Saturday, September 14, 2013

Worst flare yet?

Although it is hard to say, I think I've had my worst flare yet today, halfway through month 8. Yesterday night I forced myself down on the bed and tried to sleep, despite my skin oozing profusely. I just kept telling myself to ignore it and sleep. When I woke up this morning my entire neck and chest was COVERED in a thick, hard, yellow crust. I could barely move my head because the crust had solidified my skin into place. I hunched over to the shower and melted it all off with warm water, and now it's just painfully raw and red. My face flared up also, developing some bumpy oozing patches as well.

As much as I didn't want you guys to have to see this, I took some pictures to document the flare:





After washing the crust off:



Swollen, bumpy eyelids:


This flare has really astounded me. It is as if I'm back to square one, just as I was at my worst around month 5/6. I truly believed it couldn't get any worse, but it did today. Maybe this is the famous second flare that everyone talks about? I remember back in the end of month 5 I had a flare just about as bad as this one, and then I started seeing a lot of improvement. I'm praying that the same thing will happen now, and that this huge flare was just the end of another cycle. I truly cannot afford to miss any more school or dance, so I really hope this ends soon.

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