Ok.. This should be the right forum for this.

Sorry this is a long story, but it's a nasty one too!

We drove all day and night to get there. It seemed like a nice condo with two bedrooms and a pullout couch. I was the last to bed and when I pulled out the couch to go to sleep there was no bedding. Just a velour type zip cover.

It was already dark and the weather was fine, so upon locating a single sheet that was generously left in the unit I went to bed.

When I awoke I noticed my lips felt chapped, but not like anything I felt before. More of a burn...


To my horror! The velour cover thing turned out to be a black filthy as all hell stained up and down and with pubes of all variety to match!...

It's truly nasty.. Only funny from the outside..

Anyway.. My lips had little bumps and I could only imagine the worst.

We were in for a trade show, and spent the day setting up and despite the abreva recommendation from the otc pharm. My lips were getting nasty ... And much worse!

I was pissed and suspected the nasty ass bedcover which i'm sure I was lying in face down all night! It still frightens me.

Anyhow once again.. I ended up getting worse and heading to a dermatologist in the morning and missed the first hours of my trade show. The doctor was repulsed by the sheet story, but cautious about speculating and blaming for someone time out of state patient it's not worth getting involved.

He said it "could" be um wind and sunburn from driving, but i've criss crossed the country and never had this before.

He proceeded to give me samples of loprox gell .77% and pramosone cream 2.5%.

These don't sound like they are for a chapped lip, and I had little bubble on my lips! He said it was a one two punch in case one didn't work.

Well, I made it through the rest of the show with burning and great discomfort always feeling like my lips were bright red.. (great way to feel confident when talking to clients)

in a week it had finally cleared up, and I wondered if it were actually just some type of chapping!?

I never contacted the front desk with my complaint, because I was sure it would be mishandled, and if I took the cover with me, I would hold the item in question should I need to test it or take a closer look.

Still irritated at check out, I decided to take the cover and wrapped it in a plastic bag and put it in a box and brought it back with me...

For the last few weeks I have been fine and showed no signs of whatever.

Yesterday I was moving my stuff around and ended up using the box... I had the plastic bag and handled it as I moved stuff here and there and no doubt touched my mouth ... Not even thinking about the whole incident.

Last night my lips were burning a bit and I found and applied some blistex.. It didn't seem to soothe, but I didn't put 2&2 together.

This morning I looked in the mirror and sure enough it was the bumps again.. Starting on three parts of my mouth...

I found the med. And have been using it, but my question is..

Did I get something from the cover?

Is it possible?

Can I test this sheet for whatever? I know some doctors etc..

What do I do next?

I'm horrified, and the doctor did try to tell me how common herpes is blah blah, but if I caught it from this nasty experience. I want to know!

Btw.. The bed was also broken from 'excessive use' and I slept on the floor the rest of my visit. I was livid and am now incredulous that it could be my original speculation ... That my severe irritation was born of nonexistent housekeeping on the hide-a-beds.

Btw.. They never mentioned the missing cover, because they must never service the seldom used hide-a-beds!

Please help point me in the right direction.. I know this is a ton top read, but I need to get help.