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***Sarojini*** · 02-20-2007, 02:13 AM

Whoa... sounds like you are totally stressed out and have good reason to be!! It's really unfair when we are stuck with the work of people who are too lazy to do it; the worst thing is, they'll get credit for whatever it is they didn't do anyway. I can see why you are angry and stressed.

I'm sure your hives and IC flare are at least partly due to this stuff.

s

**aprilmae** · 02-20-2007, 02:17 AM

Benadryl makes a cream for allergic rashes. It is great stuff - along the lines of calamine lotion. I use it when I start itching from meds or coming into contact with something that makes me breakout. It works well - especially when you can't take an antihistamine.

Your situation is one reason I am against group work in school or other places.

You really have too much going on - I hope you were able to get everything done and that you are able to get some rest.

**sacausa** · 02-20-2007, 10:04 AM

thanks for the replies... I think my philosophy exam went okay and the hives are gone today (although I was talking to my mom an RN today, and she said that the fact that the "hives" were running along nerves... that it sounded to her like shingles?)

**aprilmae** · 02-20-2007, 10:06 AM

Was it painful? I have heard shingles are painful but really have no idea. I have had hives before and I just remember itching like crazy. What did your mom tell you to do for it?

**sacausa** · 02-20-2007, 03:21 PM

It was really painful but also itched like crazy.... but I wouldn't touch it because they hurt too much.... she told me that if it happens again I should go to the er

**Babs RN** · 02-21-2007, 01:22 AM

Yikes, I think your Mom might be right. If they are following nerve pathways and are painful it could be a possiblity(shingles that is). Are the lesions open? I hope your exams and lab turn out well. I completely understand the group who dumps on the hard worker and then ride your coat tails and hard work for an A. Had quite a few projects in nursing school that were that way and I can still remember those slacker people by name. If those areas don't improve, I would go to the doc as soon as possible. They maybe able to put you on an oral antiviral like Valtrex or Zovirax(if it is shingles)and I believe Zovirax comes in a cream as well. Hang in there!

Hugs,
Barb

***ICNDonna*** · 02-21-2007, 03:16 AM

My husband had shingles and I learned that one way to know that's the problem is that if you were to draw a line down the center of your nose, completely to your crotch, up the center of your back and around the center of your head until the lines meet (dividing your body in half) --- if it's shingles, every one of the bumps will be on the same side of the line. When my Terry had them, it was on his scalp and face and you could definitely see the dividing line.

If it IS shingles, please see a doctor ASAP --- there are some very effective treatments for it.

Donna

**ICLori** · 02-21-2007, 04:43 AM

Hope you feel better soon! Hang in there!

Blessings,
Lori

**sacausa** · 02-21-2007, 10:56 AM

I took Allegra last night and covered all the "bumps" with hydrocortisone cream and they're gone today..... if they happen again I'll definitely go to the doctor, thanks for all the replies

I was telling my "best friend" basically what I said in the top post and this is the reply I got:

"Just because something bad happens it doesn’t mean you can be negative, things happen Carla, which is the way life is, and things are not always going to be dandy. I know people whose lives are worse then yours and I have never herd anything negative come from their mouth, you have it very good compared to some people. You have it VERY good."

and

"What? Why? omg, is that health disorders. Don’t f**** start with me. GET OVER YOURSELF. I am so sick of you complaining, and talking about the whole ‘oh sorry me, I am sick’.
You are to busy worried about your own self, and feeling bad for yourself."

great friend huh?

**ICLori** · 02-21-2007, 11:47 AM

Okay, I'm kind of drunk right now because it is our anniversary and we went out to dinner and I decided to have a couple of brandy and cokes, so I'm probably going to say something I'll regret later, but - I would dump that friend. Does not sound like a real friend at all to me. I have nothing to do with toxic, hurtful people. Unless she is never like this and this is a very unusual case. If this is the first time she's been like this, maybe you guys can just talk and see what the deal is, but if she's been like this often, I'd say...get rid of the friend. Really, life is too darn short.

Blessings,
Lori

**swarr** · 02-21-2007, 03:01 PM

When I had shingles my dr. gave me a pill specific for the disease. It went away no pain. I think it started with a "Z" and stress definately caused mine!!

**Moonheart** · 02-22-2007, 07:26 AM

Originally posted by sacausa

I took Allegra last night and covered all the "bumps" with hydrocortisone cream and they're gone today..... if they happen again I'll definitely go to the doctor, thanks for all the replies

I was telling my "best friend" basically what I said in the top post and this is the reply I got:

"Just because something bad happens it doesn’t mean you can be negative, things happen Carla, which is the way life is, and things are not always going to be dandy. I know people whose lives are worse then yours and I have never herd anything negative come from their mouth, you have it very good compared to some people. You have it VERY good."

and

"What? Why? omg, is that health disorders. Don’t f**** start with me. GET OVER YOURSELF. I am so sick of you complaining, and talking about the whole ‘oh sorry me, I am sick’.
You are to busy worried about your own self, and feeling bad for yourself."

great friend huh?

That is NOT a friend. Period. You are a very pretty girl and I suspect this "friend" has a bit of jealousy going on behind the scenes. Even girls that are pretty themselves will get jealous and snitty. They don't want anyone else to be pretty, just themselves. So you don't need extra stress in your life right?

HUGS,
Moonheart

**aprilmae** · 02-22-2007, 08:24 AM

I have to agree that this is definitely not a friend and with all of the stress you are under you definitely do not need this to add to it.

**miz_sunshine87** · 02-24-2007, 05:20 PM

I agree with moonheart.
Sadly, I wouldn't put it past some of my friends to say something like that either. People get mad if I ignore them, but sometimes I do it because I know I will start complaining, and then they will tell me to stop complaining, and then I will get mad at them so it is just easier to put off seeing them.

I'm feeling pretty crappy myself. I thought I was making progress, and now I am overdue on all these assignments, I lost a professor's CD (she is going to freak!), I have a cold, I've got my period which is making my IC worse, I feel as though I am about to give birth to a bowling ball, and I just yelled at my mom and she probably thinks I'm suicidal or something (I'm not, I'm just a big talker).

BUT I know I need to snap out of this, start doing some homework, try to make myself happier... maybe get a new haircut tomorrow...something, because if I don't I am going to loose all the progress I made and the IC really will get worse, and then it iwll be my fault.

I hope you can get past all this stress, and your flare goes away soon. You've come so far, I would hate it if things got worse again for you!

Anyways, g2g pee again

feel better soon!

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