I have just been diagnosed with a Staphylococcus Aureus infection. You remember that blog I wrote about how my legs are heavily scarred? It’s much worse now. It’s much more itchy and hurts. It’s highly contagious so I can’t do my volunteer work. I feel useless and ugly.

So what’s happening is that I had open eczema wounds on my feet and the bacteria got into them. Now whenever I get a mosquito bite or a shaving cut or anything where I break skin, it becomes infected with the bacteria and takes months to heal. The result: Scabby, spotty, painful legs. I tried antibiotic cream but it didn’t work too well so I’ve been prescribed oral antibiotics. In a week I’m going to Moonta, which I was meant to do in November but different antibiotics didn’t agree with my tummy so I had to postpone it AND I SWEAR TO GOD IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN I’LL PUNCH LIFE RIGHT IN THE THROAT.

I’m so glad that this is getting dealt with now. It’s taking over my body and as I write this, it’s started spreading rapidly to my face. Yesterday I had one cut on my nose. Now, I have 2 on my nose, one above my lip, one on my forehead and one on my chin. I don’t know how that happened. My face suddenly got itchy and I felt fresh cuts. There’s a good chance that if my face became anything like my legs I would leave Earth and live on Mars where all the freaks live.

At first it was just affecting my aesthetic, so I wasn’t too fussed but now it is so itchy and so so sore. I got alcohol spilled on my legs the other day and it felt like knives of fire were being inserted into every scab. I can’t even walk properly and don’t even get me started on socks. The material sticks to the wounds and when I take them off it takes all the skin with it and leaves my foot weeping and bleeding. I dread the two-three times a day I put 5+ creams on my legs and feet. Just the lightest touch stings, so rubbing cream on them is like rubbing acid on them.

Sorry for the rant but, God I am so embarrassed. People look at me like I’m a freak in a circus. I had to make sure my legs were covered to hand in a resume, because hey, I could be the perfect employee but they won’t want to hire me for yucky legs! I need Winter so I can cover everything up and this wouldn’t be a problem- just a pain.

Larne