As I've been doing load after load of laundry today trying to catch up I discovered that for some reason my lower legs felt really raw. Now this morning I had a few red bumps on the area near my ankle where I tested out the sugar wax yesterday. I figured that was just normal irritation but when I looked at them a few hours later the bumps had spread most of the way to the knee and were larger...
Yikes! I started off with a Benadryl wondering if it was an allergic reaction, but what would it be to? The sugar wax was just sugar, water, and lemon juice... All things I've never had a problems ingesting. When an hour later there was no improvement I started wondering... Could I have given myself some sort of skin infection/ folliculitis? It actually reminds me of the rash my youngest had that was folliculitis. I think I may know exactly what I did wrong. Sometimes I'm an idiot, and even though my youngest will be 3 next month I still reserve the right to blame it on "mommy brain". After I tested the sugar wax, which did pull out a few hairs, I was all sticky. Since I was in the kitchen what did I do? I grabbed the closest damp thing to wipe off with, the kitchen sink sponge, all nice and bacterial ridden. Like I said, I'm an idiot. So I coated the area with antibiotic ointment and will continue to do so a few times a day in hopes it goes away... It really, really needs to go away before I go on vacation next week! I can not go in a pool with infected legs!! Now I'm wondering if I'll even be able to wax before surgery.
A little off the subject (my idiot brain also reserves the right to jump from topic to topic like a flea), I have started wondering if my husband is having second thoughts about me getting a tummy tuck. He's been asking me on a regular basis the past few weeks if this is what I really want. We've been planning on this since my oldest (9 in August) was a few months old and my doctor said the only way to get rid of the saggy extra skin was to cut it off when I was done having kids. We specifically put money into Walgreens stock, watched it closely, and sold it at its high point so that we could afford this surgery. The money is specifically for this, so it's not about the cost (something I'll go over in another post when I know costs of meds and supplies too). I think he's genuinely worried about me being in pain. I've been doing lots of reading, which is my way of coping with stress, I over prepare, I am not a fan of not being in control...yes, I'm a control freak. So, as part of my over preparing I share everything I find out with my husband, and I think it's starting to freak him out. I guess I'll freak out closer to the surgery, but for right now this blog and my "research" is enough to calm my nerves. I even made him watch the video of a tummy tuck last night, and he agreed with me that it was pretty cool...although that may not have been the best way to make him feel better hahaha.
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