm? I'm RH negative and was told the only reason I didn't reject my RH positive kids was because there was no mixing of blood. No idea... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell-free_fetal_DNASo, it's just fetal DNA, not blood. Pretty cool.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 8, 2014 10:59:28 GMT -5
Don't worry about coloring it, MPL. It will make it appear thicker. Just make sure that you leave the color on your hair the least amount of time you can get away with.
I probably lost about 50% of my hair when I was sick. After each of my 4 surgeries, hair came out in massive clumps. It got to the point where I was afraid to either wash or brush it because I lost so much hair.
Between the second and third surgery, I had about 8" cut off so the hair barely hit my chin. It helped a lot. Only problem was that after each surgery, there was another loss of hair and it would start growing again. So I had hair in a dozen different lengths and it frizzed up horribly.
It has been nearly 2 years and my hair is pretty much back to normal. I still have multiple lengths, but they're getting longer and I can smooth them down with a flat iron.
Stress sucks on hair. My infectious disease doc said it was normal to lose hair in times of extreme stress. But you can't imagine the stress that losing the hair causes!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 11:34:17 GMT -5
Now your hair is doing better I would hesitate to color it. That's awfully hard on your hair.
Talk about stress DD is really giving it to me. She is demanding ibuprofen. Hubby is seeing it and told her to stop, she will with him home but she is getting pretty bad about it. Trouble is you don't know if she needs them or is being a horses ****. I found some on her a couple of weeks ago I don't know if she took them or maybe it was a day she went out ahead of me at Walmart to the car and paid for them, I threw them away. I told her if she starts stealing stuff like that they will ban her. I've read about some other parents with kids like her going through the same thing. If she continues this I told my husband we may have to do something else with her. I can only endure so much. We are trying to make it till next fall, but between his mom and her he knows I may have to do something. With him home I got away by myself a few times and it was heaven. He said when he quits I can go here and there and get away from her. Maybe take up with a bicycling group or exercising, volunteering somewhere or just going fishing alone.
So MPL stress relief is important, I've spent a lifetime stressed also. But my stress isn't growing up. I thought coloring it would make it seem thicker? This girl I work with colors her hair constantly. I mean she'll show up with red one day, blue the next...her hair is gorgeous. Your daughter is wanting ibuprofen? Why? Does she just thinks she needs it? It's not like you can really become addicted to it. Or can you? If she's dying her hair that often and with colors like blue, her hair is either naturally light colored or bleached and the different colors are probably just rinses. Those wash out over time. There's a product called uncolor or something that's suppose to remove the color immediately, but I've never used it. Some people use rinses close to their natural color just to make their hair shiny, which looks healthier than dull hair. If your hair is a light color, you can use a rinse to make it any color you like or if your hair is dark and dull, a dark colored rinse will make it shiny. It will fade as you keep shampooing your hair. They don't have the harsh chemicals permanent dyes do. You have to go to a beauty supply store to get it though. At least you do here. I've used rinses many times to play with color. I have dark hair and if I don't have highlights, you can really only see the color in strong light. When I have highlights, the color shows. I just put one in yesterday!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 8, 2014 11:35:03 GMT -5
Stablest, taking ibuprofen when she has GI problems is really a lousy idea. Not only does it inhibit clotting, it can exacerbate (or cause) ulcers. With her GI issues, she probably shouldn't be taking it at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 11:46:26 GMT -5
Your ex is going to have a baby at 52!!! More power to him
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 12:09:25 GMT -5
Your ex is going to have a baby at 52!!! More power to him He's nuts. Although, I don't think he'll need to worry about saving for college. Both kids will be able to start collecting social security in grade school.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 8, 2014 12:17:52 GMT -5
Your ex is going to have a baby at 52!!! More power to him He's nuts. Although, I don't think he'll need to worry about saving for college. Both kids will be able to start collecting social security in grade school. Doesn't your ex have health issues too?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 12:24:41 GMT -5
He's nuts. Although, I don't think he'll need to worry about saving for college. Both kids will be able to start collecting social security in grade school. Doesn't your ex have health issues too? Yes. He's been a type 1 diabetic since he was a teenager. He wears an insulin pump and is starting to have issues that go along with 30+ years of diabetes. He's had eye surgery a few times, kidneys are getting a little wonky and he's been hospitalized a couple times for leg/foot infections that got out of hand. He's real active and healthy looking (looks a lot younger than 52), but if I was his wife, I'd be real nervous with two little kids and no job. I guess if he becomes disabled he's probably covered by something through work, but the only life insurance policy is the one he was court ordered to keep with me as the beneficiary.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 8, 2014 12:39:38 GMT -5
Doesn't your ex have health issues too? Yes. He's been a type 1 diabetic since he was a teenager. He wears an insulin pump and is starting to have issues that go along with 30+ years of diabetes. He's had eye surgery a few times, kidneys are getting a little wonky and he's been hospitalized a couple times for leg/foot infections that got out of hand. He's real active and healthy looking (looks a lot younger than 52), but if I was his wife, I'd be real nervous with two little kids and no job. I guess if he becomes disabled he's probably covered by something through work, but the only life insurance policy is the one he was court ordered to keep with me as the beneficiary. If he becomes disabled, MPL.....he's not going to be able to afford to give you the amount of CS that you receive from him. If he dies and there is no life insurance, what's his spouse going to do? I'd imagine that getting a policy right now is impossible, or if he does, it will be prohibitively expensive.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 8, 2014 12:40:30 GMT -5
Your ex is going to have a baby at 52!!! More power to him I don't know that 52 is too old to have a baby, but 68 seems way too old to have a sixteen year old.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 12:41:39 GMT -5
"Do it. Do it. DO IT!!!!!!!! And it's ok if you spend part of those days doing NOTHING. Trust me on this. " Make sure to not make your to-do list too overwhelming. I have this problem where I keep on making lists, endless lists to do on the weekends knowing I can't get to all of them (mostly from lack of motivation) but wanting to finish them all. All it does is cause me extra stress. So what I started doing is make plans to do very doable 1-2 things. Sometimes I plan on doing nothing on the weekends and it is so relaxing when you don't have something to do on the back of your mind.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 12:50:19 GMT -5
Yes. He's been a type 1 diabetic since he was a teenager. He wears an insulin pump and is starting to have issues that go along with 30+ years of diabetes. He's had eye surgery a few times, kidneys are getting a little wonky and he's been hospitalized a couple times for leg/foot infections that got out of hand. He's real active and healthy looking (looks a lot younger than 52), but if I was his wife, I'd be real nervous with two little kids and no job. I guess if he becomes disabled he's probably covered by something through work, but the only life insurance policy is the one he was court ordered to keep with me as the beneficiary. If he becomes disabled, MPL.....he's not going to be able to afford to give you the amount of CS that you receive from him. If he dies and there is no life insurance, what's his spouse going to do? I'd imagine that getting a policy right now is impossible, or if he does, it will be prohibitively expensive. Oh, I get I'm at risk too, but I'm only gambling that he has 6 more good years in him, not 18! The ex's family and I have actually discussed what would happen with his wife if he died and are torn. Most would be perfectly happy to buy her a plane ticket back to China where she can live with family, but then we'd be sending his daughter too and now a son as well. Do I want to ship my son's siblings off? We don't know what we'd do. SIL and I were thinking one of his siblings might end up taking her and the kids in. I'm guessing a policy would be really expensive now. He had to pay $108/month for just 200K of coverage back in 2002. He might have some through work and then she could cash in his 401K I guess and would get SS for all three of them.
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