Did you tell the derm's receptionist that you were under orders not to treat it until you were see, so the dr. could see it active, and that it is terribly itchy?

Yes. But since I called at noon on Thursday, and the doctor doesn't work on Friday, there wasn't a lot she could do for me.

I've got tea tree oil in the medicine cabinet--I've used it on zits in the past.

Can you get that at a normal grocery store?

Ahh, the paralyzing fear of my own slackerhood, she is arisen.

Heh. This was part of the Mission Hill episode we watched last night. "My generation played a nasty trick on me. I thought we were all slacking off together, but apparently everybody was sneaking off, working hard and getting dental plans."

Yes. But since I called at noon on Thursday, and the doctor doesn't work on Friday, there wasn't a lot she could do for me.

I missed that, before. That sucks. What does the rash look like, Susan?

This is the most fungal discussion I think we've ever had.

Excluding, possibly, sauteed mushrooms: yea or nay.

Bwah! Can I tag that? (I know it's from Mission Hill, but since you brought it to my attention, I'd love your blessing.)

What does the rash look like, Susan?

Little red or pink raised bumps, some circular, some irregular.

This is the most fungal discussion I think we've ever had.

And I'll probably regret it as TMI eventually. OTOH, I've got a reasonable hypothesis to present to the doctor, which I always prefer. I know some docs hate that, but it probably would've taken me twice as long to get tested for mono back in '99 if I hadn't already researched it and decided it was the best match for my symptoms. Because the doctor just didn't believe a 28-year-old could have it.

It's not a competition, Lilty.

Really? I know a few people who had mono in their twenties. Dh had it, right before we met. He was about 26.

Because the doctor just didn't believe a 28-year-old could have it.

And my doctor didn't belive a 20-year-old didn't have it, when I came down with the flu in college.