A definition of the word organic is, pertaining to or coming from living things.
It is my goal to build my life from living things. Living, meaning to be alive, to have feelings.
Medication free means I have organic feelings, and at age 55 I continue to learn how to live with my feelings. The purpose of living with feelings, is to have time to mull them over, examine what they mean, ask myself what is it my body is trying to tell me.
What are my hands saying to me? I have eczema, and or dermatitis depending on which of the three dermatologists you ask that I have seen. Currently I am getting laser light therapy for it, twice a week, since December 2007.
Three dermatologists, and acupuncturist, Chinese herbal medicine, allergy tests, elimination diets, inter-net research, several topical prescription ointments, and vitamin supplements.
The problem started four years ago, my hands so terribly dry, they crack and bleed along fold lines in my palms. The palms itch. I scratch till I rip skin. It is horrible, and on occasion the severity of the pain/itch reduces me to a puddle desperate for relief. I wear white dermatological gloves to protect my hands and prevent constant picking and scratching. Pain sometimes comes to my hands and runs up my arms, making them stiff, and difficult to manipulate. Motrin helps when pain attacks come.
I have read that back in the day, people with this condition were institutionalized in mental institutions. I understand, and am grateful for the laser light therapy and the white cotton gloves.
I have decided that by learning to live with my feelings is an approach to helping heal my poor hands.
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