Anyone see Oprah's show? Holy Crap!

[Hairybush1]

I was flipping through the channels and came across the Oprah show. There was a Venezulian women on it and they were showing her as a child growing up, eventually becoming a vibrant teenager and than a beautiful looking woman.

Anyway, she came to America and one night while driving down a road in the middle of the night with her freinds, their car was hit, head on by a drunk driver. Her friends died and she got trapped in the burning wreckage, 60% of her bodies skin litterally melted off and that included her face.

If you didnt see it, I can tell you that there is nothing left of her features that would allow you to distiguish her head from a ball of wax. Two little slits in the middle of her "face" are now her nose. Through cornial implants she was blessed with at least her eyesight, although I cant imagine what goes through her mind when she sees herself.

Im not afraid to say that I wept for her and you had to be inhuman not to. I know alot of guys say that we shouldnt let hairloss get us down because other people are dying of cancer but let me tell you, nothing comes close to the feeling of helplessness this woman must feel when she just wants to "be free" from the body she is now trapped in.

Although I will still attempt to do what is possible to maintain what hair I have left, I will never b**ch about my hairloss again. It was a very insightful program.

Anybody else see it, what did you think?

 

[GourmetStyleWellness]

Sometimes it takes seeing a show like that for some of us to realize the big picture. Others don't need to see something like that to know exactly where hair loss ranks in the list of potential ailements one could have.

My discovery was this: The severity of hair loss to the specific person is entirely proportional to the person's other physical issues. If that person is missing a leg and an arm, hair loss will not seem as big of an issue. If that person is a vibrant young 22 year old guy who is still looking for that special girl to spend his life with, and who has had all the girls wanting him the year before, but now is literally getting fewer and fewer looks because his hair loss is destroying his appearance.... To him, with zero other health issues, Hair Loss can be as devastating as Cancer.

So its still fair if the person seems to be "overdoing it". To them, this may be the biggest challenge in their life they've ever had to face. To them, this can be as difficult as cancer. However, if they were to acquire cancer, there is no doubt hair loss would seem miniscule... to them.

Each person is an island unto themselves sometimes and that's not always bad.

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[Hairybush1]

I just think that we can draw strength from other people and the unfortunate circumstances they must endure, that make our own problems pale in comparrison.

 

[Erik713]

Hairy - I saw it too. VERY emotional, especially when the mother of the driver spoke with her.

Funny, I was flipping too at that same moment.

 

[Hairybush1]

Yeah, it was emotional.

You would have to be made of stone to not feel for her. In some ways I think that death would have been a kinder way to go but she goes on despite the stares and the pain, with the knowledge that her physical appearance will never resemble that of a human being again, let alone her attractive old self.

 

[bombscience]

I dont mean to sound insensitive here but the person you are going to live with the rest of your life is yourself. Although your problems or mine may not be as serious as the ones you just described... if you aren't happy with who you are you'll never be happy as a person. Sure dealing with hairloss is probably much easier than dealing with a tragedy as you have described, but they are both a mental struggle. (One being much more serious than the other) These stories dont make me feel more fortunate, they make me question what ways I can better deal with accepting my hairloss.

 

[The Gardener]

I dont mean to sound insensitive here but the person you are going to live with the rest of your life is yourself. Although your problems or mine may not be as serious as the ones you just described... if you aren't happy with who you are you'll never be happy as a person. Sure dealing with hairloss is probably much easier than dealing with a tragedy as you have described, but they are both a mental struggle. (One being much more serious than the other) These stories dont make me feel more fortunate, they make me question what ways I can better deal with accepting my hairloss.

Damn!... looks like someone will be getting coal in their stocking this christmas..

 

[Mikey]

Once I saw a Jerry Springer and there was this love triangle thing involving this woman. Thing is this woman in particular had no limbs. No legs and no arms. Seeing things like that does deffinately make you stop and say "it could be alot worse".

Its upsetting to see what a shitty hand some people have been dealt in life. But seeing that also doesn't cancell out the fact that in my life, Im a miserable 20 year old guy whos life is being destroyed by what I find a very difficult thing to deal with. Its all relative to your particular situation like gourmetstylewellness.com said.

 

[Guest]

I know what you mean. When I first had hairloss I had 100 percent health and people would say to me "at least you have your health and not cancer" and I would just think " I just want my hair i dont care". But then my knee got swollen really bad and I couldnt run, go to the gym, bend my knee, walk without a limp and so on. The doctor then tells me I have a good chance of having ruematory arthritis. Luckly we did tests and I don't have it.

But it made me realize how great your health actually is and you don't realize it untill its taken away from you.

 

[Hairybush1]

oops.

 

[Redbone]

How about Christoper Reeves he tried like hell to keep his hair to no avail and the guy still fights everyday to make a difference in his life, I cant or don't want to even imagine what he is going through.


gourmetstylewellness.com You have such an eloquent way with words, well done....