Baby Steps

Last night when I was laying in bed feeling very sorry for myself (ha!ha!) Bill Murray popped into my head and I can see him carrying the fish in the fish bowl yelling "Baby Steps". I got laughing so hard. If you have seen the movie "What About Bob?" you know what I am talking about. This process with the boil is all baby steps.

I did sleep like a baby last night. All thru the night. It's the first time I have since last Thursday when the life lesson, aka, "boil from hell", started. Sleep makes all the difference and today I am emotionally feeling better.

I mixed turmeric powder with water to make a paste and put it on the boil over night. All the swelling and redness of the boil has gone away except for one spot that's hard as a rock. I still have horrible pain but only in that hard lump and that is the infection. I am very happy that I am seeing some changes in it. I put a new mix of turmeric today and hope to see more improvement tonight.

Tonight's dressing with be garlic and I wish it was on my salad! hardee har har! I've read that garlic will also help it to come to a head and get rid of it.

I read lots of great sites about boils and how to get rid of them. It was most interesting to me that quite a few people who ate nuts and chocolate together, whether it be peanut M&M's, or snickers, etc... broke out in boils a day after. I did have some peanut M&M's. hmmmmmm... any way you can eat peanuts and chocolate but they can't be in your stomach together. They suggest you wait an hour. Crazy, huh.

Anyway, I did get my phone back on so you can call now but if I don't answer leave a message. I am slow going to get any where and plus I hate the phone :) So, yes, I may be ignoring you and I will eventually call you back :)

Thanks for all the e-mails and posts this morning. Feels nice to know I am loved so much.

Happy Boils to you and yours~

(No, I am not on any pain meds that make me silly, trying to find humor
in an otherwise horrible condition)

Need a prayer~

The good news is I have lost 32 pounds but the bad news is that I have a BOIL the size of Manhattan from my work out shorts (or so the ER doc says.) I am on antibiotics that make me sick to my stomach and they gave me Vicodin for pain but I won't take it because drugs like that make me loopy.

The ER doctor wouldn't lance it because it still is too firm and it would cause more damage. I just can't get the thing to drain. I have tried bacon, onion, potato, banana peel and other home remedies. And the standard hot compresses. Because it's a deep one I may have to have the doctor get in there and find the core. Ugh! I just really don't have time for this..ha! ha!! Guess, I can't Control..Alt.. Delete.. this fast enough..ha!ha! snort!

It's very painful and though I have a high tolerance for pain this is a real winner. I am trying not to cry when I move. And though I have absolutely no control over how life is sometimes I just can't not work and I refuse to let me get this down.

If you could say a prayer that this thing will do it's thing and come to surface so I can have relief or that the antibiotics will be strong enough to have it disappear. I would appreciate it.

Any remedies would be helpful as well.

I have had too many people, although I am grateful, checking up on me and I am still working and if you call me I have not been able to get the minutes refilled on my phone so I will try and have some one go tonight and do it for me.

Thanks again... Life is a bowl of cheeries!!