Hi Dianne, You might want to have her thyroid checked by a holistic practitioner. Try taking her temperature at noon, 3pm and 6pm. If it isn't 98.6 go to the Wilson's Body Temperature website to find a doctor that can help. I had this same problem and this (and getting my adrenals up to snuff) is what helped (evidently the thyroid was affecting the adrenals.
All of the problems may have just caught up with her and brought the adrenals down. You might want to look into an adrenal fatigue program. Resting between 7am and 9am is evidently important for the adrenals according to what I have read. Protein is another place to look as is biotin. Good luck. PT ----- Original Message ----- From: Dianne France To: silver-list Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: CS>OT hair loss Hello Group I need some advice for my 85 year old mother. She had a colostomy done 4 months ago due to diverticulitis with partial bowel removal. We almost lost her to pneumonia after the surgery. She is clinically blind. She had a cancer (6 mo ago) in her ear that was removed and small radiation done on the spot. The doctors didn't tell her they did radiation until much later. She has started losing her hair. This has started happening in the last two months and it is coming out by handfuls. I'm afraid she is not eating a proper diet, maybe not enough protein. She lives with my daughter and family. She was always very healthy until this last year. Anyway, I need some advice as to supplements that might help her retain her hair. It is the one thing she has left that she enjoys having fixed. I don't know where to start on this one so I am turning to you guys. Dianne
