Dermatologist

Well I finally had enough.  For weeks now I've had severely dry skin on my face.  I think I was in denial, that it would eventually go away.  I went to my primary care physician.  She prescribed me a cream but it wasn't doing anything.  In fact I think it was drying my skin out even more.  At times it felt like it was even burning my skin.  I called the doctor and she said it was normal.  Sure didn't feel normal to me.  Then I called back a few days later when my eye started getting goopy and red.  I described my symptoms and she prescribed eye drops.  So with a combination of the cream and eye drops nothing was working.  I don't know what's going on.  I feel like I'm completely falling apart.  I can see all this happening while on Chemo.  My system was low, I was open to sickness but now, a year later when I'm chemo free, getting healthier and healthier by the day yet I got this flaky dry skin, red circles under my eyes and of course the pink eyes.  It was getting to the point where my face was so dry it was hurting.  So when I went to work today my co-workers said, it's time to see the dermatologist.  I knew that's what I had to do but I just didn't love my dermatologist.  I went to her a few months back and my 1st experience with her was over in 2 minutes.  I was so un-impressed.  But what choice did I have?  I had to call her and guess what???  They said they'd squeeze me in.   Since her office was literally across the street from my office I left immediately.   Of course that really meant, come on over to the office, sit in the waiting room for a hour and then once we call you back sit in the back room for 15 more min.  Why didn't I bring a magazine or something to read???  She had all these pamphlets and of course I had to grab the one that had pictures of people with skin cancer which completely freaked me out.  Anyway, this time I had a completely different experience with her.  She was concerned about the way I looked and said the prior meds (cream and eye drops - brought them with me) I was taking was all wrong.  That makes sense since my skin never healed.   She prescribed me a special cream.  We discussed the treatment and she wanted to see me in a month.  Then I remembered that I had a tiny bump on the inside of my arm.  I figured since I'm here I might as well show her.  She decided to do a biopsy.  She said it wasn't a big deal but wanted to send it off anyway.  Of course now I'm nervous and I freaked out just a little bit when she was cutting it off.  I'm just so tired of being a human pin cushion.  Why do these things keep happening to me?

So the day at work was long.  I was anxious to get to the pharmacy and try out my new cream.  So hopping this will work.  I'd love to have my normal face back again.