TMI, but not graphic...I don't think

[csberry]

I wish I could detach the lower half of my body, send it away for repairs, and roll around in a wheelchair in the meantime.

There is still a lingering 'roid problem. But it's the itch that comes back more frequently.

Then there's the creases where my thighs meet my crotch (long story short - I had a bad reaction to an ointment which irritated the skin, caused it to peel, and is slowly healing). We are now in the healing but lots of peeling on the fringes...like the dryness of a sunburn not the scary leper thing that happened a couple of weeks ago. The dry peeling has also spread to my sack and the base of my penis.

Now I have that dry itch sensation all around my groin and the tops of my thighs.

If having an itchy butt and crotch weren't enough, this has exasperated my restless legs syndrome. And there's nothing that the raw skin of the creases of my crotch love more than my legs suddenly spasming in hopes of releasing tension.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel but it's an itchy ride to the end.

The only relief occurs when I beg and plead for JD to rub shea butter all over my crotch to moisturize. Definitely one of those marriage things that is real nice.

Comments

[auronsgirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the infamous "Honey? Help?"

A definite benefit to the nuptual state, my friend.

[csberry.livejournal.com]

I was worried about cashing in all of this year's "Honey? Help?" tokens until her recent flash of womanly reality gave me an opportunity to baby her in return.

[bluevinylangel.livejournal.com]

Uhm, nurse question: Have you seen a doctor? A dermatologist about the peeling, especially since it's spreading.
And a GP about the RLS? We've been prescribing Requip for RLS and it seems to work pretty well...

Just a thought.

[csberry.livejournal.com]

Nope, I haven't seen a doctor - still w/o health insurance. I came close to seeing the doc in the box a week or so ago. Don't you know that I decide to do it an hour after all of them closed for the evening. The next day things improved (and have continued to improve, for the most part).

The peeling only spread a pinky width past the initial surge of breakout/rash/peeling. Even then, it was very thin peeling compared to the rest of the area. No new areas are peeling now.

When I do get health insurance, RLS and my recurring roids are the top of the list for discussion. I live in fear of creating a "preexisting condition" by seeing a doc about either of these before then.

RLS runs on my mom's side of the family and I've grown used to it since I noticed it early in college. Cutting down the caffeine after college made a big difference. I've been taking Valarian on my wiggly evenings and it has worked great in settling things down to let me go to sleep. Since baths were recommended on numerous sites for both roids and RLS, I've been taking an evening bath most nights. Some times it works better than others.

The roids have been my body's primary outlet for stress since high school. I typically get them for a spell once a year or so. My recent troubles are definitely the worst/longest situation I've experienced. Extremely annoying, but manageable. I think my internal anguish about no health insurance, lack of a steady income (greater than the pt work I do for the in-laws), and worry from having them worse than ever before is assisting in perpetuating the stress for this long.