New Leaf
Well-Known Member
Guys, I have the weirdest thing going on and was wondering if it may ring a bell with anyone?
I spent all day Sunday in the yard hacking away at weeds. Monday rolled around and I had a few itchy welts on my right hand- finger webs and finger. I figured "Meh, something must have bit me..."
Needless to say the welts multiplied and have taken itchy to a new dimension, to the point where no sleep was to be had last night. Then my right eye felt "scratchy". I noticed a few more welts on my right side and under my bra and pretty much thought through web research (cause everything you read on the Internet is true.....) that it may be shingles?
Went to my doctor today and he said it didn't look like shingles and that shingles "weren't generally itchy".......(raised eyebrow because every web account attests to itchy, burning pain which is what's going on). He gave me 5 days of 50 mg prednisone with advice to see my dermatologist if it doesn't resolve.
Well, I got on the phone and made an appointment with the nurse practitioner for tomorrow, the welts are still weepy and intermittently itchy, burning, throbbing. I thought since I have a note for tomorrow off, I might as well go get another opinion, epecially since my PCP commented that he has "never, ever seen anything like it".....ahem, not too comforting doctor........
Have you guys ever dealt with something like this?
Geez, I was giving my spiel to the kindergarten parents at the annual welcome orientation yesterday and my hand felt like it was a hunk of burning itch fire. Fingers swollen like bumpy sausages........ I kept my composure but all the while brewing inside was an epic public meltdown of itch induced mania.
Picture the horrified parents as I throw down my notes, emit a bloodcurding scream and rant....."Aaaaack it burns! My fingers are so eeffffing iiiiitchy!!!!! Now it's on my stomach tooooo? Aaaaarrrrggghh!
ME- .... .....
Parents- .... ....
Luckily I did not go there.......sure as heck felt like it.....
So, if it's bug bites, why mostly on one side? Likewise for an allergic response?
Hopefully, I will get some answers and relief at my appointment tomorrow.
This is a throwback to a few summers spent in my youth as the pink tinged calamine kid after run ins with poison ivy...... I also have achy flu like symptoms......
I have never taken prednisone before so if I get a bit weirder than normal I am blaming the medication, oh and lack of sleep and insane itchiness.
Any experience/advice/remedies in mind I would be most grateful for.
Ugh.
Scratch.
Sigh.
Going to go soak in an oatmeal bath......thanks all for letting me vent.....
Itchy Leafy
I spent all day Sunday in the yard hacking away at weeds. Monday rolled around and I had a few itchy welts on my right hand- finger webs and finger. I figured "Meh, something must have bit me..."
Needless to say the welts multiplied and have taken itchy to a new dimension, to the point where no sleep was to be had last night. Then my right eye felt "scratchy". I noticed a few more welts on my right side and under my bra and pretty much thought through web research (cause everything you read on the Internet is true.....) that it may be shingles?
Went to my doctor today and he said it didn't look like shingles and that shingles "weren't generally itchy".......(raised eyebrow because every web account attests to itchy, burning pain which is what's going on). He gave me 5 days of 50 mg prednisone with advice to see my dermatologist if it doesn't resolve.
Well, I got on the phone and made an appointment with the nurse practitioner for tomorrow, the welts are still weepy and intermittently itchy, burning, throbbing. I thought since I have a note for tomorrow off, I might as well go get another opinion, epecially since my PCP commented that he has "never, ever seen anything like it".....ahem, not too comforting doctor........
Have you guys ever dealt with something like this?
Geez, I was giving my spiel to the kindergarten parents at the annual welcome orientation yesterday and my hand felt like it was a hunk of burning itch fire. Fingers swollen like bumpy sausages........ I kept my composure but all the while brewing inside was an epic public meltdown of itch induced mania.
Picture the horrified parents as I throw down my notes, emit a bloodcurding scream and rant....."Aaaaack it burns! My fingers are so eeffffing iiiiitchy!!!!! Now it's on my stomach tooooo? Aaaaarrrrggghh!
ME- .... .....
Parents- .... ....
Luckily I did not go there.......sure as heck felt like it.....
So, if it's bug bites, why mostly on one side? Likewise for an allergic response?
Hopefully, I will get some answers and relief at my appointment tomorrow.
This is a throwback to a few summers spent in my youth as the pink tinged calamine kid after run ins with poison ivy...... I also have achy flu like symptoms......
I have never taken prednisone before so if I get a bit weirder than normal I am blaming the medication, oh and lack of sleep and insane itchiness.
Any experience/advice/remedies in mind I would be most grateful for.
Ugh.
Scratch.
Sigh.
Going to go soak in an oatmeal bath......thanks all for letting me vent.....
Itchy Leafy