If you have facial eczema mirrors are the enemy. Even reflective windows can show up your rosy visage in all it's vivid horror. People with eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis have bad skin days AND bad hair days. Imagine that! Sometimes though it's good to remember the times between the eczema and that it never looks as bad as you think it feels or seems in your head. Mirrors … [Read more...]
Blood on the sheets – a poem about scratching at night
Blood on the sheets, aint no big surprise Just come over here and I'll show you some hives Scratched all night long... So I've got the blues for a while I try not to scratch, but the itch is too great You try to understand but I'm in a state Yesterday's gone And now all I want is some rest First you try to fight it Try to really beat it Suddenly you find you're … [Read more...]
Stop Scratching – a poem about eczema
Something a bit different today, a very sad poem that I wrote in 2008 when my skin and allergies were particularly raw. I am happy to report my skin is so much better but I thought it might sound familiar to some of you. Just stop scratching... By Ruth Holroyd The itch is consumingIt takes over my brainMy skin I am tearingThe relief is the pain Thickened and … [Read more...]