finally Friday
I really wish I could isolate what in the hell gave me these hives/rash...because they are still prominent. Especially on my arms. And itch? Shit, its pretty intense. I am trying my best not to scratch, but its been challenging. I am usually OK at night, since I am taking the benadryl for sleep anyway, and it happens to be an antihistamine too. But I cannot take it in the daytime hours since it makes me so sleep. I am reluctant to call te doctor since I know my co-insurance will be really high for the visit, and I don't have a ton of money to throw at a doctor who will only tell me to go to see a derm anyway.
A lot of folks that I have talked to about this have said that it could be stress. I'm not sure that I buy that since I feel I have, at times, been much more stressed than this and never with this result. The only time I remember having a reaction like this was when I got the Lamictal rash several years ago. Dx'ing the med stopped the hives. If this was a reaction to lotion, I stopped using it Monday, and I'd have thought it would have gone away by now.
I have a therapy appointment today, and have decided to take the rest of the day off. I was going to head to school to work in the math lab and take my first test, but then I decide that I can always do that on Monday when I will be on campus for another class. So what to do with this day? There are about a million things I want to do. I have mending to do, part of a rubber mold to start, reading (for pleasure), etc...
So I'll probably do a little bit of each of those things. And try not to scratch.
EDIT: Called the insurance company...found out that we've already met our deductible and it's all cool. So, I called my doc and they scheduled me @ 1pm this afternoon. The woman said I might have to wait since I am a last minute...but you know what? I will camp out in the waiting room if I have to! Well, I will be able to read at the very least today!
A lot of folks that I have talked to about this have said that it could be stress. I'm not sure that I buy that since I feel I have, at times, been much more stressed than this and never with this result. The only time I remember having a reaction like this was when I got the Lamictal rash several years ago. Dx'ing the med stopped the hives. If this was a reaction to lotion, I stopped using it Monday, and I'd have thought it would have gone away by now.
I have a therapy appointment today, and have decided to take the rest of the day off. I was going to head to school to work in the math lab and take my first test, but then I decide that I can always do that on Monday when I will be on campus for another class. So what to do with this day? There are about a million things I want to do. I have mending to do, part of a rubber mold to start, reading (for pleasure), etc...
So I'll probably do a little bit of each of those things. And try not to scratch.
EDIT: Called the insurance company...found out that we've already met our deductible and it's all cool. So, I called my doc and they scheduled me @ 1pm this afternoon. The woman said I might have to wait since I am a last minute...but you know what? I will camp out in the waiting room if I have to! Well, I will be able to read at the very least today!