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| Athens, September 2011 |
In essence, the skin “remembers” past sufferings and physically replays them later on in life. Which explains, after consulting with the gurus at BCCA, how I got disqualified from my hot lavender body wrap on Sunday, and why I am now registered for an "invigorating, exfoliating body scrub." I'm guessing that attacking the skin with loofah, pumice and Black & Decker belt sanders will effectively erase skin memory, and somehow avoid reactivating Lefty's pickled beet appearance. I wonder how many parts of me will just drop off? And, will I be really sorry to see them go?
So I'm thinking, how interesting is this? Skin remembers stuff, then replays it! I have personally witnessed sympathetic skin response, although it was many years ago when I took my son Dave to the lab for a blood test. Bee (then about 3 years old) watched carefully as they did the venipuncture on her brother, and as we turned to leave, I noted a brilliant red streak flaming up her forearm, precisely following the same brachial highway. We also discovered early in her life that it was great fun to practice dermographism on her, i.e., writing a little note on her arm or leg with a fingernail, and then wait for the prominently raised, red sentence to reveal itself. Think how handy that was! Even now - you know those thoughts that disappear within 30 seconds? You can just jot them down on her calf or forearm, knowing that you can reference them later on. No pen and paper required. The possibilities are endless.
Tomorrow morning, my eyes will open on my 57th year. I share this very special day with my very special husband, who lags behind me by a full 365 days, and stubbornly refuses to catch up. Happy Birthday, Honey - here's to knocking the socks off this last year - parts of which, as Elizabeth II would say, were truly an annus horribilus. And since we're orating in the language of creationism, here's your quote for the day:
TUA TOGA SUSPINA EST
(Dude! Your toga is on backwards.)
Happy Happy Happy Birthday Mom!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are my love, smiles, hope and inspiration :)
I love you more than you could ever imagine! (You should see all the love notes all over my body that are just revealing themselves! hee hee The brachial highways are well lit)
LYM
xoxoxoxoxo
Very interesting. I have personally experienced this phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteI had taken some art classes when I was around 9-10 years old and I had cut my fingers when using chisels. The wounds healed fully but every year around the same time I would feel a tingle in my fingers and in less than a day the cuts would spontaneously reopen/reappear. This happened every year for approximately 18-20 years.
I have talked to many medical professionals about this and no one knew anything about it or had ever heard that anything like this was possible. There is so much we don't know about the human body. It's nice to finally have a name for it and to know that I'm not the ONLY one.