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Fri-19-05-2017, 08:09 AM
Glad you feel welcome 
It's complicated with hubbys isn't it, they are so worried about you that they do treat you a bit more delicately and have concerned looks when they see the rash..
I'm the same as you, I've only really had noticable P for about 5 years. In the end they get used to you as you are, though my hubby was pleased when I cleared recently on Stelara but I think it's more that if you look better then your brain tells you that you are 'better', and even though they know it might be temporary clearance, psoriasis hasn't actually gone away etc it's still a relief to see there are things you can do about it.
As for why you take the plunge with treatments - stamina I guess. I took mtx because I couldn't stand the itching, it worked for about a year, mostly clear skin. Then it stopped working. I tried another tablet which I couldn't get along with and decided to give it a break. I thought, psoriasis isn't as dangerous to me as the drugs, I wasn't that itchy, maybe I'd just live with it for a while.
However after a few months of my P increasing in severity, I ran out of steam and decided what the heck, I would try anything. I guess that is what leads people to take these things, they've just had enough!
However.. P is different for each of us and even different through our lives. It only came up when I was 18 and a course of steroid creams saw it off for about a decade. Even then I only had one patch on my body at any one time and I barely thought about it. So its only been a real issue for about five years and there's every chance that it might go into the background again for a while.
It's complicated with hubbys isn't it, they are so worried about you that they do treat you a bit more delicately and have concerned looks when they see the rash..
I'm the same as you, I've only really had noticable P for about 5 years. In the end they get used to you as you are, though my hubby was pleased when I cleared recently on Stelara but I think it's more that if you look better then your brain tells you that you are 'better', and even though they know it might be temporary clearance, psoriasis hasn't actually gone away etc it's still a relief to see there are things you can do about it.
As for why you take the plunge with treatments - stamina I guess. I took mtx because I couldn't stand the itching, it worked for about a year, mostly clear skin. Then it stopped working. I tried another tablet which I couldn't get along with and decided to give it a break. I thought, psoriasis isn't as dangerous to me as the drugs, I wasn't that itchy, maybe I'd just live with it for a while.
However after a few months of my P increasing in severity, I ran out of steam and decided what the heck, I would try anything. I guess that is what leads people to take these things, they've just had enough!
However.. P is different for each of us and even different through our lives. It only came up when I was 18 and a course of steroid creams saw it off for about a decade. Even then I only had one patch on my body at any one time and I barely thought about it. So its only been a real issue for about five years and there's every chance that it might go into the background again for a while.