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i'm sick, sick, sick.

thankfully ozzy was not feeling so great either, so we've both been spending the day laying down and sleeping. along with this cold that i have (headache, nagging cough, postnasal drip drip drip, utter exhaustion), i have also developed a 'milk blister' (when skin grows over a milk pore and the milk collects behind it...it's quite painful!), the technical term being 'blebs'... what a misnomer! a bleb. sounds kind of like something drab and boring. bleb. whoever was in charge of naming these suckers couldnt have picked a more inaccurate sounding word. this hurts like hell, is torturous to latch a baby on, and is just the thing to annoy the living crap out of me because i'm one of those people who can't leave a zit alone when i see one (even rob's breakouts are not safe around me...it's a compulsion...i can't help it). so i see this milk blister and the desire to pop it is astounding. but it hurts too much to even pull my shirt over it, much less come after it with two thumbs. anyway, think i should call the lactation consultant for help with this...bleb. (seriously, someone should rename these things! name it something that ends with -itis to give it the weight that it deserves...it really is no simple condition!)

mimi and rob went to the national zoo light show in this freezing temps...yes, it's snowing and very cold. rob emailed some pictures to me even as i type this. i hope he's keeping her warm.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    Hi, has your milk blister popped yet? I've had one for the last 3.5 weeks and while it's not super painful or causing lumps (anymore), it is annoying - and I wish I could pick at it more too!

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