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Susan W. - Feb 04, 2005 8:14:58 am PST #9152 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Is there any reason Tide Free would be better than All Free & Clear? Because the latter is what comes in giant vats at my local Costco.

Blood sugar is fine, right in the middle of the normal range. At least, it was six months ago, and I already had this stuff then. And my NP thought it was fungal, and treated it accordingly, which made it better but didn't cure it completely. The dermatologist is less sure, but that's why I have to leave it untreated and go back Monday. Grr. Itch itch itch.

I do love the carbs, and dammit, no one is taking my bread from me! If this is fungal, there should be a drug that kills it.


DebetEsse - Feb 04, 2005 8:20:29 am PST #9153 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Susan, I'd try the Tide, as it might be some random chemical (ie not a fragrance). Body chemistry is a strange thing.


Ginger - Feb 04, 2005 8:30:00 am PST #9154 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Tide Free has been better for me, although All is okay. As DebetEsse says, you could just use one box of the Tide and see if it helps.

Soap can be really tricky too. A surprising number of people are allergic to Ivory, for example. I stick with Dr. Bronner's.


Steph L. - Feb 04, 2005 8:36:29 am PST #9155 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Susan, it really sounds fungal. I only say that because I've had the same thing, and the only thing that made it go away for good? Tea Tree oil.


Sparky1 - Feb 04, 2005 8:37:56 am PST #9156 of 10002
Librarian Warlord

Yea, NY:

Two days after George W. Bush renewed his call for a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a court in New York has just ruled that gay men and lesbians in that state must be granted the right to marry.


Susan W. - Feb 04, 2005 8:41:46 am PST #9157 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I've got tea tree oil in the medicine cabinet--I've used it on zits in the past. Which just gives me one other thing to be tempted to use now and not wait till Monday, because this shit ITCHES.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 04, 2005 8:43:07 am PST #9158 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

would using the tea tree oil be at cross purposes with your doctor's visit? I'd use it, and then tell the doctor that you did, and what the results were. It may help her to rule stuff out, even.


Steph L. - Feb 04, 2005 8:43:10 am PST #9159 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Susan, you just put a little on a cotton ball and dab it on the affected area. It should itch much less w/in 15-30 minutes.


Susan W. - Feb 04, 2005 8:46:48 am PST #9160 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

would using the tea tree oil be at cross purposes with your doctor's visit?

She told me not to treat it, because the prescription antifungal/steroid cream my NP gave me was healing the outbreaks so quickly that by the time I got in, the rash was nearly gone and she couldn't judge what it was. (She doesn't think it's fungal, because she can't think where someone like me would've picked up something like ringworm--I still think my NP was right and it was. I mean, this stuff first appeared not too long after Annabel's birth, which IMO makes it not beyond the realm of possibility I picked it up at the hospital, and that it was able to gain a foothold then because my immune system kinda sucked for a few months there.)


juliana - Feb 04, 2005 8:48:32 am PST #9161 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

She doesn't think it's fungal, because she can't think where someone like me would've picked up something like ringworm

Could it be a topical yeast infection? I've had 'em. They suck.