day 105
To say yesterday was cold is an understatment .i work outside all day and i think it had a bit of an influence on my skin. it felt ok before going to bed but i woke up with my neck and shoulders dripping wet with this clear ooz . after washing i was straight back to sleep but it left my face feeling a bit sore and slightly swolen this morning .
my hands are begining to peel a bit in the joints and on the palms but it isnt anything too bad . the skin on my hands feels sort of brittle. i wouldnt say dry , it just seems to harden slightly then peels in places . on the good side , the skin around my nails hasnt split for weeks . i used to get a split in every finger around the nails but this has stopped happening since i stopped using moisturiser on my hands . all i use now is vaseline .
this is a part i cant believe has happened . before this all started i would get through a 500g tub of moisturiser a week . i had to cover my whole body as soon as i got out the bath . when i stopped using steroid cream i also made the decision to stop using the moisturiser and went onto just vaseline . i read an article saying that the best way to go was to only use vaseline and use it only as an aid for movement , not as a moisturiser . i know that it doesnt absorb into the skin but it does aid movement and stops the dryout feeling .anyway , i went for that and its worked well for me . it dawned on me about two weks ago that i hadnt actualy moisturised since i stopped the TS ,s . thats amazing realy . to go from using 500g a week to none is shocking . my skin does feel clearer for it as well . the vaseline can be a bit of a mess but it doesnt clog up my pores in the way the moisturiser did .
i am still a bit bothered about these small pimpley spot things that are appearing . a trip to the doctors is on the cards tomorow to check them out . i am looking forward to going actualy because i want him to see the improvent in my skins condition .
so , today its freezing again outside and work beckons . but i do feel that getting on with work and life in general has helped me through this . out of all the 105 days there has only been a couple of days that i couldnt drag my sorry backside out of the house . im no good sitting sround , i always feel worse . i remember having a flare on my face and my eyes were swolen but i pushed myself to go shopping with the wife . i got so many funny looks but i dont care about that . for me , keeping as normal as possible helps . it keeps me from thinking about the whole thing . onward and upward .
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