A good telling off

I have had bad skin since birth. Nothing too bad, just eczema, dermatitisy dry and red skin.

I generally ignore it, rub in some moisturizer type lotion most days, and always wear rubber gloves to wash up.  I have generally learned to cope with it and manage it, rather than treat it and look for solutions.

Sounds maybe dumb, but somehow you get used to everything - right?

When my skin flares up badly, I grab for my cortisone cream, but otherwise ignore it.

Recently my cortisone cream has been squeezed to death. There really is nothing left in the tube, so I had to take action.

However I don't have a regular Doctor. Shocking as that may sound, I just don't go to one.

Either way I found a quick appointment and went along to get some more cream.

The Doctor was disgraced. She told me off.  I mean it. She reprimanded me for ignoring my hands and immediately referred me to a Dermatologist. I said that was OK, and I was fine to wait for the usual few weeks to get a slot. She told me off again and said, you need immediate intervention and found me a Doctor who would see me next week!!!

I dared to tell her that slot wouldn't work as I had my family booked in for the flu vaccine some where else at that time.  Without asking, she immeditely called back the Dermatologist, who agreed to vaccinate my family at the same time as treating me!!!

I was stunned.

I mean yes I have bad skin, but it's not that bad and most definitely not life threatening.  I know I sound like a complaining minny, but I was cross with being told off and cross for being controlled like that.

But then I got a hold of myself I thought, wow, how spoilt am I to be given such treatment for my condition which I have neglected for years! So thank you bossy lady for doing what I should have done years ago!

Strange how we humans work, why was I letting my ego get in the way of my health? Whats that all about eh?

So let's see what we find.