Well, the easiest way to undo the "whoohoo!" of moving my big fat ass, is to then try to wrestle said ass into new clothes. Specifically, a bathing suit and/or sports bra. Yeah.
I really wanted a tankini for our trip to Florida next month, and it took a while, but I found one that will be okay. The bra shopping was more ridiculous, on account of my big giant maneating tits. I tried a Jogbra in XL that just didn’t work (I’m a 40DD) and I tried an XXL racer back tank top that had a shelf bra built in. I wasn’t wanting to use it as a bra, but something to wear over a bra, but even then, the shelf bra was HYSTERICAL. It didn’t even begin to consider coming down over the big girls. Not at ALL. So, I just ponied up fifty bucks for an Enell Sports Bra, as mentioned by Oprah, and several other resources as THE bra for the well endowed. It ain’t sexy, but I bet it works. IT BETTER.
Even MORE depressing, the whole time I’m trying on these garments, I have elbow-socks on. My eczema is in a horrible flare up, and out of desperation, I cut the toes off of some crew socks, slathered my inner elbows with Vaseline, and pulled the socks on so that my elbows rested in the heels. SEXY. I also picked up some Aquaphor, as the internet says that it is great for eczema, and my prescription has expired for my regular stuff. At least the socks keep the Vaseline from staining my clothes, from blood staining my clothes (yeah, it’s gross) and from me digging at the itchiness. I can scratch on the outside of the socks and get some relief without all the nastiness.
So yes, me, sick, naked but for elbow socks and underwear, wrestling my giant tits into bras that are XL if you consider B cups XL. UGH.
Have you tried eucerin for the eczema? When I used to have it bach when I had it it worked wonders for me.
The active ingredient in Aquaphor is… vaseline. Heh. Damn internet. If those aren’t doing it for you, two non-prescription things that help my eczema a lot are Urea cream (10%) (I think there is a formulation of Eucerin which contains urea? I’m not totally sure, they don’t sell Eucerin in canada, and they don’t sell the canadian brand of Urea cream, Uremol, in the US I don’t think..) and Hydrocortisone cream (0.5 or 1%). Urea makes red angry areas go away, and the cortisone helps the whole deal go away, although it’s mostly good for mild patches, I usually just skip straight to my cheap canadian prescription steroids.. Anyway both those things should only go on non-bleedy bits, though. Cortisone can irritate them, and Urea stings like a bizzitch on broken skin. Actually it stings like a bizzitch on unbroken skin, but it’s worth it oh man. Love, rambling yam.