I'm sorry. I do believe in erring on the side of caution. I don't know to what degree it bothered you and this rash has a different cause than my usual ones.

Just FYI, I usually experience burning when I apply steroid cream to highly inflamed eczemas (verrrry itchy, very red, with tiny fluid-filled bumps). Soon after I apply the cream, the area starts burning and the area can even swell a little. This takes a good 15 minutes to subside, but it does stop. My cream does caution to d/c in case of discomfort, also. I keep using it because the discomfort is temporary, the doc said it was normal (I don't know if your case is or not) and I see net improvement after multiple applications.

I don't know if you'd be willing to talk to a pharmacist about your specific case before writing off the desonide completely. I wonder how long you let the stuff sting before washing it off. The cortisone cream your dermy gave you might be helpful albeit perhaps less so, without the stinging.

Without any steroid, the rash should go away on it's own, just more slowly.

waves

Mango wood furniture
 

Hi,

I ran across furniture made from the wood of the mango tree. It grows fast like bamboo:

http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock-...1/product.html

and this mango serving bowl:

http://www.houzz.com/photos/812789/B...ary-serveware-


Mari

Waves,

The rash has stopped itching. Now it a few bumps.

It seems counterintuitive to wear a cream that causes the skin to react that way. I would not have thought to keep it on in order to let it do its healing work.

Mari

Hi Mari,

Absolutely! A cream that burns does seem counterintuitive!

That is why checked with my doctor! In my case, 15 minutes of super-inflammation 3x a day, provided it were medically safe, was a small price to pay for the relief experienced the rest of the time. My alternative was 24 hours straight of unabating discomfort.

Such choices are entirely relative to one's own situation and to one's inclinations.

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The important thing is your rash is getting better. I am glad to hear that.

waves

What was I thinking?
 

Hi,

We saw my friend's wife and kid for dinner.
Then I volunterred hubby and me to help them pack on Tuesday afternoon.:eek:

They have lots of stuff to do before the moving truck comes on Sat July 1 and I saw that they could use some help.
The kid (14 yrs) is especially stuck with old toys and gizmos and gadgets and computer stuff piled into a huge closet.
The kids does have insight into this -- he told me that having to go through his stuff helps him feel less judgmental towards the people on the hoarder tv shows.

I assigned these tasks for the three of us while the wife is at work on Tuesday:

1. Hubby and the kid do the huge closet which will entail the following: deciding on stuff to a) give away b) toss c) pack
2. I pack my friend's extensive album (vinyl) collection. ( she specified that the music had to stay in aphabetical order -- why wouldn't it be otherwise?)
3. I pack the cd music collection -- if there are appropriate boxes.

She is short on supplies, so, after we got home, for my own sanity I bought two rolls of packing tape and two big sharpies for packing and labeling.
I see a possible run to U-Haul for boxes.

Her house is HOT because the a/c is on the fritz.
And hubby is being hyper and obnoxious so I need a survival plan:

I plan to bring klonopin, cold drinks, snacks, headphones, radio, and swim clothes and a towel for their pool.
I also will also download a bunch of music for my phone.
And hubby had better not give me any carp about packing up our car to have what I need to pack their stuff.

Mari

:hug:Its sounds like a great plan.

You are doing a great thing.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

you are doing a wonderful thing by helping them to this overwhelming task. moving is very stressful and you are helping to lessen their stress.
bizi

Dear Mari

You are doing a great thing by helping your friend's wife.

As to what you were thinking ...
Maybe it wasn't a 'thinky' thing.
Maybe you just reached out to her instinctively.

I hope things go smoothly and that you get a good swim break.

waves

Hi,

After sleeping on it, I have backed off the plan.

I can only take so much of hubby, the kid, and a partly packed house of junk.
Also, although she is very good about cleaning, the house has one dog and three cats and I am sensitive to that.

At most, it is a three hour job and we could be home by four o'clock so I can get together with my girlfriend around 5:30/6:00 like she and I had planned.

I have to talk to hubby about how fast he thinks he and the kid can pack up that closet.

Mari

And did I mention that her house is HOT???!

I talked to hubby to ask for an estimate on that closet.
He ways that it will take 1 hour --- which means it will take 3 + hours.


Mari