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Recently I was poring over the records from my admission to Soroka Medical Center in November for a mild heart attack (and I am slowly but surely making lifestyle changes to address that unfortunate event). However, one item caught my attention. Amongst the various things the doctors noticed was "diffuse hair loss."
Fuck.
Yeah, I'd kind of been hoping this had resolved itself. I use a very gentle shampoo and conditioner, apply heat protectant/detangler before drying my hair, sleep on a satin pillowcase, and don't color my hair. What gives? Unfortunately, in my case, the genetic short stick combined with unavoidable medication side effects. Them's the breaks. I got new shampoo and conditioner. I'm going to get an actual hair style to add volume and disguise the fact that my forehead is huge (I already have one picked out - thank you Pinterest - feathered layers, fringe, and all). And I'll probably be making use of scarves to cover my hair, just for protection.
On other news of changes since my heart asplode, I have added stretching to my routine. Nothing radical, just 10 minutes at night. Eyal and I agreed that once CELTA ends we'll be hitting the gym again, so stretching is a good thing.
I've also found that compression gloves help a lot with the numbness I'd been experiencing in my fingers. So I can go back to embroidery, as well as not worry about doing a fuckton of typing (because, well, I'll be doing a fuckton of typing).
In lighter news, I had to explain the term "exfoliation" to Eyal. He did get it, and he does like the results on my skin. So there.
Fuck.
Yeah, I'd kind of been hoping this had resolved itself. I use a very gentle shampoo and conditioner, apply heat protectant/detangler before drying my hair, sleep on a satin pillowcase, and don't color my hair. What gives? Unfortunately, in my case, the genetic short stick combined with unavoidable medication side effects. Them's the breaks. I got new shampoo and conditioner. I'm going to get an actual hair style to add volume and disguise the fact that my forehead is huge (I already have one picked out - thank you Pinterest - feathered layers, fringe, and all). And I'll probably be making use of scarves to cover my hair, just for protection.
On other news of changes since my heart asplode, I have added stretching to my routine. Nothing radical, just 10 minutes at night. Eyal and I agreed that once CELTA ends we'll be hitting the gym again, so stretching is a good thing.
I've also found that compression gloves help a lot with the numbness I'd been experiencing in my fingers. So I can go back to embroidery, as well as not worry about doing a fuckton of typing (because, well, I'll be doing a fuckton of typing).
In lighter news, I had to explain the term "exfoliation" to Eyal. He did get it, and he does like the results on my skin. So there.
