Re: my better late than never update/Sharon

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Like the short bald man thing! No, my thyroid is okay and I am sort of boderline

diabetic (I'm like borderline borderline).

As for the Avonex, I was off of it between 2005 and 2007 with no flares. In

January 2007 I did have a flare, but this was right after my father died and

during the funeral arrangements, so it was sort of understandable. I got back

on it as soon as I could.

And yes, we have AC!! I could not live here without it, that's why we left

right after Hurricane Katrina, we couldn't get gas for the generator to run the

window AC. Our house was fine (more or less), but I wouldn't have been for

long. So when hubby said " let's go see your dad " I was in the car in a flash!

Oh, and we're about 3 hours northwest of Birmingham.

Dee

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> Dee

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> I SO understand about the hair loss. Two questions: have you had your

thyroid checked and do you have diabetes? For me my hair loss was a combination

of hormone stuff due to age and a low thyroid. Even though I am on thyroid meds

now it didn't completely reverse the hair loss. I have thinning though... not

bald patches. My sister-in-law suddenly had a bald patch on the back of her

head. She went to a doc who gave her shots right into the bald spot and it did

reverse it. I don't know that diabetes causes hair loss but it happened to a

friend of mine when she was just dxed with diabetes. When my hair loss was at

it's worst I used to joke that someday my kids would say " that short, fat, bald

guy over there is my mother. " lol

> How are you doing on Avonex? I was on it for 5 years and did real good. But

then I got a wild idea and decided to stop it. I felt real good for about a

year but then had a relapse that lasted years. In retrospect, stopping Avonex

was a mistake:)

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> Are you near Birmingham? I know some people who live near there in Anniston.

Stay inside and stay cool. Do you have AC?

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> big hugs

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> Sharon