Chicken pox

[Ava]

It looks like I've come back from spring break with a sunburn and the chicken pox!

[reyd reid reed]

1. Ouch

I'm sorry and that combination....

Oh, geeeeze...

Baking soda...mix it with some water, sponge it on (DON'T RUB) and then it'll dry and help the itching.

Oatmeal (not to eat...to bathe in...prior to applying abovementioned baking soda. And after, too).

Keep telling yourself that it won't last forever.

:hug:

[Ava]

2. i thought i was too old to get the chicken pox

since most people get it when they are little kids, but then I realized I haven't had it before. It itches and the sunburn doesn't help, especially when i try to scratch!

[redwitch]

4. don't scratch!

what an awful combination. I am so sorry!

[Ava]

7. thanks.

it is a bad combination, but the sunburn helps me not to scratch, lol.

[reyd reid reed]

5. Oh, whatever you do

DO NOT SCRATCH!!!

If you scratch, you'll scar. Use the baking soda. Bathe in oatmeal. Take Benedryl.

But...whatever you do...do NOT scratch.

Not even when those lovely little adhesions scab over and drive you crazy -- leave 'em alone.

[Ava]

6. i took benedryl

and I am itching less, but now I'm a little loopy, lol. :crazy:

I am doing my best not to scratch (the fact that it burns to touch my skin probably helps me not the scratch) because I don't want scars. Luckily, I haven't gotten any spots on my face YET, but I have gotten a few on my neck.

[reyd reid reed]

9. Loopy's better than itchy

Hell, sometimes loopy's even fun.

Sleep's the best of all. You're less miserable when you're asleep.

[Ava]

10. yeah, the only problem is that benedryl makes me hyper not sleepy

unlike most people. I also slept the entire 6+ hour trip home.

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Why on earth would you do that?

Here's to a speedy recovery!

[Ava]

8. thanks Pacifist Patriot

:hi:

[ThomCat]

11. Oy.

Be well soon. Please don't scratch too much. I wish you much healing and anesthetic.

[no name no slogan]

12. Ouch. At least you got 'em now. I got 'em for my 30th b-day

and they were LETHAL. I could not work for a month, couldn't do much of anything for a month besides lay on a white sheet and let the sores fester. Everything hurt, even breathing.

Hopefully you're still young enough and you'll get through them fast. And GO TO THE DOCTOR, TOO! If you get them at an advanced age, there can be SERIOUS health consequences.

[Ava]

13. thanks for the tips.

i already have a doctor's appointment set up for tomorrow. :)

[mykpart]

14. Caladryl lotion.

It's Calamine lotion with Benadryl in it. Sponge it on all over. It will cool the sunburn, dry up the pox and help control the itching. The older you are when you have chicken pox, the more serious it is. I hope you feel better soon. My niece had chicken pox TWICE!