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Every time I think poison ivy can't get worse, it does.
This morning, woke up with _entire_ face swollen. I look like Egg Shen. Weeee! Got a doctor appointment at 1:30, though. It seems pretty clear that this is what they call systemic, i.e. the crud is in my bloodstream and happily popping up any ol' place. The answer to that is, apparently, steroids. (Today's irony: it seems one of the common steroids they use is prednisone. Which is what Mage's pills for his gut problem are. I was really tempted to just pop one of those...yes yes, I know it's all wrong, but--!)
Zanfel seems to be a mixed bag; certainly wasn't The Magic Bullet, but it's definitely helped with the smaller rashes. Interestingly, the actual skin of my face feels a bit better than yesterday--it's just that I'm swollen underneath it. Torso rash got worse, though.
This is somewhat good for the diet. It's troublesome to open my mouth more than a tiny bit, so eating is too much of a nuisance to want to do.
This morning, woke up with _entire_ face swollen. I look like Egg Shen. Weeee! Got a doctor appointment at 1:30, though. It seems pretty clear that this is what they call systemic, i.e. the crud is in my bloodstream and happily popping up any ol' place. The answer to that is, apparently, steroids. (Today's irony: it seems one of the common steroids they use is prednisone. Which is what Mage's pills for his gut problem are. I was really tempted to just pop one of those...yes yes, I know it's all wrong, but--!)
Zanfel seems to be a mixed bag; certainly wasn't The Magic Bullet, but it's definitely helped with the smaller rashes. Interestingly, the actual skin of my face feels a bit better than yesterday--it's just that I'm swollen underneath it. Torso rash got worse, though.
This is somewhat good for the diet. It's troublesome to open my mouth more than a tiny bit, so eating is too much of a nuisance to want to do.