Around 3 p.m. on Thursday, I received a text from Abigail’s nanny that AG was uber-cranky and running a fever. Of the many things I remain surprised by about myself as a parent, it is how relatively even-keel I remain in the face of kid-related illness or health problems. Abigail has, of course, been blessed…
So it’s not my thyroid. It’s not a particular iron or folate deficiency. It’s not another autoimmune disease. Why my hair has been falling out remains a mystery. That said, my doctor suspects stress, and mentioned that sometimes losing your hair is a delayed reaction to stress. An “after-the-fact” if you will. Which I suppose…
Since sometime around mid-June, I started losing a lot of hair. I mean, A LOT. “A lot” meaning that every day I shed what amounted to a pile of hair the size of a small field mouse. “A lot” that by month’s end we needed to get a plumber out to the house to unclog…