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Posted 12/18/2014 12:09 PM (GMT -5)
What is this?? They are bright orange! It doesn't wash off! My skin has changed color! What the heck is going on?!
Posted 12/18/2014 12:56 PM (GMT -5)
what happens when you push on the skin with your finger or thumb? Does it change color or do you see discoloration? If you massage the area, does it turn darker or is it painful?

Is your normal skin complexion light or dark?
Posted 12/18/2014 1:01 PM (GMT -5)
I'm light complected. It doesn't change at all when I press on it. It actually feels worse when I rub them :( almost like a bruise. What is this?
Posted 12/18/2014 1:07 PM (GMT -5)
Are you on rifampin? Sweat, tears, and excrement can turn an orange hue - so if you are sweating your feet may appear orange.
Posted 12/18/2014 1:35 PM (GMT -5)
Call your doc and let them know. You have so many things going on that they need to be kept in the loop at minimum.
Posted 12/18/2014 1:44 PM (GMT -5)
I am on rifampin. If it was sweat wouldn't it come off? Or it would probably stain... hmm. Gosh I've been bugging my poor doctor a lot lately! Sheesh! I'm falling apart!
Posted 12/18/2014 1:45 PM (GMT -5)
Call him anyway. They need to know what's going on, and are likely the only one who will know why.
Posted 12/18/2014 2:34 PM (GMT -5)
I bet it's the rifampin. And the b12. Yuck! I'm still having a ton of digestion problems too trav. This just isn't my week! I don't know if you said before but how long does it take your body to bounce back from stuff like that?

I need to email him back anyways so I will mention it.
Posted 12/18/2014 2:46 PM (GMT -5)
For me, it depends on many factors as to how long it takes for my body to come back from intestinal issues like you are experiencing. Before I started on my herbs for intestinal cramping, I didn't bounce back - things got better for a bit, then I would start having troubles again, then it would get better for a while and then it would return - that was exhausting.

I felt like I had found a miracle when I started on my herbs though. If I am careful to stay on them, I go through some bouts of troubles, but the longest they have ever lasted was 2 weeks - but that's when there are a lot of things out of whack for me. This last time was due to being reinfected, an 'intestinal herx' of sorts, and needing to be on a higher dose of my intestinal herbs and probiotics.

But for the 2 years that I was uninfected? Those were pretty much worry free days as far as my innerds were concerned! I stayed on my herbs and had no problems even with very large amounts of stress.
Posted 12/18/2014 3:01 PM (GMT -5)
I keep feeling like I need to go and then nothing happens. I swear it feels like my body has forgot how to do it.

Gosh.. I feel like I'm on the brink of destruction. My fiance is back to working long hours with his business so I'm alone with our son. Which means I have a toddler all the animals the house and myself to take care of. Then throw in helping my grandparents and Christmas and wow!! I'm exhausted.

I just have to keep pushing through. I keep telling myself this will all pay off and I will be a stronger person in the end because of it. But dang! How beat down do I have to get before I see the light at the end of the tunnel? I know I can do this, I will win the war. It would nice if the universe decided it was time for me to have a break. But hey, I'm a fighter by nature. I've always had to fight my way through life. I just don't always see the rhyme and reason. Maybe there isn't one!
Posted 12/18/2014 3:24 PM (GMT -5)
Hey thanks for the reminder mister mike. I think I needed that! You're right, I did hire him. Usually when I call he just emails me anyway, reception is always telling me it's faster and they've been right thus far. If I felt like I was in immediate danger I'd call and demand his attention right away, I don't think this is that kind of an issue.

I think between the rifampin and b12 I'm just stained. But we will see.
Posted 12/18/2014 3:29 PM (GMT -5)
Your skin is orange, not yellow right?
Posted 12/18/2014 3:45 PM (GMT -5)
While the odds are high that this is Rifampin related, some people turn that color because of hemozoin production from an unknown protozoan. My hands are darker than everyone's hands because of it.
Posted 12/18/2014 3:51 PM (GMT -5)
Very true. Good points. Ugh... This disease sucks!!!!!! I'll call. I'll let you guys know what's up.
Posted 12/18/2014 3:54 PM (GMT -5)
Good! And yes please!!!
Posted 12/18/2014 5:08 PM (GMT -5)
The verdict is.............. He will email me back when he's done with patients. He thinks it's stain but needs to ask a few questions anyway. I think he's right because I just scrubbed the heck out of my feet in the shower and they are much more normal looking now.

The only reason I even noticed is because my son was messing with them giving me foot high fives and said "mama got orange feet!" Hahaha. I really hope it's nothing serious like liver function or anything because I can't take much more right now. Ugh.. I'll keep you loving souls posted.
Posted 12/18/2014 5:36 PM (GMT -5)
Me too- thanks for the extra push mister mike! I'm not always the best at making good judgment calls. I don't always trust myself to make decisions about my health haha I'm just screwy!
Posted 12/18/2014 7:21 PM (GMT -5)
Good to hear, IHL! I'm glad you finally called in as well. I think many of us have a tendency to put off calling our docs. We got used to having to figure it out on own own or whatever, so the thought isn't really there to call, or we can have a tendency to just put it off. Our symptoms rotate so often that I usually end up just waiting to see if it will go away on it's own -then suddenly I'm in need of help.

Generally when we start saying call your doc, it's a good idea to though. But I'm not one to talk. wink I should have called my doc when depression set in - and I did, but when she didn't return my call right away, I took it upon myself to treat it for the month. Bad choice - my thyroid paid for it some.
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