Saturday, January 5, 2013

Face It - Mindful Writing Challenge


Awakened in the night with a pain like fire ants burning and itching just under the skin of my face. Early morning, I E-mail a photo to my doctor - not a pretty sight. The incessant need to scratch trumps vanity.  We back and forth a couple times with new, horrible photos 
of redness, swelling, weeping. I tell my husband that my face hurts, and I know he wants to say, “It’s killing me, too.” Luckily, he refrains. A possible frostbite dermatitis is the diagnosis. 

Poor old face!

(For obvious reasons, there will be no pictures with this post!)


18 comments:

  1. I was about to say "Fireante!" Poor you. I find men to be quite hopeless at times like these.

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  2. Oops. P.S. I went over to the MWB and had a read of the other postings. My goodness. I think I might just stick with writing for myself. I am a little awed.

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  3. OH dear. It will be so hard not to scratch, do fireants breed in your wintertime? Maybe it was just so very cold the last time you were skiing, I hope it will stop itching very soon. Did Darling Husband refrain from a comment in case he was hit with something hurled/thrown, aimed.. through the air?!!! Greetings from Jean

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  4. oh, that's terrible! but better than shingles, which i was at first afraid of!

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  5. Facing it....nice play on dealing with discomfort and suffering. So glad that you are able to make a small stone of it....and glad that it is not shingles. A bit of frostbite is painful, but so much easier to treat. Hope you are feeling better soon. And, I agree about NOT posting a photo. ;-)

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  6. Oh no Barb. That sounds painful. I suffer daily with hand dermatitis and the only thing that ever really helps s cortisone. Take care.

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  7. oooh, so sorry, I hope things get better.

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  8. Oh Barb....I am sorry this happened to you. It must have been darned cold skiing. I hope you recover soon.

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  9. Oh Barb....I am sorry this happened to you. It must have been darned cold skiing. I hope you recover soon.

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  10. Oh dear- heal quickly. It does heal right?

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  11. Oh no! Hope you get some relief very soon. Keep warm.

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  12. Phew, I was thinking Shingles also. Been there, done that. Hopefully the dermititis has a short life span and you can get something that will relieve the misery. Emailing a doctor? Interesting.
    Please be better soon.

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  13. Your small stone is like making stone soup out of your pain. Feel better soon. :) Andrea

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  14. Oh painful...I hope in the doc's diagnosis he prescribed something to make it feel better. Put mittens on your hands, then when you scratch you won't leave marks...did that when my kids had chicken-pox....cause I know you are gonna scratch.

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  15. I'm so sorry! I get it in the summer if I'm out too long in the sun. I've found antibiotic ointment does the trick. Get well!

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  16. So sorry, Barb. I hope today has found some relief.

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  17. Oh no...I didn't know cold could do that! (No experience to draw on in that line.) I thought of sun poisoning or fire ants, which I do know about from sad exp.) Feel better soon!!!

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  18. Hope it passes / passed quickly. Not fun.

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