Phantom of the Opera

Dyshidrotic Eczema. Just diagnosed myself. Forget the fact that my hands look ugly... if it gets any worse, I won't be able to write. I'm so scared that it is going to get worse--and then what do I do? I never type my notes... it's distracting and I never learned how to work WordArt fast enough to draw diagrams if needed. Professors here don't like laptops on during class, either.  So, what do I do? Am I supposed to get a note from my doctor stating that my hands are too disfigured to write? Sheesh... just writing about the possibility of it makes me wanna cry.

The first thing the websites have said to do is relieve stress. I'm in school. It's practically an oxymoron. The second thing was the avoid extreme cold weather. Ahem. Being where I go to school, it's impossible. My hands are chilled to the bone even with gloves on (and not the cheap Target gloves, mind you, the nice Macy's high quality ones). Third thing... sleep. HA!

I hope that once I get home, I can really start a moisturizing regimen. I have 3 weeks to turn my skin around or it will get worse when the dead of winter (and negative degree weather) is upon me. I'm hoping to stop by the school clinic today--I hope they can tell me what I can do to relieve this pain (oh my GOSH... the pain of eczema... it really does hurt.)

Yeah... I've been having a really shitty week. Will keep the positivity, though... 'cause there's nowhere else to go but up.