flushing

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jen, for speaking out for those of us who are horribly disabled by

vascular flushing.

This is not cute embarrassed blushing, but near purple, swollen, eye-slit

redness that throbs and burns so badly that your face feels like it's in a blast

furnace that's pulsating the skin off. Like worms are under the skin and

crawling between the layers making it fiery sore and too tight to fit. Like your

head is so hot your hair burns your fingers when you touch it.

It's almost always there and gets worse from almost everything... eating or

laying down or being in a room over 60 degrees or going into a bright room or

sitting at a computer or riding in a car without air conditioning blowing on

your face and a veil over your head to protect your face from light.

That's what's so bad about flushing. Be grateful if you don't have it this

badly, and do everything you can to prevent it because it's pure hell.