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Argh. Itching is the worst. I hope you get some relief.
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Argh. Itching is the worst. I hope you get some relief.
A word from the Cartiers? Chariots of the furies as the wind whips about behind them in a wake ... Finnigan's Tallus? May be warm waters, hot Eire or other dark moving instigation ... stuff for the opiate receptors? Sometime just the hoer mons wailing for a shift ... in other traditions it may be the GO mons ... we had a bunch of those as neighbours ... one was a Donald ... ADon alđ? Transposes to ault ... for the NU ye ars ... a dark midnight mule! In the silence it carries ... what? GOF ig ure ... reinforces knowledge, thought and all that crappy stuff that gums up the blind powers ... jesus used water for a flush ... water closets? John Crapper ... very common place to drop it ...
All things pass with essence ... NOSH-ite! Did you know "-ite" is a term for alloying or conjugation? Resembles mettle in the other's thoughts ... Max Wells super ham Eire ... yup that's Ur ... Big Sur against SUI! Passed over in another thread as a fringe matter ...
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*sigh* Dermatologist appointment is in April. New cream is not working, daily antihistamine only dulls the itches to a dull roar. I'm almost wondering if one of the new patches on my torso is shingles, and I think the patch on my calf is almost officially a "wound"... I use my own salve, and it does help, but I need to figure out the source, not treat the symptoms. I may have to do some serious messing about with my diet to try and figure out if there are food triggers (I've taken dairy out of my diet in the past to no improvement). I don't have any faith in this new dermatologist, really; I've had a succession over the years; they don't seem to stay long here, or they get kicked out of the College of Physicians, or.... I have a pretty serious case of neurodermatitis from the scratching I try not to do, but the "triggers" are eczema and psoriasis caused by who knows. My immune system has been on perpetual high alert since I was an infant, and in 60 years no one has taken this seriously enough to do a skin biopsy and I'm just glad that my face and hands are relatively unaffected, so that I can maintain employment.
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That sucks @BetteTheRed
I had a bad outbreak of eczema a few years ago. I was experiencing a perfect storm of stress, diet stuff and environmental triggers. I changed my laundry product and that helped. I removed chemicals in food as much as possible and that helped. I worked on stress. I am sure you have tried things like that. I do hope you find a solution.
I had a bad outbreak of eczema a few years ago. I was experiencing a perfect storm of stress, diet stuff and environmental triggers. I changed my laundry product and that helped. I removed chemicals in food as much as possible and that helped. I worked on stress. I am sure you have tried things like that. I do hope you find a solution.
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Sounds difficult Bette. How's your liver? It can cause terrible itchiness. And if you think that other bit is possibly shingles - have you been to your doc about it? There is good med for that now but needs to be started early on. Hoping you get some relief soon.
We went off to exchange a book this morning at an indie bookstore on Roncesvales. Haven't been to that part of Toronto for years - although we lived in the area many decades ago. It is a nice sunny day - so it feels good to be out exploring. The neighbourhood has definitely gentrified since we were there. LOVED the bookstore - "Another Story" - and it has a pretty interesting story of its own. Wide diversity of books - racialized, marginalized, indigenous, feminist, disability issues - lots of 'activist' authors not found in other places. Of course it also has a good selection of cookbooks, poetry, and other more mainline stuff along with a fabulous selection of kids books. I will definitely go there again! We are lacking an indie bookstore in my own area - they are few and far between these days. Staff were terrific.
We went off to exchange a book this morning at an indie bookstore on Roncesvales. Haven't been to that part of Toronto for years - although we lived in the area many decades ago. It is a nice sunny day - so it feels good to be out exploring. The neighbourhood has definitely gentrified since we were there. LOVED the bookstore - "Another Story" - and it has a pretty interesting story of its own. Wide diversity of books - racialized, marginalized, indigenous, feminist, disability issues - lots of 'activist' authors not found in other places. Of course it also has a good selection of cookbooks, poetry, and other more mainline stuff along with a fabulous selection of kids books. I will definitely go there again! We are lacking an indie bookstore in my own area - they are few and far between these days. Staff were terrific.
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Thanks for the cart Red. Much appreciated. I have some fruitcake here to contribute. It's just grocery store cake but is quite good, if you like that kind of thing, which I do.
We're going to a local dinner theatre tonight. We've been meaning to check it out for over a year, so the time is now. I think the show is Miracle on 34th St. It should be fun.
We're going to a local dinner theatre tonight. We've been meaning to check it out for over a year, so the time is now. I think the show is Miracle on 34th St. It should be fun.
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Been dealing with some pretty bad weeping just above my elbow. It was there prior to the biopsy but got much worse and larger (likely due to constantly sitting and the rubbing on blankets any time I moved my arm). I had no clue what it was, doctor had no clue. I have so many topical creams and had used some steriod ones but weak and in combo plus stronger around the edges where it wasn't open. I figured steroids can inhibit skin growth and the weeping was bad, like soaking through gauze and overall just gross. The itching was really minimal too so figured it wasn't a treat with steroids thing anyway.
Yesterday I was like f*** it, how can it get any worse and pulled out the strongest steroid cream - and the thing is almost dry today! Hooray!
My skin is still a mess, my face goes through cycles where it goes red and itchy, skin starts to really just flake and peel badly, it looks reasonably ok for a bit and then starts all over. At least I know how to deal with that though, just lots of moisturizing and gentle exfoliation.
I think my skin is just stressed due to all the stress on my body in general. Hereditary angioedema attacks have stopped from the biopsy though, I was able to lift the youngest nephew at Christmas relatively ok (bigger one wasn't requesting it although he probably doesn't weigh much more anyway he's moreso taller than bigger). So I'm just hoping as I get back to sorta-normal so does my skin.
@BetteTheRed hopefully you find a solution too.
Yesterday I was like f*** it, how can it get any worse and pulled out the strongest steroid cream - and the thing is almost dry today! Hooray!
My skin is still a mess, my face goes through cycles where it goes red and itchy, skin starts to really just flake and peel badly, it looks reasonably ok for a bit and then starts all over. At least I know how to deal with that though, just lots of moisturizing and gentle exfoliation.
I think my skin is just stressed due to all the stress on my body in general. Hereditary angioedema attacks have stopped from the biopsy though, I was able to lift the youngest nephew at Christmas relatively ok (bigger one wasn't requesting it although he probably doesn't weigh much more anyway he's moreso taller than bigger). So I'm just hoping as I get back to sorta-normal so does my skin.
@BetteTheRed hopefully you find a solution too.
KayTheCurler
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The stories about itching sound so upsetting. I haven't got any cures to suggest, I'm sorry to say. I have a son who has been battling this for a long time -just on his hands though. He saw a dermatologist a few years ago who prescribed a cream that made it worse. Needless to say he quit using it. Complained again to his GP who refused to send him back to the 'expert' because he didn't follow the instructions he was given last time!
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I was given protopic for my eyelids as steroids should be avoided there. I don't know if I was allergic or what, but it made it worse. Luckily my doctor was understanding of that!
There are so many dermatologists here thanks to all the cosmetic stuff. Wait times can still take a bit unfortunately, I need to be better at not letting my doctors 'expire'.
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Protopic is wyrd stuff. It's an immune suppressant, and it can be really helpful on some patches, but I swear it seems to cause them to "move around more"...
@KayTheCurler, two great things for hands (mine are sometimes bad because of the work I do, and because I'm ridiculous-sensitive to changes in washing up liquid ingredients): "working hands", and an eczema cream with urea and AHA.
@KayTheCurler, two great things for hands (mine are sometimes bad because of the work I do, and because I'm ridiculous-sensitive to changes in washing up liquid ingredients): "working hands", and an eczema cream with urea and AHA.
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Yesterday, a couple came into the shoe store where I work one day a week. My boss knew them because they used to live in the house beside the store. I noticed that the woman had a few cuts on her face, and immediately, I thought...Oh no! I bet she fell on the ice...It's been so slippery lately. But, of course, I didn't say anything. When they left, my boss said: I guess he still beats her. What????
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my mate uses this Miracle Balm on his skin - hands prone to severe cracking & other assorted weirdness - he finds it to be excellent Bella Vita Miracle Balm 80g
I think I mentioned my mom is allergic to a chemical with 15 letters in it - that is in a lot of products. Even ones claiming to be natural and/ or hypoallergenic. It has nothing to do with sulfates or the things people are commonly allergic to. It's pretty rare, but common enough that the allergist caught it. She had to turf several cosmetics (some she gave to me) and research it because sometimes it's not even listed, depending on where it was made (and I can't remember the chemical or where it's not required to be listed on the ingredient label.)
I think I also mentioned the putting a tablespoon of coconut oil (or sweet almond oil) right into the bath has saved me from winter itch this year. I put it on my hands and face at night when I remember to, also. It's a bit greasy for daytime. Then, in the daytime I use a good unscented lotion like cetaphil or cerave or the store brand versions work fine for me. I have something I got on sale at Winners that works fine. My skin is temperamental. Sometimes it doesn't care much what I use, sometimes it does. Maybe that's due to a combo of things I haven't pegged down to a pattern or trigger.) Or Dormer 11, lotion not the thicker cream. It's good. I haven't bought it in awhile because it's a bit expensive. My friend's dermatologist recommended it to her for her blotchy skin (which she had on her face) and it helped her immensely.
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I think I found it. It’s an even longer word - without having asked my mom, this looks familiar. I know it starts with m and it’s the one of the longest single word chemical names we’d ever read on a label and had never noticed it before because it seems, most often, people are allergic to sodium laurel sulphate (products are often labelled SLS free, and come to think of it, an ex boyfriend was terribly allergic to that before and it’s still in tons of products ... but back then product labels were not saying anything about being free of it right on the front of bottles...he had to look more carefully then).
methylchloroisothiazolinone
That makes me think...why is it that more people suddenly become allergic to something that’s been used/ consumed for a long time? I think of all the crap we used to use on skin and hair that were in every house because there weren’t as many choices, even in the 80’s ... all the commercial perfumey crap that was popular...and allergies were a more rare occurrence. I could use Zest soap and Sauve Shampoo...hmm, what else?...Silkience, Dial, Camay, Salon Selectives, Pert, Agree, Wella Balsam (remember Timotei? Ha! My friend always used that at her house. I still remember what it smelled like. It smelled good actually!)...some of the typical “go to” brands I can think of... I used them no problem, and so did everybody else...I can’t now. I remember thinking it odd that a girl at school had to go home because she stayed at a friend’s house and used a bar of Ivory soap in there and broke out in an itchy rash. Back then, I thought Ivory was a mild product. My mom bought it all the time, since I was a baby. Sometimes I want to buy it for nostalgia’s sake (it’s the cheapest brand now anyway - 30 years ago it was average) but I know it’s too harsh for my skin because my skin reacted to it, and got really dry, when my ex husband bought it for himself and I used it (I already tested it out once, I shouldn’t try again).
methylchloroisothiazolinone
That makes me think...why is it that more people suddenly become allergic to something that’s been used/ consumed for a long time? I think of all the crap we used to use on skin and hair that were in every house because there weren’t as many choices, even in the 80’s ... all the commercial perfumey crap that was popular...and allergies were a more rare occurrence. I could use Zest soap and Sauve Shampoo...hmm, what else?...Silkience, Dial, Camay, Salon Selectives, Pert, Agree, Wella Balsam (remember Timotei? Ha! My friend always used that at her house. I still remember what it smelled like. It smelled good actually!)...some of the typical “go to” brands I can think of... I used them no problem, and so did everybody else...I can’t now. I remember thinking it odd that a girl at school had to go home because she stayed at a friend’s house and used a bar of Ivory soap in there and broke out in an itchy rash. Back then, I thought Ivory was a mild product. My mom bought it all the time, since I was a baby. Sometimes I want to buy it for nostalgia’s sake (it’s the cheapest brand now anyway - 30 years ago it was average) but I know it’s too harsh for my skin because my skin reacted to it, and got really dry, when my ex husband bought it for himself and I used it (I already tested it out once, I shouldn’t try again).
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Wasn’t finished editing so that reads all wrong...when I was in high school, a girl went home after using Ivory soap in a friend’s bathroom. She had a rash all over her arms and face, and it surprised me that one would be allergic to a soap that claimed to be 99.9% “pure” and had been commonly used for about 100 yrs. (The only thing I didn’t like about Ivory soap then, was that it cracked and looked dirty on the edges after a few uses, especially when used as a hand soap. So it wasn’t very pretty beside the sink where company could see it. Otherwise, nobody that I knew of cared much what soap anyone used. Liquid hand soaps and “shower gels”/ body washes were around but they were more “special” not as much an everyday thing...more like something you might get as a gift set or order through Avon...oh, yeah, Avon...I could use that back then when you’d think my skin would’ve been more sensitive as a kid, but it wasn’t - Skin So Soft, Musk, Sweet Honesty, Timeless...those fragrances were put in several types of hair and skin products...stuff in my grandma’s bathroom... too ). At first we thought she was being melodramatic about the Ivory soap, but it was legitimate. And I had not met anyone who was allergic to peanuts or peanut butter or scents until I was an adult. My mom’s childhood friend had celiac disease that she was diagnosed with as a young adult in the 70’s, and it was really rare. Nobody else we knew was gluten sensitive, etc. What happened in that time?
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Then, in the late 80s early 90s, Body Shop products were really trendy. I actually still like Body Shop - Satsuma (mandarin orange) is awesome, so is Moringa, and so is their Shea Butter scent, but am not allowed to use it anywhere so I still have little trial containers of a few things that I can’t use unless carefully timed...and that’s too annoying so I won’t bother looking in Body Shop anymore. Lush, in the mall near me, shut down - and that made me a little bit sad because it was (though way too fragrant) interesting and “happy”. It was the first of its kind, using fresh ingredients that needed to be kept in the fridge. It was a fun concept at first. “Handmade” cosmetics. It was a “cool” place to work in the 90s....started earlier in London, UK. A more fun version of the Body Shop. Hipsters and ravers, and the unconventional “kids”...people who nobody would employ with piercings and tattoos, and unnatural hair colours, worked there. They invented the “bath bomb” as far as I know. ...The space was being used as a gift wrapping service over Christmas. I understand too many people objected/ were allergic. There probably isn’t another location here. Again...I realize it’s cause for many to be happy...and I’m not going to lose sleep over it, but there are a few things I’ll miss. I guess I already stopped using it because being in there too long gave me a headache too....but I knew it was there if I wanted to smell something...I loved the Karma Komba scent...and Crush. All that stuff...we don’t need any of it...but I can’t say I won’t miss it at all, ever.
Scents stay in my memory and I “crave” them like certain foods sometimes. My grandma wore all those Avon scents and when I think of her...she always smelled fresh and clean and good, to me, and it’s etched into my memory.
Scents stay in my memory and I “crave” them like certain foods sometimes. My grandma wore all those Avon scents and when I think of her...she always smelled fresh and clean and good, to me, and it’s etched into my memory.
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Being able to wear scents would make dieting easier. I’m serious. I could indulge in a craving without eating something fattening. I think that concept was even marketed...but it’s true because scents can be just as addictive.
There are so many essential oils that we don't know much about as we aren't interested in what is considered a bore.
Consider all the oils that contain salicylates or things like cotton seed oil. Now if you are allergic to aspirin one should sit up and take note of the boring. The same as cotton allergies. The spouse is like that ... has quite the reactions to many medicines and foodstuffs.
I am on the other hand dependant on salicylates ... in preference to some animal steroids ... a fact my doctor is not tuned into yet ... and possibly will not because he is not an open-minded authority. Many of them ascribe to closed guilds ... and this carries over to the populace as we only listen to prescribed authority ... or so it appears unless you conscience tells you different. If you follow the protocol rigidly ... you too can be without conscience and the mere shadow occurs ... where the former was first!
It is a flame of an entirely different light as gammas ... γ ... on this absence one can ask "why"? Life is like that ... odd, funny, corny, or just ire onuç! Some spit it out as ironic or hammered satyr ...
Consider all the oils that contain salicylates or things like cotton seed oil. Now if you are allergic to aspirin one should sit up and take note of the boring. The same as cotton allergies. The spouse is like that ... has quite the reactions to many medicines and foodstuffs.
I am on the other hand dependant on salicylates ... in preference to some animal steroids ... a fact my doctor is not tuned into yet ... and possibly will not because he is not an open-minded authority. Many of them ascribe to closed guilds ... and this carries over to the populace as we only listen to prescribed authority ... or so it appears unless you conscience tells you different. If you follow the protocol rigidly ... you too can be without conscience and the mere shadow occurs ... where the former was first!
It is a flame of an entirely different light as gammas ... γ ... on this absence one can ask "why"? Life is like that ... odd, funny, corny, or just ire onuç! Some spit it out as ironic or hammered satyr ...