Greetings all

[Kersty]

I can't believe I haven't found you guys (and dolls) before now. If the rest of you is as welcoming and friendly as those that have sent me a welcome message, why, my psoriasis has just turned into a blessing.  

Funny about that - recently, my hands have been so painful - and of course, always itchy, and I want to SCRATCH-SCRATCH-SCRATCH-SCRATCH (i'm guessing that many of you know that feeling?)...and so I started "kissing" them, every time I wanted to scratch them open...seemed like it might have lessened the itch a bit.  So wouldn't that add to the wonder of it all, if by finding a group of fellow sufferers, my ps just got better?  Something for the philosophers, scientists, brain surgeons, and the rest of you to contemplate, lol.

Is there actually anything that can be done for the itching?  I recently bought some 5% xylocaine and mix it with my fucidin antibiotic and smear it on the worse open cuts on my palms.   Not sure that it really helps, as when it wears off, the itching seems even worse, but I don't know what else to try.

I cut my nails as short as I can, but I swear, when I get an itch going, I can literally rip new shreads of skin off my palms before I even realize I am doing it, and then the pain and the healing take twice as long.

best,

Kersty