Is It A Mosquito Bite? Is It A Spider Bite? NO......... It's Ringworm

I assume you remember my recent mosquito bite on the neck, which has still not gone away. With that in mind, I started thinking that there was just something wrong with it still being a prevalent mark on my neck after FOUR weeks. Right? Then the thought hit me like a ton of bricks. I've had something similar several times before, but it just didn't immediately dawn on me. RINGWORM. Freaking ringworm on my already increasingly unattractive wattle. A Google Images search confirmed my suspicions and I sat here at my computer with mouth open and eyes gaping.




It's a simple diagnosis really, although many dermatologists are unable to reach that conclusion. The last time I had something like this I went to the dermatologist, who informed me that I had excema and then prescribed a cream for it. After two weeks of using the cream, my *spot* on my shin had doubled in size. So, I called the pharmacy to get a refill on the cream. When I went to get it, the pharmacist looked at my shin and immediately asked, "You aren't putting this cream on that, are you?" I replied with a yes and he immediately began to chuckle, then said, "That's ringworm and the cream is making it worse." As it turned out, he was correct. The freaking dermatologist (that I'd paid a small fortune to) had misdiagnosed a simple case of ringworm! The pharmacist then handed me a small tube of Tinactin, telling me to use it on the ringworm twice a day. In two or three days it was totally gone. How soon we forget little things that have happened to us in the past.

My children also both had ringworm a couple of times, so I'm no stranger to this. I can't help but wonder WHY didn't I see it for what it was? I'm chalking it up to *senior moments* and the gradual loss of memory.

The first picture is of the first week, which was a month ago. The second picture is what it looked like two days ago. The third picture is 8 hours after starting the application of the Tinactin. Well, DUH!

And I foolishly thought we got smarter as we got older........ Hmmmm... I think you need a fully functional brain for that.

These Senior Moments Are About To Get The Best Of Me.... Argh!

I suppose we all have *Senior Moments* as we approach old age. The older we get, the more we expect to have. I was rather hoping to not have any until I was up around 60 or 65. Hmmm...

When Mr. Snoots and I were getting ready to leave Las Vegas we of course, piled all of our chips together and cashed them in for real money. I was almost certain that I'd broken even until the hubby counted up his then mine, before combining them for the total. He told me that I'd come up like $200.00 short. I immediately leapt to my own defense by saying I did not lose $200.00. I admitted that the last night while playing Black Jack, I might have lost a $100.00 chip by accident, because I was unable to find it the next morning.

Mr. Snooty looked at me as if I were a complete moron. Well, that was the only conceivable thing that could have happened because I know I didn't lose it at the tables while playing.

So, fast-forward a few weeks to last Friday. I misplaced my main credit card and Sam's Club card and couldn't find it for the life of me. Growing ever more frustrated, I set aside time this afternoon to start going through everything I own, in order to find the missing credit card.

In my search to find those cards, I stumbled upon a black $100.00 Golden Nugget chip, along with $87.00 in cash that were still hiding in the side pocket of my little bronze evening bag. Can we just agree here that was a big old DUH of a Senior Moment? Now, I think I'll go through the rest of my things. No telling what I might find…. Oh The Riches That Must Be Hiding In My Closet and Drawers!


Apparently, today is my one day of clarity for the week...