There's a saying that goes ... "it's no use crying over spilled milk"! According to some sites it means why waste time crying over something that happened in the past or why waste time crying over something that happened that cannot be changed.
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In my case though it isn't about milk but about hair. Yep! Hair!
Turns out that some people who have had covid can experience hair loss up to three months after having covid. I found that out after losing about two thirds of the hair on my head. It started approximately two weeks ago. when half of the hair on my scalp decided to spontaneously shed. The medical term for this is 'telogen effluvium' and it means that more hairs than normal have entered the shedding stage. It can be brought on by fever, illness, stress, childbirth and even weight loss. In my case it is most likely from the combination of illness and fever from covid but I do also believe that stress comes into play as well.
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The shedding can last up to nine months and, at this point, I'm expecting the worst but hoping for better. There really isn't much one can do for this type of hair loss other that bide your time. They say the hair loss is temporary and will grow back. So, like "spilled milk" I haven't cried about it .. yet anyway. I do plan on seeing a dermatologist just to get a doctors confirmation and with my history of skin cancer, I'm way overdue for a check-up on that. I will certainly report back should the finding be any different but I don't expect that to be the case.
Seriously though, with everything that has happened to me these last few years it's a wonder that I haven't experienced this before now. Right here is where I'm showing you the wine that I'm currently enjoying since who wants to see a big handful of hair as a first photo. This is the same type of sparkling white wine that I posted about before but it is a different brand. This one is by Marchese Dell'Elsa and it is slightly less sweet than the previous one and a little less effervescent.
Oh ... but I'm gonna still show you some of that hair but first I would like to say that I've pretty much had long hair all of my life. Except that one time when I was about seven years old and I begged my mom for a 'Pixie' haircut. Let me just say that when you have curly hair a 'pixie' haircut usually just doesn't work out for you! Other than that one time my hair has been long. I do find that it is a bit cooler without so much hair and hair washing and styling is much faster. The bulk of my hair loss happened in about four days but I only saved the last big fall out. The falling out has tapered off some but it isn't done yet as just today I had a small handful come out. It didn't even come out nicely either but after having to comb it out (probably due to said curly hair) I was left with something that resembled a "Tribble". Any old Star Trek fans will get the reference but this is a short clip of why I say it resembles a Tribble that I got off yt.
Here is my one big Tribble which I put some eyes and a smile on 'cause why not!
If I had thought to hold onto the other hair that fell out prior to the last big fall then I would probably have five good size Tribbles by now. I, seriously, only saved it in case my doctor wanted to see how much I lost. I also got to thinking that if H. Biden can get up to half a million dollars for his crappy artwork (cough..money laundering) then surely my little piece of artwork should be worth just as much! Oh well, I'm trying to joke around a little since like that "spilled milk" there isn't much to do about it and crying ain't gonna change a darn thing. Not saying I won't shed some tears at some point but for now I prefer to not get too upset over it. 馃挅
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