Uncommon Miracles

This past weekend I noticed tiny little bumps that you couldn't even see without a bright light, on the palms of my hands.   Of course, I freaked a little and thought back to what I may have been in contact with that would have that reaction.

I figured it would go away with some hydrocortizone cream and a little time.  Um nope.  Monday morning was even worse with more bumps on my fingers too and itchy, so I took to "the Google"...  Yeah I know... I shouldn't be self diagnosing myself, but our insurance deductible is so blooming high right now, a visit to the doctor for a rash that you can barely see, is out of the question.

I can definitely feel the rash though!     

If I typed in my symptoms correctly, I have Dyshidrotic Eczema.  I can't pronounce it, but I can certainly cut and paste.  Found out that lots of other people have had the same symptoms and while mine aren't so bad, I saw that it could get MUCH MUCH worse if left untreated.  The plus side is that it only lasts from 2-4 weeks.  BUT it could be all oozy and more painful.  Not an option for me!  

I found that I had a few options to try.

1) soak my hands in apple cider vinegar for 30 minutes.

2) soak my hands in hydrogen peroxide for an unknown amount of time.

3) visit a tanning booth for less than ten minutes.

4) cut off my hands.

Well, we're fresh out of vinegar and I don't want to lose my hands permanently.  

They won't grow back.

It's been YEARS since I've visited a tanning booth.  Whenever I got a zit, the tanning bed would zap it off me.  I used to go occasionally when I was in college and in our early years of marriage.  But Robb wanted me to stay around a while and not get skin cancer, so he'd asked me to quit.  So I did.  

I wanted to stick around a while too.

But tanning looked like the best and quickest option to get rid of this.  I went over my lunch break yesterday.  It felt SOOOOOO good to lay in a warm bed and nap.  Now I remember why I loved it so much.  A warm nap... AHHHhhhhh...  Bonus, I got the cool little goggles too!

Not my legs.

I don't know if it's wishful thinking but my hands seem a little better today.  And I don't know if it was the UVB rays but my heels felt better when I got out of bed this morning too!  It's not going to become a habit, but boy or boy... if the tanning bed could just melt off a little fat too...