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Zaini:
Hi Black Swan,

Sharmin is one hundred percent right,you are definitely not a thal major,so there is no need to panic,u might be a thal minor which in most of the people go unnoticed for whole their lives,you know when me and my mother came to know we were thal minors ,when my daughter was diagnosed with thal major,i was 23 years old at that time, and my mom was like something 45 plus,so we didn't even know that there was something wrong with us,as Andy advised you,do this test called hb electrophoresis,and everything will be clear.

ZAINI.

theblackswan:
Thank you all very very much. You have been so helpful and understanding.  I modeled when I was a child and have been asked to when older and so I have the need to be perfect-I also was a child that was sensitive so I should never have been put into that environment.  I have body issues and am aware that these ideas are not true now.  I had an older sister who was not accepted by the modeling agency when i was five and she was fifteen she abused me terribly and scrutinized my appearance from then on feeling insecure.  but a five year old child cannot undersatnd the concept of her big sister being jealous.  I thought it was me.  That nurse never said I looked like a thal I think she based it on the fact that I had a low hemo count and I told her the anemia my doctors said was non-iron- poor.  I read a book which described thal's as having high cheekbones and a high forehead and I immediately jumped to the conclusion that this woman thought I "looked" like a thal.  She was commenting I think from the test because there is no way that I have chubby cheeks or am chipmunk-like.  I am just sensitive from a lifetime of being scrutinized for my looks:(.  It is sometimes hard to be attractive if you are not confident because then when people pick you apart because they feel less than it's like you don't get it and assume there is something wrong with you.  :rolleyes Thanks for all your help.  I do think it was a vitamin b deficiency as that is what supplements I am on currently.  My mom gave me coke bottles instead of milk and i was malnourished for most of my childhood.  You have a wonderfully supportive community and I think the way you help people is phenomenal. :hugfriend

Andy Battaglia:
I hope you'll find that if you stick to a healthy diet and get proper nutrition and avoid junk foods, that you will be able to maintain your health. From what you've said, it is very likely that you have suffered from some type of anemia in the past. From my personal experience I would recommend watching your diet and nutrition because anemia does recur if one doesn't pay enough attention to nutritional needs.

Family means so much and a negative family experience can do emotional harm. I'm happy when I see this group giving the kind of support they would hope to receive from a family.  :hugfriend

Kathy11:
To the Lovely Swan,

"Beyong a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself,
You are a child of the universe,no less than the trees or the stars,you have the right to be here."

Quote by Desiderata

Beauty is skin deep ,I believe every human has his /her own beauty and we are all special.regardless of our creed.
Kathy :bighug

Andy Battaglia:
Thanks for the beautiful thought, Kathy.

I don't know if I've seen any greater beauty than the character I see in the faces of the thals I have met.

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