I hate it when that happens. Obviously something is up, so it's frustrating to be brushed off. I'm sorry. Hope you find answers, too! Thanks for sharing your experience though. At least I know it happens to other people.

That makes me a little sad. 😞 Is eczema an autoimmune thing? And does yours hurt/itch? His doesn't.

Oh wow! That looks just like it. So the doc isn't even sure what it is? That's not encouraging...

He does get sweaty feet, so the friction blister could be right. I've just never seen a blister that looks white (pussy?) on the inside before. It looks "deeper" than a blister, if that makes sense. No pain or itching though.

Apparently there was a pretty effective Lyme vaccine approved in 1998, but it was withdrawn after people didn't want to take it for fear of side effects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870557/

Yum!!

Bubbies brand pickles at the health food stores are soooo good. Fermented, but nothing like kombucha. They just taste like extra pickle-y pickles.

Nope, no itching or pain at all. We're in Maine so no fire ants (at least I hope to heck not!).

I wish. No, it's definitely some kind of pus/liquid expanding under there. It looks a tiny bit bigger each day. Last time, it was there about a week before it drained on its own in the night (sorry, so gross!).

Had my 2nd Pfizer yesterday early afternoon, and feel fine! My arm is less sore than the first one. Yay!

So DH has a weird toe thing. It doesn't hurt, and even though the surrounding skin is red, it's not warm to the touch. It's happened once before, same place, and we thought it was a spider bite - then we didn't - and then it drained and went away. He gets athlete's foot occasionally, just on that toe, too. Poor toe. Can athlete's foot cause... what to even call it... a boil? You can't really tell from the picture, but the whitish part (pus? ew?!) is not raised above the skin like a blister, it's more like a deep pimple (skin is flat and smooth, not raised). If it were me, I'd drain that sucker but he's not a draining kind of guy. I've wondered about yeast problems with him generally... he bloats up from too many carbs/high fiber things, has eczema sometimes on his elbows (we've never figured that out, either). He thinks doctors are useless with problems like bloating and eczema, so he won't go (at least I haven't convinced him yet) 😞

Hoping everything is all right this morning!

A MCAT study group does sound like a great idea. There are only a few weeks left in the semester, then she can move away from those mean girls! I had a mean roommate in an apartment situation my junior year, too. I decided to move out, but the two weeks between the decision and when the other room was available were horrible. *shudder* Could she move home early?

Me too. My 2nd is Weds! My DH had his first Pfizer over the weekend and he had nothing, except a very mildly sore arm.

DH had his first Pfizer yesterday. Barely sore arm, nothing more! He went for an extra-long walk and looked happier than he's looked in a long time. So happy that he's halfway vaccinated! I get my 2nd Pfizer this week. By May 15, we can hug my mom again and visit with her indoors for the first time in 14 months. I'm waiting for the reality of it all to finally sink in.

I get it 😞 So expensive. You could try the food experiment on your own. Oh, and I meant to say - my DH had almost immediate relief from his long-term stomach issues when he stopped eating grains (along with the other stuff I mentioned above). Even white rice bothers him apparently! So weird. So it might not be the foods you expect. Of course, may not be food related at all. But worth a try maybe and not too expensive to eat differently for a bit, hopefully.

You could buy a blood sugar meter at Target or Walmart. They're cheap and easy to use.

I eat the same foods every day, too - I think most of us do! I saw an ad on Facebook for a food sensitivity test - Everlywell, maybe? - that looks intriguing. You prick your finger and they test something like 204 foods. Elimination diets are really helpful, but kind of hard to do because you really have to strip down to a pretty small set of foods, and then slowly build up. If you cave and add things back too fast or too many at the same time, you can't tell what's causing what. Have you ever taken out certain common problem foods before? Off the top of my head - gluten, dairy, eggs, nightshades, nuts.

Awesome! Good for you. Good that hubby is joking around, I think! Mine is the same - he hasn't been to the doc in years.

Allergy testing seems like a good idea. If you're eating mostly the same foods every day, possibly a couple of them are not great for you.

You'll do great! Hang in there!

I know what you mean! There are many, many issues with SpEd.

Oh, I definitely think it's normal! Taking many years to feel comfortable with a diagnosis or a difference is normal, and feeling sad about it is totally normal. I'd just like a better, more neutral name. Even just a more serviceable name - the plans kids get are Individualized Education Programs, so the term Individualized Education just makes more sense.

I've been really proud of my young students for embracing differences and being open about their struggles. They speak openly to their classmates about reading and writing being hard for them, for example.

Well, I definitely agree with removing the stigma of special ed programs. I'm not sure how to do that, either. Showing some great SpEd programs and what actually happens there would be a good start. It would be wise to survey people to see what their thoughts are about SpEd - I have an idea, but I might not be correct. I think names matter. If it helps even 1%, that would be worth it.