Hi Suz,
What a brave girl to do do your arms, back, chest and face! How do you sleep? I am on day 21 of Carac to my face and chest. Two nights ago it became almost unbearable. I called the derm Monday morning and got a prescription for Vicodin. Last night (Monday) was worse and the only reason I finally slept was the pain killer. I could only lay on my back with nothing touching my chest. Normally, I sleep on my side but it crunches my chest too much. My chest has reacted more than my face but I would say, compared to the pics of others, I am having a fairly mild reaction (on my face). I also am using a steriod cream that helps tremendously. You might want to get a prescription for pain before the weekend. Also, there is a thread titled "Side effects of Efudex and Carac" several pages back on this message board that has 400+ posts that is very informative if you haven't already seen it. Hang in there,
Nan