A side note
I have learned that if you have what seems to be a terrible stress induced rash, it is likely your body deciding to break out all over in excema. It’s pretty much now just located on the back of my legs and butt, but it itches really bad. I’ve also learned that I can deal with pain well, but itching makes me a cranky bitch. And finally, I have learned that when you itch really badly if you take a large pumice bar and use it in the shower to do the itching, however gingerly, it makes it stop itch and you hurt instead. And the hurt just keeps on giving. Last night in bed my left leg had the audacity to actually start to itch again and since I’ve been so stressed again all my nails were nice sharp ragged things on the ends of my fingers. My leg and my fingers had an interesting discussion for about 2 minutes, at which point I finished and got up and put more calamine on. That hurt - but it didn’t itch any more… and this is a good thing.
KansasSunflower said on Aug 4, 2006 @ 6:53 pm
OUCH!!! I’m SOOO sorry! That really sucks - I thought that’s what it sounded like.
After reading your post that day, I tried to remember what cured mine. I think my doctor prescribed some kind of cream with steroids in it. I let it go on for so long that he warned me I might have scars. I don’t, but it scared the crap out of me. Dermatologists live by the rule “if it’s dry, make it wet. If it’s wet, make it dry…” Sounds like the calamine lotion is proof of that?
Saphyre said on Aug 5, 2006 @ 12:29 pm
Ironically, pain I can live with, and will actually crave if the itching gets really intense. Since I took the pumice to it 2 days ago it does hurt to sit on rough surfaces, and sweat REALLY stings, but over all it is starting to heal because I’m not making it worse by scratching! I think they say that it is dry by nature, and calamine actually dries it out more, but then things don’t always work as described on my body chemistry and I go with what works