Well, 5 days tomorrow, actually, but I guess I am counting the days until I have to start the bowel prep. Yeah, not looking forward to that.
In the meantime...yes. I DO have poison ivy all over my face. I am trying desperately to get it to dry up before surgery. I would be devastated if they say I have to postpone surgery again. I have scrubbed and washed, and washed and scrubbed. Alcohol, bleach (ouch!), baking powder, salt (ouch! but works!) oatmeal bath, oatmeal masque, hydrocortisone cream, benadryl cream with zinc, everything I can think of to dry my skin.
I have done all kinds of research on the subject in the last two days. I did learn that the rash isn't contagious to others, and the rash isn't spread by scratching, not exactly. It can be spread that way if you still have the oil from the plant under your fingernails. I clipped my nails all the way down and scrubbed under them. I have scrubbed my face incessantly, and the rash hasn't spread. It is good to break the blisters and get the drying agents down into them, as long as you keep everything clean and don't just scratch randomly. It is drying up really fast. I'm praying I can beat the clock.
I should be careful what I ask for. I was all worried because I had run out of ways to prepare for Monday, and I was going to have to just wait. Now I can scrub my face off for the next 5 days while I while away the hours.
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