I need a cool robot hand . .
I have an emergency doctors appointment for my evil hand in half an hour. I always knew it was hand eczema, what with it being eczema and on my hands, but I think I've narrowed it down to Pompholyx
It's never been as bad as these last few weeks though and this morning I lost mind over the itching and went berserk on it.
The result?
A hand a can barely use right now. It's sore and stiff and painful to move. I can't make a fist and holding a pen hurts. So I have an emergency appointment at the docs too see if I can get any cream and possibly for antibiotics if he thinks it's at risk of infection. Gross, huh?
It means I had to call in sick to work, first time in the new job and I am not impressed. Especially since I've gone in when I've felt a lot worse (ie Colds, cramps and hurty shoulders) but for starters the doctor said I could be waiting for a long time to be seen because they're fitting me in and the time they told me to go down coincides with the time I usually leave for work. Secondly I'm not sure I would even be safe do the job with the way my hand feels, I doubt I could grip the steering wheel properly let alone carry the totes. And thirdly, if the hand isn't infected now five minutes inside my work glove and it would be.
So I have good reasons for being absent, and I'm sure work will understand - they're not my last employer after all! - but I still feel guilty about it :/
I'm convinced that they think I called in sick just so I could go out and party on a Friday night for once! Which brings me to my final annoyance on the subject. If I'm off work tonight I can't exactly go to Danny's birthday shindig tomorrow night - be the first time I've missed it in years :( (although after the mess that was last year's it might not be a bad thing to take a break from that particular tradition *lol*)
Anyway, off to the doctors I go.
It's never been as bad as these last few weeks though and this morning I lost mind over the itching and went berserk on it.
The result?
A hand a can barely use right now. It's sore and stiff and painful to move. I can't make a fist and holding a pen hurts. So I have an emergency appointment at the docs too see if I can get any cream and possibly for antibiotics if he thinks it's at risk of infection. Gross, huh?
It means I had to call in sick to work, first time in the new job and I am not impressed. Especially since I've gone in when I've felt a lot worse (ie Colds, cramps and hurty shoulders) but for starters the doctor said I could be waiting for a long time to be seen because they're fitting me in and the time they told me to go down coincides with the time I usually leave for work. Secondly I'm not sure I would even be safe do the job with the way my hand feels, I doubt I could grip the steering wheel properly let alone carry the totes. And thirdly, if the hand isn't infected now five minutes inside my work glove and it would be.
So I have good reasons for being absent, and I'm sure work will understand - they're not my last employer after all! - but I still feel guilty about it :/
I'm convinced that they think I called in sick just so I could go out and party on a Friday night for once! Which brings me to my final annoyance on the subject. If I'm off work tonight I can't exactly go to Danny's birthday shindig tomorrow night - be the first time I've missed it in years :( (although after the mess that was last year's it might not be a bad thing to take a break from that particular tradition *lol*)
Anyway, off to the doctors I go.