asterroc | (no subject)

Damn I hate having a pain condition. Been dealing with cysts for something like two weeks now - as soon as one heals up, another one blossoms. Maybe once school actually starts I'll stop worrying about it and the cysts will go away.

What's bothering me about them right now is the continual pain. Sure it's mild, but it's always there, and that's really draining on physical energy, emotional energy, and attention span. I regenerate a spoon maybe every hour or two, and then I promptly use it up making lunch. Or washing my lunch dishes. Or rotating some of the toys in Kappa's cage. Or even just making a list of all the things I have to be doing! I keep wanting to just sit down and cry from the pain and the frustration all together. But that would take a spoon I don't have.

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I have something similar that pops up when I get really stressed and I found that L-Lysine helps keep it to a minimum or prolongs how long I can go without any symptoms; like over a year sometimes!
You can get L-Lysine 500mg at any vitamin store and it's not expensive. (I get mine at WalMart)
I take one before I go to bed with a glass of water- and if I "feel" the symptoms coming on I double up on the dosage.
You may give it a try to see if it works for you.
Bob

There's no evidence of Lysine having any relationship to hidradenitis suppurativa, but thanks for the thought. Someday I'd like to do a food log to see if anything does make a difference (some people have found that a gluten-free diet helps), but it's not something I want to try right now.