Right now it is a little after 10:00 Pm and the temp is 75 degrees out. We actually got up to 90 today. We are warmern than Florida is tonight. The computer says New Port Richie Florida is 68 degrees and here we are at 75 :) This could be an interesting summer here. We are off to Bend in the morning for three days. It is that conference time of year again. Ed will be here so that takes some of the pressure off. At least we know that if there is an emergency here it is in capable hands.
The weekend was real internesting for me. Somewhere I managed to gget into something that made me itch. I have no idea what it was other than I have never itched so bad in my life. At first I thought it was the medicine I am on but I continued to itch after I discontinued it. It started with my ankles and spread to my legs and across my belly button. I purchased several anti itch treatments but they only worked for a few minutes then it was right back to the irritating itching. I was only getting about 30 minutes to an hour sleep each night and knew I could not keep that up for much longer. I was up more than I was in bed. There were none of the tell-tell signs of poison oak, sumac, or poisen ivy. Just a constant itch. I was sitting here in my office at 4:30 am going nuts from itching so bad when I remembered reading somewhere that white vinegar will kill an itch. I thought about it for a minute debating if I wanted to spend the day being teased around here for smelling like the worlds biggest pickle or not. While I was debating the issue with myself I noticed a bottle of hand sanitizer. Sitting on the desk and decided I had nothing to loose in giving it a try. I poured a ggodly amount in my hand and liberly applied it to my stomach area. It was like someone had set me on fire. I could not believe how badly it burned. :) I was sure glad the burning sensation lasted only about fifteen seconds. :) After the burning stopped I noticed that the area I had just treated was no longer itching! Yeah!!! So I mustered up the courage to apply it to my legs first one, then the other. There really is no words to describe the burning sensation I was trying to endure. It was true torture in every sense of the word. But it sure got rid of the itch. In just a few minutes I was in good shape. I assume it was the alcohol in the hand sanitizer that not only caused the burning but also destroyed whatever it was that was causing me to itch. A couple of hours after I had applied it I had to reapply the sanitizer to the same spots but that is all it took to get rid of it. Now I just have to hurry and wait for the skin around my left ankle to heal from where I had tore the skin away from scratching so much. All beter now though. Thank God for that.
Monday, April 20, 2009
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That is really strange! I'm glad you thought to try the hand sanitizer, and that it worked. I hope you are feeling all better now.
Have "fun" in Bend!
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