I have found that if I diligently prepared for something dreadful, the opposite seems to happen more often than not. Having expected the worst, I set up a ton of different shows to record on my DVR so I would have something to do while I was bedbound. Knowing is not the best policy to be in my wheelchair too long when there is the possibility of skin degradation, I only got up for about eight hours yesterday and when I went to bed everything looked pretty decent. Yea!!!! The rash was not necessarily healing on my butt, although it wasn't getting any worse and there were no new blisters. My hips are a different story. The rash seems to be resolving a little. The cream I am using to heal this particular rash, Nizoral, was ironically suggested by me. Not knowing what else might help, the doctors concurred and ordered me to put it on three times a day. This morning the rash looks even better and I am thrilled that I may end up deleting the multitude of television shows I recorded, however, it might be better to hold off a few more days. Don't want to count my eggs before they hatch. Right now I am nonetheless optimistic that I will be able to continue getting up on a daily basis, albeit for a little less time than normal.

Dianne, I am equally shocked that dermatology cannot see me until July, but if this thing does get any worse I will be camping out on their doorstep. It is just plain stupid to put a quadriplegic on the back burner when they are having problems with their skin, especially the posterior region. If I were to develop a sore that required hospitalization, it could easily cost in excess of $10,000. Common sense would dictate these people would be eager to see me as quickly as possible, but I haven't heard many people suggest that the government has a lot of common sense.

As for Curtis's comment on my previous entry, he is right facials are commonly a "chick's" domain, but frankly I wouldn't knock it until I tried it. Pedicures are also characteristically a woman thing, but Jesse James isn't averse to getting one. I only like to get facials right after the winter and this is primarily because I am unable to clean my face by myself and therefore need to have someone make sure I am exfoliated properly. When my ex-wife gets here she can do this, but my primary care attendants don't have a clue. I know someone were to call me a metrosexual, the privates who I trained as a drill sergeant would vehemently disagree.

I had better close and continue to hope for the best. I really hate putting these entries up, because people will tend believe this type of occurrence is normal for me and it is quite the contrary. I have been so healthy over the last several years the majority of people who have known me for quite some time were shocked when I started to encounter these problems over the last few months.