about me...

[Keesh]

Hello everyone, I'm Keesha!
I'm 22 now, and ive known about my psoriasis since I was 8. I know a lot of you have had it longer than me and a lot of you have a very serious case of it. Run down of my story.... my psoriasis started behind my ears, my mom thought I wasn't washing behind them when I showered. Lol. But when it started to build up, and when my mom would pull my ear forward and the back would split and hurt really bad then bleed she took me to the doctors.. and they sent me to the dermatologist, and that's how I found out. So creams it was, and they worked for years.... actually my breakouts stopped for a while... when I got pregnant they started showing back up, and after I had my baby it got really bad.. I was using a breast pump but then my chest area got covered and I had to stop. I started on humira injections and it was working great.. but the more injections I got, the bigger my injection sites would irritate. So they took me off.. I was back to creams for a while, and some dermal smooth for my scalp. But my back, stomach, chest and scalp started getting bad again... at the point where I couldn't do anything with my hair and I hated going out. See I have very dark hair, and everytime I brush these white flakes go everywhere..
well story already long... I stared stelara in march.. second dose in April, and do for my third injection next week. Its been working good so far, but I went to get my blood work done on Friday and my doctors official called me and said I have to get it done again because my liver levels were high.. what does that mean? They also said if it comes back high again I cant get my third injection... this has me kinda. Dummed

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[Caroline]

Hi Keesha,

Welcome over here on the board.
There is a lot to read and possibly to discuss.

And.... Having fun also.

Enjoy yourself.

Caroline

[Fred]

Hello Keesha and

The bit about your mum thinking you hadn't washed behind your ears is a reminder that until you know what psoriasis is you think all sorts of things. Did she ever apologise for pulling your ear ?

If your blood tests are showing something high, they will sometimes pull you off of Stelara. I have to go for a liver scan every two years and although having a bit of fat around my liver I have never had a problem with stelara and my liver. My Eosinophils usually come back high on my blood test but it looks like it's the stelara that is giving the high reading.

I have been on Stelara for two years and I love it. It did start to tail off a bit after week 8 and I had come off it, but I'm going back on this week with a break of 8 weeks between shots.

I hope your levels come back down and you get your next shot, but you have to remember they are being cautious which is a good thing.

Keep us informed.

Fred.

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