The irritated eczema I get on my lips and eyelids in spring and autumn never really cleared up over the summer this year, and is now super itchy and raw and it's painful to eat, cry and sweat.  The last one is a super big deal because (a) Michigan is exceptionally humid this fall and (b) menopause has decided to to hit and go big or go home regarding night sweats.  I don't sleep much anyway, so those don't help.

Anyhoo, my doctor is all booked up into forever, but I needed help with this. From someone who doesn't want to start from the beginning and rule out all the bajillion things that have already been ruled out.  The cream I have that works for me is not something you put near eyes or lips  Plus there could be infection or fungal thing sneaked in....

I finally managed to snag an appointment with another doc I trust. problem is I haven't actually seen her as a doc before.  She was beest's doctor ....which became kind of awkward when we all ended up as  high school swim/water polo parents on the same team ...at the time he got his cancer diagnosis.  yes fun times.  Then she got her cancer diagnosis (survivable), so we actually became friends.   But this wasn't anything intimate medically, so I was good with seeing her.

A lot of fucking waffle, I hear those of you still reading ask, what is the fucking problem?  She prescribed a short sharp shock of steroids.  has worked in the past, I was amenable.  had a tiny nagging voice there was a side-effect for me that wasn't great, but couldn't remember it.  She said there would likely be an extremely elevated pulse

Immediately after the appointment, I had to be a participant in a training course at work that involved taking BP and pulse, so I decided to delay starting the steroids until this evening.  Took them a few ours ago,  and shortly thereafter remembered side effect........  insomnia.  My regular doc knows sleep is not my friend. All/most of my friends know this.  This doc is also a facebook friend.  I guess she did a good job at separating the two but...
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now I'm WIDE AWAKE.. and can't whinge about it of facebook. 

I know first world problems..... :D

work is gonna be beyond hellacious tomorrow.