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Hair Today Shorn Tomorrow

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Post Covid, my scalp has been shedding Hair covers the pillow and bedding There’s tresses on the floor If I lose any more The prospect of baldness I’m dreading! A great deal of poetic licence about hair in the bed but since I’ve had covid I’ve noticed strands of hair on the floor and also a friend has had the same thing happen 11/27/21

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Valsa George

Date: 2/3/2022 12:32:00 AM

This dreadful disease has many side effects. One of my friends has been complaining of terrible hair fall in the post covid period. You have made it very humorous !

Jack Horne

Date: 12/8/2021 7:24:00 AM

glad you can see the funny side of it, my friend - blimey, if I lost any more, I'd be Kojak

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/2/2021 8:38:00 PM

I could lose a cup of hair a day and I would still have thick hair; so this made me smile. After a shower I have to eliminate a cup or two of hair out of the bottom of the shower.

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 11/29/2021 3:29:00 PM

Hello Jan ... you should be making wigs out it and sell them on ebay Jan - Lindsay

Joanna Daniel

Date: 11/29/2021 12:59:00 AM

Oh! you manage to make all your experiences funny, Jan, am glad you are so optimistic:) hopefully, the hair loss is temporary:)

David Kavanagh

Date: 11/28/2021 11:10:00 AM

Heya Jan it’s pretty commonplace to have excessive hair loss after lots of different illnesses, your body will recover over time and so will your barnet, no end in sight to this covid, I think we’ll just have to learn to live with it, for a while longer, cheers David

Rico Leffanta

Date: 11/28/2021 10:23:00 AM

Alopecia sound like a menu choice in a fancy French restaurant and alopecia areata sounds like an Italian opera, but will eventually pass, one way or the other! Naught to worry as we can only see your poems! Aloha! Rico

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/28/2021 10:21:00 AM

Normally it will grow again. Careful of the shampoo.

Ann Peck

Date: 11/28/2021 8:09:00 AM

Jan, I began losing hair years ago. Yet new hair bravely grows in. My dermatologist (who I didn't like after this) said you have (some scary name) but you probably won't go bald before you die. (A pox on him!) Don't worry ~ it happens, I guess when hormones give up. There are lots of cute wigs :) Or, we could become hair stylists haha

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 11/28/2021 7:44:00 AM

Wow! So many terrible effects of this dreadful disease! You are well and strong - that's most important. No worries, hair will grow back soon. Love and hugs ~ Mala

Delice Arleen Skelly

Date: 11/28/2021 3:12:00 AM

Oooo, anything is possible with this virus....and now we have Omicron out there...Delice

Ilene Bauer

Date: 11/28/2021 2:50:00 AM

Sorry to hear of this, Jan, but I’m glad that otherwise you’re feeling better. It is so strange that people have so many different effects of Covid…

Tom Cunningham

Date: 11/27/2021 7:39:00 PM

Yikes, frightening stuff Jan, hadn't heard of that, this omricon one is a worry. Tom

Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/27/2021 7:00:00 PM

Maybe the hair-shedding is part of 'global warming.' ... You never know... :) gw

Simon Hamill

Date: 11/27/2021 4:48:00 PM

Hi jan.sorry i didn't know it was a symptom of covid.i wish I hadn't put my poem on now.really glad you're feeling better now.take care.simon.:-):-)

Jenna Logan

Date: 11/27/2021 4:10:00 PM

Well, isn't that a despicable situation? Let's hope it grows back more beautiful and thicker than ever.

Jan Allison
Date: 11/27/2021 4:43:00 PM

Thanks Jenna, I've read its not uncommon after covid and have spoken to 3 people now and they have had the same, am increasing my vitamin d and iron see if that helps hugs Jan xx

Karen Jones

Date: 11/27/2021 3:21:00 PM

So glad you survived Covid. My auntie did not and we did not get to even view her body. (cremated) Hair can grow back or wigs can be used but you are irreplaceable so I am happy you survived!

Karen Jones
Date: 11/27/2021 7:22:00 PM

There were rules about her body and covid so we did not get to see her when she was dying or after. The funeral was with video and her urn.

Jan Allison
Date: 11/27/2021 4:39:00 PM

aww Karen that is so sad, so many have lost their lives and its horrible few could even attend the funeral, hugs Jan xx

L Milton Hankins

Date: 11/27/2021 3:13:00 PM

The effects and aftereffects of Covid are quite interesting. Of the folks I have met who had it, none have experienced exactly the same symptoms or aftereffects. Hope you get your hair back really soon. So glad to know you are feeling stronger.

Jan Allison
Date: 11/27/2021 4:37:00 PM

I am not unduly worried its just odd that I was chatting to my friend on wednesday and she said her hair had been falling out and I had the same thing, Ive looked on the web and seen its happened to others too, am hoping the tiredness is easing a little now, hugs Jan xx

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 11/27/2021 2:59:00 PM

Its a terrible thing to lose our hair, I hope it will grow back soon, and I hope your getting stronger every day, sending prayers from a hopeful heart, get well hugs :)

Jan Allison
Date: 11/27/2021 3:03:00 PM

its really weird Vie, I thought it was just me but met a friebd on weds and she had the same thing. hugs Jan xx