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Sat-23-01-2016, 20:40 PM
Hello All 
I hail from Vancouver Island, am 54 years old and am very happy to have found this site..! I started this journey in my late 20's after a bout with an unusual strep infec., that was not diagnosed for some time, then guttate and finally trip to dermatologist.
Plaque psoriasis came after 3rd child in late thirties and has plagued me on an off ever since. Stress and traumatic events have been a part of every major outbreak.
Currently, it is the worst it has ever been (feet and legs) and joint pain. This last precursor; major financial change, back to school for a bit, job change, kids leaving home - qualify all this. Except - they are not ceasing or getting better as time goes on!!!! Nasty turn of events and left it some time assuming it would just ease up.
This time I believe menopausal hormone shifts are exacerbating, causing all added fun - both guttate and plaque, lol.
I have seen a new, very young dermatologist with hopes of current discussion regarding treatments etc... funny, ended up with a coal tar treatment to start. This is merely irritating everything, and next appt. is long away. SO - that is where I am at at this moment in time - thanks for reading
Ahh, and last but not least, my mum and grand dad had psoriasis as well...
I hail from Vancouver Island, am 54 years old and am very happy to have found this site..! I started this journey in my late 20's after a bout with an unusual strep infec., that was not diagnosed for some time, then guttate and finally trip to dermatologist. Plaque psoriasis came after 3rd child in late thirties and has plagued me on an off ever since. Stress and traumatic events have been a part of every major outbreak.
Currently, it is the worst it has ever been (feet and legs) and joint pain. This last precursor; major financial change, back to school for a bit, job change, kids leaving home - qualify all this. Except - they are not ceasing or getting better as time goes on!!!! Nasty turn of events and left it some time assuming it would just ease up.
This time I believe menopausal hormone shifts are exacerbating, causing all added fun - both guttate and plaque, lol.
I have seen a new, very young dermatologist with hopes of current discussion regarding treatments etc... funny, ended up with a coal tar treatment to start. This is merely irritating everything, and next appt. is long away. SO - that is where I am at at this moment in time - thanks for reading
Ahh, and last but not least, my mum and grand dad had psoriasis as well...