Hi and welcome to my first ever blog. One in five children and one in ten adults and their families worldwide suffer with Eczema. I wish my blog to ultimately reach as many as I can in the hope that it may help someone. At times it is going to get real serious and nasty but that's just the way it is and I have to be real about it. In fact, it is not emotionally easy for me to write it let alone publicly, but I must ! I can tell you, just to take the pressure off, that there is a happy ending. I have before and after photo's but am not prepared to share those yet but I will pluck up the courage to do so in time.
I was born in 1961 on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Anyone born in this decade and got Eczema would know that the treatment back then was like torture. At 6 months old I was covered in full body raw weeping Eczema and was tied spreadeagled to a wire frame in my cot at night in an attempt to stop me from scratching myself to pieces, I expect I must of screamed and screamed and there would of been a lot of sleep deprivation going on in our household. And that was just the beginning... It's a good thing we can't remember those early days of our lives but perhaps the trauma of it remains with us. Wow I never blogged before I hope I'm doing this right, I didn't know if I choose Post or Page. Oh well I will keep going.
I can remember as far back as my Kindergarten days so I would of been four years old, I was attending all wrapped up in bandages like a mummy. And at times they would be tar, yes tar bandages that stunk like tar and were left on me for 3 days at a time. And kids were cruel. My first day of school at 5 years old was terrifying. Covered in Eczema I was a prime target for bullies and was constantly made fun of.
Ok it's 1:05am here. Insomnia comes from years and years of sleep deprivation due to itching and scratching 24/7. But tonight I may go to sleep proud of myself for staring this blog and knowing I may return to carry on tomorrow. I feel like it's just pouring out of me, nite nite everyone
