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Message: <blockquote data-quote="poshtotty" data-source="post: 702707" data-attributes="member: 100221">Oh [USER=114677]@kimbo1962[/USER]  I think there must have been an annual conference of GP's recently and they've all been brainwashed!  I was at the hairdresser's today and I had the salon director who hasn't seen me for a few months as I've been with another stylist.  I've had thinning hair for the past couple of years which I blamed on the nasty Methatrexate drug but I've not been taking that for almost a year now, but it is still thinning.  The hairdresser today said he thought it had got even more thin but he also noticed a massive amount of new hair growth which he thinks when it has grown longer, will make my hair thicker than before.I've been taking Vitamin D for the past year, so its about time I saw some positive effect.  I do think diabetes is a trauma to the body and your rapid weight loss while exciting and rewarding, maybe has played a part, together with the age thing and perhaps given your body a bit of a hammering.  It may take a little time to repair and in the meantime, I would recommend a good quality Vitamin D.I'm sorry you have come away feeling confused, but [USER=88961]@AndBreathe[/USER] is right.  Our GP's are just that - general practitioners, they are not specialists nor are they nutritionists.  I hope things look clearer in the morningDiana x</blockquote>

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