one more medical drama

[same_sky]

I am sick of myself, too, don't worry, but... I am now breaking out in round little patches just below my elbows, both arms, about half an inch in diameter. Nowhere else, and they don't seem to be spreading after an hour of watching them. WTF?

Naturally, I picked up the phone to call my mom. "I'd better call Mom and let her know what she's supposed to be worrying about now."

"Yeah, because it'd be just awful if someone was sitting around assuming everything was just fine," M said snarkily, and then he bit my ear off for kicks.

Okay, he didn't do that but I needed to convey somehow just how MEAN he is, being the acclaimed King of Sarcasm. Except he isn't really mean. Did I tell you that he leaped out of bed last night while I was trying to lay down without sobbing, fetched me a heating pad and then zoomed off to WalMart at ten o'clock to buy cough syrup? AND he bought batteries for my calculator while he was at it since I had mentioned they were low. He is nice, really. I like him.

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[stewlis.livejournal.com]

Any chance they could be ringworm? Do they itch, even a little bit? That's the first thing I thought of when you said half inch round patches. You can get ringworm (fungus, not a worm) from working in the yard, from pets of course, from someone else who has it or being in contact with something that someone who has it has been in contact with. So, not entirely impossible, is what I'm saying. I suggest (without actually having seen it of course) trying any antifungal cream (athletes foot cream) on it and see if it helps. If nothing else, it will smooth the skin if it's dry. It can take anywhere from four weeks to several months to make it go away completely, but the sooner you treat it the faster it will go away if it is ringworm. BTW, they can check with a black light at the doc's office to see if it is, or do a skin scraping to positively ID it if you want to try requesting that, but not from the previous nurse! LOL