Comments on: Breaking Myself Open: How a Third Diagnosis Can Change You https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/ Cathy Chester, MS Advocate shares decades of wisdom Sun, 30 May 2021 20:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Caroline https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29880 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 10:26:07 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29880 Great article about the importance of the little things we can do to take care of ourselves. . Thank you for sharing Aby with us!

]]> By: Patricia Ryan https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29878 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:50:45 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29878 Thank you Cathy! I hope that you are having success with your latest distress. I am keeping you in my prayers also.

Blessings.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29877 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:06:31 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29877 Thanks for reaching out and telling your story, Patricia. I hope you are well going forward since your journey has been a difficult one. I am send you healing prayers right now.

Best to you always~
Cathy

]]> By: Patricia Ryan https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29874 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 20:53:43 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29874 Cathy, i too have three autoimmune diagnoses. MS, diagnosed for 12yrs, but suffered symptoms for over 20yrs. M.D.S. diagnosed for 11 yrs.(thanks to my neurologist who noticed unusual discrepancies in my bloodwork and recommended that I see a hematologist. After a bone marrow biopsy, I was diagnosed with MDS, a blood cancer. Luckily, I'm in a wait and see situation. So I don't have to have chemo. Because of my blood situation, my neurologist has not prescribed any medications for my SPMS. I also have female type hair loss. One can see the top of my scalp. I leave my natural hair longer at the top to hide it. You can see that I feel your distress. I wish you luck in your research. Blessings and love.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29871 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:03:47 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29871 Thank you, Brenda. What an amazing story. I will take a look at her website. Id love to stay at a place like that. Wow. Best of luck to you going forward. Sometimes these diagnoses aren't easy at all...

]]> By: 1010ParkPlace https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29870 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 09:43:47 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29870 Cathy, Because I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, I'm afraid of topical products because they are absorbed into the blood stream. My hair has never been the same since breast cancer and continues to thin. On my crown, you can see right through it and see most of my scalp. I probably have lost half of my hair. About inflammation... Last week I went to Montana. The chef where I was staying is a Holistic Health Coach. She had Leukemia and after 29 days in a sterile environment, began to research ways to build her immune system back up and the word "inflammation" kept cropping up. In just two days of eating her meals, three times a day, seven of us became believers. This may sound questionable, but our energy levels and our aches and pains began to improve. After five days, I felt like a different person. I'm going to work with her to establish a diet for my needs. Here's her website for your consideration. http://www.nutritiouslynatalie.com xoxo, Brenda

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29869 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:08:05 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29869 Thanks Lois and good luck to you. Hugs, Cathy

]]> By: Lois Alter Mark https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29868 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:56:24 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29868 Thank you for sharing this. I actually just mentioned to my hair person that I can see more scalp than usual , and she told me to try Nioxin shampoo, conditioner and scalp treatment. I think I will now make an appointment with my dermatologist too. Sending you lots of love, Cathy.

]]> By: Pat https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29867 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 11:00:27 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29867 Oh Cathy I am so sorry you have to contend with yet another diagnosis. I had never heard of alopecia, but I am not surprised it all somehow links back to an inflammatory illness. I know how many different body parts my own inflammatory illness effects. Just wish there was some way to stop the inflammation. I am sure your courage in breaking open will help others facing this.

]]> By: Leisa Hammett https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29866 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 10:50:12 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29866 Hi, Cathy. It's been awhile. I appreciate your positive spirit, your authenticity, you vulnerability. I know it's not the same, but when I began to get parting in the back of the top of my head and also was experiencing some thinner hair due to post menopause and coming of bio-identical hormones, I added biotin supplement and it's been helpful. You showed a supplement above that probably has that in it. Best to you, dear.

]]> By: Risa https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29865 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 23:55:24 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29865 Cathy, left out a word: *brings you joy each day*!

]]> By: Risa https://anempoweredspirit.com/diagnosis/#comment-29864 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 23:53:29 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2018/09/27/diagnosis/#comment-29864 Cathy, thanks for going public with this latest diagnosis, and I hope some of your readers will provide you with additional options to treat the devastating hair loss on top of the other things you're dealing with. It's the "foreverness" that's the hardest to swallow, I think. You're doing all the right things, and I hope you find something that brings you each day to keep you going strong. You've got some great support and a very extensive fan club out here, and I'm hoping that helps during the darker days.

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