I am unique!

I had debated sharing this because it is always a crapfest to have any kind of anomaly. However, I figure: 1) I guess it is a fact of life, and this one, is pretty minor; 2) I have read some pretty crazy things mom's post about their kids; and 3) It is always "nice" to know about random oddities.

About 5 weeks ago, I had a bump on my leg that I thought it was an ingrown hair. It didn't get better, it didn't hurt, nor did it itch. It started to get wider (and flatter), so I figured maybe it was some kind of bug bite and would go away on its own.

Then, about 3 weeks ago, I noticed some red spots on my stomach. I didn't think too much about them because they were small. I figured it could be an allergy, I should wash my sheets again, or since I was at Tim's, maybe I just need to get out of Kirksville...

Well, last week, since the spots were getting bigger and I was getting more and more of them, I was like, what's wrong with me. I have spots and they aren't going away!! So, of course, I did a little googling... After looking at all kinds of gross skin picture (Ew!) I thought I knew what it was, but wanted to get a second opinion, not that dermatology.com or whatever the site was isn't trustworthy.

So I went to the doctor on Tuesday and she told me I have pityriasis rosea.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001874/
(The picture on this website is much worse looking that what my red spots look like, but trust me, I am not going to post pictures of my stomach, I posted myself in a bikini once and that was enough!)

As far as weird skin things go, this is pretty harmless, just odd. It's like having chicken pox all over again, but with out being contagious and not itching like crazy. Just polka dots! Sometimes though, it feels like I am sitting in a room that is sooo hot and dry that my skin itches/burns from the dryness. Odd.

The doctor told me that she sees about 2 cases a year, and another website said that only 170 out of every 100,000 people in the community each year will get it. That's 0.2% of people for those who don't want to get out your calculator! Not much is known about it at all.

I guess the worst part is, it lasts 4 to 8 weeks, sometimes 12! TWELVE!! What!?

So I guess there are two things I can take away from this. The first being, I am unique, I mean, I am only like 0.2% of the population each year and the second and best thing is this only happens to young adults, so that means I am still YOUNG!