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Wed-07-03-2018, 20:19 PM
Hi all,
I'm a 36-year-old type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed with psoriasis in my late 20s, I want to say by 2008 or 2009 I for sure had it, because I had my son in 2010 and I had it then. But that was actually before I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After I had my son, my pancreas just stopping working and my psoriasis got worse. It started on my legs, then I had it on my scalp. Since then I've had it on my elbows and in and around my belly button. Not good, but manageable, somewhat.
Over the years I've noticed it pretty much was in the same spots, and at times it would get better, but the past month or six weeks, it's grown. Drastically. It's now on my forearms, ribcage, lower back, upper right shoulder and one spot on my upper thigh. I can't wear anything but long-sleeved shirts because it is so hideous. My child leaves the room when I change clothes and not because he's giving me privacy--because it's so awful to look at. I would say it's doubled in the areas its affecting at least.
The worst part is, I just started a new job and I have no PTO. Despite that, I had to stay home for two days with my son who had the flu and I had to take off a half-day Monday to let AT&T into my house to connect my wifi as I just moved. Monday afternoon, the company owners called me in and said I was pushing it. I had planned to tell them I needed to see a doctor asap, but after learning my job was on the line, I didn't.
I've done some research and from what I can tell, it sounds like I need to just go to the ER. I can't do that until Friday, because I HAVE to be at work 830-430 and I'm a single mom. My kid goes to his dad's house Friday nights so I'm going to make an ER visit Friday after work.
No dermatologist, PCP, minor med or nurse practitioner has ever given me anything but Prednizone, topical creams and at my last visit, when I showed them this worsening breakout, they just gave me hydroxyzine for the itching. but the itching is not the worst of it. It's the pain. It's dry and cracking open on my inner elbows, and simply stretching my arms causes me pain. I can't wear anything but soft cotton clothes, and it's becoming difficult to find something different every day. No one has ever tried an oral medication or an injection. They simply under-treat it.
I don't have a lot of money to try home remedies unless someone can suggest something that actually works. I'm afraid this breakout will never go away, and I can't live with it. I do the epsom salt baths. they seem to be drying it out more and making it more painful.
I'm a 36-year-old type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed with psoriasis in my late 20s, I want to say by 2008 or 2009 I for sure had it, because I had my son in 2010 and I had it then. But that was actually before I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After I had my son, my pancreas just stopping working and my psoriasis got worse. It started on my legs, then I had it on my scalp. Since then I've had it on my elbows and in and around my belly button. Not good, but manageable, somewhat.
Over the years I've noticed it pretty much was in the same spots, and at times it would get better, but the past month or six weeks, it's grown. Drastically. It's now on my forearms, ribcage, lower back, upper right shoulder and one spot on my upper thigh. I can't wear anything but long-sleeved shirts because it is so hideous. My child leaves the room when I change clothes and not because he's giving me privacy--because it's so awful to look at. I would say it's doubled in the areas its affecting at least.
The worst part is, I just started a new job and I have no PTO. Despite that, I had to stay home for two days with my son who had the flu and I had to take off a half-day Monday to let AT&T into my house to connect my wifi as I just moved. Monday afternoon, the company owners called me in and said I was pushing it. I had planned to tell them I needed to see a doctor asap, but after learning my job was on the line, I didn't.
I've done some research and from what I can tell, it sounds like I need to just go to the ER. I can't do that until Friday, because I HAVE to be at work 830-430 and I'm a single mom. My kid goes to his dad's house Friday nights so I'm going to make an ER visit Friday after work.
No dermatologist, PCP, minor med or nurse practitioner has ever given me anything but Prednizone, topical creams and at my last visit, when I showed them this worsening breakout, they just gave me hydroxyzine for the itching. but the itching is not the worst of it. It's the pain. It's dry and cracking open on my inner elbows, and simply stretching my arms causes me pain. I can't wear anything but soft cotton clothes, and it's becoming difficult to find something different every day. No one has ever tried an oral medication or an injection. They simply under-treat it.
I don't have a lot of money to try home remedies unless someone can suggest something that actually works. I'm afraid this breakout will never go away, and I can't live with it. I do the epsom salt baths. they seem to be drying it out more and making it more painful.
