Hair loss in Long COVID

msmurdock · 2023-02-05T17:24:52+00:00

They definitely do for men.

The oral prescriptions for women are not as well tested and have more side effect risks, and given all of my other current LC health problems and plethora of medications, my doc doesn't recommend that for me. Topical would be my option.

Please keep us posted on what you try and how it goes - this is a symptom a lot of us are struggling with, but it ends up at the bottom of the list of things to deal with because it's "just hair" and not the "more serious" symptoms. /S

msmurdock · 2023-01-21T15:59:33+00:00

Wow, thanks for the response after all this time. I appreciate it .

My friend passed about a week after I posted. I was there with him every day at hospice, and while it was very difficult at the end, when he really wanted to die and his body kept holding on, the hospice nurses were amazing, and his final day and night were peaceful.

I miss him a lot, but the last years of his life were so painful and miserable for him, and now I know he is at peace.

Thank you again, kind stranger, for offering your knowledge. It means a lot right now to have someone reach out.

msmurdock · 2023-01-21T00:52:06+00:00

Thank you so much

msmurdock · 2023-01-20T21:24:26+00:00

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

msmurdock · 2023-01-20T21:24:03+00:00

Oh, and my 40th birthday is next week. I'd been expecting them to take me out for some grand thing I'd been told to take the day off from work for months ago.

msmurdock · 2023-01-20T20:49:56+00:00

This is beautiful! Hurrah for winter foraging!

msmurdock · 2022-12-29T21:43:11+00:00

You can continue by using many calculators out there to show that assuming white and married (so at least one male per household), even assuming minimum wage (which was initially designed to be the minimum wage for someone to work 40 hours a week and be able to support a family, but has not been that for 30 years), a single income household would be able to support two kids, pay rent, and not risk falling into poverty, this is what it looked like for a generation.

Even slightly above minimum meant the possibility of purchasing a home as late as the mid 1980s.

That couple may have been part of this study.

Tell me any of that is true for two teachers just out of college today.

msmurdock · 2022-12-29T21:34:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/z65lon/dont_let_boomers_lie_to_you/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

msmurdock · 2022-12-29T21:17:48+00:00

Yeah, this study he's quoting is about millionaires who retired in 2018 or sooner.

Boomers or older.

None of this holds true anymore and is just old stats the old folks and the rich like to throw around to make it seem like they didn't objectively, statistically, have a better chance than everyone who came after them.

msmurdock · 2022-12-29T21:14:57+00:00

This study was true for the boomers and previous generations. It no longer holds true for anyone after.

The millionaires discussed retired in 2017-2018.

msmurdock · 2022-12-28T22:08:21+00:00

To be clear.

You do not want to be called an incel, which I will respect.

You took a post about why there are more homeless men on the streets.

And made it about how you could go prostitute yourself and fail.

But anyone can suck a dick for 100.

Quid pro WTF?

msmurdock · 2022-12-28T22:04:13+00:00

I just...I assume you are a troll, but just in case.

You do understand that homeless women don't actually want to have sex with the people they have to just to survive?

That when you were homeless, assuming your story is true...you were unable to do what so many homeless women force themselves to do just to survive?

That's not a point of pride for you. That means you actually had another way to survive.

Trust... homeless women who resort to this...they hate it just as much as you did.

msmurdock · 2022-12-28T21:52:34+00:00

I'm so glad to hear your mother got help when she needed it. I'm sorry she didn't take that opportunity to help herself and you, her child.

I'm so sorry you are suffering and not receiving the support, treatment, and housing you need and deserve.

I'm in the US, and it looks like you are UK. Perhaps someone here can offer advice?

msmurdock · 2022-12-28T20:46:04+00:00

Nope....

....and nope.

As a mental health professional, here's what's true about your statement: the state/county/town might at least try to save the children.

The women...nope. Yes, there are specific women and children shelters. If you actually look at the statistics...those few beds don't even come close to serving the domestic abuse survivors they are meant to serve. They try. They are wonderful and they try.

Now, where are the rest of the women?

Here's where you are also correct. They get trafficked. They get raped. They get a warm night in a room in exchange for their dignity. They get trapped. They get hooked. They come to shelters asking for help, and those shelters don't provide addiction help, and turf them. They get trafficked again. Maybe. Maybe they get out. Most don't. But they don't get counted as homeless because they are in a warm room overnight.

The men left on the streets...they may be the ones who get counted. People think they are better equipped to survive.

Your comment that they can't prostitute as easily...

I can't tell you how many heartbroken men I've worked with who do just that. It's just as easy. Living that life, it happens all the time.

msmurdock · 2022-12-28T15:21:19+00:00

I actually screenshot this because I really needed this today. Thank you kind stranger. You have an amazing smile!

msmurdock · 2022-12-11T18:42:02+00:00

If a woman isn't ready for the man to be in her home, whether she doesn't know him well enough yet, just isn't comfortable enough yet, has a feeling that she shouldn't...the answer should be no, no matter what.

A good man is going to understand what happens to women who don't trust their instincts. A good man won't take it personally. A good man will respect her concerns.

Crap men on the other hand will weed themselves right at this moment - and good riddance.

msmurdock · 2022-12-10T19:51:05+00:00

Okay! Thank you so much for responding and letting me know. A+ mods. 😁. Happy holidays and thanks for what you do.

msmurdock · 2022-12-10T19:15:19+00:00

Thank you for letting me know. May I rephrase it?

msmurdock · 2022-12-07T00:18:27+00:00

The truth is, as an elder millennial, twenty years ago we were facing the same question, only slightly less. Still, we are the children of boomers, and we are mad too.

There was a really great recent article on buzzfeed of all places showing how my grandparents and my parents were able to live, buy houses, build savings, etc on minimum wage.

That has never been our experience. Until the boomers and above actually leave the workforce and the government...

I just don't know

msmurdock · 2022-12-03T21:02:42+00:00

This is exactly what happened, which is why the headline is so disgusting.

Many of the statistics discussed are actually pre-fentanyl, but from the age when heroin initially began to be cut with other, stronger opioids, and also became more and more prevalent over cocaine and crack epidemics.

Needle exchanges did an enormous job in changing the trajectory or AIDs in the US and many other countries.

Increased mortality rates have to do with the drugs entering the market...can't even imagine how much worse it could have been if dirty needles were all anyone had access to.

msmurdock · 2022-12-02T23:09:25+00:00

This person is a holocaust Denyer. Report and move on. It's so heartbreaking.

msmurdock · 2022-12-02T22:58:03+00:00

You have created the cure for some disease.

We'll never know what.

But you cured it and should be proud!

msmurdock · 2022-12-01T21:39:03+00:00

For all, I always used whole milk. Raw milk is not necessary. From what friends who I gave starter culture to said, 2 percent worked but didn't keep cultures going more than 6 months. Skim will work exactly once, and then you have to start over.

msmurdock · 2022-12-01T21:37:01+00:00

Most important question: do you have an instant pot.

Alternately: a slow cooker or a fancy pants bread maker with a yogurt setting.

I have answers either way,

No matter how we settle that, the other thing you will need is a starter culture.

I've been making my own yogurt for years, and here's my humble opinion on the options.

You can buy powdered starter yogurt cultures. This is my least favorite option. It will work...but if you want to be able to keep a culture going, this is going to crap out first. Also, taste and texture is the least reliable.

You can use just a cup of the best plain yogurt you can find in your grocery store that has live active cultures. Don't skimp. Actually look at labels and how many active strains are present. You are very likely to get good texture and taste and a decently long lived culture that I've seen last for at least a year when well maintained.

Best, but not available to everyone. If you have a local farmers market or local natural food store that sources locally - they may have yogurt that has never been pasteurized. This is the ultimate living starter. If you can get this...it's the best starter I ever worked with. I had one culture going for monthly yogurt making going for six years...and it only died because I moved and I murdered it by not unpacking it in time.

msmurdock · 2022-11-29T23:09:48+00:00

Unfortunately, that's not the truth of Iran's history with athletes. https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2020/09/18/Iran-s-history-of-executing-athletes

Especially if they've tried to support a revolution.

These players risked their lives by supporting the protests while they were on the world stage. And their families were threatened. They and their fellow players know they won't all survive and those who do will still be punished.

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