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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Would love to have tea with us all........................... with all our moms teacups. I remember when she used them all the time. Now they are in a cupboard. Maybe I'll use them at T-Day. Have often used mugs on holidays that have the name of mom and dad's tavern. White and green with a shamrock b/c it was Irish tavern

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Okey dokes I'll try sleep. Haven't wanted to. Was having fun........................oH shucks, shuffle shuffle.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Will check a couple of threads and come back if no one here--to bed I go

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    No, you're not alone. I'm itching so bad from Afinitor that I can't sleep. It's miserable.

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    I'm using Eucerin and taking Claritin, but they don't help all that much. I think I may need steroids to stop the itching.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Maryl

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Hi Mary, what does your sources say about cidar vinegar to stop itching?

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    Still scratching. What's keeping you awake?

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    I haven't heard about cider vinegar. What do you do with it?

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Mixed up schedule and grief

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Cider vinegar can stop an itch. How don't know. Graet on sunburns. I use it on my hands --dishydrotic excema

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    Well, those will keep you awake for sure. Reading usually helps me, or some hot tea.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    It's acetic acid. ---it draws.. Has worked wonders on the hand excema. Where's your itch?

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    I meant do you use it topically or drink it. Sounds like topical. Do you use it straight or diluted?

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    I'm guessing you are writing , I'll be patient

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    I have rashes on my back, arms, elbows, and shoulders mostly. I try not to scratch, but can't stop sometimes. The skin is torn in places.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Well both. On my hands at first I used it undiluted b/c they were so bad , now it's a bit diluted

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    I mic it before each use, keep it in the same containor in the frig. rewarm for soak. BUT I'm just doing hands . What's your problem?

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    I'll definitely try the vinegar.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    What's the origin of the itch---post chemo----post surgery? post what?

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Other solutions can be helpful. You have a total body itch---could be drug related?

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    It's from the Afinitor. Nasty drug with nasty side effects. I'm lucky that itching is my only significant se.

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    Afinitor is targeted therapy.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Well alone again. Sheesh... Well didn't fall over a dog today , that's a positive. Cleaned up some threads. Asked a person a question that had been bugging me, and it was wonderfully resolved. SO, now I'll hit refresh

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    Nope, still not alone. What kind of dog do you have?

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    I'm clueless about affinitor, but you need to calm the skin, lukewarm water, Hot water cause a histamine release---that would only make you itch more.

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    My dog is a sweet, hyper mutt. We've only had her for a few months, but she's about 10 years old.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    Germanwired haired pointer and Lab'pitt mix. Always said I never have a pitt, but came with the DB

  • MaryLW
    MaryLW Member Posts: 1,585


    Ir's calming down some now. Think I'll try to sleep again. Good night.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,893

    The lab/pitt mix has been easier to train then the DB