Ok I pop in and out of this forum from time to time, and can relate to many woes. But something I see which keeps cropping up has forced me to register to counter it. What I keep seeing is people saying hair loss is worse than terminal or chronic diseases, and that at least MS sufferers dont have hair loss yadda yadda...
Well let me tell you in the hopes of reassuring some of you that hair loss isnt the worst thing ever... Because my receding hairline pretty much mirrors the mcdonalds arch, I avoid shop windows, I see girls averting their eyes and most of the posts here I can relate to. hair loss sucks. male pattern baldness sucks. There's no putting it any other way.
But basically, if hair loss was my only problem I'd be a happy man, and without boring you on my medical history I basically have had a chronic tension in my right shoulder which radiates up and down my arm for going on 5 years now. I have tried everything, been to every doctor, tried all the excersises... but still it haunts me. It's like someone has put a crocodile clip on the nerves in my shoulder. It is a constant 24/7 torment which forces me to sleep in awkward positions to avoid aggrivating it. I can promise you that my hair loss which I abhore very much is NOTHING next to this. When you confront the fact that you may face a lifetime of pain... nothing on earth is scarier. hair loss sucks, but it just sucks when it really comes down to it. There are millions of happy bald men who've come to terms with it and have got on with life, and 99.9999% of those bald men never had the internet groups or hair loss products to help support them.
So just wanted to debunk all those 'hair loss is worse than cancer" comments I've seen a lot of on here. The grief I get from my hair loss is nothing next to this constant shoulder pain. hair loss is tough dont get me wrong, but talking from experience a lot of how much hair loss bothers me is down to my psychological state more than anything. Which allows me some 'off time' so to speak, when Im in a good mood and not even my hair loss bothers me. Ignoring a 24/7 droning pain is not so easily done.