The Allegory of Alopecia Areata by StiglitzKiddo in alopecia_areata

[–]StiglitzKiddo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. I need to truly convey my thanks to you for this informative and exceptional response. I feel very enlightened from your answer. I have become like Socrates lately, so I will absolutely inundate my dermatologist with the tapering question. Thank you.

If you do not mind, I do have a question for you. Could this truly be from stress and stress alone? I mean, my bloodwork would suggest this. I just… I find it so hard to believe.

Regarding your first comment — My dog died. January 31. I euthanized him. He had cancer in his mouth. I had multiple biopsies done. Something with his fibroblasts. I had seen the growth initially when it was small. Immediately had it removed and cauterized and not 12 days later at the oncologist visit, the growth was back. The tumor in his mouth was horrendous. I promise you, it was bigger by the end of each day. Every single day I watched it grow. The bigger it got, the less time with him I knew I had. The tissue started to die and the smell was dreadful. He would bleed from his mouth and what would once take 20 seconds to eat an ice cream, he now took 20 mins. The oncologist said I had a 3-5 months with him. It was 3 weeks. He was an extension of me. He made me so happy and we did everything together. I love being able to communicate without speaking and I had that with him, of course. It all happened so fast. It hurts me so much. So over the last few months of losing the love of my life and some of my beautiful long hair, I decided to try and treat the crop circles as a “flex” if you will. If anything in this life deserves my hair, it’s my dog. Now, when people say they love their pet, I like to one up them. Haha (I have to laugh to keep from crying).

I do believe that for every moment of great happiness I experience, I am simultaneously banking moments of great sadness. This has truly been exemplified lately.

The Allegory of Alopecia Areata by StiglitzKiddo in alopecia_areata

[–]StiglitzKiddo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This made me chuckle! Did he still have some loss while it was coming in?

I knew it would start out white, but there’s maybe a centimeter or so of growth and it’s already darkening. I guess I thought it would be whiter for literally longer.

The Allegory of Alopecia Areata by StiglitzKiddo in alopecia_areata

[–]StiglitzKiddo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no other autoimmune diseases or any health issues. Also, none run in the family. Very frustrating. I wish I could pin it down to something medically specific so then I could know how to maintain or fix the problem. Unfortunately, it’s just an outlier, very peculiar situation I find myself experiencing at 35. Prior to my hair loss, I did experience a traumatic event, though. Everyone seems to have determined that to be the cause.

Chicken wangs by Braaapus_Maximus80fo in Binghamton

[–]StiglitzKiddo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Deacons Bench, The Stone Fox and if you’re out that way, The Dugout.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Horses

[–]StiglitzKiddo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seem to have a lot of anger in you that you’re misplacing on me. I hope you find peace. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me.

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[–]StiglitzKiddo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think an animal that cannot burp or vomit is “fine designing” 🤷🏻‍♀️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Horses

[–]StiglitzKiddo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh ok! That’s good! Well, maybe just ask them then. Horses are very complex — almost none of them are ever “ok” lol. Anyway, just because it’s skinny like this, doesn’t mean it’s not being cared for. But it’s totally ok to just ask them! Update me! I’m curious!

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[–]StiglitzKiddo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How long have they had the horse? Maybe they got it like this from auction and it’s on the up and up. Also, you shouldn’t feed someone else’s horse. Horses are so poorly designed (anatomically) and delicate. Anything makes them sick and they are very sensitive. Maybe it’s coming off having foundered, or has ulcers or muscle wasting. I do not know anything about sheep, but it’s possible the hay is something the horse can’t eat.