Friday morning

[susandennis]

I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep easily so I just got up and went swimming. Worked out perfectly. No traffic in the pool or on the road. I got home, had breakfast, caught up on LJ and piddled around on the internets while I finished my coffee and now I'm ready to start my day and it's only 8 am!

My bear/doll delivery isn't til 10.

This time last year I was one giant itch. I itched, particularly my back, for months and months. I tried everything - lotions, creams, sprays, antihistamines, swearing. It was miserable. Finally in May, when I went for my annual checkup, the doctor suggested Cerave lotion. Totally fixed it. Instantly. Now it's itching season again. I slather Cerave all over my back with a spatula every morning when I get out of the shower. It's expensive and I got through it like made but the no itching is glorious. And yesterday I used the last of my supply. I have more coming on Sunday with my Amazon order and I'm hoping that my Vaseline spray on lotion will get me through. At the first itch, however, I'm making a bee line for the drugstore. I'll pay full retail price - heck I'll pay double. I'm Cerave's bitch.

I went back in my journal to last year to see when the itching really started and so saw some of the very earliest dolls that I started making at the end of December 2015. Yikes some of those early ones were rough. Whew. But, now, 600+ dolls later, I'm way happier with how they look.

I think I'll go make another one before I leave for the delivery.

Comments

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Wow, 600+ dolls, that's an enormous number. Think how many lives you have enriched with them.

It's always great to find a cream that actually works, I hope your supply arrives promptly

[twicet.livejournal.com]

I use the same cream for the same reason, but I use the back of a long white plastic spoon, I find it help spread the cream more evenly than a spatula. Hope your arrives soon.

[sweetmeow]

I have had experience with a nasty itch, and it took forever and a change of doctors to finally get rid of it. It was finally determined that I have an allergy to moist wipes, as well as over use of steroid cream which gave me temporary relief, but once I backed away from using it (as you're supposed to), it would rebound worse. It was a two year battle back in 2009 through 2011.

I know how to torture prisoners: Make 'em itch and simply tie their hands behind their back. Oh. God.

I am so glad you found a cream that works. It's a godsend. And, yes - I TOTALLY understand paying ANY price for it!

[susandennis]

That is a genius torture idea!! Forget waterboarding...