Some days I wonder if I am a mild hypochondriac. Thanks to WebMD, I think this is a common occurrence in my generation. Last night at ward prayer my lips were feeling a bit tingly and swollen, so naturally, I stuck my lips in Maren and Tim's faces and asked them if my lips looked bigger than normal. They looked at me like I was crazy, but Tim kindly told me that if they kept itching, he had the perfect remedy. I was mildly appalled, and quickly moved on to the next subject.
After showering this morning, I plopped in front of the mirror and noticed I looked a little less like me and a little more like Angelina Jolie. Definitely no complaints there.
Throughout the day I proceeded to get itchier and splotchier. Right now, this is what my ankles look like:
This is my whole body. Today, I will be hidden under a full layer of winters clothing. Please don't judge me. If you do, it's okay, I too start gagging when I look at myself. And for dramatic effect...my arms.
A nice allergic reaction to Amoxocillin will do this to you. I have taken 2 doses of Benadryl so far and no changes. If I stay like this, I will just pretend that I have the chicken pox with Erin and we can look like morons and scratch together while on different sides of the world.
4 comments:
Oh no! I'm so sorry Kim! Hopefully the itchiness goes down but I would keep the lips if I could :)
i ran across your picture via google pictures when looking up itching scars and i have the same thing going on with my arms and legs. although when it was at that level, i scratched so hard that it left rough bumpy dark patches on my skin, red dots, scars, bruises and i look like burn victim to tell you the truth. anyway, i just wanted to ask you if it ever went away; the itching as well as the scars (if you had any). this thing is driving me insane..
It did eventually go away. After about 5 days, the itching lessened and after about a week I looked normal (not like a burn victim). I think mine was an allergic reaction to medicine, so I tried drinking tons of water to flush it out of my system faster (don't know if that helped). Don't scratch! Try taking an oatmeal bath, that helped sooth the itching a lot. Good luck! It sure does suck!
Thanks for the update! I had my condition for about three weeks now. I guess it doesn't help that I don't know where the source of the itchiness comes from as well as the mindlessness mad itching that forms the scars/chickenpox like syndrome. Sigh...just keeping optimistic esp knowing that it went away for you. So thanks again, although i understand every case is different. I just hope life gave us this reaction as a one time deal basis. :) take care!
-Appreciated
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