training/health
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meganursulaRandomly.
1. I have started doing the couch-to-5k training program. I am doing a sort of email support group for it, and so far things are going pretty well.
I had started designing alternative workouts so i didn't have to go out and run three times a week, but, so far i've made myself actually do the requisite runs, and it feels pretty good. For the first time in a really long time i am feeling hopeful about running.
2. I am also trying to do some ab-work. Strengthening my core would go a long way towards making myself feel better.
3. (And just writing this i have one of my occasional flashes of panic - because why does this matter since i've started a long slow decline that only ends in death?)
4. I have proven that bike commuting is possible. I have almost proven that biking Madeleine to school is possible. Trying to get myself to put both of those things into action this week or next.
5. I have been fighting with a long term yeast infection, for which i recently saw the doctor. She confirmed my suspicions that i seem to be allergic to the cream i'd been using to treat the infection and recommended using some hydro-cortizone cream for a while to treat the resulting eczema. I seem to be allergic to that, too. *sigh*
(Does anyone have suggestions for something to treat super itchy eczema that isn't hydro-cortizone cream? I have a couple of other random patches that have appeared in addition.)
6. On the upside, i don't have diabetes. I wasn't really worried, but there were a couple of things that made paranoid me, well, paranoid. Actually, my long term sugar levels are on the lower end of normal, so i'm not even borderline. Which is great.
7. I have been discovering that consuming large amounts of pro-biotics appear to help me in many ways. I'm looking for a good an easy source.
8. While, at the same time, trying to work on getting more fruits and vegetables into the family's diet. I'm a little disappointed that i didn't get more traction with my garden this year. It was better than last year, and i hope that it will be better still next year. In the mean time, i've got to find good healthy winter vegetable options. Maybe i'll plant greens.
1. I have started doing the couch-to-5k training program. I am doing a sort of email support group for it, and so far things are going pretty well.
I had started designing alternative workouts so i didn't have to go out and run three times a week, but, so far i've made myself actually do the requisite runs, and it feels pretty good. For the first time in a really long time i am feeling hopeful about running.
2. I am also trying to do some ab-work. Strengthening my core would go a long way towards making myself feel better.
3. (And just writing this i have one of my occasional flashes of panic - because why does this matter since i've started a long slow decline that only ends in death?)
4. I have proven that bike commuting is possible. I have almost proven that biking Madeleine to school is possible. Trying to get myself to put both of those things into action this week or next.
5. I have been fighting with a long term yeast infection, for which i recently saw the doctor. She confirmed my suspicions that i seem to be allergic to the cream i'd been using to treat the infection and recommended using some hydro-cortizone cream for a while to treat the resulting eczema. I seem to be allergic to that, too. *sigh*
(Does anyone have suggestions for something to treat super itchy eczema that isn't hydro-cortizone cream? I have a couple of other random patches that have appeared in addition.)
6. On the upside, i don't have diabetes. I wasn't really worried, but there were a couple of things that made paranoid me, well, paranoid. Actually, my long term sugar levels are on the lower end of normal, so i'm not even borderline. Which is great.
7. I have been discovering that consuming large amounts of pro-biotics appear to help me in many ways. I'm looking for a good an easy source.
8. While, at the same time, trying to work on getting more fruits and vegetables into the family's diet. I'm a little disappointed that i didn't get more traction with my garden this year. It was better than last year, and i hope that it will be better still next year. In the mean time, i've got to find good healthy winter vegetable options. Maybe i'll plant greens.
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Date: 2013-09-10 02:21 pm (UTC)5. I have a super itchy eczema spot (chronic dyshidrosis) and various astringents work better for me for that than anything else I've tried, although any relief is only temporary. Witch hazel, rubbing alcohol, or even cold water are the easiest ones.
7. Smoothies! Plain yogurt + various fruit. Can also freeze into popsicles, but that's less appealing if it's not hot out.
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Date: 2013-09-11 06:19 pm (UTC)Do you know the cause of your chronic dyshidrosis (which i assume means perpetual dry skin?) I don't think that a straight up astringent will help me in this case, but i appreciate the suggestion and may try it if i get desperate. (This week i am taking a 'do nothing but pray' approach, since i feel like everything i try to do makes things worse. I am contemplating the hair solution of even avoiding soap.)
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Date: 2013-09-11 06:53 pm (UTC)I haven't seen a dermatologist about my dyshidrosis, but I've found absolutely no cause or trigger, and the internets seem to agree with me that it's frequently a mystery. The name actually comes from an initial (but now considered baseless) theory that it was triggered by excessive sweating. That's definitely not the case for me. For me, it exhibits as described here, with tiny itchy blisters on one of my finger joints, then scaling, lichenification, and gradually resolving on its own back to normal skin in about 3-4 weeks from onset. The cycle repeats after 1-3 months, always in the same place. Probably a different type of eczema from what you have, but if you find something else that works let me know. I've probably tried a dozen different treatments so far and none particularly do much. Fortunately my case is pretty minor.
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Date: 2013-09-11 07:51 pm (UTC)My cases are definitely different than that - they are more like contact dermatitis. In fact, perhaps the rash-caused-by-cream would be more correctly called contact dermatitis? It just looks and persists like eczema. The spot on my eyelid seems to be very random.
One of the places i commonly get a rash, though, is on my stomach, and exposure to sweat definitely irritates that. I can no longer sit around in sweaty clothing. =(
I don't know if that, and the supreme non-specific leg itchiness, and the current cream reaction can all be attributed to the same thing or not. But my sense is that, for whatever reason, my skin has gotten more sensitive generally. It seems to be a challenge to treat the symptoms without further irritating the skin.
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Date: 2013-09-11 06:19 pm (UTC)