Itchy back installment

[susandennis]

Could it be I just had a dirty back????  I soaped and scrubbed it down in the shower and it felt instantly better. And, now, an hour later, it still feels better. Better than it has in days. I wonder if the Cerave lotion did it? It was mildly itchy and I slatered that stuff on several times/days in a row. Then I stopped but I did not soap/scrub really well.  Hmmmm. OMG, I would be so happy if that was it. I was able to tell in the locker room light that there is definately red. Like mild sunburned red in a pattern that definately follows what I can get to with my lotion applicator stick.

It's such heaven to have relief. Heaven.

Swim was good. The woman who is there swimming 90% of the same time I am - Brody - told me today that last Thursday she did her swim early since they were going out of town. She said she got there at 5:05 am and their were 4 people already swimming and a sixth one joined just after she started her swim. Wild. The gym opens at 5 am on weekdays.

Ok, time to make some breakfast and feed this cat who isn't interetested in my writing any more of this entry.

Comments

[belleweather.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you somehow came in contact with an allergen, and didn't fully get rid of it until you washed it off. I learned the hard, sad way that moisturizing or putting oil-based creams on over an allergen before washing it all off, does nothing but extend the allergy.

So glad you're feeling better, though!

[susandennis]

I think I may have learned that lesson, too!

I haven't had that intense itching since the shower. Now, it's just back to feeling like dry skin but this time it's antihistamine spray or nothing. Dry skin is not terribly comfortable but it beats the hell out of yesterday.

I'm totally working on your theory now. Cause, that sounds the most fixable to me :)