winners and losers, repellent and boobs

[susandennis]

My plans got side tracked.

TMI
I discovered a large, smelly, red, gross field of irritation under one of my boobs. The other is fine but the one is just gross. Dr. Google says don't wear a bra for several days - I've never worn bras and I think that's what caused it. A nice moist, warm, sheltered area begging for trouble. Dr. Google also said to treat it with the same anti fungal that I use for my other skin issues. So I got into the shower and washed it carefully, dried it, anti fungaled it and then set a piece of old t-shirt between the boob and the chest. Now I wait and be careful.

When I was a teenager waiting for boobs, the test for Do You Need A Bra Yet? was a pencil. If you could put a pencil under your boob and it stayed there (held by the boob), you were in bra territory. Year after year, I dropped pencils right and left and finally gave up. I saved a ton of money and never had to worry about VBS* which used to be a major faux pax until it became vogue. *Visible Bra Straps.

Then I quit smoking and quit dieting and got majorly fat and some of that fat gave me bobs!! But, by that time, I didn't care and let 'em hang. And that's how we got to today. Once this heals up, I think I'll get one of those soft sleeping bras and keep the boobs off the chest.

Julio insists on pawing at my window shades. They are mechanical and do not take kindly to being pawed. It is very expensive to get them re aligned/reset which will have to happen if he keeps at it.

I use them nearly every day in Summer. So I have to fix before then. The spray bottle is not effective. He's kind of afraid of the bottle but if you actually spray him, he LOVES it. Instead of running away, he runs into the spray.

Voice commands were not fixing. So I went to Amazon and got some cat repellent spray and damn if it doesn't appear to be working!!! It wasn't instant, but after a few mins, he laid off the blinds totally. He went over to the chair to see if he could fuck up the blinds near it and same thing. He pawed once and then decided the smell was too much. It's not unpleasant to me.

So... yeah!!

Ok. Game on and I'm emptying out the coloring drawer.

Comments

[bill_schubert]

The only thing I have to say about that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0qDW9shiD8

[mollywheezy]

LOL!

[kitthemarlowe]

I use to get those a lot to the point of infections due to weight. I found Gerber Baby Boys & Girls Flatfold Birdseye Diapers as a way to keep dry under such places. They also make great cleaning rags too.

[susandennis]

great tip. thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

To go along with this - Nizoral shampoo, the anti dandruff stuff that costs like an arm for a tiny bottle, goes a long way to helping. I have issues with this where I was cut open for surgery and a fold was left. Washing with this and letting it sit while I do the rest of my shower things, then rinsing clean and keeping dry with cotton like that does wonders to eliminate and prevent these yucky things. Good luck Susan!

galebird from LJ

[mollywheezy]

Hope that heals up soon! That sounds really ouchie! :(

LOL at Julio's liking being sprayed. YAY that the cat repellent is working.:)

[beed]

omggg the pencil test! i don't know if it's still kicking among the kids nowadays, i barely missed out on it and only learned about it from a book. also, i've never even heard of the VBS problem but it's cute to imagine it being a GASP-worthy affair out and about.

but it took so long (last year in fact) for a pencil to finally hold on to one of these bastards, and just one boob for me (grrrreat -_- ). it was a sad day. i'm also team No Bra, and damned if i'll start now just because the pencil holds. fuuuuuuUck that!

dr google is a big proponent of wearing breathable cotton for skin infections like that and i approve of his methods. lol

[msconduct]

I would pay good money for video of Julio enjoying his refreshing shower.

[yshaloo]

I once bought a very expensive can of cat deterrent to spray on my Christmas tree to keep the cat from climbing it. "completely odorless to humans"

hmph.

Dad and I were about to puke from the smell and the cat walked over and LICKED the tree. *sigh*

*laughs*