True, but you don't need to share the diagnosis with the whole world. "A rash" or "allergic reaction" will do for people like that.

Oh, I don't plan to. I'm actually kind of surprised I shared it here. I figured you guys would understand, though. You're all smart and stuff. But most people? They'll get the allergic reaction story. *Technically* that's what it is...an allergic reaction to the scabies...

{{{vw}}} At least it's something treatable.

t scratches along with vw

I don't think my rash or whatever is scabies, although the worst is behind my knee, which is apparently a common location. If it doesn't get better, I'm going to have to go to the doctor and discover that I have distemper or mange or something.

that's what it is...an allergic reaction to the scabies...

Totally true! I bet some people have the scabies and never know it because they're not as allergic!

{{{vw}}}

We still never figured out what was causing the rash I had. The dermatologist gave me a steroid cream which made it go away, and it stayed completely gone for about a month before cropping up again, in mild form which disappeared after two applications of the cream (just saying that makes me feel like a rulebreaking baseball player). So no big deal, but I still wish I knew for sure what was causing this so I could make it go away for good and not have it as a niggling worry.

Okay, pop quiz: My boss's boss just told me a change that's coming up in the newsroom that I'm fairly certain my boss doesn't know about yet, which will affect him.

I don't want to tell him, because I'm not sure it should come from me, but I also don't want him to know I knew and didn't tell him.

So what should I do? Tell him to talk to the uberboss and not let him know what it's about? Keep my mouth shut? Am I overthinking this?

Serial:

The change isn't anything really bad ... just that someone is leaving and I'm going to have to do part of her job for a few weeks.

Poor itchy vw. I've had ringworm (caught it from a cat I adopted from the pound), which was no fun, even though it never made it to my boobies.

"DUH! And super size 'em."

There was a radio commercial in my neck of the woods talking about drive-through things (I don't remember the actual subject, which means the ad flopped). One of the angles was drive-through plastic surgery. The woman says, "And I'll take a Perk-Up Combo with extra lift, please." "OK," says the tinny voice on the speaker, "you wanna super-size that?" Man: "Yes, she does!"

The dermatologist gave me a steroid cream

Heh. When I dated a medical student she summed up her entire dermatology rotation thusly: "If it's dry, wet it. If it's wet, dry it. If they're not on steroids, put 'em on. If they are on steroids, take 'em off. That's it."

Tell him to talk to the uberboss and not let him know what it's about?

This, and make sure to phrase it in a way that let him know that a) it's not bad, and b) it's something that'll be affecting both you and him short-term.