Just Turkish

[JULIAFERNO 0]

Random question: I've noticed that whenever I go to Turkey, my skin breaks out pretty bad and can take several weeks or longer after I return to get back to normal. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have break-out prone skin, but it always seems to go crazy when I am in Turkey. Could it be the oily food? Water? Plane travel? I have no idea what is causing this, but it sucks!

[tanyakaraman 0]

Hi Erika,

He's only staying for a week this time (Jan 14-22), and we are planning/hoping to go back together in April over Spring Break....Inshallah. How is your (future) MIL doing? Are you able to actually understand what's going on with her medical care? I ask about my FIL but the answers I get are sooo confusing! For example, I am told that on Jan. 19th, they are going to the hospital where the doctor will "estimate where he will make an operation with the lasers". Estimate??? I'm assuming this means they will discuss the radiation therapy, but to tell you the truth, I'm really not sure... Ozzy says the Dr. is the head professor of something or other..so I guess I just have to trust that he's in good hands (whether I understand what's going on or not) and that the best is being done for him. I guess that's all that really matters.

What you said about the therapists looking glazed over....I don't know how those therapists deal with ppl like that day in and day out like that without it affecting them too. I couldn't do it!

Awaterlily, thanks for posting that link! Very interesting. I always get this "feeling" in Istanbul, I know it sounds strange, but almost like deja vu. Even the very first time I was there. I think its just the richness of the history that lies beneath those streets. It's such an amazing city.

I think meet-up would be awesome too! Count me in!!

Tanya

Tanya! I know what you mean about the whole CA thing and Ozzy and him leaving (Hamit's mother just got over all her chemo)...I am sorry. How long is he staying?

So a small facility will involve mostly "groups"...It is still very interesting...just 50% as whacky! It WAS hard...I tried not to laugh, especially difficult in a quiet "group" therapy session and all the patients are like zonked out from being drugged and there's like 1 or 2 interested in talking and they usually are not very with it....talking about the most nonsensical s##t and you can hear the "crickets" because even the therapist looks glazed over......lol... you can't help but let out what sounds like a fart from your mouth (an all out belly laugh that is caught dead as soon as it comes out)..I would just fake it with a snort, cough and fake sneeze.....lol They don't even notice.

I have been so busy working this last 2 weeks saving for Ankara in Feb or Mar.. I don't know what to do now that I am off work 2 days even though I am tired....I couldn't help but reply to all this news...I am so excited for everyone!

Wendy count me in for a meet-up once we have everyone here!!! Fer sure....hopefully I don't get pregnant soon once he arrives...I know...it's nuts...but we are just going to let nature take it's own natural course....I want more babies, but insallah not right off the bat! lol

Happy New Year all!! Take care

[tanyakaraman 0]

Hmmmm....that doesn't happen to me but I do get really "dried out", like in my nose and stuff....

Did you wash your clothes there? Just a guess, but reminds me of my daughter. She has very sensitive skin & she always breaks out when she goes away and stays with certain family & they wash her clothes. I think she is allergic to their laundry detergent.

Other than that, I dunno, does anything change about your routine as far as what you put on your skin, etc? Could be the water or the food or even the air too I guess.

That does suck when it's completely out of your control! Have you been to a hammam? Maybe try one next time if you're game. If a day at the hammam doesn't clear you up, nothing will!

~Tanya

Random question: I've noticed that whenever I go to Turkey, my skin breaks out pretty bad and can take several weeks or longer after I return to get back to normal. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have break-out prone skin, but it always seems to go crazy when I am in Turkey. Could it be the oily food? Water? Plane travel? I have no idea what is causing this, but it sucks!

[JULIAFERNO 0]

Hmmmm....that doesn't happen to me but I do get really "dried out", like in my nose and stuff....

Did you wash your clothes there? Just a guess, but reminds me of my daughter. She has very sensitive skin & she always breaks out when she goes away and stays with certain family & they wash her clothes. I think she is allergic to their laundry detergent.

Other than that, I dunno, does anything change about your routine as far as what you put on your skin, etc? Could be the water or the food or even the air too I guess.

That does suck when it's completely out of your control! Have you been to a hammam? Maybe try one next time if you're game. If a day at the hammam doesn't clear you up, nothing will!

~Tanya

Random question: I've noticed that whenever I go to Turkey, my skin breaks out pretty bad and can take several weeks or longer after I return to get back to normal. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have break-out prone skin, but it always seems to go crazy when I am in Turkey. Could it be the oily food? Water? Plane travel? I have no idea what is causing this, but it sucks!

I'm thinking it may be the dry air as well...Onur lives in the middle of the country, just outside of Ankara and it is very dry there. My oil glands may be over-compensating. Benzoyl peroxide used to work well to clear up my blemishes, but I think I used it too much and developed an allergy to it (started breaking out in hives whenever I used it). Now I use tea-tree oil which helps a little, but nothing works like the benzoyl peroxide. I am 26 and have been dealing with mild acne/frequent break-outs since I was 13! When will it ever end?!

[sardes 0]

Sure.. am I talking to Erika or Hamit.. sorry

Thanks Debbie for the new year wishes. I seen your video and this was part of a documentary I seen while in the hospital with my 12 year-old in December for an appendectomy (we became TV junkies ). I was so excited to see it. Very very interesting.

Sardes let me know when your interview is and I will too as soon as we send in our packet 3. MAybe we will be in Ankara at the same time!

[miamiwife 0]

Julia,

I have this problem whenever I travel--it has got to be the change in air. Since Miami is very humid, my skin is use to this. Whenever I visit Turkey or my family in California, I get bumps all over and itch like crazy because my skin is not use to being so dry. TMI?

Sibel

[JULIAFERNO 0]

Julia,

I have this problem whenever I travel--it has got to be the change in air. Since Miami is very humid, my skin is use to this. Whenever I visit Turkey or my family in California, I get bumps all over and itch like crazy because my skin is not use to being so dry. TMI?

Sibel

Well at least I'm not the only one!

Sibel - I am sitting at home alone on a Saturday night drinking red wine and listening to arabesque music...what is becoming of me?!

[awaterlily 0]

perhaps it's a combination of everything you mentioned?

I get it, too, along with horrible GI issues.

Random question: I've noticed that whenever I go to Turkey, my skin breaks out pretty bad and can take several weeks or longer after I return to get back to normal. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have break-out prone skin, but it always seems to go crazy when I am in Turkey. Could it be the oily food? Water? Plane travel? I have no idea what is causing this, but it sucks!

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Sure.. am I talking to Erika or Hamit.. sorry

Thanks Debbie for the new year wishes. I seen your video and this was part of a documentary I seen while in the hospital with my 12 year-old in December for an appendectomy (we became TV junkies ). I was so excited to see it. Very very interesting.

Sardes let me know when your interview is and I will too as soon as we send in our packet 3. MAybe we will be in Ankara at the same time!

You are speaking to Erika Sardes

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Julia yes, it is the dry air...the same thing happened to me when i moved to Tucson...yes, your oil glands over compensate....and the same cream I became allergic to also...just keep your face gently clean (like maybe only a hot washcloth instead of soap/cleanser) and well-moisturized if it is dry for a week or two and then try the cream in a small spot once your face is back to normal...if you are still allergic....benadryl...sucks though I know

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Julia yes, it is the dry air...the same thing happened to me when i moved to Tucson...yes, your oil glands over compensate....and the same cream I became allergic to also...just keep your face gently clean (like maybe only a hot washcloth instead of soap/cleanser) and well-moisturized if it is dry for a week or two and then try the cream in a small spot once your face is back to normal...if you are still allergic....benadryl...sucks though I know

I have the opposite problem when i go to Turkey...Tucson is so dry...my face and skin and hair are so happy...Tucson is soooo dry....no it isn't TMI....not for me and Tanya anyway..we miust deal with much worse...skin is nothing....GI...don't get me started on jokes people...lol

[sardes 0]

Erika hi,

Yes let's keep in touch! We may meet you guys in Ankara! Take care...

Sure.. am I talking to Erika or Hamit.. sorry

Thanks Debbie for the new year wishes. I seen your video and this was part of a documentary I seen while in the hospital with my 12 year-old in December for an appendectomy (we became TV junkies ). I was so excited to see it. Very very interesting.

Sardes let me know when your interview is and I will too as soon as we send in our packet 3. MAybe we will be in Ankara at the same time!

You are speaking to Erika Sardes

[tanyakaraman 0]

Julia, sounds like a perfect Saturday night to me.....well, the wine and arabesque music anyway.....sorryabout the alone part.... .....although sometimes (with my 3 wild kids) that's not a bad thing either!

Julia,

I have this problem whenever I travel--it has got to be the change in air. Since Miami is very humid, my skin is use to this. Whenever I visit Turkey or my family in California, I get bumps all over and itch like crazy because my skin is not use to being so dry. TMI?

Sibel

Well at least I'm not the only one!

Sibel - I am sitting at home alone on a Saturday night drinking red wine and listening to arabesque music...what is becoming of me?!

[tanyakaraman 0]

LOL don't get me started on the GI probs! Let's just say that the last time we went to Turkey, I had to ask Ozzy to pick me up 1 kg of raisins at the bazaar.... ....and even that didn't help. And I've had the opposite problem too....not sure which is worse!

Sorry folks, wayyyyy TMI!!!

perhaps it's a combination of everything you mentioned?

I get it, too, along with horrible GI issues.

Random question: I've noticed that whenever I go to Turkey, my skin breaks out pretty bad and can take several weeks or longer after I return to get back to normal. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have break-out prone skin, but it always seems to go crazy when I am in Turkey. Could it be the oily food? Water? Plane travel? I have no idea what is causing this, but it sucks!

[JULIAFERNO 0]

LOL don't get me started on the GI probs! Let's just say that the last time we went to Turkey, I had to ask Ozzy to pick me up 1 kg of raisins at the bazaar.... ....and even that didn't help. And I've had the opposite problem too....not sure which is worse!

Sorry folks, wayyyyy TMI!!!

perhaps it's a combination of everything you mentioned?

I get it, too, along with horrible GI issues.

Random question: I've noticed that whenever I go to Turkey, my skin breaks out pretty bad and can take several weeks or longer after I return to get back to normal. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have break-out prone skin, but it always seems to go crazy when I am in Turkey. Could it be the oily food? Water? Plane travel? I have no idea what is causing this, but it sucks!

Hahaha! Well, since we are all being so candid, I am happy to admit that I had NO G.I. issues during this trip to Turkey - I was impressed! Maybe after living there for 5 months, my body got used to it.