What are You doing right now?

[Pyraxis]

I've been using steroid creams for most of my life. It's moderate-to-severe and they haven't been enough.

[Callaway]

I've been using steroid creams for most of my life. It's moderate-to-severe and they haven't been enough.

I'm glad that the prednisone helped, then.  It's just that oral steroids whack your immune system too, and the eczema usually comes back after you stop taking them, but you probably already knew that and you had to balance benefits against risks.

[The_P]

I've been using steroid creams for most of my life. It's moderate-to-severe and they haven't been enough.

I don't know how my sister deals with it, being a hawt chick and all. Probably not as severe as yours.

Anyhow, I've been blessed with good skin. 

[Pyraxis]

Callaway: yes and yes. Unfortunately there's not much that can be done long term (but you probably already knew that  ). I won't go into the disgusting details, but I was in bad shape when I started taking them. The idea was to get it back to a manageable level.

It's been suggested to me that I look for something homeopathic that has a similar effect to oral steroids, with less drawbacks. Do you know of anything?

I've already run through a bunch of homeopathic creams and bach remedies (at the prompting of friends; I don't believe in the things) with little effect.

[Callaway]

I don't know, but I could ask around.  I assume that you were RAST tested for allergies.  What are you allergic to?

[Pyraxis]

Foods (cut out of diet): gluten, clam, codfish, pork, peas, salmon, tuna

Inhalants (eliminated from environment): dog, cat

Inhalants (dunno how to avoid): ragweed, kentucky bluegrass, orchard grass, redtop, timothy grass, oak, beech, birch, shagbark hickory, curvularia, epicoccum, heminthosporum, mucor, pullularia, fusarium, phoma, dust mites

[Callaway]

Foods (cut out of diet): gluten, clam, codfish, pork, peas, salmon, tuna

Inhalants (eliminated from environment): dog, cat

Inhalants (dunno how to avoid): ragweed, kentucky bluegrass, orchard grass, redtop, timothy grass, oak, beech, birch, shagbark hickory, curvularia, epicoccum, heminthosporum, mucor, pullularia, fusarium, phoma, dust mites

Of these allergens, dust mites are very strongly correlated to eczema, so if you haven't already done this, you can encase your mattress, springs and pillows in allergy-proof covers and wash all your bedding including your blankets and comforter every week in hot water so that at least you aren't as exposed to them while you sleep.

[odeon]

Drinking chai, posting, emailing...

[ozymandias]

resting from shovelling part 2.  Then to soothe my aching shoulders with a hot shower!

[duncvis]

woke up still sitting at the computer. tramadol has a delayed action on me - the build up over today cos of my back means I am apparently totally munted. wheeeeeee

[Parts]

Trying to wake up

[duncvis]

computer maintenance.

[odeon]

Code: [Select]

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
 

[Calandale]

Trying to figure out just HOW to answer
a question in a coding test. I was told
to take the test in C#, but this question
is in java, and not quite applicable. Might
just answer it in java, then rewrite the question
and answer it that way.

Or, more likely, just complain that it's in the wrong
language, and leave it at that.

[odeon]

Just tell them that Java sucks.