Hello everyone...I just found and joined your forum today. I hope that this website is active daily and that this thread just isn't. I just wanted to introduce myself, I am Shellie.

Hello Shellie to Psoriasis Club.

Is the website active daily? Well I'm here every day.

It's not a hugely busy forum, but we have a good mix of people from all around the world and you will find them to be a friendly bunch. Have a look through some of the threads and jump on in, and don't hesitate to start your own threads. If you venture into The Off Topic board, you will find I'm the sensible one.

I have given your post it's own thread as the one you had posted in was an old thread and your post probably wouldn't get noticed. So hopefully someone apart from me will notice you are here and prove to you it's not just one thread that is used.

Regards.

Fred.

Hi Fred,

Thanks for moving it. I am very familiar with online forums but it has been awhile since I have used this forum format.

I am hoping to find other Psoriasis sufferers that might have answers to the questions I have. I have done a lot of online researching for information but I really want to connect with others like me. I have had some form of Psoriasis since I was very young, but it tends to go into remission and then WHAM it hits me all of a sudden. I have bought books on diet, homeopathic remedies and just last night I was watching an old episode of House and saw a reference to Red Clover for Psoriasis so that got me researching again. I got the idea though this morning to search for online communities with people suffering from Psoriasis and there are many of them. I chose this one first but now I see that most of the member posts are pretty dated.

I will continue checking in here for a while.

Thank you for welcoming me.

Hi everyone,

I am new in the community. I have had some form of Psoriasis all my life, it just goes into remission for a few years and then WHAM it is back.

I have only had one horrible outbreak caused by Strep throat about 21 years ago which created what I call "alligator skin" I never in my life had an outbreak like this and haven't since then. I would say that my body then was covered 97%. It was so long ago I dont even remember what eventually cleared it up, only that it was horribly embarrassing. I will never forget it though and count my blessings every day that it has never again been that bad.

I have had little outbreaks here and there, and have noticed in the last 15 years that based on my weight at the time the Psoriasis is either better or worse. Right now I am about 25 pounds overweight and in September of 2011 it was about gone after losing over 35 pounds. Through the last 18 months I have gained back about 20 pounds because of hip surgery and also hit menopause in Feb 2012. For the last 6 months it has been returning, a little spot becoming bigger and bigger and spreading and spreading. My MD gave me a steroid cream for about 5 weeks and it seemed to help but mostly it just spread to clear areas that didn't have any before. When I ran out and he wouldn't give me a refill it just came back. I have an appt with a derm but not until late October, so I haven't tried many of the prescriptions for Psoriasis yet.

I mostly have it on my calves and thighs, buttocks and abdomen. Some on my stomach, breasts, backs of my legs and elbows but not too bad. It is plaque Psoriasis, that much I know. It doesn't itch, but sometimes it gets irritated and really burns and turns bright red. I never wear shorts out of the house and so far my arms only have a few spots so I can still wear short sleeves.

I feel compared to so many that have it so much worse than me I am lucky to have it wear it can still be hidden in public.

I hope to meet others here.

Shellie

Hello Shellie

Some of us are pretty dated too

Yeah! LOL!

A chicken !!!
That's really nice. Gives promises for the future.

Hello Shellie,
Welcome to the forum.
It is quite a nice forum, almost every day there are posts of different kind and origin, not too much and overwhelming luckily, just about good.
If you post something, mostly someone will react to it, this is certainly not a dead forum.

Beware in the Off-topic area. It is weird and dangerous over there. Strange characters flock together in that place. Even some guys over there claim to sensible, unimaginable of course.

Have a good time.
Caroline

Hi Caroline....nice to meet you!

Have a great day!

(Fri-30-08-2013, 20:41 PM)Shelliegl Wrote: Hi Caroline....nice to meet you!

Have a great day!

That will be a great night
It's evening over here...


Nice to meet you too

(Fri-30-08-2013, 20:42 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Fri-30-08-2013, 20:41 PM)Shelliegl Wrote: Hi Caroline....nice to meet you!

Have a great day!

That will be a great night
It's evening over here...


Nice to meet you too

Agree with that I'm on my second bottle of Merlot for the evening. Hic Cheers.