- Location
- Overland Park, KS
Well, after nearly 10 years in the hobby, and six years with corals, I have joined the elite club of those of us stung by our charges.
....only it took me three days to realize that it was a sting and not just eczema because I am one of the "lucky few" with wicked ridiculous allergies - I get rashy from just about anything. contact dermatitis and I are well acquainted....
so it wasn't until three days later that i figured out what it was -- I woke up in the middle of the night days after it had happened (not really entirely woke up, actually) and I went rooting around the apartment looking for a straight blade to just shave off the whole raised area - it stung and itched and burned SO badly!
so i was holding my finger really, really tightly, preparing to stab or shear the skin or something - and that's when I saw the symmetry of the inflammation for the first time. THAT woke me up.
see, eczema is rarely symmetrical.
i put the pin down (couldn't find a blade, so i figured i'd just stab the hell out of my finger and maybe whatever was hurting would stop -- remember, i wasn't exactly awake....) and went to the tank with a flashlight, looking for the bugger that had stung me....
and i found it.
this pic is today - maybe four days after the sting?
I know what stung me - can you figure it out?
....only it took me three days to realize that it was a sting and not just eczema because I am one of the "lucky few" with wicked ridiculous allergies - I get rashy from just about anything. contact dermatitis and I are well acquainted....
so it wasn't until three days later that i figured out what it was -- I woke up in the middle of the night days after it had happened (not really entirely woke up, actually) and I went rooting around the apartment looking for a straight blade to just shave off the whole raised area - it stung and itched and burned SO badly!
so i was holding my finger really, really tightly, preparing to stab or shear the skin or something - and that's when I saw the symmetry of the inflammation for the first time. THAT woke me up.
see, eczema is rarely symmetrical.
i put the pin down (couldn't find a blade, so i figured i'd just stab the hell out of my finger and maybe whatever was hurting would stop -- remember, i wasn't exactly awake....) and went to the tank with a flashlight, looking for the bugger that had stung me....
and i found it.
this pic is today - maybe four days after the sting?
I know what stung me - can you figure it out?