Thursday, June 5, 2014

Day 93- Day 94: STINGY SWEAT and HEALING...No pain no gain

Great way to start my 4th month!  These last few days have shown a LOT of improvements in my skin and overall feeling in a short period of time (Compare the improvements from day 93 pics to the 94 ).  I even went to our apartment front desk and picked up a package!  I really haven't been in public at ALL of the last few months.  And surprisingly, I didn't get stares!  Shocking!

I'm not sure if the healing is just a coincidence or not, but the last few days I have sweat a lot.  Yesterday our AC went out and it was 85 in our house.  I was so sweaty and itchy and uncomfortable, but I looked better on day 94 morning than I did 93.  Then today, 94, I got super sweaty cleaning and tonight my skin is better than this morning.  I feel like I've seen a lot of healing.  In fact, this is the most healthy my skin has felt since starting this whole miserable ride.  It feels like skin!  Right now, my skin is calm and a little flakey.  It reminds me of how I'd feel after the steroids started working, but its' my body doing the healing!  Such a crazy feeling after relying on steroids for so many years.


DAY 93

This was when our house was 85.... I was horribly sweaty and stingy!

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Lets are healing!

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The last of the ooze... I can handle this much... I CAN'T handle the thick 2 inch band of sweat that was there a month ago!

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Notice, chin looks very red and scaly

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I can't stop picking at that stupid spot on my ear... ((eye roll))

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DAY 94

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I sent this to a friend and am putting it here to show the improvements from the other day when i was out.  MUCH fewer flakes!  But my stink in dry lips.
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I HATE THIS WRIST THING.  They call it "elephant skin"... right...  It is THICK and ITCHY.  And ugly.
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This was morning on 94 but with my flash...

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I'm actually starting to look not so swollen and NORMAL!?

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My face has hurt too much to even THINK about plucking' them brows.

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Much more solid skin!  

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STRUGGLES

  • WRIST!  The stupid wrist skin is extremely painful, itchy, and ANNOYING.  
  • Stinging and burning  only when I sweat.... which, unfortunately, is when I lay my head down on my pillow for too long.  It's kind of a pain.  
  • Body Odor I mean, it's better... but I still smell like a skunk sometimes... Literally, a SKUNK.

CELEBRATIONS
  • FEELING NORMAL!  Energy is starting to come back and I'm starting to feel like I have just regular skin irritation as opposed to my face falling off. 
  • Swelling  My face looks much less puffy
  • Sleep It's somewhat normal but I still have trouble falling asleep sometimes.  



1 comment:

  1. hi Jen
    I'm only day 8 of TSW and wanted to say hi. Hope you've been feeling ok :)
    My arms look the same as yours and I also have the gross dots over my legs and the crusting behind my ears. Stay strong!!

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