Dyshidrotic Eczema & Mani Pedi

(2018 Update at bottom of Article)

Big name, small condition!

I have had this thing for years! Its one very itchy problem and for the first time its gotten real bad, and I actually have a name for it. Its usually on my fingers, generally the tips, it looks like little air pockets under my skin. They itch, hurt and sometimes make my skin peel and split open like really dry skin. For the first time ever i have had to give up my beautiful nails.
Here is the before


So after these beautiful nails were stipped off my lonesome hands, I went and got a Mani Pedi...Ohhh How I love thee! I elected for a plain jane Mani with purple polish.
Here is the after


Emotional Stress is the number one cause of these breakouts, and once you have a break out it can and will take up at a year to clear up. If you dont properly take care of it durring that time it can lead to more break outs and the year time table starts all over again. Well if you know my last 12 months then you can see why this problem is becomeing such a big problem. So we will see how long my mani last and I may give up and go back to tips by the end of the week and deal with the itching. LOL

Well its bed time here so ...Night!



08/06/2013 Update
I went with out Acrylic, gel, solar or shellac nails and while I thought this would make a big difference I did not see any. So I put the nails back on simply because I like the way the look, and I don't seem to itch the spots as much. I have found stress is my biggest contributor and certain times of the year...Spring & Fall. Now those two times for me are stressful with our show schedule (we show goats) and my involvement in helping put those shows on. So I cant really tell if its the season or the stress. I did find out the liquid in those spots are fluid off your nerves, its harmless and not contagious. Whew! I was scratching a spot on my index finger one day, it popped and squirted on my face!!

I have found some relief in Avon's Moisture Therapy lotion, its thick so I only use it at night but use lotion all day. I have a bath and body works antibacterial on my purse so I use it a lot which dries out the skin...which I notice can aggravate the spots...I see less during stressful times if I don't have dry hands.

Good Luck!

Will update later...We are not showing this fall so we will see if its weather related or stress related :)

09/28/2015

Its been a few years since I originally posted this, and to date I've had over 8974 post views. In 2014 I got pregnant with my son (after 11yrs of trying) and the smell of the salon turned my stomach so I removed my tips and stayed out of the salon. It has been over 15 months since I had tips on my nails. I can say with a certainty that not visiting the salon has helped them.  I talked above about fall and spring season is when it was at its worst.  Here we are in fall again and no show season for us...that being said with no added stress my hands are better.  I don't know what it is about the nail salon that makes it worse but the doctor said it might be the harsh chemicals they use to get the nails on, off or color changed.  Im so busy with my little family these days that I don't miss them. 

 I have found a new lotion that I can wear during the day to help
Avon Moisture Therapy Derma Soothing...it is dermatologist tested and approved. It also has the National Eczema Association seal of approval.
(I do NOT sell Avon Nor have I been paid, endorse or asked to promote their product!! I purchased said lotion on a whim and feel in love with it)

8/31/2016

To date I still haven't been to a nail salon and here we are at fall season again and my hands are the worst they have ever been. My stress level is high!! Those small itchy bumps are horrible!! My hands look horrible!!

Nickle is a contributor as well as stress to this. I have been to doctors, homeopathic doctors done steriod creams/pills/shots, antibotics, essential oils, all natural body care stuff, gluten free diet...nothings worked. Most people on line will tell you the same thing...less stress helps. 

I do have a new endocrinologist who says that it can be irritated by autoimmune diseases ( I have 2) and it can be like the cold sore virus. Lives in your body and comes back seasonally. 

I still swear by the Avon lotion and Melaleuca Renew lotion ( I took their body wash, thinned I and use it as a hand soap). 

 

 

05/10/2018

2017 was the year of the unexpected, high stress, weight gain, loss of family members, stress on marriage, financial stressors, terrible twos and a teenager. Through all that my Eczema hasn't been as bad as 2016.  Ive learned how to manage my stress, that Dyshidrotic is like the cold sore virus it will come back yearly and can take a good while to heal. I still have bumps, itchy, skin peeling but I drink half my weight in water every day. Pray, take time for my self...moisturize!! 100% aloe vera gel works great on the ends of the fingers. Posh Big Fat Hand Cream works great for the desk/purse, Renew by Melalecua works awesome at night time or when your hands are very dry.  Take time for your self. Relax, work on finding time for you. I still stay out of the nail salon (except for a girls night pedi) and I do believe that's helped.  Dipping method of nails is great as well if you want the nice look but not the acrylic harsh chemicals. Still had issues but not as many.

 

In short. take time for you self, learn to distress, relax, pray....make time for you. Drink your water, use a good lotion and learn to live with the issue. Sorry I wish I had better news. Nothing the doctors homeopathic or regular have given has worked.  

My List...Gone....New List Arrived!

Out with the Old..... In with the New?

In 2009 I decided to come up with a list of things I wanted to do by each birthday, ya know all those little things you always say your going to do but never get a round to? Those cool crafts you want to try or the book you want to read? Well I decided that making a list and speading it out over my birthdays would make the list more acheiveable....wrong. I simply forgot about the list and some things I wanted to do, dont seem so important or cool any more. Maybe I grew up and those things have been replaced due to marturyity and age?

Well I have a folder now of all the things I want to do or try, some of it is instructions on how t make a bow or entrie, a picture of a place I would love to visit or a title of a book I have yet to down load onto my nook.

None the less I am still working on my "wish lists"

Somethings are still the same, I want a new tattoo, another child etc...I will get to those things...oneday.

8 Years? Really?? You Sure??

Can it really be 8 years? 8 years since I first held my beauitful daughter, saw her tiny nose and snuggled her to my chest? 8 Years since I spent 27 hours in pain and would do it again just to have her.

The years have flown by, she isnt my little girl anymore. She isnt going to want to snuggle like she use to in a thunder storm, be scared of the dark, giggle when I say a dirty word. She will be grown before I know it, I am not so sure I am ready for that! We have 18 years to shape and raise our children and while that seems like a long time, it isnt nearly long enough!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful, talanted, incredibly smart, exceedingly beautiful, redneck, princess, indenpent, charming daughter. I know I am 4 days early but I wanted to say it early

Mud boots & Church

Recently my daughter dressed up all frilly like in a real pretty dress, had a bow in her hair and to top off her church emsamble....her bright green mud boots.

While I was perfectly fine with her wearing them to church my mother hit the roof! She not being much a southern bell sure knows how to "swoon" like one and become extremly dramtic. She was worried about what others would think of her, and that people would think she was poor. WHO CARES!! She kept saying "that not her sunday best", ok we all were OUR best to church on sunday. Who said that was the rule? Who decides "Our Best", is there some Joan Rivers of church atire standing out side of church reporting what is acceptable or not? Is there a best and worst dressed of church member" OUR best is what it is personally to us, if my daughter is perfectly fine in her mud boot and she sees that as HER best, whos to judge?

I dont want my daughter to conform to what socity thinks is best, the latest fashion, what others believe of her. I want her to keep her indenpendt mind, individual personality and "Southern" style. I dont want someone telling her that she isnt beautiful or accepted because choose boots to heels. I dont want her to give up a part of who she is (because shes pretty awesome) to conform to what others think is "best" for church.

To wrap it up, I guess I just wanted to put it out there that my daughter is special, wonderful and ACCEPTABLE for who she is EXACTLY the way she is!! She is my "Redneck Princess" who is 50% Princess & 50% All Country Redneck. With that deadly combo she combines both into her speech, clothes and thoughts. She has the biggest heart and want to save the world....now why in the hell would I want to change any of that? Let her wear her mud boots...I am sure our Heavely Father is ok with it, I mean he did make her to be who she is...and he made her in his own image and gave her her unique sense of style....Who are we to judge?
"The one with out sin cast the first stone"

Valentines Day...Myth or Reality

Growing up we all belived that there was a prince charming and every valentines day was going to be special, thrilling and everthing we have seen on movies and in books.

Well I have to say I have lived my life and dated enough to know Prince Charming... well thats a Myth! No matter how great the guy, situation or life happily ever after dont exhist... at least in the real world. They will let you down, leave their underwear on the bathroom floor, fart in the car and lock all the windows, they will forget an important event, you will get stuck in traffic, be poor, have a dirty house, your kids wont always mind and will embarress you in public.

So its more beauty is in the eye of the holder, not beer holder but eye holder. LOL Sorry had to put that in there.

While others see failure in a life, the person living it sees a life well lived, loved and nearly perfect.

So this day remember that not everything in life is perfect...its life. Messy, unpredictable and does not come with an instruction manual. Its hard, funny, unfair and above all yours. So make it yours...make today what you want it to be.

Love,
Sleeping Beauty.....LOL

Strong Willed Child - Dr. Dobson

So I will admit I am a strong willed child raising a strong willed child whos grandmothers (all of them ) are strong willed women. I feel as though some days I am beating my head against a wall!! I love my sweet, wonderful, caring, senentive strong willed child.

I know my Child is going to wonderful and great things in life and I know the things she does will only benefit others and not her self (thats just who she is) and I cant wait to see what those awesome things are. Have you just ever know something and you cant exactly say or describe how you know this but you know that that something in ever cell of your body? Well I cant say how I know it, or why I do or how I feel it but I know that my girl Chandler is destined for great and wonderful things and will change many lives for the better with those things. I just know it! I have know since the moment she looked at me in the hospital, I looked down at that wonderful qupie doll face and knew that I was holding a girl who God created just for me and the plans He had for her would be beyond my wildest dreams. I just knew she was a fighter and she would survive and beat all the odd. She is the girl who loves to prove people wrong, she is as indenpent as the day is long and hard headed to the same length. I know thats alot to aquire in our first few moments of her life, but I looked into her face and saw God and knew that she was who she was for his purpose and design. Sitting her writing this I realize that Mary must have felt the same way the first moement she laid her eyes on her sleeping baby Jesus...DO NOT confuse what I am saying, I am NOT saying Chandler is the next Messiah or the next Coming, what I AM saying is that as moms we just know that our kids are special and we just know that God has an awesome plan and we just know and can feel relaxed that its all in His hands.

While reading Dr. Dobsons book on strong willed children I realized ( through his book) that my girl is strong willed for a reason, she needs that strong will to achive her goals and become who God intends for her to be, she needed that strong will to thrive and survive the first few days of life. She needs that now to be who God plans her to bed, its a GIFT not a Hinderance! It needs to be reigned in a little, not stomped, squashed, stopped or break her spirit!!! While being a strong willed child can have its moments, and object authority or reasoning, that is why it needs to be reigned in and teach her the ability to control it to some degree. Its like giving you a medical license you cant doctor people with out the knowledge behind the degree.

I dont exactly know the purose of this blog...I am just reading Dr. Dobsons book and really enjoying it and I guess thought I would share.

Once a Month Cooking... Every two weeks...Actually

At half priced books I picked up a cook book called "Once a Month Cooking" it talks about preparing meals every two weeks and placing them in the freezer to be used the day of cooking.

Well it sounded like an awesome idea...so I picked out 10 recipies and decided i would give this a try, I bought all the stuff and got into the kitchen spent two hours and did this. Its really simple you take the chicken recipies and all the supplies needed for them. You place the chicken in the ziplock baggie (after you have labled it, I suggest putting the page number on the bag two or the cooking directions) and all the stuff that makes it yummy, close it up and put it in the freezer and on too the next. Then you do your beef, pork and seafood. So for two hours I did this, prepared 10 nights of meals. I sit down and did the math on time and money being spent and if they turn out good this will be something I look at doing every month, maybe not for the hole month but for a good portion of it.

I made the Beef Pot Roast last night and oh let me tell you....yummo!! I have never made a good pot roast but last nights has become my fav recipe so far...omg it was so freaking good. I think I am going to like this Onece a Month Cooking.

Below are the to the cook books...they are cheap and well worth a try.


http://once-a-monthcooking.com/

Give it a try

Monday

Well its Monday and of course the routine has already started!

Chandler is sick with coughing and a small fever, chuck has either food poisning or a stomach virus and me? I am suffering from not enough coffee.

This morning as we start out our day lets take a moment to say thanks for God for the ability to wake up this morning and get up out of bed.

I hope your Monday morning is filled with blessings and wonderfulness! I know that sounds corney, but if you start out with a positive though...your outlook will be positive!

2011 Greetings

Coupons- Grocery Game, ETC

Ok so this year we need to be more frugal, I know I know everyone says that at the start of every year and your right we all do but I decided to give the grocery game, coupon game or what ever they call it a try. I mean why not?

CVS has Palmolive Dish Soap for 0.88 each, with a coupon that saves me 0.75 it only cost me 0.13. I also have a coupon that saves me 2.00 on two! So I get those for free.

I told my hubby we may not save at the first and it may take a while, but I am going to stock up on stuff I can get for free or next to nothing and eventually it will pay out. I mean....why not??

I will let ya know how this goes

Heifer