Don’t ask, don’t yell
I have been in reasonably good health my whole life but I must say menopause and the aftermath – it ain’t for pussies (no pun intended). I won’t list the effects as you can find at least 34 of them listed here.
Lately though, in reality, I have come up with some new symptoms to add to that roster. Loss of balance, lack of energy, etc.
Today, I have added hair loss – my hair is coming out in chunks – alopecia – which is either occurring due to stress (accumulation [see last job]) or lack of hormone? Who the heck knows.
But the long and short is a prescription for more meditation, more calmness, and as my hair stylist suggested, don’t give up drinking now. This always seems to be the consensus, when I had cut back on wine to lose weight while my mother was in the hospital, friends suggested I seek another time to be dutiful. Similarly, hair loss or weight gain – which do you prefer?
I had noticed this the other day while sitting in a neighborhood board meeting, I kept running my hands through my hair and coming away with gloms of hair. Then a circle bald spot appeared in my part and then today I saw the side (in the photo above) has a big old bald spot and I have one in back.
Just when you thought life couldn’t get more interesting.