Health Boards
Wed-12-01-2022, 22:27 PM
#1 What age did you think something was going wrong: Around 23
#2 How many years later was it that you got a diagnoses: Around 25
#3 When you got a diagnoses how did it make you feel: Rubbish, it felt like I had a disease like a leper and no one would want to know me any more.
#4 What was your first treatment: A dandruff shampoo that only made things worse
#5 Did you think it was a temporary thing: I hoped it was as I believed my doctor (who I know know was wrong)
#6 How long before you got to see a dermatologist: I think about 3 years
#7 What did you think of your first dermatologist: A person that just wanted to throw poison Methotrexate at me with no care on what it was doing to my body
#8 Have you ever given up on a prescribed treatment: Yes poison Methotrexate and most creams that they gave me at the start as they cause more problems or just don't work. I did also have to give up some Bio's (TNF) as they gave me a reaction.
#9 How do you feel you are being treated today: Excellent, I have built up a good relationship with my current dermatologist and I'm very pleased
#10 What would you say to the younger you at #1: Forget what your GP tells you and dump your first dermatologist, push very hard and demand better treatment
#2 How many years later was it that you got a diagnoses: Around 25
#3 When you got a diagnoses how did it make you feel: Rubbish, it felt like I had a disease like a leper and no one would want to know me any more.
#4 What was your first treatment: A dandruff shampoo that only made things worse
#5 Did you think it was a temporary thing: I hoped it was as I believed my doctor (who I know know was wrong)
#6 How long before you got to see a dermatologist: I think about 3 years
#7 What did you think of your first dermatologist: A person that just wanted to throw poison Methotrexate at me with no care on what it was doing to my body
#8 Have you ever given up on a prescribed treatment: Yes poison Methotrexate and most creams that they gave me at the start as they cause more problems or just don't work. I did also have to give up some Bio's (TNF) as they gave me a reaction.
#9 How do you feel you are being treated today: Excellent, I have built up a good relationship with my current dermatologist and I'm very pleased
#10 What would you say to the younger you at #1: Forget what your GP tells you and dump your first dermatologist, push very hard and demand better treatment
