Wander- your post reminded me about my physical chronic illness. (I don't mention it because it's rare and I don't want to make a red flag in case anyone I know ever comes to read this, but I have to take aspirin for it). Anyway, I had been doing pretty well with it for a long time (what, like a year or so?) but I'm starting to break out into blisters again on my fingers. :/ I'm sure this new habit of hair twirling and fingernail/cuticle rubbing and picking isn't helping either. Plus, it's that time of the month and my inflammation always increases then too. Maybe it will die down by next week, but it's winter and usually that's when this flares up most (blisters in winter and redness/burning in hot weather). Sigh!