My skin is falling off!

Peace Y’all,

I hope I can get this build up and running before I fall asleep. I had a violent skin reaction this morning and I had to take some Benadryl. Drowsiness is a side effect and I feel it coming down on me like a heavy blanket. I believe it was a reaction to the polyester in one of my favorite dresses. I generally don’t wear polyester and got rid of most things from my wardrobe. But this dress was a favorite. Oh well. It will find the Goodwill soon enough. I need to make that cotton slip that I have been promising myself I’d make. That might have aided me this morning.

I have eczema. I have had it all my life. It is relation to the trilogy of asthma-sinusitis-eczema. My mother and brother have asthma so bad that they have both been hospitalized because of it. I suppose in the grand scheme of things, what I suffer from is not so bad. It could be worse. Time to be a bit proactive….

Google is everyone’s friend. As a child, I remember getting steroid shots and UV treatments. I have had steroid shots for the last few years and they have stopped being helpful. I noticed that becoming a vegetarian has decreased the severity of outbreaks, but I still have them. According to Google, triggers include Dairy, peanuts, tomatoes, synthetic fibers, perfumes, soaps, and soybeans. I have been on a VLC diet with no dairy. Since this happened while on the diet, I’m thinking dairy is NOT the cause. I have upped my intake of soy and tomatoes. They are food I can eat on the diet. I’m going to remove them and see what happens.

I’m also going to start tanning. Wisdom soil such myself is going to cause a stir at the tanning salon, but I could care less. Getting darker looks good on me and it may be just what I need since it has UV light. As soon as the weather gets warm, I’m going to take a trip to a beach and park myself in the sun and get some salt water on my body. That has always been helpful to me in the past. Though in the past I wasn’t hindered by 3/4ths. I’ll work it out. Time to pull the old standbys out of the closet. I don’t ever want to feel like I did this morning.

Oh! I lost 3 lbs this week. I’m slowing down. That makes me sad. I need to lose at least another 15 lbs by the time this diet is done.


Peace

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