Inconvenient Annoyances

Today marks one year since I landed back in Indiana, moving home from the UK. (Hubby followed August 6.) It has been an odd, reflective day, missing family and friends I left behind. I have bounced between trickling tears and smiles, remembering people and fun times.

Odd how an anniversary can bring such a flood of memories and thoughts we don't think of the rest of the year.

Is it too late to pull out?

Probably. Only agreed a few weeks ago but it would hurt too many feelings to back out, I think.

Probably. Only agreed a few weeks ago but it would hurt too many feelings to back out, I think.

Would it help to consider the most important thing for you here? If the friendship is important enough, I'd personally suck it up and take it as a personal lesson to myself to say thank you for considering me, but no thank you in the future at the start. You know, learning to listen to yourself. But it sucks to be in such a difficult position and place. Hope you find some peace with it anyhow, whatever you decide. Only you know what's important and what works for you.

Mine is, I should be writing an essay and I am on UK-Y. I think I'll have to think of a reward for myself if I crack on with it for 2 - 3 hours. Maybe chocolate?

Would it help to consider the most important thing for you here? If the friendship is important enough, I'd personally suck it up and take it as a personal lesson to myself to say thank you for considering me, but no thank you in the future at the start. You know, learning to listen to yourself. But it sucks to be in such a difficult position and place. Hope you find some peace with it anyhow, whatever you decide. Only you know what's important and what works for you.

I do absolutely need to suck it up and make peace with it. I think I've mostly got the b*tching and moaning about it to anyone who'll listen and not tell the bride out of my system in the last week or two. I threw my tantrum, now it's time to accept my fate. And it's really not bad, as traditional wedding bridesmaid gigs go. So. I'll live.

I do absolutely need to suck it up and make peace with it. I think I've mostly got the b*tching and moaning about it to anyone who'll listen and not tell the bride out of my system in the last week or two. I threw my tantrum, now it's time to accept my fate. And it's really not bad, as traditional wedding bridesmaid gigs go. So. I'll live.

Can you try and think of some positives?  Looking forward to food? A catch up with someone? I hope it goes better than you expect. At the worst, it'll all pass soon enough. 

My rosacea has gotten worse it only used to be red patches on my cheeks of my face now I have the lovely bumps as well that look like acne but isn't though. when I was in the States recently one of my sister's I was staying with had some Clinique red solutions daily cream. I used some of that cause on the back of the bottle it said it help's with rosacea. while I was there it was helping I wasn't as flushed with redness or the bumps as much either. so when I came back to the UK I actually broke down an bought a bottle of it that stuff isn't cheap either £30 for a little bottle of the stuff. I'm not seeing as good as results as I saw back home. I'm very self conscious of it as well already been to the Dr an they said it's cosmetic an put me on antibiotics again for it. I use Cetaphil face wash in the morning & wash my face just before bed time as well. I use my clinique face cream after I wash my face. my sister who is a registered nurse told me to use that face wash cause its for sensitive skin which I have. I'm really at my wits end with it.

I've got one of those Clinique redness creams... I'm not sure it's the same one as it seems they have a few, but I know it was expensive.    

For the cost, I think it was cheaper in the US so I picked it up there or had it sent to me whilst I was travelling.   

For the effectiveness.... maybe the UK ingredients are different to the US ingredients?

Good luck, shugga! 

Shugga, I've used these products before when I have a rosacea flareup:

http://www.avene.co.uk/Rosacea-Products

They are available at Boots chemist. I've been happy with the results - maybe worth a try?

I also have hydrocortisone cream that I brought back from the US that I'll use from time to time. You wouldn't want to use it all the time & it's one of those things that can go one way or the other - for me, it clears up any rosacea quickly, but for another, it might worsen it a bit. Here, they won't sell it to you over the counter at the pharmacy if you say it's for your face - you'd need a prescription for that (it thins the facial skin). You can buy it over the pharmacy counter for things like dermatitis, reactions to insect stings or bites, or mild to moderate eczema - for somewhere other than your face. 

I just took a load of clothes out of the washer, and found my 'other' phone lying on the bottom. While I am overjoyed it is that one, and not my 'real' phone, I am devastated! It is the one I use for my alarm and as a camera. It takes far better pictures than my more expensive 'real' phone. I currently have a boat load of pics on it that needed to be taken off. It is currently sitting in rice, and I am praying and hoping I can at least get the current pics off it, even if it never works again.

Thanks for the tips ladies. Travelingfrog My sister's Clinique cost her $50 for the same jar I got here in the UK that I paid £30 so about the same price either place. Mrs R, I will look into what you posted about I recently bought 3 bottles of Cetaphil Boots had it on offer 3 for 2. I'm not crazy about the red patches but can almost tolerate them but the bumps are doing my head in especially since it looks like acne an its not.   

TamaMoo I hope your able to salvage your pics from your phone & hopefully it will work again soon.

Thanks for the tips ladies. Travelingfrog My sister's Clinique cost her $50 for the same jar I got here in the UK that I paid £30 so about the same price either place. Mrs R, I will look into what you posted about I recently bought 3 bottles of Cetaphil Boots had it on offer 3 for 2. I'm not crazy about the red patches but can almost tolerate them but the bumps are doing my head in especially since it looks like acne an its not.   

Shugga,  I developed rosacea about 8 or 9 years ago and was prescribed MetroLotion (Metronidazole).  It's just a thin cream that you apply to your face twice a day (morning and night).  It soaks right in and is just like a thin moisturizer.  If you're going to be sweating a lot (I know you go to the gym most days) just put it on after you take a shower after your workout.

My GP here in the UK wrote me out a prescription for it (only £7 or so) and these days it's calmed down so much I only have to use it once in a great while.

It works great and it's all I need.  (No antibiotics (I don't understand why they prescribe that for rosacea).)

It also comes in a gel form called MetroGel, but that was too drying for me, the lotion was perfect.

Shugga,  I developed rosacea about 8 or 9 years ago and was prescribed MetroLotion (Metronidazole).  It's just a thin cream that you apply to your face twice a day (morning and night).  It soaks right in and is just like a thin moisturizer.  If you're going to be sweating a lot (I know you go to the gym most days) just put it on after you take a shower after your workout.

My GP here in the UK wrote me out a prescription for it (only £7 or so) and these days it's calmed down so much I only have to use it once in a great while.

It works great and it's all I need.  (No antibiotics (I don't understand why they prescribe that for rosacea).)

It also comes in a gel form called MetroGel, but that was too drying for me, the lotion was perfect.

I have been on Metrogel before that only works for a while when my rosacea isn't as bad. My Dr said to only use the metrogel if I have no flare up's cause once the bumps appear the Metrogel wont be of any use to me then. but the past several months my rosacea has been flaring up big time hence the bumps that look like acne but aren't though. the reason my Dr has me on antibiotics is cause I was told it was a virus. My Dh has rosacea as well an he is on antibiotics also. Dh has had Rosacea alot longer than I have had it. I'm pretty sure Dh has used used the lotion & gel before an they didn't do anything for him. I have to say though since being on the antibiotics again the amount of bumps have went down. I still have a few though nowhere as much as I used to have though but there still annoying though.    

the reason my Dr has me on antibiotics is cause I was told it was a virus.

Antibiotics don't work on viruses - they only work against bacterial infections.

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Suffering from a nasty head/chest/throat/ears cold that's starting to feel like a sinus infection ... with less than 24 hours till a massive job interview. Gah!

Antibiotics don't work on viruses - they only work against bacterial infections.

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So maybe rosacea is bacterial?  For me it seemed to be heat / stress triggered.  If I kept myself hydrated and was fortunate enough to have less stress going on in my life, then the rosacea would subside.  And it's been very minimal the past few years.  It was at its worst when I was going through my divorce.