After catching a handful of good nights sleep, my sleep has gone back to being disturbed 1-2 hours in with intense itch fits. Now my skin is really hurting, with hot spots being my chest and elbow creases.
TSW skin has spread to the creases of my knees and a little in the creases of my groin, and most of the affected areas now have little red dots all over. My face is raw and weeping. Lymph nodes all over my neck are swollen and hard.
I'm taking ibuprofen constantly now to ease the pain. It helped immensely the first few days of using it but by now the itch is breaking through and I feel like my skin is constantly crawling.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I've found some amazing shirts for covering my arms in the summer. These are Delia*s tissue tees that come with thumb holes! I bought one in almost every color and they can be found here: http://bit.ly/18xMbwe for reference, I'm between a small and medium for misses and a small works great for me. The fabric is lightweight and kinda stretchy so the sizing is somewhat forgiving. And I layer them over basic tanks from forever 21: http://bit.ly/15FSbkc.
Since my knees are now afflicted, I'm trying out workout leggings for my bottoms. Seems comfortable so far.
Since my knees are now afflicted, I'm trying out workout leggings for my bottoms. Seems comfortable so far.
Nope I don't look as happy as these models but this works best for my TSW uniform, preventing me from scratching up my sleeves during the work day. Got one in every color!
Chillin' at work with my short nails and long sleeves!
Hope all you TSWers out there are faring better than I! Just gotta keep reminding ourselves of the finish line, whenever that may be.
awwwww noo. Megan! your face looking really raw.
ReplyDeleteMine is feeling very tight and red and sore too and pimply.
so at least you don't have the pimplys!!
i thought we started around the same time? aren't we still in Month 2? I'm only at about 70 something days? Or maybe you started before me? Oh well. Are you going to work?
Hey Lisa,
DeleteYeah I hope I dry down by saturday because I have a wedding to go to!! So I started May 17 so July 17 was end of month 2 start of month 3 as I'm putting it. Not full 3 months yet, just in month 3! I think we're about the same track. Yeah, no pimples although I'm starting to get red dots all over my body, just not my face. Neck is killing me today too :\ Raw and weepy. Applying zinc oxide like no other!
Megan
Hey megan. I've been going to this chiro who does energy healing. I can't say for sure it's helped because I went to her from the beginning but I do feel like for my usage I should be worse off. I had one or two days of oozing. Before I even stopped ts I used to ooze here and there. It could well be a waste of money but if you are interested to learn more let me know. Tsw makes you pretty desperate to try anything.
ReplyDeleteHey Sandra,
DeleteRight now I'm seeing an acupuncturist/chinese med person but I can't really tell if it's helping because day by day I'm feeling worse! Could just be TSW. I might stop going soon since yeah, it does cause a drain on the wallet. :\ Is this person in the bay area? Hope you are doing better!
Megan
I Pray you dry down by saturday too for your wedding!
ReplyDeleteLucky you no pimples!!
you don't want it and i hope you don't get it :)
Thx Lisa,
DeleteToday I'm still just as oozy! I was dabbing my face through out lunch w/ my coworkers b/c I could just feel the wetness as I chewed :( I hope by Sat I'll be better as well..
Megan
Megan, yeah. She's in san jose by the airport. I know its hard to tell if anything helps but I do feel like as slow as it is I've only gotten better over time. I know that the true test will be if I end up flaring really badly. I think if that happens I'll probably stop going. Let me know if the tcm is working. Hope you stop oozing soon. The two days I was oozing from my arms was the worst.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the shirts. I ended up purchasing some as well. I was looking for some lightweight shirt with the thumb hole but everything was way too heavy for summer.
ReplyDeleteCool! I just bought a second batch too :P They seem to wear down esp the non printed ones b/c I'm scratching at myself all the time but at 5-9 bux a pop can't do much better! I started wearing them over gloves at night too to keep myself from scratching and it seems to help my skin heal overnight.
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