Into Month 6!

I am officially entering month 6th today! But bad news is I've also entered another flare. Well, that was a wonderful break! But I guess it's back to work for my skin. Chest and neck started oozing again which is agonizing at night, and eyelids swelling as well. Everything's the usual dry and flaky, and I continue to have to dust flakes off my bed every 10 minutes at night. Getting on average 2-3 hours of sleep at night when I have to wake up early to go some place, but on the usual summer days where I just stay home I fall asleep around 9 AM and sometimes even go till 3 or 4! My arms, although they seem less red than a month ago, have been SUPER itchy each day. Sigh.

I truly hope that by the end of this summer I'll be done with the worst of TSW. Or, at least have milder flares than I do now. In the beginning, I truly thought that I was going to be healed at 6th months because I started out with very mild symptoms, but now I realize that everyone else was right and that it probably isn't going to happen. I know now that in reality it will take me 1-2 years to be completely back to normal, and I'm okay with that. I'm glad that I have finally found a reason for my spreading eczema and won't live the rest of my life trapped by topical steroids. And, I had a taste of beautiful, white skin on my face last week so I know that it will return to that eventually! Let's keep on trucking, everyone!