Health Boards
Sun-28-12-2014, 23:35 PM
Guess this all started earlier in the year. Started having cracks and dryness in my fingers and palms, then on to my feet. What's real bad is I'm a guitarist and I also build guitars and basses on the side. Talk about cruel. I think I could handle it anywhere else, but this is for the birds.
I went through all the usual self diagnosis for most of the year. Was it this chemical or that substance that I was exposed to at work (water plant operator)? I normally protect myself from harsh chemicals, but went above and beyond to rule everything out. Was down to a couple of things. One was the fluoride room door. I noticed my fingerprints on the window where the fluoride has etched to glass. Crap, so I wear vinyl gloves when I get near that room. Same with the silicone oil used on lab glassware. It seemed to cause my skin to itch. So on to protect myself and rule it out.
This went on for most of the year. Tried various crèmes and remedies until I was talking to a relative who had it bad in her feet. She had several jars of a topical steroid crème and swore by them to relieve her pain. She gave me a jar with a little left and I tried it out. Hoky smokes, seemed to clear up, almost. She said go see the Dermatologist in town, another friend confirmed he was good, so I made an apt and went.
Well it's been about a month and a half and the results are mixed. They prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream 0.1%. I have also been using various other ointments, crèmes, oils and anything that looks like it could help. At first it seemed to clear right up. thought I had it licked. Then it came back with a vengeance. My next apt was upon me and I told them of what happened. They gave me a shot of cortosteroid (sp?) to help it out. It knocked me on my tail for two weeks, and really didn't do anything to clear it up. Not doing that again.
So I've lost my calluses on my fingertips from years of playing, which really ticks me off as I love jamming out the blues, SRV style. Well I don't know I can beat this thing or if it's something I'm going to live with the rest of my life. Well I have 2 guitars I'm building right now, one is an acoustic bass project and the other is a neck thru body strat. Gonna go ahead and finish them as my optimistic side says this is just another minor setback. I'll find a way.
Jim
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I went through all the usual self diagnosis for most of the year. Was it this chemical or that substance that I was exposed to at work (water plant operator)? I normally protect myself from harsh chemicals, but went above and beyond to rule everything out. Was down to a couple of things. One was the fluoride room door. I noticed my fingerprints on the window where the fluoride has etched to glass. Crap, so I wear vinyl gloves when I get near that room. Same with the silicone oil used on lab glassware. It seemed to cause my skin to itch. So on to protect myself and rule it out.
This went on for most of the year. Tried various crèmes and remedies until I was talking to a relative who had it bad in her feet. She had several jars of a topical steroid crème and swore by them to relieve her pain. She gave me a jar with a little left and I tried it out. Hoky smokes, seemed to clear up, almost. She said go see the Dermatologist in town, another friend confirmed he was good, so I made an apt and went.
Well it's been about a month and a half and the results are mixed. They prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream 0.1%. I have also been using various other ointments, crèmes, oils and anything that looks like it could help. At first it seemed to clear right up. thought I had it licked. Then it came back with a vengeance. My next apt was upon me and I told them of what happened. They gave me a shot of cortosteroid (sp?) to help it out. It knocked me on my tail for two weeks, and really didn't do anything to clear it up. Not doing that again.
So I've lost my calluses on my fingertips from years of playing, which really ticks me off as I love jamming out the blues, SRV style. Well I don't know I can beat this thing or if it's something I'm going to live with the rest of my life. Well I have 2 guitars I'm building right now, one is an acoustic bass project and the other is a neck thru body strat. Gonna go ahead and finish them as my optimistic side says this is just another minor setback. I'll find a way.
Jim
