I think the last time I talked to her was in 88.

Yeah, I imagine she'll be surprised. And maybe think it's some sort of long-distance booty call.

According to her Myspace, she likes Nascar and country music. She used to be a little metal chick. I'm curious as to what happened.

probably a man.

Or she only liked metal to fit in at school.

Most of the 80s metal chicks turned redneck in the latter 90s.
Lamers.

I know of at least one who did, and hardcore. It was sad but I could kind of see it coming.

WTH, I need to fix her immediately.

She lives in LA for the love of Satan.

I am pissed off.

I began wearing a pair of summer sandals, back when it was warm.

Then I got a rash across the tops of my feet.

Now it looks like I have fucking leprosy.

When the rash abruptly started producing large red welts, I Sought Medical Attention. The Urgent Care guy says maybe ringworm from the shoes.

Ringworm*!

What in the blue fuck?!?!

You don't want to see my feet right now. Or maybe you do. But they're gross :( G_d gave me a plague in time for Passover.



* ringworm is not a worm.

It could be one of the 5 forms of psoriasis.

That would be heartbreaking.

See for yourself. Who wants some of this? Line forms to the left!



my feet are shiny because I've been hitting them with every spray and cream I can think of.

Did they get puffy as well? What happened to me at the last job I worked had a lot to do with a rash that took over my legs and arms and any muscle I used puffed up to about the point of breaking my skin.

No, not really puffy, but that one on the right...the red spot is big, swollen, raised and tough.

And at night it itches so badly I think I'm going out of my mind.

I should have taken pictures of what happened to me, but I didn't want to be reminded of it ever. It was the beginning of the end of my normal life. I had to accept from then on that I am not a normal healthy person who can live life without consequences. I had 2 pieces of skin removed and a muscle biopsy to find out what was wrong. To this day I don't know what happened. I think it was a form of Psoriasis as it goes hand in hand with my Ankylosing Spondylitis. I won't ever really know though. It got so bad that my roommate thought I was going to die on him.

That sucks. It doesn't quite sound like Shingles (then again, neither does mine).

I have a feeling it was Psoriatic Arthritis. It looked like this.



But on my legs and feet mostly, then they would scar.

Do you have rheumatoid arthritis?

I have worse, I have ankylosing spondylitis.

Well, I guess I was asking more if one autoimmune-ish problem left you open to many others.

I don't know if RA people get other autoimmune diseases, but I do know that people with AS often have multiple problems as a result. PSA is one of them, there is also Iritis and Heart disease.

Things are distributed unfairly in this world.

Lol, I deserve worse. I'm a lot nicer for having been in chronic pain.

I've been more of a bitch for having been in chronic pain.

Kit, is it possible you had an allergic reaction to the material in the sandals? I'm just wondering if some benadryl or other antihistamine would have any effect.

Ah, you've probably thought of this already anyways. :\