Health Boards
Thu-18-05-2017, 08:27 AM
Hi Angela, nice to meet you 
I don't think it's terribly helpful to be told your symptoms are mild relative to other people - it's irrelevant really, what matters is how are you, are your symptoms affecting your daily life and can anything be done to alleviate them.
When I had carpal tunnel they did nerve tests and pronounced me a mild case. They agreed to do the op however. During the op the surgeon said to me 'have a look at this, your nerve is purple!' (I was too chicken to look, feeling a little bit faint lol
) and it turned out it was not a mild case after all. My point is, how can they accurately know how bad you feel anyway, they can only get a good idea. If psoriasis is getting in the way of life then maybe it's time to push for further help.
I don't think it's terribly helpful to be told your symptoms are mild relative to other people - it's irrelevant really, what matters is how are you, are your symptoms affecting your daily life and can anything be done to alleviate them.
When I had carpal tunnel they did nerve tests and pronounced me a mild case. They agreed to do the op however. During the op the surgeon said to me 'have a look at this, your nerve is purple!' (I was too chicken to look, feeling a little bit faint lol
) and it turned out it was not a mild case after all. My point is, how can they accurately know how bad you feel anyway, they can only get a good idea. If psoriasis is getting in the way of life then maybe it's time to push for further help.