Hi!! Hows it going? Thanks for the add, good to get to know other melbournians, im not alone yay. By the way how awesome was the weather today?

I can't wait to go travelling again! But full time work and renting means I have little time and money! haha oh well, keep plugging away I spose til I can go again!
I'm a primary school teacher, teach grade 3&4, love it, but a very stressful job (which I think is contributing to the progression of my alopecia). Over the last 2 years it has been slowly getting worse, and that's how long I have been teaching for! Maybe I need a low stress job!

So where do you plan on travelling next? Are you working in Melb?
Hope you have a nice Easter
Cheers,
Jess

katrina louise you look fantasic your hair is gorgeous very natural looking x

Hey Karina thanks for the add! I love your pics. Did you ever go parachuting again or just the tandem jump? I jumped by myself, but only the one time and then had to go out of town on business and never ended up doing it again. I wish I had kept it up. I hope all is well with you.

i've also lived in a few different suburbs of Melb, but at the moment i'm in Coburg. Just moved here from Brunswick West, into my first 1 bedroom, so that is pretty exciting!
So do you go to uni or work?
Yeah I bet the snow over in new zealand is stacks better than here, but oh well, if i enjoy it i can always plan to go over there soon. I love travelling!! Any old excuse will do! haha.

thanks! It's good to know there are others in the same city dealing with the same issues. I'm going well, trying not to let the alopecia interfere with my life, but it's hard when i see other people with full heads of hair, i get really jealous! I'm sure it's a feeling everyone on here feels. I'm glad that I've finally taken a step to accepting it though, I like this place, I don't feel like I have anything to hide.
So where in Melbourne do you live??
And you snowboard, that's so cool, Im going to the snow this winter to learn with a few mates, any tips where I should go? I was thinking hotham, but buller is closer.

Karina I love the pics. I parachuted once and snow skied, but never snow boarding. By the look of your pics Id say you dont allow alopecia to interfere with you enjoying life. Good for you. I hope you have a great day!

Nice pic at MachuPichu Peru or something like that....

Hello,
Thank you for writing to me- the melbourne nurse/ dance teacher (sorry it has been ages since I have been on), that is so cool that yu have been able to live in canda, I saw the pictures and it lookes like an awesome place- it also looks freezing.
I read the lettter from your friends, having friends like that make life better, if only there were more out ther like that.

So when will you next be in melbourne- do you plan on moving back for good- either way we should keep in touch xox Nikita

You look so cute in your pics...

Hi-I'll tell you one day about the beautiful Aussie in my life. I didn't know you had a freedom wig. I think Karen,afreedom wig rep may come to Calgary formeasuring with the new laser tech,precise measurements. I just wondered if ,being close to Calgary, you might want this for future. maybe not.Grateful for your response.Ciao,Joan

You're welcome! The picture is wonderful!

I'm live in Vancouver BC. Have you been to Whistler?

C

Hello Karina, I love the picture of the freefall. May we put it in our magazine? It's for Dutch alopecians. Have a very nice day and weekend and enjoy.
Inez.

Your pitures are great i always wanted to try skydiving but never got the chance,the places you've been to are very beautiful .

Hi Karina...I´m from Argentina..I want to ask you If you tried other type of wig ..and if you told people about alopecia..I have telogen effluvium and I´m very depressed and scared to face the world and fell discriminated.

I'm from Sydney,living in the USA for the past 8 years.Please get yourself the greatest gift ever..especially while your lifestyle can benifit from wearing it.
A freedom wig..vacume wig..suction wig prosthesis.
I got mine in Sydney just recently on my return..as my daughter found freedomwigs.
We had no idea that this exsisted..and although I don't shave every day..due to razor burn,,,I do when I feel the need to look otherwise.
I had alopecia totalis and over the years spars hair growth returned..yet nothing to rave about.
Look at my profile and see my wig..aslo my bald head.
Nice to meet you and if it's any interest..you are extremly pretty.
Mina

It is a blast in the summer, all sorts of amazing hikes and such around, and it is one of the most beautiful places in the world (I would be tempted to say the most beautiful but I haven't been everywhere so I don't know for sure) winter or summer but summer is SPECTACULAR for view's absolutely amazing. Highly recommend taking the trip up the gondola at the ski hill in the summer to see the lake in all it's glory. Have a blast.