A few days after Lynn and Jake left my skin started to "breakout". I assumed with the way the outbreak looked and felt that it was cystic acne coming back to haunt me from my teen years. I was beside myself. I had to go to Gwennie's dance recital so I tried my best to cover it so I wouldn't scare anyone. It was still embarrassing. I felt like I was living in a nightmare. I would cry in my closet I would stare in the mirror in disbelief that it had returned. Travis didn't know quite what to do.... in high school I would do my make up twice each day to try to keep it less obvious...but it wasn't. I thought with age I had mostly gotten past it, but the cysts were back - these weren't normal breakouts. I decided with the help of Travis to go see a dermatologist. I was sure I was going to have to go back on Accutane, my life would be miserable and I wouldn't respond well like I had as a teenager. The doctor took one look and told me that it was a staph infection. what? Yes, a staph infection. I was put on an antibiotic and sent home. The antibiotic helped, but it is still not all the way healed 3 weeks later. During this time I had to go to church to accompany a musical number or I would've stayed home...I was that self conscious. The next Sunday, I did stay home. Travis had to cancel appointments of people coming over (ward missionaries) and I cancelled volunteering at the school, and Travis also had to go in to get our pops each day because I wouldn't get out of the car. Thankful it was staph and not cystic again back with a vengeance I did everything that I was supposed to do and thankfully it is healing. I asked her how I got it and she said that a person can get it anywhere...I just happened to be unlucky and get it on my face. It took me back to such a dark place. I didn't realize what that did to me as a teenager. So glad it was treatable with an antibiotic.
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