Anudder dammit moment,,,,

Not job related,,,   not Poly-tickian related (well, kinda sorta, you ‘ll understand in a minute,,,)

All the crud fighting I have been doing has my immune system on HIGH ALERT,,,  Not normally an issue, but,,,,,,

Ever since Kuwait (91-92) I have this occasional issue with a rash.   It attacks scar tissue first then spreads about to every exposed part of me,  Exposed as any part of me that sees sunlight,,,,   Always hits me in the spring time, IF its going to hit me at all.    In 98 I was frustrated by it so severely,,,, really bad year that year, the immune system started attacking everything, even went 3 months with no voice because my larnyx was paralyzed due to drainage from my sinuses that was part of the ‘reaction’: I went to a Skin Specialist (I had GOOD insurance then,,,)   Found out my body was acting like it was allergic to melanine,,,,  you know, that stuff that makes you tan,,,,   Silly White-boy, thinks he can get dark skin,,, Bwahahahaha,,,, lets show HIM,,,,,

Well, its back,, not much,,,, just the backs of my hands and the ridge of my schnoz,,,,   BUT DAMN,,, this shit ITCHESSSSSSSS     

And amazingly, there is an over the counter that works to ease it down until my system equalizes.    Abreva, the stuff for cold sores,,, its a topical steroid, low enough levels that its not on a controlled substance list, and,,,,,

IT WORKS.    Just takes a day or two before the itch subsides, but not MONTHS like it was in 98,,,,,   

So what initially brought it on,,,, I think it was that damned shot that we were all subjected to on the way to Kuwait,,,, Supposedly to ease the symptoms if we were hit with Nerve agents,,,  We weren’t, but we had to get that shot, and when you are bonded to Uncle Sam by the hip, you kinda have to ‘go along’ or suffer,,,,    You may have heard of “Gulf War Syndrome”,,, I think this is part of that,,, Lots of guys picked up weird issues after that shot, none seem linked in any way, but,,,,,   Conspiracy?  maybe,,, but then the way Conspiracy keeps becoming ‘fact’ on such short time spans these days,,, maybe this one is a fact but so far behind in history that no one cares anymore (except those of us with said issues,,, like becoming allergic to melanine,,, WTF?,,,,)

Anywhooos,,,  I am going to fire this off, then go find somewhere to meditate and IGNORE itchy skins,,,,,