Fw: Update on Mariella ... hair loss ... underactive thyroid ...

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From: " Mariella Castro (by way of ilena rose) " <mariellacastro@...>

Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:44 AM

Subject: Update on Mariella ... hair loss ... underactive thyroid ...

>

> Hi Ilena: Can you please post this for me.

>

> I am still in London finishing my thesis, leaving to New York city this

> saturday. I will not have a computer for 1 month until my moving

> arrives. It has been hard to work from here when New York is suffering.

> My brother was in the building (at a meeting), right when he was leaving

> the plane crashed. Of course I have many friends working in the area who

> do not want to come back after what they have seen. I have to finish my

> thesis now, I can not continue to think of this now.

>

> My health:

>

> I have been loosing lots of hair, actually, I have baldness on the top

> (embarrasing and depressing). Like many of us I have an underactive

> thyroid (since implant). Here a doctor put me on 1 grain of generic

> thyroid + thyroxine .50. I think this dosage is not right. But at this

> point I just wait to get to the US. Can anybody recommend an

> endocrinologist in NY or some remedy for hair loss. Does Rogaine work???

>

> I also have a stinging in my body, like an allergy which is activated by

> some foods (fried for instance) it is maddening. My whole body stings

> (itching) some rash on my face, nothing in the body. I have had this for

4

> years now. No doctors find what it is. Can it be candida, fungus, etc.

> I know one of you recommended Apripset, but I have looked on the websites

> you recommended, and I can not find it. Please tell me where can I find

> this. Lots of love

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