What are you up to today if you have chronic illness part 2?

[MewithME]

Thread 1 here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5332156-what-are-you-up-to-today-if-you-have-chronic-illness

Come join us for our ups and down and daily natter.

Mine's quite thin, I could stuff cushions with the contents of my hairbrush. Not on MJ, but I am quite underweight, so I wonder if it's a lack of something in both cases?

I am really fascinated by antique mourning jewellery. Maybe I should be saving all the shed hair to make lovely keepsakes for my grieving relatives!

I shed a lot of hair, but I have a lot of hair so it’s not thinning noticeably.
Not on MJ or remotely thin.
successfully rested today despite all my instincts trying to get me to do stuff, and I still feel good.

That sounds like a great strategy, it gives you a cushion. Hope it continues!

My hair's got really thin at the front since I hit menopause and I dread it getting any thinner, as I don't think I'd feel like me if I had to stop wearing a fringe. I think I need to go back on HRT though tbh - not specifically for that reason, there are other things in the mix, but a friend of mine swears blind it's helped stop her hair thinning.

It sounds like I should count my blessings though, as I was on Mounjaro for a year and the thinning doesn't seem to have worsened any! #phew

Thinning hair solidarity! I’m trying to take biotin and collagen and pushing myself to up my protein. I’m hoping it will stabilise. I’ve been around the same weight for three months so I’m also hoping maintenance will help. It’s one of the reasons I’m going to begin to taper the Mounjaro.

I've made a new thread ready for us.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5438353-what-are-you-up-to-today-if-you-have-chronic-illness-thread-3?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

I've been in pain today. Worked from home but got to go in tomorrow for meetings which I am not looking forward to.

Night night all.

Thanks @MewithME

Thanks for the new thread @MewithME! Are you feeling any better today?

Still in pain, still grumpy but it's very nice to be asked. 😊