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After many years of suffering with psoriasis, and reading a lot of information on the web, I decided to join this forum. I have felt so alone and so embarrassed as my psoriasis has escalated. It is on 60% of my body and I am fearful!
My husband has been diagnosed with stage IV Esophageal cancer last year and has undergone many surgeries and treatments. I believe that stress is a big component to my psoriasis hence the increase of affected areas on my body. I just spent the last few days in the hospital with my husband as he underwent his latest procedure and I can not tell you how mortified I was throughout each day! My dried dead skin flaked off my body with every movement I made and landed on the dark cherry floors of the hospital room. It looked like sawdust! I would quietly grab a towel when I could and towel sweep the floor... gathering all the flaked skin in a pile so that when housekeeping came, they would not see as much of this questionable white substance.
We returned home today, and this evening I made my bath consisting of half a box of baking soda and bath salts. This is the most amount of baking soda I have used, but as my skin felt as if it was on fire because it was so dry, I didn't think it would hurt. And it didn't! It was very soothing and I could see that my skin was not only softening, but some of the redness was lessening and that says a lot on my skin.
I am going to keep trying this for 5 days because at this point I don't know what else to do.
It is one day at a time in my life as I walk besides my husband...I want to YEARS with him not just days! And I want to one day have the skin I used to be so proud of 5 years ago.
Thanks all!
My husband has been diagnosed with stage IV Esophageal cancer last year and has undergone many surgeries and treatments. I believe that stress is a big component to my psoriasis hence the increase of affected areas on my body. I just spent the last few days in the hospital with my husband as he underwent his latest procedure and I can not tell you how mortified I was throughout each day! My dried dead skin flaked off my body with every movement I made and landed on the dark cherry floors of the hospital room. It looked like sawdust! I would quietly grab a towel when I could and towel sweep the floor... gathering all the flaked skin in a pile so that when housekeeping came, they would not see as much of this questionable white substance.
We returned home today, and this evening I made my bath consisting of half a box of baking soda and bath salts. This is the most amount of baking soda I have used, but as my skin felt as if it was on fire because it was so dry, I didn't think it would hurt. And it didn't! It was very soothing and I could see that my skin was not only softening, but some of the redness was lessening and that says a lot on my skin.
I am going to keep trying this for 5 days because at this point I don't know what else to do.
It is one day at a time in my life as I walk besides my husband...I want to YEARS with him not just days! And I want to one day have the skin I used to be so proud of 5 years ago.
Thanks all!
