Vancouver Alopecia Areata Support Group

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Vancouver Alopecia Areata Support Group

Hello Vancouverites! Connecting is one of the best ways to feel happier and become more informed! Come as you are, whether you are shy or outgoing. This is a genuine and fun group where all of us - new to alopecia or experienced, hair-wearer or au natural, seeking treatment or not - all come together and be supportive, informative, and positive for one another. After 4+ years of running this group, I can say for sure that you'll feel better after a meetup! :)

Come to our monthly meetups, or, start by joining this group and be in the loop of upcoming meetups! Sometimes I include alopecia news / remedy / stories too.

If your kid / teen has alopecia, please contact us and we'll put you in touch with other parents! It'll be, I believe, quite awesome for your child :)

Location: Vancouver
Members: 90
Latest Activity: Jan 12, 2020

Upcoming Meetups

This group gets together monthly at one of the members' homes - a cozy, positive, and fun environment, for those with alopecia. We are here to support one another, and every meetup has been amazingly mood-lifting.

Join us here and we'll send next meeting details to you in a group email!

You can always get a hold of us via AW messaging or at alopecia.vancouver[at]gmail.com

We are affiliated with CANAAF (Canadian Alopecia Areata Foundation).

Next meet up: We meet about once a month. Please email Tanya at the emil address above!

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Comment by cati on January 4, 2012 at 2:53am

any of those dates work for me:)

Comment by Chris Jeffer on January 4, 2012 at 1:40am

I will do my best to make it any night that you guys want - glad that we are working it so Deeann can make it :))

Tanya - my ND took a vile of blood and sent it off to the US - Canada isn't set up to do this type of diagnostic work, can you believe it? On this note, I just received this interview from a friend today - very interesting - http://www.gnosticmedia.com/wheatismurder

Comment by Deeann on January 3, 2012 at 1:43am

Thanks so much everybody. What else works for everybody?

Comment by JLo on January 3, 2012 at 1:23am

Hi all, nice to read the comments and get the interesting updates. I want to host after the 27th so you can come, Deeann, - and it doesn't have to be on a Thursday...let me know what works for y'all!

Comment by Deeann on January 1, 2012 at 11:10pm

Comment by Tanya on January 1, 2012 at 11:06pm
wow, Chris I remember you got the test done by the naturalpath but didn't realize your blood try came back negative! My mom had a skin prick allergy test done by her GP many years ago...was it what the naturalpath did?
Comment by Chris Jeffer on January 1, 2012 at 10:57pm

Tanya,
I did get the blood test done by my GP and the test came back as negative. I had a food allergy test done by my Naturopath (food panel has to go to the States for diagnostics) and my intolerance to wheat was literally off the page. It is a expensive to have done (almost $300) but very accurate and will give you a clear idea what foods you should avoid (I think they test 94 foods and beverages).

Comment by Tanya on January 1, 2012 at 10:47pm

I was in Victoria and my good friend just told me that it is possible to ask your GP for a celiac blood test!

That's what she did. And when the result came back positive, she asked to be refereed to a gastro intestinal specialist to confirm (she says the blood test is only 98% accurate, lol). They verified it by sticking a camera down her throat to check her intestinal health!

Then after confirming that she does have celiac, she is able to get tax rebate based on how much more money she has to spend on food because of the celiac disease!

I've always thought the allergy test was super difficult to get and never attempted. I'm going to give this a try! Go to your GP and try the same too if you are curious about your intestinal health. I hope we can share results by our next meeting! :)

Comment by Dana on January 1, 2012 at 3:31am
Happy New Year everyone I'm good for that date but flexible too in January looking forward to seeing you all! Cheers :)
Comment by Deeann on January 1, 2012 at 2:12am

Oh. That's so nice Tanya, but don't worry about me. I'll definitely catch up with you soon. Just keep me posted. Happy New Year!!!

 

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