Hi everyone.
Day 132 of the withdrawel and things have certainly picked up . I went through a mild facial flare last weekend which was brought on by being in a very hot room .i was visiting my mum who is 85 years old and has the heating on full blast most of the winter ,bless her . I sat for a few minutes chatting then my face just turned into a red itchfest . Remakably though ,this didnt last too long but left me blotchy for a day or so .Heat realy does effect my face so i try and keep out of realy hot places .Cant stop the mum visits though and will just have to go into the garden at regular intervals .
Skin wise, i think that i have improved quite conciderably . The skin feels a lot calmer and thicker and i havent oozed fluid for at least a week . Sleeping is getting better as well . I have only had one nights broken sleep in at least ten days which is helping my healing both physically and mentally .
My hands are still very rough though and i think that they are going to take a long long time to get anywere near normal looking . Apart from the damage the steroids have done i think that they are severly scared due to the amount of itching i have done over my lifetime .
Another major plus is that the very large and deap splits on my heals have healed over completely . I cant beleive this has happened because they have been so bad for the last ten years . It feels great walking without pain .
The blister things have calmed down as well but i still get the odd few new ones appearing as the old ones heal . These still cause a bit of pain ,especialy at work .
I must say that the cool weather here is helping to keep my skin calm . If i feel to wrm and the itch is coming on i can just pop into the garden and get some cool air and it does go off and doesnt get worse .
A big plus is my skin colour . PEOPLE ARE NOTICING . Compared to a month ago i can honestly say that i look nearly normal . Not as normal as i did before all this started but the skin is a very good colour . I would say as close to normal looking skin as you can get untill i have totaly healed . Dont get me wrong , im not saying im there yet and i know that i will flare again and probably go back to being red as a pillowbox but i feel that the skin is healing at a very quick rate .
Another major thing is that i think i am getting some pigment colour back as well .I have always had a dark skin tone but 2 to 3 years ago i seemed to lose the pigment in my skin and went to a very grey and pale skin tone .You dont need two guesses to find the reason for that . Now though i seem to be darkening slightly .
So hopefully this will continue .
I truly hope that you are all finding things better in your own recovery's and if not then dont despair ,time will pass and you will feel better .
You are all in m prayers .
ONWARD AND UPWARD .
A PICTURE OF DAY 132 .

Your skin looks normal on the photo! Great news.
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise . Its feeling pretty good at the moment . I feel like my skin is stabalising itself after the initial major flaring .Had a great weekend with the family and everyone was so amazed at how much better i look from what i looked like a month ago . Still itchy and skin is still shedding dead skin daily but things are definately improving . Im using less and less vaseline by the day . Thanks for the comment and hope you are doing ok as well .
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