Guest guest Posted January 29, 2002 Report Share Posted January 29, 2002 Hi , Well, she doesn't sound very knowledgeable about urticaria or sympathetic to your discomfort. Was she sucking lemons or something? Working on the assumption that the anti-itch creams will make the hives worse, who's to say Cetaphil won't as well? Still, I hear Cetaphil has a UV filter built in, so at least that'll protect you from the sun. You'll have to excuse me if you detect sarcasm - you're not mistaken! I can see why she would want to wean you off the Medrol, but I get so mad when people get no support with this! I hope you do get relief from using Dove soap and drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day combined with a nice thick moisturiser and occasional benadryl. And to think I've had this almost ten years and never thought of that!!! Geez! If you feel at all unsettled about your appointment, is there any way you can seek a second opinion? And if she yelled at you that's very naughty - because you're not a child! Love Edinburgh Re: No Anti-Itch Cremes?? > Hi everyone > > Had my dr's appt yesterday, and she yelled at me for a few things. She said > to only use Dove, unscented soap, drink 8-10 glasses of water a day (no > execptions, no flavored water), and NO anti-itch creme. She said that the > benadryl gel, caladryl, etc make the hives worse. I have to tell you that > I've just bought every kind of anti-itch creme in the stores for my morning > itching. She told me to use Cetaphil, which I'd never heard of, it's thick, > regular, unscented lotion. This morning I'm itching like crazy. She told me > if that's the case to take a benadryl capsule. > > Anyone ever heard that the gels are more harmful than helpful? > > Also, she's weaning me off the Medrol. I've felt that this was the only > thing that was making me about 25% better. I also asked her if I could have > a epi-pen for my vacation to Mexico in a few weeks and she said no. I've > never had any severe closures or anything, but thought since I was in a > different country, it wouldn't hurt to have one with me. > > Thanks.....and hope everyone is having a better day. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you do wish to unsubscribe then you can click on the following link: > urticaria-unsubscribe > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This list is in the service of those who suffer from Chronic Urticaria (hives). We strive to support and lift each other as a worldwide cyber-family. > > We share whatever needs to be shared to help one another in our struggle with Chronic Urticria. Information provided in this forum is not to be taken as medical advice. Always consult your health professional before trying anything new. > > Any posting that is off the main topic of Chronic Urticaria, we post with a prefix of NCU -. This is done out of respect for those who do not wish to read such postings. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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