A spooky world!

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I noticed some... strange... skin anomaly, on my thumb.  The inside (palm) side, up the trunk of the thumb, a... strange event occurring.  It looked to be becoming a circular welt, with a gravy dip... as one might create with mashed potatoes.  Now, nowhere near as high, just the idea.  I was worried it might be ringworms.  Ringworms?  Maybe.  But... the notion seemed horrific!

I let it go, until it definitely looked, at least, like what the term might mean.  Worms, in my skin?  Yuck!  I let it go, a few days, out of... a grossed out sense of being.  Yea?  Shut it.

Finally, I decided to look into what this was all about.  Had I been eating pork which was undercooked?  What... else could it be?  Nope!  It turns out it isn't really any kind of worm at all.  It is a fungal thing.  And, it doesn't arrive, derive?, from undercooked pork.  One of the major factors, is contact with someone or something with it, to whit rabbits, cats, other pets or livestock.  But... I... just don't know.

Relieved, to a degree, I began digging into possible cures.  It can be a similar fungus as that which causes jock itch and athletes foot, for example.  Hmm...  Okay.  I actually have that stuff on hand.  I use it any time I get more itch than I should be scratching, here or there.  So, I used it.  Two to three times a day, for a week or three.  If that fails, either try a slightly different active ingredient one, or go to the doc.

I sprayed it, first time, today.  Spraying it the second time, it looks like the circular welt has decreased in size by, say, quarter to half?  There is definitely some improvement.  I don't know if this will work, but with results like that, this quickly, I have some hope.  If nothing else, I should be able to telemedi the problem.  With indications that this stuff works, but isn't strong enough, a dose of something could be sent fairly securely.

I just won't go to the hospital at this point.  Beside them being a major risk vector, their testing is still absolutely untrustworthy.  I will show up hot, stressed, I always do.  And that will get me flagged.  What with testing seeming to be nearly 90% wrong, I won't bet on their care or diagnosis, or else.  I wonder how many healthy people, with comorbidities, they have put into the hospital, who then get it and die?  I'd bet a lot.  I don't even trust their treatments.  This is just another form of genocide... the actual treatment... and diagnosis actually.  On purpose or not confronts me not at all.  I won't go.

I need to reorder meds anyway.  But I need a phone working.  Monday, or... sometime this week.  Ugh.

At least I am less creeped out by the problem.  Especially since it seems to be in very fast recovery.  But my thumb?  Not really supposed to be there.  If, I think, it is because most people don't have enough flesh and else there for the fungi to take hold.  My thumb is... big.  *sprays*  Dang things.  I'll get em'.  

Ducks and all were fed and else early.  I am ready to put out more water and food for the rabbits soon.  The water isn't freezing, mostly.  Even when left out overnight.  Oh, and with regular feedings, they seem to be eating less.  On top of being given limited amounts of food, and less overall.  I also got the girl out of the cage with the boys.  Now to watch her.  I'll have to review what to look for when a doe is about to deliver.  Someone removed her, then put her one cage over.  *sigh*  Oh, she is breed.  Definitely on that.  Later.