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August 05, 2005
Itchy and Scratchy
I want to scratch everything that itches so much right now. That is a real weakness of mine. I pick at my scabs (I know, bad) and like to cut my blisters. I know that is bad, but I just do it.
I woke up this morning and the poison ivy that was on my ankle had spread. Not just around it, but all over my body. My ribcage is absolutely covered with it and it is on my lower leg and up on my thighs as well. It had spread so much that my parents insisted that I go to the doctor. The blister on my ankle was oozing and dripping.
The PA I saw was very concerned about how much it had spread and that the blister was ozzing. Now I am on antihistimines, steroids, and antibiotics because she is afraid that the blister may get a staph infection. Great. Just because I explored and ran through a cornfield. She also made a big point to tell me that if I felt like my throat felt like it was closing up to get myself to the emergency room ASAP. I guess that it is pretty bad.
Oh, I did work out some today. I would usually go to yoga in the morning, but I was too concerned about my spreading rash. I did go to the gym this afternoon and do the elliptical for 35 minutes. Before that I saw a friend from college who thought the rash might just be heat rash, but then I told her I'd been to the doctor and how concerned she was about it.
This weekend has gone from being not too bad to being really busy. I have to go to a wedding tomorrow for a girl who I went to high school with. I don't really want to go to it. I still have not gottne the thank you note from her shower. I can't drink at the reception, not that I was planning on a lot, but not even one with the meal. After that I have to drive down to a race that I got invited to today. The race is on Sunday morning and they just contacted me today. I've always wanted to go to it, but would need lodging. They're trying to get me a hotel room, but don't know if they have it yet. I tried to contact my mom's cousin who lives close by to see if I could crash on her couch, but she has not gotten back to me yet. I may have to crash in my car or beg somebody to let me on their couch. I also warned the RD that I may not be able to run all that well since I have a nasty case of poison ivy and am all drugged up.
Hope that everyone enjoys their weekends!
Posted by Blondie at August 5, 2005 05:34 PM
Comments
oh wow. take care of yourself. just think of how good your skin will look once you are healed if you don't scratch!! you should totally watch movies today. anything to distract. also, racing always makes me forget about my injury of the moment b/c i get excited so i hope being in the race takes away your itching.
good luck this weekend and i hope you don't have to sleep in your car :)
Posted by: Audrey at August 6, 2005 08:28 AM
That sounds like a bad case of poison ivy. I had to laugh, though, b/c I'm a big picker/scratcher too.
Good luck at your race!
Posted by: Leilani at August 6, 2005 03:30 PM
Wow that's a whole lot of rash! Hope it's better!
Posted by: Nanda at August 8, 2005 12:13 PM