Yesterday I sent out an S.O.S. email about an old high school friend of mine that was having a wacky pregnancy issue. This is what she wrote:
"I don't get weird cravings and I don't have morning sickness.
But what I do have is almost worse. At least, psychologically. It is an agonizing, unexplainable, invisible ITCH between all of my fingers. I am entering my third month of itchy fingers. And it is keeping me up at night. Seriously!
I wake up nightly clawing at the skin between my fingers. At NOTHING. Cause there is nothing there! Just invisible itch.
Before you start spouting remedies, lemme tell you what I have tried:
1. plain lotion with socks on my hands to keep myself from scratching
2. Lamisil, some sort of athlete's foot cream in case it was an invisible fungus
3. Preparation H, in case it was a hemorrhoid between my fingers
4. Benedryl cream, in case it was an allergy
5. Aquaphor, in case it was just really dry skin
6. nothing, in case it was an overload of all of the above
7. I only use unscented, plain soap for hand washing
8. no finger jewelry
9. drying hands on paper towels instead of cloth towels
10. drying hands on cloth towels instead of paper towels
NOW.
Do you have any suggestions? For my sanity?"
So another good friend of mine who shall remain anonymous unless she chooses to reveal her own identity wrote me back this:
"I talked to my husband and left suggestions (under comments) on your friend's blog. Please let me know if any of the ideas worked for her.
Now, can you solve my problem -- I keep getting fatter and don't know why? Things I've tried so far:
1. Sitting a lot, especially at night.
2. "Over-the-counter" treatments:
---a. Cheetos and Fritos
---b. Halloween Candy
---c. Hostess cupcakes
3. Drive-thru treatments:
---a. McDonald's
---b. Taco Bell
---c. Wendy's
Nothing seems to work!"
Hahahahaha!
Rolling. with. laughter.
Much laughter.
Uncontrollable laughter!!!
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That's FUNNY! LOL!
ReplyDeleteYour poor pregnant friend. Unfortunatly there is probably nothing that can be done. Apparently there is a "rash" you can get during pregnancy and there is no cure for it. I have had the wonderful privelege of experiencing this, but not on my hands. My doctor told me to try cortizone. I didn't notice much of a difference, but she might.
ReplyDeleteI had excema on my hands for years and I would wring my hands and scratch until they would bleed...it was so miserable.
ReplyDeleteThe doctors would tell me I was allergic to stuff. One of them said grass, one said water, one said sunshine, one said dish soap...and the list went on and on, and they never offered much help. But one of them gave me a little tube of SYNYLAR steroid cream that helped a bit.
I would also get a rash on my arms and legs. Eventually I found out I was allergic to eggs, chicken, and some other foods and after cutting them out of my diet my rash and itching went away.
This may not help, but it is my story of how I can relate to the agony of THE ITCH! (:>)
I love the "helps" he chose for his problem! :)
ReplyDeleteOiy. I'm not sure what I would have done with an itch such as that during a pregnancy. I'm glad my only problem during one of my own pregnancies was an uncrollable craving for ice from the freezer... yes, standing in front of the freezer constantly eating ice. LOL!
ReplyDeleteThose remedy suggestions are too funny! LOL!
I remember this one it made me laugh then and it still makes me laugh. : )
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