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At 3:08am on November 10, 2011, Melanie said…

Hi Mike - that sounds great. Apparently the Facebook group was archived?? I haven't been on that particular page in a while. Please feel free to contact me on Facebook; hopefully I don't have my privacy settings so restricted that you can't find me. Let me know!

Melanie Markling

At 12:17am on November 7, 2011, Melanie said…
Hi Mike,

I believe we've spoken before. If you're ever near PA or Saskatoon, would you be interested in meeting up with us? Logan is 15 now and going through "those teenage years". He doesn't like to talk about alopecia at all and I sometimes wonder if it's affecting him at all. Overall he seems like a happy kid but I speculate he would feel relieved if he actually had a chance to sit down and talk to somebody who shares similar experiences. Let me know. Thanks!
At 11:49am on December 31, 2010, JeffreySF said…
Happy New Year Mike!
Jeffrey
At 12:07pm on December 30, 2010, Ann Gee said…
Hi Mike,
New to AW-Just been running through the Canadain Group messages and ran across one where you had asked if there was anyone here from Saskatchewan. Why yes I am :) Regina area.
At 11:10pm on December 18, 2010, JeffreySF said…

Hi Mike,

Stoping in to say hello!

How are things with you?

All is good here.

Jeffrey

At 3:31pm on February 28, 2010, Sarah Anderson said…
i would be willing to start a support group as well!! or to all get together!
At 9:43pm on February 25, 2010, Melanie said…
Hi Mike,

I think that sounds like a great idea. I started a group on Facebook called Saskatchewan Alopecia with the hopes of starting some kind of support group. I've neglected it for a while but there are a few members - mostly my friends and family. We're in Prince Albert; where do you live?
At 6:25pm on February 22, 2010, Cheryl, Co-founder said…
Thanks Mike, I sometimes wonder how I would of felt if when I first lost my hair and found the site. I find it amazing that people can now find immediate support with others who are going through the same thing. Take care, Cheryl
At 2:24am on February 21, 2010, Sarah Anderson said…
i will admit it i have naired my head!!!! and it workes but i used the most gentle one i could find! i used it in the summer when i start to grow the small white hairs that bug me !
At 10:19pm on January 17, 2010, Timothy said…
Hi Mike,
Great Page!
At 4:35pm on May 24, 2009, Jackie said…
Haha!!! You are the best Mike...that's true, I don't get the flu either!!! Oh, and yeah -- baldness definitely suits you.
At 2:20am on October 26, 2008, JeffreySF said…
Yo Mikey,
Whats up?

Jeff
At 1:04am on August 14, 2008, JeffreySF said…
Hi Mike,

It's been awhile since we last chatted.

I enjoyed reading your most recent Blog.
It made me wonder why I have never cried about my Alopecia.

Jeff
At 9:01pm on July 11, 2008, Solange said…
Hey Mike, I don't know of any support groups in the province - I tried to look when I first moved here ten years ago but I didn't have any luck; Very few people even knew what it was and I was still trying to figure it out for myself. There are actually a number of people in Regina who have it, though I don't really know any of them too well - I am actually a very shy in person so I haven't approached the few people I see when I am out and about.

I never went through the re-growth, my hair just stoped growing and that was pretty much the end of it, though it did take close to a year for it to all fall out. I have about twenty or so hairs on my head and one stubborn little hair on my left arm which shows up every few weeks or so on my left arm I named it Spike and sometimes he brings friends and I fear that I might turn into a werewolf :)
At 11:46pm on July 8, 2008, Solange said…
Hey Mike, I just read your story, I know exactly what it is like to live in smalltown, SK (and also the "big city") and encounter people who don't have a flippin' clue about alopecia. Hopefully your hair will decide to either go one way or the other so you can perhaps find you feel comfortable as either a hair-ed person or as a full-time alopecian:)

I think the one encounter that probably meant the most to me was about seven years ago, I was working retail and a guy came into my store who was minus one leg - the whole thing from the hip - so I thought 'heck - if he can get over losing a body part, so can I.' I never even spoke to the guy, he was just meeting his wife. Up until this point I hadn't looked at losing my hair as losing a body part - people had suggested it but I hadn't really seen it until that very moment...

I know a few guys with alopecia and I have noticed that over time that skin tone does even out - even on us girls who don't always have the freedom of walking around without covering.

BTW, what station are you on?? Do you broadcast to Regina?
At 10:21pm on June 15, 2008, Drew said…
Hey mike, thanks for the comments and the question. The spots are still noticable with the Headblade. The headblade is basically like any other razor thats not electric. However I will say what is really noticable to us, may not be to others. My friend asked me why I shaved my head and so I showed him the back of my head where the spots are really noticable and he said he wouldn't have noticed them unless I pointed them out. I think it all has to do with the fact that it's us and we dwell on the things that are wrong.

And even the ones who have noticed the spots on me say that its not like they jump out (and my hair is a darker color at the root and base of it. I've found for the most part that people may ask questions once but then they act like nothings different. And that is how it was with the girls who are on my soccer team I coach (they're all under 13) and we all know that kids can be the most brutally honest without meaning to be.

But best of luck...
At 1:52pm on June 3, 2008, Mike Vandebeld said…
Hey man no prob. hope things are goin' good out in the big flats...lol...Just gonna have lunch...later
MIkry V
At 6:35am on June 3, 2008, Lise Marie Bordeleau said…
thank you.... for answering back....take care Lise
At 8:35am on May 28, 2008, Lise Marie Bordeleau said…
hi Mike... did someone answer you about nair for the head... if so let me know.... i never thaught about that....good question
At 9:06pm on May 26, 2008, Cheryl said…
Hi Mike!

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