I woke up yesterday morning scratching my neck. I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes I just feel itchy in the morning. But this way different. I scratched....and my neck just itched more! When I finally went to the bathroom to look in the mirror I was surprised--the whole right side of my neck was bumpy and red.
Just wonderful.
Oh well, I figured. It's just a morning thing--it will pass. BUT it didn't. In fact, it got worse and actually spread throughout the day! Pretty soon my whole neck, my ears, my cheeks, and my hands were red and bumpy.
Still, I give whatever this was the benefit of the doubt, and hope that it goes away. Again, it doesn't! By 11:00pm it's pretty much more than I can stand. So, I take a luck-warm bath with baking soda. It feels good while I'm in the tub, but the minute I get out it starts all over again.
Boo-hoo! I ended up using an ice pack on my face so that I could at least numb the worst parts.
I called my doctor bright and early this morning, and couldn't get an appointment until 4:30. Gah. When I FINALLY saw the doctor, he said almost immediately, "Oh yeah--that's contact dermatitis. Have you been outside recently?"
My dad used to get poison ivy like twice every summer when I was little. I remember being at church picnics and he'd be covered in pink calamine lotion and looking pretty funny. I never realized it was THIS bad--and this case is mild!
Being that I'm pregnant, of course the most conservative treatment is in store. No steroids for me, unfortunately :-(
So, that's my sad story. Pray that this passes soooooon!
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Oh lady!! I feel so bad for you. I remember in college, when I was student teaching, I had poison ivy on my stomach, neck, and under my one eye, and in between my fingers. That's when it went into my bloodstream and showed up on weird places on my body. I couldn't wear my contacts and I remember my neck itching like crazy in the shower! Yack. Hopefully it will pass soon.
I hope it will pass soon. by the way, Carrie reminded me to tell you not to eat cashews...they are in the same family as poison ivy and prolong its existence if consumed (random, i know, but some of her family have experienced that). How did you get it?
Hey guess who has posion ivy now??? Jeff! He has this one bump on his arm and then suddenly there were three. He went to the doc this morning and got cream.
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