Lets Get It Started

Now this is a story all about how,
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the baldest girl up in this room.

Catchy, no?

Ok, so maybe song re-writes aren't in my future but I can tell you what is.
A cold head. A very cold head.
Winter is coming and this is Canada. Trust me when I say even if you think you don't have enough hair on your head to keep you warm this winter, you do and I am envious of you.

Why?

Because I have alopecia.

Alopecia.

A word I avoided saying during the 3 weeks it took for all my hair to fall out.

Alopecia.

An auto immune disease that makes your body think your hair doesn't belong to you anymore.

Alopecia.

The reason I now spend more money on wigs than I do shoes.

Alo-friggin-pecia

But don't get me wrong, this is no sob story. This is just my story. The story of how you can go from having a full head of beautiful curly blonde hair to completely bald is less than a month.

The good, the bad and the downright ugly.

So bear with me as I try to put my thoughts to paper (or text to computer, although to be fair I totally did a rough copy of this on paper because I'm a 90's kid and that's how I roll). I'm no writer but I'd like to try and share my experience in hopes of both creating more of an understanding of alopecia itself, and also why I'm ok walking around with the only hair on my head being that of a reverse male pattern baldness (jealous??).

Tell all your friends and make sure to stay tuned.

Alopecia is a cruel hearted bitch but I got this x