Carol: Dry lips, vaseline and feeling connected

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Carol,

Many of the veterans on this site have recommended vaseline for

chapped lips rather than lip balm. Keeps the lip nice and hydrated

and helps prevent them from cracking and hurting. I used to use

vaseline a lot when I was on accutane for my skin a few years back.

Since it was full on Vitamin A it made my skin dry out like crazy

particularly my lips. The vaseline saved my life.

As for feeling connected - ABSOLUTELY! We're all in this together. I

agree with you, I don't know what I would have done without this

message board. It really helped me deal with this whole ordeal in a

much better way.

Make sure you drink some camomile tea tonite before midnight to help

you sleep and keep your nerves calm. A drop of lavender on the pillow

case also helps to calm your nerves. And when you go in tomorrow for

the surgery just keep on repeating to yourself that everything will

be fine. You have a fine doctor taking care of you. And when you wake

up from surgery think FLYING IN THE SKY WITH YOUR LOVELY BOYFRIEND

and that we are all here thinking of you and sending you lots of

positive vibes.

Good luck Carol or as we say in Italy, in bocca al lupo which means

may the wolf not eat you!

Sara xx

> > > Ok Group ... tomorrow is my surgery and I'm starting to, well,

> > > to " freak out " just a bit. If I think about it too long, my

> chest

> > > starts to constrict and I feel like my insides are shaking. I

> think

> > > about being wired shut and what a claustrophobic must feel like

> when

> > > s/he is in a closet with the door shut. How do you handle that

> > > panicked feeling? What if I all of a sudden just can't breathe

> or

> > > move or think or ...? Maybe I'm just being paranoid or maybe

I'm

> just

> > > being silly. But the question occurred to me yesterday: what

if

> I

> > > have some sort of panic attack when I'm wired shut? You guys

> have

> > > been so nice to me and you seem to have a plethora of

information

> > > available among the masses. So, I pose this question ... with

> the

> > > risk of sounding silly or being embarrassed - because the

thought

> > > won't go out of my head - because I can - because the answer,

or

> a

> > > decent facsimile thereof, might come back to me.

> > > Thanks ... so much,

> > > Carol

> >

> > CaROL I AM Claustrophobic and I also breathe through my mouth. So

I

> > was getting myself all worked about being wired shut also. Will

you

> be

> > wired for sure? I had my surgery last Tues. and I have has a few

> mini

> > attacks, This sounds silly but when I feel one coming on I stomp

my

> > foot and say no no no. So instead of a panic attack I have a

> tantrum.

> >

> > It's working for me. Good luck tomorrow. It's not as bad as you/me

> > have made it in our heads. (wink)

> >

> > Michele

> >

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