Here is the latest on my "SKIN CONDITION".
I have now broken out on my "B's" butt, boobs, and belly. As of tonight my whole back and left forearm have broken out. It is miserable. I ITCH so badly. I pace around the house, trying not to think about it, but when almost every inch on my body is covered in "itchy hives" you do go crazy. I was telling my sister the other day that if this skin specialist (I saw him yesterday) told me he didn't know what was going on and couldn't give me relief, that I was better off in a Mental Institution...seriously, I am going MAD! I keep on having break downs, and Jake has to calm me down. But seriously, it isn't his body, he doesn't have to live like this day in day out, with very little relief. He has been wonderful though. He keeps all my creams, lotions and sprays going! I feel so bad for him and my kids. Some days it is so bad that I am drugged up on histamine blockers, that knock me out. Let me say again, still nothing really works.
Yesterday morning Jake and I went to yet, another Doctor. I had a break down the other day because no specialists could even fit me in until the end of the year, hello!, that is when the baby is coming, I should be cured by then!!! Anyway, I cried (literally) to my Doctor, and told him I couldn't live like this and I needed help. He was kind enough to make some personal calls to some specialist to get me in this week. Which we did, we saw a skin specialist yesterday. Here is what he thinks:
*may or may not be related to pregnancy
*because I am pregnant there is VERY LITTLE he can do to treat me
*it should go away once I have the baby, and if not he can do more to treat me after the baby is here...(really?!)
*it is NOT hives! (duh!)
*he really has no idea what it is, but is treating me for Psoriasis (I DO NOT have Psoriasis all over my body...it is ridiculous that he even said that!)
*the new medication he gave me is a spray steroid that I can only be on for 2 weeks, and have to be extremely careful with due to pregnancy and one of the side effects is it thins your skin and gives you stretch marks....oh, lovely, just what I need on top of stretching already! :)
*if there isn't improvement in 2 weeks he will go in and biopsy my spots? (What my whole body?...I am going to look like Frankenstein, too bad he can't do the biopsy next week for Halloween, it would be the perfect costume!)
*he doesn't think, but hasn't ruled out the possibility of it being PUPPP (the acronym for being allergic to pregnancy)
Well, sign me up and admit me in the best Mental Hospital. It doesn't look like there is a end to this anytime soon, and it keeps on getting worse. (Jake can you take me tonight?)
Here are some pictures of what my "condition" looked like on Thursday.

{During one of my "panic breakdowns" the other day, there was a knock on the door, and these were there! Aren't they amazing? They have brought me so much happiness and joy this week and through this very hard trial. My sweet in-laws sent them to me from UT! Thank you! Thank you!}
How awful!! What a miserable thing--as if pregnancy wasn't bad enough!
ReplyDeleteI was goobing up Josh this morning and thought of you--he has ezcema really bad, and although that's not what you have, maybe some of the creams he uses would work? We also use an oil that I get at a healthfood store that helps--it's called Jojoba oil. It seems especially to take away the itching. Maybe it's something you could try? I know Grandma and Grandpa are big believers in the healthfood stuff--maybe an e-mail to them and see if they could talk to their wellness guy and see if he has anything...
I'm sorry!! I can send you some samples of the creams that Josh uses, if you want--although all I have are the samples and they wouldn't cover very much! But it might be worth a shot...
OHHHHH MYYYY HECKKKK lady!!! OUCH!! And right while you're already pregnant and uncomfortable?! I'm sorry. But you DEFINITELY should keep getting other opinions until you figure out what it is! It looks bad!!! Ps. love all the pictures! Cute kids, and cute belly of yours! Glad to see you're doing good (minus strange creepy rash thing) Love ya!
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