Not feeling very well tonight
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Photo: Stone dog in the snow
The decorating is going well but suddenly I have broken out in an itchy rash that is slowly driving me nuts, so I’m off to bed with the Min Pins and an inorganic hottie.
We still have snow on the ground here in the village. Danny went on a 240 mile round trip to the M4 corridor today. He saw no snow from the time he left until he returned to the cottage. It’s nice but a bit tawdry now, just like our kitchen before I began painting it.
By this time next week the snow should be gone and the cottage kitchen should be glistening.
Harvesting bags
R.I.P. Alfonso and Massimo. Could you eat your own chickens?
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A grand day out
Pamela on 
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Shereen on 
Claire on 
Lara on 
Brian Wood on 
Catrin on 
Amanda on 
Carol on 
Bib on 
fn on 
Hope you feel better tomorrow, Danny has less travelling and the sun comes out!
Itchy rashes are just the worst. Have you taken an antihistamine? Hope you feel better tomorrow.
Feel better Fiona, rashes are the pits!
You didn’t change your laundry detergent, did you?
That new paint you were talking about (that sounds wonderful, by the way!)have you used it before now? I was wondering if you maybe sensative to it. I used to sell paint, and its not unheard of. (I hope thats not your case!)
hope you’re fine again as soon as possible!
I wondered about the paint too. That would be too bad
Hope you feel better soon.
Many wishes to get well soon!
Hope the hottie & the early night did the trick! Maybe it’s that 1st week of stopping work syndrome (although it’s a busman’s holiday). I wondered about the new paint too – I hope not! Keep warm & well, it would be so frustrating if you couldn’t do what you wanted on your week off.
Like Michelle, Jackie and KarenO wondering about whether you’ve reacted to the paint – I occasionally get a flare-up of a skin reaction to paint, solvents and cleaning products. It’s hard to pinpoint the trigger, but if I’m a bit low and my hands get stripped of the natural oils because they’ve been in water a lot, the rash can suddenly reappear.
Take care, I sympathise with you about the intense itching.
Celia
Hope you soon feel better. An itchy rash can be maddening.
Get well Fiona. Keep warm and get some ointment from the docs.
Rgds
Sam
Another one suspicious of the paint here! Get well soon.
Hope you feel better soon Fiona.
Just thought – Nettle tea is supposed to be good for rashes. Hope you’re feeling better by now.
Hope you are feeling better Fiona.x
Hope you feel better soon!
Hello Kate(uk), Pamela, Michelle, Nà, Jackie, Carla, KarenO, Magic Cochin, Moonroot, Sam, Casalba, Pat, Heidi and Sara
Thank you so much for all your good wishes.
By the time that Danny returned last night I was covered with a painful rash – blisters under the skin that matched the shingles photos on the internet. We were both a bit panicky but with a bit of delving deeper we thought that I had probably got chicken pox (I have been feeling a bit off colour recently).
The rash was soothed by a bath and as I was off to bed I spotted Pamela’s comment and took an antihistamine tablet. Thank you so much, I wouldn’t have though of this. The rash kept me awake for hours and my hands burned. Luckily I had a great book at the hip – The Lonely Bones by Alice Sebold.
In the morning the rash and burning had gone.
Reading your comments, I reckon that it was an adverse reaction to the paint. I opened the windows all day – a bit fresh as there’s still snow on the ground and wore gloves. Just a tiny bit of itching. So all is well.
Thanks again for your support so much appreciated.
Meanwhile, the kitchen looks great and we are going to use this paint through the cottage. Even if I have to wear a diver’s outfit.
Glad to hear you’re on the mend. Who would have thought that you could get such a strong reaction to paint? You weren’t finger painter, were you? I read that Alice Sebold book a couple of years ago. It’s really good. I have started the Rumer Godden book, haven’t got very far yet as I have been tired going to bed (hardly surprising, given how late I retire for the night!)and I only read in bed.
Hi Pamela
Yes, I’m fine. The Rumer Godden book takes a bit of getting into and suddenly you are hooked. I couldn’t put it down and even considered not ging to work one day!
Hey Fiona,
I was rooting around online to see if I could find anything out about paint allergic reactions, and I found this-
http://www.handicapinfo38.org/allergic-reactions-to-paint-hives.php
Glad you’re feeling better and have figured out the cause.
‘The Lovely Bones’ is a wonderful book – I couldn’t put it down!
Glad you’re feeling better. Glad the paint is so good too. (& glad it’s not chicken pox or shingles!)
glad to hear you are feeling better!
Hello Michelle
Thank you so much for this link and taking the trouble to find it. D and I were really panicky when it first broke out.
I was talking to my mum this evening who was concerned about the rash (she reads the blog on her mobile phone at 89 years old!) and I was able to say that I had discovered the answer already!
Hi Moonroot
I’ve just finished The Lovely Bones and I’m bereft. Have to fins something else to read that’s just as good?
Yes I’m much better. Have discovered that I’m allergic to all paint so gloves on and windows opened wide from now on.
Hi KarenO
No shingles or chicken pox, thank goodness.
The paint is brilliant. I’m dazzled by it literally. When I have breaks, I’m going to paint all the cottage with it. In the evening you need about 50% or less light.
Hi S.O.L.
Thank you so much for dropping by.
Thank goodness you’re feeling better! Sorry, I haven’t been able to visit for a few days as things have been a bit busy here – hard work as snowed in for a week & a half (got off the farm for the first time yesterday!) – plus I’m getting ready for kidding (I suspect Ninny’s about to pop!).
Part of the Squadron I ran whilst in the RAF included a Petrols, Oils & Lubricants Section (POL) which essentially managed aircraft refuelling, & the associated systems (a bit like a petrol station only on an absolutely massive scale – & we take the fuel to the ‘vehicles’, not the other way around!).
One of the Section’s duties was to manage the multitude of paints on the Station – as you can imagine we had a pretty diverse range! However this Section had a very high staff turnover; as many people developed allergic reactions to the products over time. I suppose it’s a bit like beekeeping; get stung too often & you run the risk of getting an increasingly extreme reaction. So keep those antihistamines handy…!
Glad it turned out to be nothing more horrible & lingering – there are few things worse than an itchy, allergic rash!
Glad you’re feeling better, but what a nuisance developing an allergy to paint! Hope the gloves etc. work.
Your paint sounds amazing though — 50% savings on light! Wish I’d known about it earlier, but when we do some more redecorating I’ll deefinitely see if it’s available here.
Hello Fiona
Have posted you a book today.