I wholeheartedly agree with all the above comments and would recommend you get to a good dermatologist who should treat you with one of the drugs mentioned in the above posts ....the risks as has been said are there but are usually reversible if the treatment is stopped ...so I would say, don't let the fear of side effects stop you having a better life ....if you have a drug that doesn't work then keep looking there will be one that will give you a normal ....or near normal life again ..be brave and remember all these drugs have been trialled and wouldn't be given if the risk was high
Good luck ......oh and thank you for saying how much you like the site, we enjoy it as well
.....I hope to read more from you soon
Jim
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Angela, have no fear, GB is here
I'm the psoriasis clubs raving loony
Once you frequent our site here, I'll teach you how to bake Jell-O
Would you like to know the recipe for fried lettuce sandwiches Angela ?
On a serious note, you probably won't find a better psoriasis site on planet earth than ours for information about our conditions.
We have member's from all around the world on here sharing their stories.
So, if you want to sit down and fire some questions that you may have, don't hesitate to ask
GB
Hi Angela, Welcome to the club.
Welcome Angela! Sorry for being late but life has been a bit busy for me lately.
Indeed once you have psoriasis it is life changing, as Jim said it even affects the clothing we wear! I remember going on vacation a couple years back and the grandkids were wanting to play laser tag. I walked in and saw how all the "white" was glowing due to the blacklights and decided to wait for them outside as I was afraid I had scales that would "glow"
There is a lot of treatments available and the great part about being here and that members are willing to share what worked and didn't work for them. I agree that a lot of them are scary. My treatment was UV and Acitretin which worked but I'm still wasn't fond of taking something that said it could damage a fetus and not to give blood for 5 years - I think it was - until after stopping treatment. Even though I'm past the having kids part of my life, it was like if it can be that damaging then what the heck am I really taking here! So once I cleared up (although my scalp has never totally cleared) I came off the Acitretin and so far, so good.
Moisturizing helps with the flaking and dryness but it doesn't make it go away.
Glad you found your way here!
Hi Angela
welcome to the Club - here you will find a great bunch of fellow sufferers happy to talk to you and discuss waht works for us
I hope you find the site very useful..
Hi Angie , welcome to the best site this side of the universe , there is more information about psoriasis on here than anywhere I know . The site is populated by inmates who are friendly , most are barmy including GB but Fred has done a fantastic job with Jim in the rear gunners position . There are no con merchants trying to sell expensive rubbish and if you ask a question it will be answered by people who have the same problems not ill informed health workers.
Take care and have a good look around. Dave
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