Oh my Spaghetti Monster, I’ve been told to go down to 2 apps a day on most of my body. It’s taken me so long and so many ups and downs to get to this level that it doesn’t seem real, and I’m a little scared.
I think poor Dr Aron was a little overwhelmed by the level of detail in my ‘concise version of events’ for the past 4 weeks, but luckily I included a table for him which I may start copying here to make things more clear. So this is where I’m at as of tomorrow:
My arms are properly playing up – although they look fairly clear and brown rather than red, the raised bumps are all over and itching like mad. Last night I started using an ice pack wrapped in towel to cool them down as they get quite hot sometimes. I’m trying my hardest to keep cool – I love being warm but my body has always struggled with keeping my temperature up to a comfortable level, so forcing myself to wear a tshirt with no jacket on a mild day is a bit torturous.
Dr Aron has told me to come off the undiluted cream on my forehead completely because it’s too strong to use any longer. I completely understand this, but I’m still 98% certain that when I stop the eczema will come straight back. It’s on the brink as it is.
The only reason my collarbone is staying on 3x for a few days is because I wore a dress into London on Saturday which, although making me feel great, wasn’t exactly cotton and it rubbed a bit. I don’t have a proper flare there but I can tell it’s been irritated so I’m playing it safe.
My neck looks clear but is quite rough and itchy so I’m keeping it on 5x a day for a while with plans to move it down to 4 or 3x in the next few days.
On the diet side, I’ve been mostly keeping to it, although after my night out in London I got frustrated with the lack of hangover foods available in the types of places open on a Sunday morning so blew it all on 20 McDonald’s chicken nuggets and large fries. No sauce though! 
Dinners and breakfasts are quite easy as I can just have gluten-free porridge with rice milk or cook plain chicken with some boring, flavourless rice and peas, but lunchtimes at work are ridiculously difficult. I work in a small town with a village feel, so outlets for food are limited, and as I’m not allowed to eat leftovers since they build histamine over time, I can’t cook something good the night before. Quite often I just end up with something ‘unwholesome’ like bread and butter with nothing else. Long.
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