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Guess it's my turn to sing the I'm-in-a-funk blues.
I've blogged before about the fact that I have nodulocystic acne. Well, this morning I woke up to a large cyst along the side of my nose, near the inner corner of my right eye. Of course, it took several hours of alternating hot compresses and ice packs to reveal the exact culprit, since my eye was completely swollen shut for most of the morning. I have, at least, managed to NOT cry about it, recognizing that would only make it worse.
I took pictures when I first woke up, thinking I could do a clinical post about life with this condition, how to rise above the emotional edge of it, blah blah blah. Well, I can now say with the utmost certainty that that just ain't gonna happen. At least not today.
Scott's done his best to allow me to be out of the office as much as possible today, but there are naturally a dozen loose ends that need to be dealt with on the property that he has to handle. That's what has put me in front of the computer for the time being. Of course, looking like I recently got popped in the eye can't be good for business.
Hope your days are going better!
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Login or register to post a commentOh I can sympathize with
Oh I can sympathize with you. I so remember when I used to get those nasty cysts. There was a period in my life when I suffered from really bad acne, acne of the worst kind.
I cried, and cried and cried. I tried everything from colonix to fasting to juicing to eliminating certain or all foods and really it was just hormones. I am much better now but on occasion I do get one and it stinks. Nothing like looking like the cyclops monster with a third eye plastered right there between the two God legitimately gave you!
I am sorry babe. So cool that your husband has your back and you don't have to go out in public. Arrgh. Nothing like people staring at your "other" eye! Stay in good spirits. It is really all that you can do until it subsides. Don't pick at it.
You know what really helps is to do a monthly chemical peel. For whatever reason it kills the bacteria and really helps control those terrible break outs.
xoxo,
Freda
Ugh...I feel for you. I
Ugh...I feel for you. I have acne prone skin and there are days I don't even want to leave the house. There are so many scars and new breakout that I could play connect the dots.
Don't let it get you down you're not alone
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My Love for Tetra...
I read you're other blog about your usage of Tetracycline! And I must admit that I fell in love with tetracycline when I was about 14; nine years ago! I just took one last night, gave me some heartburn, but is making these bolders go down on the side of my face. I have acne and it's the only thing that manages it. I find that it makes me sick every time. So much so that if I move around too much I will throw up. I have to take it right before I hit REM sleep so I sleep through the sickenss. It's funny because docters don't like prescribing it too me because they say that my body gets use to it and it won't work for other things that it is used for. So I looked it up on WebMD and did you know it was used for; anthraz, chlymida, gnorrhea and strept throat among other things. I told my husband last night, "That's probably why I never got an std" needless to say he didn't laugh but it probably is....Just wanted to say I'm sorry about what you're going through...and make you smile. My mom gets cold sores on her face real bad and with our acne prone skin we feel a portion of what you do!
Hope you feel better soon! I
Hope you feel better soon! I can definitely relate to the whole acne thing...my skin is really good, actually, but ever since I picked at it it has not been the same at all. You should do that clinical post - I would be interested
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I knew I came to the right place!
Thanks to each and every one of you ladies who took a minute to bolster my spirits. I don't get attacks of the blues very often, but it's nice to know I have a soft place to land when I do.
It's not an easy condition to live with, but it's definitely waaaaay better than it was when I was 16. I keep waiting to finally 'grow out of it', like all the doctors promised I would.
The idea of chemical peels scares me, since water that's too hot feels like a chemical burn sometimes, but I'll look into it.
Love you, my fellow Alphas!!
~feathermaye
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