So I haven't heard from ANY doctor in weeks. Nothing from the rhumatologist about the 7 vials of blood they took. Nothing from the PCP about the photos he sent to Arizona.
No news is good news?
I will be calling soon I think...maybe...really don't want to start up more rounds of appointments...
My hands look great. The bumps are smaller and shrinking all the time. I still have redness around my nails. The rash on the rest of my body is mostly quiet. I get the occassional outbreak of itches on my right arm or on my hips (newest location). Its the back of my head that's killing me though. The spot just above my neck is sooo itchy, I act like I have lice sometimes. I've started putting Cortizone on my scalp. Benedryl helps too.
In other news, my new diet is going well. I really don't miss a lot of the foods I can't have. Ok, I miss tater tots. A lot. My boyfriend made me a delicious gluten free chocolate coconut curry cake for my birthday. It was so good, it lulled me into thinking I could eat other baked goods - like the banana bread my daughter made yesterday. Not so much. I've been away from wheat for long enough that my digestive system and skin reacted to the regular flour. I was very itchy last night and my stomach was rolling. I'm better today, but I need to find gluten free flour for baking now.
Then there's the coffee to tea transition...
I can now only handle a small cup of coffee (4 oz?), and I have to drink it slowly. I am truly weening off of my favorite hot beverage. :(
Finding "the tea" for me is still an ongoing experiment/experience. Luckily, I have fabulous people around me that are more than willing to help me shop/taste/brew my own teas in fun creative ways. I now have a manatea tea infuser that hangs off the side of my tea mug - in which, by the way, the Virgin Mary appears as an apparition in the bottom when the tea is gone.
What could possibly be better than that?!?!
Until I have more Dr/medical notes to share, I will be keeping notes here on what I find.
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