Days 4 and 5

Yesterday started out good - I only had to get up once in the night to shower because of itching, and slept the rest of the night, minimal itching during the day, and the bumps on my arm started going away. By the end of the night, though, my legs were so swollen I had trouble standing/sitting and could NOT get comfortable. I took benedryl at 11 to help me sleep, and ended up being awake until 2am.

This morning I woke up at 5 with some itching but was able to go back to sleep. When I got up at 8 my arms itched so badly from the dry skin where the bumps were healing that I decided to put some moisturizer on them. They were so dry that the lotion burned horribly, to the point that it made me cry. Bran helped me calm down and after a few minutes the burning went away and the lotion started to help.

I'm thrilled to announce that I've had NO itching for the rest of the day. My left arm almost looks normal again, and the right should hopefully be there by tomorrow. My legs still look horrible but don't itch anymore. The Dandelion Root and Pine Tar soap worked! I can't tell you how wonderful that is.

The website I read said that one woman's itch stopped after 5 days, and her rash was gone completely by 10, so now I'm hoping that the rash will be gone by Tuesday.

Thank you for all the prayers! I finally feel almost like my normal self again. :)