It's not Cancer, OK?!

It all started in January 2022 when I started noticing my hair falling out for no apparent reason. I wasn't anxious; I was quite happy, but I started to worry... My hair started falling out and leaving behind several layers of skin.

But, my God, now what?

Due to a haircut, I got in 2015, I don't have much hair. And will it land right here in front? This is pretty weird...

And that's how I started my research: I went to several doctor's appointments, using shampoos and lotions, but no one could tell me for sure what it was or why it was happening until one of the doctors said, "Let's do a blood test."

We were able to confirm this by blood tests, so that was the case.

I had a blood test about four weeks ago and only got the results a few days ago. So that I could find out what was happening to me.

I found out I had two new friends, Alopecia and Psoriasis.

What exactly is alopecia?

It can be caused by inheritance, hormonal changes, medical issues, or just ageing. Men are more likely than women to lose hair on their heads.

Alopecia can be transient or permanent and can affect just the scalp or the entire body.

Why is this happening to me?

Some of the research I've done and the doctors' conclusions ended up concluding that the cause is most likely because I've always lost a lot of blood during my period.

When I lose a lot of blood, I lose a lot of iron, but my body can no longer create it like it did when I was in my early twenties, and that's how alopecia developed.

I now have a very low level of iron in my body, which requires a daily intake of substantial amounts of iron, not forgetting that my diet must also be adjusted to meet the demand for iron.

I've eaten a lot of great foods that I didn't pay much attention to before, like cereal, dried fruit, vegetables, beans, and so on.

Will it, however, last indefinitely?

Great question, but irrelevant because everyone who knows me well knows my next haircut would be a shave and keep, LOL.

What exactly is psoriasis?

Psoriasis is a non-contagious, autoimmune, inflammatory skin condition. For whatever reason, the body's defence mechanism starts attacking the skin cells, resulting in damage.

So, at the same time that the alopecia set in, this acquaintance of mine practically begged me for a relationship. Coincidence?

But one thing is for sure: based on my research and what the doctors have told me, it may disappear sooner.

I switched to the third drug, which seems to be working better.

Now...

You won't ask why I'm balding or wearing wigs.

Do you understand now, or do you want to know more?

I don't like to repeat the same thing over and over again.

And I have to stay focused on my goal while also taking care of myself, my family, my co-workers and my beautiful clients. Simple.

By the way, you're welcome to watch my video of me cutting my hair... I believe I'm still missing a few pieces ahahahahahah...

Anyway,

Mama Yola is going to have to cut her hair to her scalp so no one will believe she had brain surgery, cancer or something even worse.

Let's be friends for life, this alopecia and me!

I can finally touch the light I glimpsed at the end of a long, dark tunnel for the first time.

Thank God for strength, persistence and health experts.

Gratitude to my family and dear friends who have supported me throughout my journey.

I love you all always. 

London, 26th May 2022

Written by Yola Bastos Co-Founder of Women Flix 

yolabastos@womenflix.org 

https://linkr.bio/lm3yq 

Women Flix, Supporting Women all the way to Success! 

Women Flix Limited, a company limited by guarantee, was incorporated in England and Wales (company no. 13047578 ).

You Have To Envision What You Want

Most individuals never consider what they wish in their lives. They live without this knowledge or premeditation and become victims of their own condition. Work is simply about a job – to make do financially. 

Life becomes a series of troubles like choosing to live someplace because the rent is inexpensive, never realizing how to be in relationships or becoming ineffective parents. The list carries on and on.

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Inside you, there's a hunger for more. Is it meaning, contact or a richer understanding of life? No one has ever acquainted such individuals with the concept of perpetual possibility. “As a man thinketh, so is he.” A major mode of manifesting the life you wish is to think over what you wish out of life. What is it that you wish to do with your life?

A great exercise is to take a sheet of paper and put down the answers to the accompanying questions:

What is my deepest want?
What would I like to achieve in my lifetime?
What would I like to achieve this year?
Where would I wish to be in five years?
Where would I wish to be in twenty years?
What am I great at?

Check into all fields of your life:

• Your line of work


• Your Relationship


• Your Wellness


• Your Financial state of affairs


• How you have fun ( how you spend your vacations)

After you've put down a list of what you wish to achieve in your life, you'll need to set priorities for them. Simply take the list that you put down and provide every topic 1 - 5 points. 1 becoming the least crucial to five points becoming the most.

Now you've priorities in your life, which will help you determine where you wish your attention to be. It's an easy equation: comprehend simply that you wish to spend most of your time with the number 1 matter on your list. Spend somewhat less time with the number 2 entry on your list – and so forth for numbers 3 through 5.

There's no need to slice the day into time slots. Just by doing this exercise, you're programming your consciousness to spend time harmonizing with your list.

Let's presume you'd like to discover your life partner in the next 2 years, and that this is your chief goal, at the very top of your list. When you check into your thought process at the end of the day and you discover that you've not spent most of your spare time addressing this goal, you've a misalignment, and you might never accomplish your goal.

When this occurs merely realize it and correct it accordingly. Working all day only to sit down on your couch and watch television won't get you where you wish to be.

You have to take action to manifest your goal(s), for instance:

• Take action by signing on for class


• Enrol in a weekend seminar on a matter that fascinates you


• Go to a workshop that centres on your interest


• Spend time at places where you are able to meet individuals

If your goal happens to be that you wish to be a millionaire within 5 years, and you're spending only 5 minutes of your time every day to achieve this goal, then don't be surprised if your financial state of affairs never alters.
There's another crucial aspect of manifestation here that calls for consistency. Let's presume you've made your priority list and everything on your list feels great up to now.

It's really crucial that you're in emotional concord with your goals – they have to feel correct to you. If you merely make goals in your mind that are not useful to you then you'll discover yourself having a difficult time working to accomplish them. What occurs with most individuals' scenarios is that they've a goal that feels correct for them, and then they begin working at their goal.

Put differently, they place their attention on making their goal a fact. A couple of weeks go by and nothing occurs. Now dismay kicks in and the goal for some reason appears unreachable, the motivation is down to zilch. This is the point where you have to feel your dismay. Don't simply place it away or discount it – face it as totally and consciously as you are able to.

This may be unpleasant for you however it will help you get nearer to your goal. How is this? When you wish to alter your reality you evidently have to do something different than what you've done previously. So this is where the truth check comes in. You look around and can't see any change. But changes might have already happened in your thinking and conduct.

You might have set matters in motion that you can't yet see. Dismay sets in when you presume that matters ought to be happening sooner than you're ready for them. Remember – there are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic time frames. So feel your dismay and let it resolve. View what you've done and realign your strategies. If one way doesn't lead to success don't quit at that point – merely attempt another.

If you stick with a goal you'll accomplish it. Occasionally you might push too hard when you simply have to let go and take the pressure off. You question yourself at this point, trusting there's nothing you are able to achieve. Go to the place in your brain where you know you can't bomb. Reading a book or viewing a motivational movie might help to get you realigned with your mighty source.

Written by Yola Bastos Co-Founder Women Flix yolabastos@womenflix.org https://linktr.ee/yolatvbastos Women Flix, Supporting Women all the way to Success! Women Flix Limited, a company limited by guarantee, was incorporated in England and Wales (company no. 13047578 ).