hi

the itching is mostly gone as of this morning, thank fuck

It still hurts but I can deal with that

is this hand foot and mouth

because if so: that was me years ago and it was fucking terrible

godspeed

i still remember how much it TINGLED and HURT as it came on

ugggggh

they look so 'nbd' but they feel like HELL

Yeah it is, I fully didn’t sleep two nights ago bc the itching was so out of control

But I just got a ton of sleep thanks to drugs and am feeling a bit better today like I said

so sorry, i don't wish that hellish disease on anyone. i know they say 'it's a minor illness' but when you're an adult it feels like you're burning alive

or getting constantly bitten by fire ants

oh god dude, glad you finally slept

like every chicken pock condensed in the worst place, holy shit

hope you are free of this soon

they’re also on the bottom of my feet but not as bad

it’s a real barrel of laughs

chickenfriend did you lose all your nails, I know that is a thing that can happen

I didn’t thankfully

that's gnarly!!

whew

blessedly callen barely had anything on his hands or feet, his concentrated under his mouth so we thought it was a drool rash for the longest time

what fools we were

yikes

ugh looks awful

me clicking this like oh FUCK

we avoided hand foot and mouth I'm SO SORRY

everyone says it sucks so bad

it's the pits bro, I'm glad you've avoided it

chickenfriend had it right in that, at its worst, you kinda feel like you're being feasted on by stinging insects

my doctor had to get into the heavy duty shit bc everything else she recommended (hydrocortisone, benadryl, benadryl cream) I had already tried and it did Nothing

it's like what if you got mega sunburned and then stuck your hand in an anthill. and then went to bed

yeah was about to say "oh that looks like hand-foot-and-mouth."

that's rough buddy

happens to the best of us

i mean the only saving grace is that the worst ouchy-itchy is NOT long lasting

but nothing can save you tbh

you just gotta barrel through and hope to hell it's over soon

yet another uppity parvovirus which has annoyed children and their mothers for forever, and will continue to do so for eternity

one of my callouses has kinda peeled off and looks gnarly

just like ok bye several entire layers of skin

born new from this husk

man. i was listening to the tpwky ep on this and they're like, yeah not normally that itchy or painful in adults -- except this one strain that is miserable and also your skin sloughs off.

so you won the virus lottery, is what im saying.

limited edition virus.

jesus

lucky me

so far it’s just the one chunk but also I have dermatillomania as part of my ocd so if there’s like loose flaps of skin I’m physically incapable of not picking at them

sheds the whole top layer like a reptile

F in the chat

it’s so unpleasant and SO satisfying

goodbye skin

plurk hid all this somehow and this is wild

welcome