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About Me:: I am a wife and mom of 4 wonderful funny kids. My husband(he's Irish) and I met working in Japan, got married in Ireland then I dragged him hometo BC.
We live in Cloverdale.
I have the busiest job around and love it SAHM (Stay Ay Home Mom) and now that 3 kids are in school I will do daycare for a while then teach preschool. I love kids, they are honest and unpretensious and a lot of fun (i like well behaved kids).

We want to work hard and travel with the kids, Ireland and Europe. The world is such an amazing place.

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Joke shows all around acceptance but I'm itchy

[So my son (11) comes up to me and says, "Mom, if your were a bird, what kind of bird would you be? I thought " What a thoughtful question, great to start a conversation. "Well son, I think...." 'You'd be a bald eagle!" Then he ran away as I playfully tried to punch him.Smartass. I'm so itchy its driving me crazy!!!! If I where my hot heavy wig I get a headache and my head itches. If i wear a hat, it itches. I have accepted my hair is leaving but What the heck!!!! My hair system will take anoth… Continue

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 at 8:52pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:32am on July 14th, 2008, Dotty said…: Hello,
Happy Monday!! I just wanted to stop by your page and say hello. Hope you had a good weekend and you have a good week to come.
Love and Hugs,
Dotty

At 6:15pm on July 10th, 2008, Shawna said…: Yes it is less expensive here for clothes just gotta find the right stores. When I was trying to hide my spots I would use a head band or fancy scarf that wrapped around my hair. He is the website I get my head scarves from-www.headcovers.com. Those are the only things I put on my head. They got pretty decent hats and ship very fast. Never had a problem with them. Hope u have fun this weekend:)

At 9:19am on July 10th, 2008, Roger said…: I saw that youve been to Japan too?

Roger.

At 9:03am on July 10th, 2008, Shawna said…: Hello, In July of 2005 I found a very tiny bald spot in the back of my head. By December of 2005 about 80% was gone. I kept every strand of hair on my head til it falled out. I did cut my hair while I was having severe hair loss. My first year was my hardest. It was seeing my hair just fall out. It's been 3 years and I haven't had any re growth. Maybe some white fuzz but it just falls off. I hope you are doing ok. I bet the kids keep you BUSY all the time like mine. Have a nice DAY!

At 6:27am on July 10th, 2008, Erica said…: Hi,
No I haven't shaved my head. I just wear my wigs over my remaining hair. This is so that I can still go about without any covering on my head at all and not stand out too badly. Although I don't go anywhere like this when I'm bothered about looking good as you can see my bald spots nearly all the time now. I had that changing room moment you mentioned a few months ago. It's horrible realising you've been walking around for ages with a patch showing to everyone.

I know some folk wear toppers if they still have hair left - they're lighter than full wigs but you need to get them cut in to suit your existing hair.
I'm afraid I don't know too much about buying in Canada but on the heralopecia boards there is tonnes of information from a user named Merry who has posted all sorts of helpful hints on buying the right topper and not being ripped off! Reading her posts on that forum might prove useful before your shopping expedition at the weekend.

At 7:53am on July 9th, 2008, Erica said…: Hi Supermom,
Just wanted to stop by and say that I hope you enjoy your re-union. I keep bumping into folk when I'm out and about who haven't seen me for ages and whether I'm wearing my wig or just my own hair, they don't seem to bat an eyelid. I think when you've not seen folk for a while they do expect you to have changed. It's the people who saw just a month or so ago who notice the difference. I think the main thing is not to go into a stressful social situation without making sure you are comfortable first in what you're wearing. Although, in saying that, the first night I wore my wig, I wore it to a sports club party where pretty much everyone was guaranteed to notice the big change in me. And I was fine with it. So maybe there are no hard and fast rules.

I'm rambling now - have fun at the re-union.

At 8:43am on June 26th, 2008, Erica said…: Hi SuperMom,
I saw your message on Mandy's page that said you have pretty much the opposite hair as her just now. I'm sure further down the page, I've said exactly the same thing!
My hair is pretty much gone (apart from the odd rogue patch) from two inches above my ears all the way around my head. I was close to coping with that state of affairs but when I got a penny sized dot on the top of my head, I started looking into wigs. Now, I'm at the stage that whenever I'm at something important for work or if I just want to have nice looking hair, I put on my wigs. For sport and at home, I still go au naturale. The wigs have been good for me as I know that if I wake up tomorrow and way more has fallen out, I'll be able to face the world! Doesn't replace the hair that's lost but what can we do?

At 5:24pm on June 24th, 2008, Shawna said…: Sorry to hear that, I remember the red spots on my head it kinda felt like a sunburn, My Doctor told me it was inflamation from the alopecia, where ever I would got those red spots then the hair would fall out. I haven't gotten them again since I have no hair at this point. Only had them when hair was falling off. Well glad you are keeping busy it is the key to all of this. These kids are on summer break til the end of August so I am so happy. I have been taking them to the park and library so they get out, not staying in to much. Thats great you got the family coming from Ireland, some of my family is from there. Well take care:)
Shawna

At 11:36pm on June 23rd, 2008, Shawna said…: Hi how are you doing?

At 9:26am on June 23rd, 2008, Mandy said…: Hi Supermom! I got my wig from a little shop very near my home. There are lots of great websites you can go to, but I suggest going to a shop for your first time if you have that option. It's just nice to have someone helping you in person and then they can style/shape it how you want right then and there.

I'm sorry to hear you're starting to get spots on top. :( Keep your chin up and try not to worry too much. There are definitely worse things in this world than alopecia.

Hugs,
Mandy