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Fri-03-11-2017, 22:26 PM
(This post was last modified: Fri-03-11-2017, 22:29 PM by Hanna. Edited 1 time in total.)
So summer is over, and over the last 3 months my psoriasis began to flare.
I started taking the pill 2 months ago and this seemed to speed my flare up, i was leaving flakes everywhere.
I havent felt like this in a long time, but I started to feel very self concious.
With my oldest starting school I am meeting new people and i am aware again of my appreance, i would even be at friends and notice I was leaving flakes where I sat.
I want to take the boys swimming but just cant face it, not just because of how I look but the thought of the pain I will in after.
I havent felt this way for some time now, and have mentally fought psoriasis so that I was ok with how I am.
So I caved, and rang for a refferal which is on the 23rd nov.
Im hoping to ask if i can be tested for any possible conditions that psoriasis might be a sympton of, and if there are any local NHS holistic types about I might be able to see.
Im already feeling doubtful this will happen.
So has anything new been brought up in the last 7 years? that was when I turned my back on the hospital after they said my next move was biologics.
Ive started a gluten free diet over the last 3 weeks, I am seeing some improvements which seems to really be calming my latest flare.
My treatments so far, all the various steriods, uvb (not many sessions left of lifetime allowance, unless its been increased), methotexate a few times and cyclosporin a few times too.
I flare as soon as treatments stop, and it has always come back worse each time!
I started taking the pill 2 months ago and this seemed to speed my flare up, i was leaving flakes everywhere.
I havent felt like this in a long time, but I started to feel very self concious.
With my oldest starting school I am meeting new people and i am aware again of my appreance, i would even be at friends and notice I was leaving flakes where I sat.
I want to take the boys swimming but just cant face it, not just because of how I look but the thought of the pain I will in after.
I havent felt this way for some time now, and have mentally fought psoriasis so that I was ok with how I am.
So I caved, and rang for a refferal which is on the 23rd nov.
Im hoping to ask if i can be tested for any possible conditions that psoriasis might be a sympton of, and if there are any local NHS holistic types about I might be able to see.
Im already feeling doubtful this will happen.
So has anything new been brought up in the last 7 years? that was when I turned my back on the hospital after they said my next move was biologics.
Ive started a gluten free diet over the last 3 weeks, I am seeing some improvements which seems to really be calming my latest flare.
My treatments so far, all the various steriods, uvb (not many sessions left of lifetime allowance, unless its been increased), methotexate a few times and cyclosporin a few times too.
I flare as soon as treatments stop, and it has always come back worse each time!