Re: Reasons to Be Cheerful (at least 3)

July 3, 2002

More Reasons:

1. Not Deadly

2. Can treat and maintain

3. This group

I still drink beer. Plan on drinking many this weekend.

Happy 4th all!

July 3, 2002

More Reasons:

1. Not Deadly

2. Can treat and maintain

3. This group

I still drink beer. Plan on drinking many this weekend.

Happy 4th all!

July 3, 2002

>

>1. It gives me a better excuse not to drink. You wouldn't really think

>you'd need a reason to not drink if you don't want to, but some people

> act like it's a personal affront. I think it's much easier to say,

> " no really, it exacerbates my rosacea " than to explain that you just

>don't want a drink.

but then there are the

uninformed gits

who think that 'rosacea' is some kind of exotic food ...

July 3, 2002

>

>1. It gives me a better excuse not to drink. You wouldn't really think

>you'd need a reason to not drink if you don't want to, but some people

> act like it's a personal affront. I think it's much easier to say,

> " no really, it exacerbates my rosacea " than to explain that you just

>don't want a drink.

but then there are the

uninformed gits

who think that 'rosacea' is some kind of exotic food ...

July 3, 2002

Reading Martha's message, it occurred to me to ask whether anybody has

successfully been able to control blushing. It is supposed to be a

spontaneous, involuntary reaction but maybe there is a way. Does anybody

have any ideas?

Reasons to Be Cheerful (at least 3)

> Hi,

>

> I'm Martha and I'm new to the group and (knowing I have) rosacea. I'll

> be posting an intro later, together with lots of questions <collective

> groan>, but it did occur to me that realizing I had rosacea wasn't

> entirely a bad thing.

>

> 1. It gives me a better excuse not to drink. You wouldn't really think

> you'd need a reason to not drink if you don't want to, but some people

> act like it's a personal affront. I think it's much easier to say,

> " no really, it exacerbates my rosacea " than to explain that you just

> don't want a drink.

>

> 2. Ditto for sports. The downside is that I really do enjoy

> weightlifting which also tends to make me very red in the fact, but

> the upside is that now I don't feel guilty about sticking to vigorous

> walking for exercise.

>

> 3. I've always been very shy and tended to blush crimson when

> embarrassed (I'll bet I'm not alone here in that), but I feel like

> I've gotten less sensitive. Over the winter, I had several experiences

> where I was only moderately embarrassed, and yet I turned brilliantly

> red. I didn't really understand it; I kept thinking, " why am I having

> this strong a reaction to something that's really rather trivial? " I

> thought I was having a shyness flareup, but now I realize that it was

> my skin. In a way, I found it reassuring to realize that it wasn't my

> psyche that was overreacting, just my skin.

>

> 4. It's a really good motivator to always wear sunblock, now if I

> could just find the one perfect physical block.

>

> 5. I can safely chuck my blush makeup.

>

> I'm sure other upsides will occur to me (mixed in with the all too

> obvious disadvantages).

>

> Martha

>

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July 3, 2002