What's upsetting you today?

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I went to school with a girl with chronic asthma and eczema.
She had skin like a crocodile. That's an awful thing to say, but it's how I saw it. And that was her normal state, not a flare-up, I guess from what her skin had been through in the past.

The girls in our year were kept behind for a special assembly because girls did not want to partner her in Games, in case they caught something when they touched.
It made me feel awful, even though I had never reacted that way to her. Our only real contact at that point was when we tried out for netball and she made the team (I didn't).

Fast forward four years and we were being handed our GCSE Drama practicals.
All I could think was "Please don't let me be paired/ be on the same team as her!"
Nothing to do with her skin, and she was quite a cool chick in many ways. But she was a lousy actress.

Sorry it's so very bad.
I think my worst experience ever was when I had hives from a still unspecified food allergy. The palms of my hands were the worst. One week of it drove me batshit, and that comes nowhere near close to what you live with.

lol. I was the subject of at least one such mini-assembly :p After a particularly bad few months when I was ostracised completely. Nobody would pair with me in sports, allow me onto their teams, or even allow me to sit next to them in class.

That girl's crocodile skin was probably due to the constant need for corticosteroids. I still have a little of that around my hands, but nowhere near as bad as when I was a kid. They used to say mine looked like a lizard.

None of this is as bad as when I was a kid. That's probably why I am so impatient with a bad flare-up these days. Just not as used to it. This is bad now, but that was near to my baseline for most of childhood and early teens.

Thank FSM I only have to put up with the really nasty shit for a few days or weeks at a time now.

[glatt]

wolf and DanaC, I sympathize with both of you. That sucks. And Dana, I'm glad you posted the pictures. It really shows what you are dealing with.

[DanaC]

I'm glad I did too. It's something I hide from all but my closest family and friends. It feels a little like I've been hiding from you all too, having only ever let you see me when I am at my clearest.

Not that I intend to make a practice of these pics ;p You've seen what it looks like, that's enough. But at least now you have. That's as much me as the chick in the nsfw shot is. At different times.

[morethanpretty]

@Monnie: sorry for your losses

@Wolf: WTF? Want revenge ideas? We got a thread going. I hope you find something better. Maybe writing your memoirs is a good idea. You'd just have to do so in such a way to protect yourself from legal backlash.

@Dana: Oh my FSM. You poor dear. If the hot water helps, have you tried just a really hot pack? You don't want to burn yourself obviously, but it might give the benefit of relieving the itch without the drying of the water? Plus it would last longer. I would think ice packs would help too but I don't have much experience with that sorta thing.


My poor sis, she was doing better because they put her on embrel (injectable immune suppressant), but she's got an infection and can't take the embrel or one of her other meds, methotrexate, which is also a chemotherapy drug and her antibiotics increase its toxicity.

[Trilby]

If the sun doesn't come out some time very soon Imma gonna LOSE IT!

three weeks of unmitigated DREAR and GLOOM.

It's making me fookin' NUTS!

[DanaC]

Focus on lunch, babe, focus on the lunch

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by wolf

It boils down to "you are really smart, you really know your job, you are awesome, but you don't work and play well with others."

Damn! Just like that? After 19 years? That is awful of your employer! Any other jobs on the horizon? Can you afford to just take some time to regroup? Sorry to hear, Wolf.

[richlevy]

My mom passed away this morning. I don't want to go into details, since I'm still processing this all and since I don't use a handle other peoples privacy is involved.

Funeral on Thursday, which is late by Jewish standards, courtesy of Passover. Monday was too soon for everyone to get together and Tuesday and Wednesday are the more religious portions of Passover so no burials then.

Also because of Passover, the shivah will be cut short, but we're supposed to go ahead with the Seder.......

It's sort of like being told that since your relative died on Easter there can't be a wake but you're supposed to have Easter dinner.

First seder tomorrow night is going to be strange.


P.S. Sorry to hear about your job Wolf.

[monster]

Sorry, Rich

[elSicomoro]

Rich, I'm very sorry for your loss, and that Passover is making it harder.

[TheMercenary]

RIP, sorry for your loss Rich. The loss of a parent is difficult. My wife has lost both of her's, I have lost my father and I fear my mom is not far behind. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in this difficult time.

[Trilby]

I'm so sorry Rich.

My sympathies.

[Griff]

I'm very sorry Rich.

[morethanpretty]

Aw sorry for the loss Rich. I'm not familiar with Jewish traditions, but that sounds kinda suck . Maybe you can honor her later with a follow-up memorial? Kinda hard to get everyone back together again, but the people who really matter will take the time to be there.

[TheMercenary]

Mildly upsetting: Just watched the Nat Geo special on the Tsunami loaded with tons of home video of the actual event at the moment of impact. Moving. Upsetting. My heart goes out to those people and their future.