[krzyk101]

Well, now I have worked to find out what a kneaded eraser is and there is a link to an image of one that is way too large to fit into this reply box I found out the hard way. (he looks at the clock and realized 1/2 hour has since passed, and still is this not part of the insanity of MI and OCD to say the least.

I am not sure that this would help me with the cronic skin picking I suffer from currently a staph infection yet anything is worth a try, so well I read the definition and had visions of using the kneaded eraser to not pick at only to absorb grease and possible extract blackheads.

I wish I could just joke about the part of using it to absorb grease from my pores but it is in my reality and is not even the axis 1 of my diagnosis'. Try as I may to laugh at my skin picking I just can not make a joke of it or such. Or any aspect of this disorder or the time consuming anxiety from it and such diabling aspects of it all.

I once had an infectous disease MD who said that until I trimmed down my fingernails to the point that they would not even scratch my skin in any manner. (imagine I did of an itch somewhere and no ability to scratch it with my own finger nails!) He said he refused to treat my back then Staph infection due to my neatly not stubs of fingernails. I bawled at his office and was traumatized. I could not believe an MD would put such ultimatums on my body.

I can understand trying not to scratch but to blatently tell a person not allowed to have finger nails? I had a casemanager not a T at the time that took his side, I asked her would she rather me pick at my skin or clip my nails down to the point that i devoloped more severe picking issues using an altrenative to fingernails like a metal ice pick or one of those compus pointy things used to draw circles to get the 'infection' out of my skin? she got pissed at me, called me insoburdenant and unwilling to try and I once again went picking away in tears as one MD refused to treat me and a case manager undertrained, underqualified added to my already confusion of this awful OCD condition.

(sorry out of order from the title but after an hour I am too tired to try to perfect this any more)

The kneaded eraser (or kneaded rubber eraser) is also well-known. It is usually made of a grey or white pliable material that resembles putty or chewing gum. It functions by "absorbing" and "picking up" graphite and charcoal particles. It does not wear away and leave behind eraser residue, thus it lasts much longer than other erasers. Kneaded erasers can be shaped with the fingers and used for precision erasing, to create highlights, or for detailing work. It is commonly used to remove light charcoal and light graphite marks in subtractive drawing techniques. However, it is not well-suited to completely erasing large areas, and may smear or stick if it becomes too warm. Though it does not wear away like other erasers, it can become exhausted, unable to absorb any more graphite or charcoal in which case it will start to smear and actually make marks instead of erasing them.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ded_eraser.jpg

Moderators I apologize if doing this breaks any rules of the forum.

Thank you for listening and learning as I have now learned a bit as well.

krzyk101

[Aunt Donna]

Now, I want one of those erasers. Seriously though, a doctor shouldn't have told you that. My husband has problems with his skin and has had staph infections from scratching. If it itches, he scratches, even if it is with his toe nails. His wound care specialist told him if he didn't stop scratching, she was going to make him wear gloves all the time. ( She trimmed the toenails herself because of athlete's foot). She has, also, threatened him with a cast on his leg one time to keep him from reaching it. Each time he would see her for a new wound, she would look at him and say "Boy, what are we going to do with you?". She has never once refused to treat him. She just calls him a typical man, and she and his doctor are helping him try to break bad habits. I am sorry you had such a bad experience.

[krzyk101]

Thank you Faylowell

I appreciate your sincere understanding and kind support. I am glad that your husbands doctor is kind and understanding, it seems as time goes by it is harder and harder, to find a doctor who is kind and cares, treating us as human beings with emotions and feelings, not numbers or dogs.

Thanks again kk101

[Aunt Donna]

I wish I could find you a doctor that cared. My husband has had two different wound care specialists and both have been great. The first one retired and the second one was the previous one's assistant until she finished school. We had trouble with doctors and just this year we found a doctor that really listens to my husband. His previous doctor had been treating him for a few years with no explanation for why his legs swelled and why he kept passing kidney stones. She didn't seem too concerned. She would have him come in every three months for blood tests ( he has diabetes, and copd). A few months ago, he went to his appointment but the doctor was called out on a family emergency. Her nurse listened to my husband and then turned around and made an appointment with a specialist on the urinary tract. The doctor wasn't happy with this. To make a long story short, the nurse ended up quitting. My husband swapped doctors with his wound care specialist help. We found out that my husband has been suffering from urinary poisoning all these years, hence the swelling in the legs and the kidney stones. My husband is still scratching and picking his sores, but the wound care specialist gave us medicine to put on them to nip things in the bud. At least she is treating him no matter how bad he is.

Hey, if you lived near Louisiana, maybe I could help you find a good doctor. Just a thought.

[krzyk101]

Originally Posted by faylowell

I wish I could find you a doctor that cared. My husband has had two different wound care specialists and both have been great. The first one retired and the second one was the previous one's assistant until she finished school. We had trouble with doctors and just this year we found a doctor that really listens to my husband. His previous doctor had been treating him for a few years with no explanation for why his legs swelled and why he kept passing kidney stones. She didn't seem too concerned. She would have him come in every three months for blood tests ( he has diabetes, and copd). A few months ago, he went to his appointment but the doctor was called out on a family emergency. Her nurse listened to my husband and then turned around and made an appointment with a specialist on the urinary tract. The doctor wasn't happy with this. To make a long story short, the nurse ended up quitting. My husband swapped doctors with his wound care specialist help. We found out that my husband has been suffering from urinary poisoning all these years, hence the swelling in the legs and the kidney stones. My husband is still scratching and picking his sores, but the wound care specialist gave us medicine to put on them to nip things in the bud. At least she is treating him no matter how bad he is.

Hey, if you lived near Louisiana, maybe I could help you find a good doctor. Just a thought.

Hi Fayowell, I do have some good news as far as a family doctor. I phoned an MD's office and did a phone interview to see if they were taking new patients, I answered the questions and the MD has now accepted me as a patient and I am to go end of next week for my initial physical exam and such.

My former MD's office I was with for over a year and realized that each time I got sick I would never have a follow up appointment after having a staph infection treated at the er and also realized that I never met the MD who was in charge of the office and the NP I did see only prescribed me the medications from the super old and generic 4buck list from wal mrt and thought to myself no wonder I always had to go back.

I took it on my own actually to find a specialist of Endriconology who did a COMPLETE blood work up and found that I have type 2 diabetes, am in complete Testicular faliure and my body has stopped producing testosterone and that I have a serious vitamin d problem so much so that I am taking 10,000 units of the vitamin by prescription and all that time feeling wasted former MD acted like i was a burden and it was all in my head.

Thanks again
kk101

[Aunt Donna]

I am glad you found a doctor and you had complete blood work done. Those are some serious conditions and they aren't in your head. Thanks for letting me know. I am glad you getting the medical help you so seriously needed. I hate those doctors who once they find out you have a mental condition, they start saying everything is in your head. They are definitely "practicing" medicine. I just don't want them practicing on me. Take care of yourself and let me know how the visit with the new doctor turns out.

I still want a kneaded eraser. LOL

[ECHOES]

Regarding the fingernails and the worry about an itch not being able to be scratched: there are other ways. Sometimes, like with chicken pox that is intensely itchy, you can tap the area to releive the itch. I wonder if that might give you another option so cutting your nails might sound like something you could try.