Ow.

Upon seeing a doctor this evening, I found out that my skin may not be flaking off any time soon from sunburn after all. Instead, I’ve got a body wide skin infection, something like eczema, which has somehow spread throughout my limbs and made me incredibly itchy, red with some seriously inflamed skin.

I got a bit alarmed when the doctor, upon taking a look at my arm, actually widened his eyes somewhat and said “Wow.”

I thought it was just sunburn. He, on the other hand, I suspect had never seen a skin infection on this scale before. Fortunately it’s treatable, I’m on a battery of separate steroid pills that amount to takin four pills (or three different kinds of steroids) for a few days, which, I am assured, will not have the usual steroid side-effects of bulging muscles and Hulk-like rage. Instead, this will clear out a nasty complexion that has somehow decided “Why stop at the face?” and run rampant throughout the rest of me.

Joy…