{"id":3370,"date":"2012-06-28T23:02:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T03:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2012-06-28T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T03:02:18","slug":"skin-struggles-the-waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/consciousandchic\/skin-struggles-the-waiting-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Skin Struggles: The Waiting Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>My name is Nono Osuji and in\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Skin Struggles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/02\/16\/skin-struggles\/\">Skin Struggles<\/a><a title=\"Skin Struggles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/category\/beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>I recount my personal experience and struggle with Lupus. Welcome to the 8th post\u00c2\u00a0of my ongoing journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/waiting-wordle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/waiting-wordle.jpg\" alt=\"waiting\" width=\"590\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After an evening filled with margaritas, pina coladas and a lot of cheese filled goodies I ended my AIDS free celebration with Nelia and Houda, but I did not want my night to end.\u00c2\u00a0 I wanted to enjoy NYC, knowing that I did not have AIDS, and that that was one less thing for me to worry about.\u00c2\u00a0 I had the biggest smile on my face all night as I walked around the Penn Station area people watching and taking in the sites of the city.\u00c2\u00a0 I laughed as other people laughed not really knowing what they were laughing at, just wanting a reason to laugh.\u00c2\u00a0 I smiled and made funny faces at babies and said &#8220;hi&#8221; to almost everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 In New York you can&#8217;t say hi to everyone that would solicit unwanted interactions that may lead to them following you almost to your subway stop, (I may have experienced this once or three times\u00c2\u00a0before).\u00c2\u00a0 I just didn&#8217;t want the night to end, because I knew that tomorrow I would have to deal with my health once again.\u00c2\u00a0 I lingered a bit longer in the city, and came home around 1am, I caught up on some DVR shows and finally went to sleep with\u00c2\u00a0taking only 2 Benadryl pills.\u00c2\u00a0 I was feeling so great that the burning sensation in my arms didn&#8217;t bother me as much that night.<\/p>\n<p>When I woke up the next morning I was still on my high and didn&#8217;t want to bother with my health, but I couldn&#8217;t ignore it.\u00c2\u00a0 Dr. Doom Dermatologist and told me that it was best if I went to a general practitioner to find out what was going on.\u00c2\u00a0 So since I had satisfied my crazy notion that I had AIDS, I figured it was time to do something sensible and no longer give in to my crazy.\u00c2\u00a0 I really didn&#8217;t have a general practitioner but I did have a great gynecologist so I asked him for a referral.\u00c2\u00a0 He sent me to a doctor, whose office was only a few blocks away from his own.\u00c2\u00a0 I called the doctor and made an appointment for the following week.\u00c2\u00a0 I was a bit apprehensive about going in because I was still unsure about what he would tell me.\u00c2\u00a0 Until the time of the appointment, I mostly laid in bed and watched tv.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately for me the nights were not easy for me the pain that I was experiencing was becoming overwhelming.\u00c2\u00a0 I would lay in bed and ice my body to try and relive the burning sensation that I had all over my body.\u00c2\u00a0 It felt like my skin was on fire and the reality of what was going on with me set in; the whole AIDS thing seemed like a lifetime away.<\/p>\n<p>The morning of my doctor&#8217;s appointment I didn&#8217;t get over-dressed like for my clinic appointment, but the same feeling of anxiety and fear came over me.\u00c2\u00a0 At this time my spiritual relationship was a bit shaken.\u00c2\u00a0 I literally went to church every other day and laid out on the altar when I\u00c2\u00a0decided that I had AIDS.\u00c2\u00a0 The morning of my general practitioner&#8217;s appointment I was in a neutral space with Christ.\u00c2\u00a0 I had decided that He really didn&#8217;t like me and was only putting up with me for technical reasons.\u00c2\u00a0 I was really upset that all of this was happening to me especially during my summer, which was supposed to be filled with internships, working and partying.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead I had become a home body and walked around outside with my head hung low because I was ashamed of what was happening to my skin and just didn&#8217;t want anyone to look at me.\u00c2\u00a0 That morning was no exception in 90 degree heat I still had a sweater over my sleeveless top and capri pants.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a 40 minute train ride to the doctor&#8217;s office, and all I did\u00c2\u00a0was stare at all of the people who seemed to be enjoying their summer vacations.\u00c2\u00a0 I also took in all of the people, who seemed to not have mirrors in the home I had to assume or else they would not be dressed the way they were. \u00c2\u00a0This &#8220;ratchet&#8221; dressing happens more frequently in the summer months, when I guess people are so hot that they better judgment is clouded. \u00c2\u00a0I wondered if they saw the heat as an opportunity to dress like a hooker, one particular woman on the train was a prime of example of such &#8220;ratchet&#8221; dressing.\u00c2\u00a0 She was kind of &#8220;tow up from the flo up&#8221;, she looked a hot mess.\u00c2\u00a0 Her hair had grown out from its once red tresses and now revealed a dark brown color that gave her that two-tone looking hair.\u00c2\u00a0 She had on a very tight strapless tube top that was not doing a very good job of supporting her long, large breasts.\u00c2\u00a0 She paired the dirty yellow tube top with multi-color shorts that were already 6 inches too short\u00c2\u00a0for her age and even tighter than her tube top.\u00c2\u00a0 The shorts also had a few rips in them that looked like they had been created on purpose, I can&#8217;t assume that the maker of the shorts had any part in the holes.\u00c2\u00a0 She finished off her look with Birkenstocks and very long red toe nails.\u00c2\u00a0 Trying not to stare at her for most of my subway ride made the time go by relatively fast.<\/p>\n<p>I arrived at the doctor&#8217;s office and was seriously under-whelmed.\u00c2\u00a0 It was small, dreary looking and freezing cold.\u00c2\u00a0 The receptionist was pleasant and very much a loud talking, curly-haired, gum popping New Yorker, I would assume from Staten Island or Brooklyn.\u00c2\u00a0 She told me that, &#8220;the docta would be with me showtly&#8221;, as I sat and waited I was grateful for my sweater.\u00c2\u00a0 The wait wasn&#8217;t long and before I knew it I was sitting with the doctor in the examining room.\u00c2\u00a0 He was round in shape, very down to earth, and very pleasant. \u00c2\u00a0He was a breath of fresh air after dealing with gloomy, doom dermatologist. \u00c2\u00a0I told him about my\u00c2\u00a0whole ordeal with the Dr. Doom\u00c2\u00a0Dermatologist and\u00c2\u00a0partially explained my whole AIDS debacle.\u00c2\u00a0 He\u00c2\u00a0assured me that he would help me\u00c2\u00a0get to the bottom of what was causing my rashes and pain.\u00c2\u00a0 I gave him the blood results from the dermatologist and kind of expected him to tell me right then and there what was wrong with me.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately he informed that he would need more in-depth blood tests he wrote out an order for me to go back to the lab, I made a mental note not to go back to the one in Chelsea. He told me that he would see me in two weeks.\u00c2\u00a0I was somewhat disappointed that he wouldn&#8217;t be able to\u00c2\u00a0solve my health problem \u00c2\u00a0immediately,\u00c2\u00a0the waiting game was happening all over again.\u00c2\u00a0 I took a deep sigh and accepted the order form. \u00c2\u00a0I am not a very patient person so I knew that this was not going to be easy for me, I wondered what crazy thoughts would consume my mind while I waited to get the results from this blood work.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed the latest:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Results Are In\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/06\/21\/skin-struggles-the-results-are-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Results Are In<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Go Get Tested\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/06\/14\/skin-struggles-go-get-tested\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go Get Tested<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"I HAVE AIDS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/05\/31\/i-have-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\">I Have AIDS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Stranger in My Bed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/05\/24\/skin-struggles-the-stranger-in-my-bed\/http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Stranger in My Bed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Infected Blood and Crazed Thougts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/05\/17\/infected-blood-and-crazed-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Infected Blood and Crazed Thoughts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"I Have What??\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/05\/10\/i-have-what\/\" target=\"_blank\">I Have What??<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Getting to Know Me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 In the Beginning There was No Lupus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionwithaconscience.org\/2012\/05\/03\/getting-to-know-me-in-the-beginning-there-was-no-lupus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Getting to Know Me \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 In the Beginning There Was No Lupus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Nono Osuji and in\u00c2\u00a0Skin Struggles\u00c2\u00a0I recount my personal experience and struggle with Lupus. 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