Biochemistry - Photo Blog

The wrinkled brows are because I don't much like looking at my face these days...

Still, this is fascinating. The first round of this when I was in high school wasn't this bad because the air around me actually had a little humidity to counter-balance the ass-kicking I was getting.

A couple of quick points of explanation:

• You can kind of see it, but there is an oval of red dots creating an oval ring on my nose that wraps across the bridge, down both sides, and just under the button. This ring is from when my face itches I rub it (scratching is a big no-no; it burns like frostbite) and bits flake away. I HAVE TO STOP RUBBING MY FACE, YES, but it itches, so I'm going to have to get some cortisone or somethin'.


• The lips are a bit of a mess...my brother commented on them a couple of times. The two "fang marks" (it looks like I have fangs and they have rubbed on my skin) just below my lower lips are from the following process: the lips start a slow peel from me speaking or smiling or moving my mouth for any reason, the skin peels. When the flake gets big enough that licking it and applying balm don't help, I have to rip it off or it will rip off on its own when I talk or drink, and then there's an open wound. Sometimes it rips into my lip and sometimes it rips toward my chin or nose.

I'm starting to get really self-conscious about talking to people on the street now...three more weeks and I will probably want to work from home. :) But the amazing part of this is that this is just VITAMIN A OVERDOSE. All natural. I apologize for the fixation, but this is a wonder for me to watch in myself...it hurts like hell, but I'm reassured knowing that it's working. With the monocycline I could only shrug and guess that it was working, even though there were still breakouts, or the thyroid stuff not knowing if that was working when I was tired, or taking the birth control and not knowing it was working because I'm not having sex anyway and every period is jacked up now anyway.

But THIS stuff...I see it. I can see it.

And I'm going to have a lot of new-found gratitude when it is over. That's the importance of illness, the gratitude of wellness. Every meal that my body absorbs and doesn't reject I am grateful for. Every day that I am tired at the end of the day except all day long creates gratitude for treating my thyroid. When I finish this treatment I am looking forward to my fresh face with praise.

Be well, dear reader.