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I am hideous!!!!!

CANADA | Sunday, 12 February 2006 | Views [1588] | Comments [11]

Hi. I have a giant cold sore on my top lip. I have never had a cold sore before and I think the chi of the cold sore has hit with all its might. I had to go to work today and I felt like Quasimodo. Like I should be wearing rags and living in an attic (ha ha... I actually do live in an attic. But I mean I felt like I should live in one with no windows or doors). I felt people recoil in disgust as they gazed at my uglyness. I felt like putting myself into quarantine with all the lepers. I felt unclean. UNCLEAN!

I may be being a bit overly dramatic but this is my journal and if you don't like it you don't have to read it. I just don't like the fact that I have an infectious sore on my lip. My LIP!

Moving on! There were ten thousand million people at work today and they all needed MY help. I don't know why. I dont know anything (and I am hideous). I had to move a display of ceramic chickens from one spot to another. They were all to tall though and so then I had to move the shelves too. It was all very overwhelming.

This week has been pretty cold. It has snowed a little bit and so all of the ground is white. It is quite nice to look at. I was on the bus the other day when I heard two Englidh girls talking behind me. I was listening to my headphones so I did not immediately catch on to the topic of conversation. In between two songs I heard the words 'Susan Kennedy'. I didn't think much of it until I heard other words like Karl and Izzy and Darcy and Plane crash and then I realised they were discussing our own beloved neighbours. The one girl was telling the other girl the whole plot of the last season of Neighbours. I was almost going to turn around and add to their conversation and then I thought that would be a little bit creepyfor them to know I had been listening to their conversation for so long. After they had finished with Neighbours they then discussed Home and Away. I was reading 'People' magazine in the lunchroom at work and they had the 'Must see tv' section which included 'Kath and Kim' which is shown on the sundance channel. My heart swelled with pride.

Jane Ann got a new job yesterday. I was very pleased for her but also quite a bit jealous. She will teach grade 5/6 over someones maternity leave. She will teach in Guelph which is where Kylie was. I am going to try to get Jane Anns job. To much longer where I am I might go crazy and start throwing pottery at customers.

Anyway, better go! I need to seal up the windows so no daylight will hit me as I nest in my hunchback(lip) quarters. Bye for now.

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

Comments

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Hi, Susan. Nice to talk to you this morning. To continue my treatment suggestions: Zinc tablets definitely (high potency) and maybe a topical cream as well - ask at the chemist. If you can find something with a VERY HIGH percentage of zinc in it, it may be effective, even if it isn't meant for cold sores. Before you put on the cream/ointment, dab the sore with metholated spirit or surgical spirit on a cotton ball. It will hurt momentarily but will be worth it. Do this at least twice a day. Another very effective treatment for anything that is caused by any sort of bug (including viruses) is ti-tree oil. Not the solution but the pure oil. Just put some on your finger and rub it on the sore 2 or more times a day (this may sting a little bit). This even cures warts which are caused by a virus. I would also invest in a high potency multi-vitamin and mineral tablet or tonic as well, as you would have got the sore because you are run down. Also, don't kiss anyone. Hope you get rid of it soon. Good luck as well with finding a better job soon. Lots of love. Mum

Mum Feb 12, 2006 4:31 PM

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Yo ho ho Sue. How's things diggin'? Yeah Sue! Become Quasimodo! Then you can be a bell ringer, and fall in love with a gypsy girl, and have talking gargoyles that break out into song... I only know the Disney version, and they don't die at the end. But it wasn't very good. Convinced?
Didn't do much this week, as programs are due, and intelligently I 've left it till the last minute. But still, quietly confident. But that's enough about teaching. Did Sue say she was JEALOUS of a teaching job? With Year 5/6's? Get out of the cold.
Brenton is unable to access the Internet at the moment, therefore has not been able to make contact. He is enjoying teaching, which is SOOOO just like him, to go and enjoy stuff. He is a bit tired out. Brenton sux. Tim gets back in 2 and half weeks. Hopefully he is alive.
Remember- Don't kiss anyone.

Simon James Feb 13, 2006 2:27 AM

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Hi Sue, it's me again!. One of the old wives tale for cold sores, is to rub Vegemite into it. It's something to do with the Riboflavin! Can you get it there or do you need Simon to send another hamper? Fancy all the hype about not kissing anyone. Why not give the rotten thing to someone else!! See ya.

Maureen James Feb 13, 2006 1:28 PM

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Maureen James Feb 13, 2006 1:28 PM

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Hey Sue, I hear if you burn an item of your clothing to ashes, collect the ashes and sprinkle them around your bed on the night of the full moon then go swimming naked in a north flowing river and sing a favourite song backwards it will heal your cold sore!!! So will some zorvirax. I moved into my new house, it is great and really high up, i had breakfast on the balcony this morning. I feel a bit like I am on holiday except for the still having to go to work and stuff. Good luck with poaching Jane Ann's job. Also can you extend your ticket or not? and don't kiss anyone, unless you want to give them your horrid disease, in that case go right ahead.

Helen Feb 13, 2006 7:48 PM

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welcome to my world at inspirations, moving ceramic chickens is all i do! i worked at another card & gift shop today, not owned by doug & pam though. i thought it might be a bit of a drag, cause the lady was very vague on the phone, she sounded like she wanted to interview me to decide if she would get me to do her a favour by working there twice while she & her husband went on holidays. but really she just wanted to show me around & familiarise me with the shop & procedures (i don't know why she just didn't say that on the phone though). the other boss was really nice, he asked me what i was doing at uni & then told me about one of their staff who was doing psych too & where she went, what year she was in & what she wanted to do afterwards (i was amazed that there are bosses out there who actually listen, take note & care about what their workers do).

Meli Feb 13, 2006 8:40 PM

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Greetings. First up, let me say that I am very sorry to hear of your medical condition. It sounds like it is really, really bad… like Old Testament plague proportions. If I was you I would build an alter and call down fire from heaven. Maybe you have done something terrible and this is your reward. Confess! On the other hand, this could be your “thorn in the flesh” so to speak... in which case you must embrace it and endure the hardship. What joy! Failing all that you might try this remedy. You will the following ingredients… a tea bag, some nail polish remover, Vicks Vapor Rub, and some earwax. Instructions: When you wake up in the morning, take a shower with extra hot water. When you get out, put a tea bag (with some water) in the microwave for about 2 minutes. Keep it on until it gets cool, then heat it up again. Repeat this process for 45 minutes. After you have used the tea bags, put nail polish and Vicks Vapor rub on the sore. Repeat this step every hour until you go to bed. Take another shower before you go to bed. When you get out of the shower, put earwax on the sore. If you do this for 2 days, it should be gone on the third. I haven’t tried this one personally… but you never know. Catchya later.

Master Patt Feb 15, 2006 2:02 AM

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Dear Sue All I can say about Master Patt's solution, is that I think he's in the wrong profession. But Mr James would certainly encourage the use of Vicks! See ya.

Maureen James Feb 15, 2006 1:02 PM

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I must say I find that my daughters can be somewhat sarcastic. I think that the remedy from Master Patt might cause you so much stress that you develop a second cold sore. I moved the computer in the office and after that Daniel and I had to re-connect to broadband. I don't know if Ebony is having any trouble with the internet, but I know she has been working quite long hours recently. Love. Mum.

Mum Feb 15, 2006 4:47 PM

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Hi Susan, I hope you get rid of your affliction soon. I think all the remedies would be good except for Master Patt's and Helen's first one. Your website continues to entertain me greatly. The only gripe I have got is that I don't get any acknowledgement from you that I have written. Or am I the person who you don't know who it is? I am your Auntie(and a very jealous one too). (This is a variation on a biblical reference.) Love Janet

Janet Feb 18, 2006 6:58 PM

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hi sue
Not a dreaded cold sore i have 1 right on my lip as i speak!!

Well like many others i have tried the lip balms chapped stix but they r useless!!

Sooooo tell you what i did to ease the pain from it and get rid of is nothing other than tea tree oil that is definately your best bet known for its antiseptic

This does work

regards

kay

kay May 24, 2006 9:03 AM