Health Boards
Thu-13-01-2022, 16:44 PM
#1 What age did you think something was going wrong: 18
#2 How many years later was it that you got a diagnoses: a few months
#3 When you got a diagnoses how did it make you feel: a bit down, but the treatment made the psoriasis appear to go away for some years
#4 What was your first treatment: steroid cream, betnovate I believe
#5 Did you think it was a temporary thing: yes, and after the betnovate worked I thought it had gone away
#6 How long before you got to see a dermatologist: probably about 15 years
#7 What did you think of your first dermatologist: very kindly
#8 Have you ever given up on a prescribed treatment: yes a lot of things mainly because they didn’t work/ stopped working after a while
#9 How do you feel you are being treated today: I feel like I’m being looked after, though I worry about the one term effects of biologicals
#10 What would you say to the younger you at #1: I probably wouldn’t say anything, I wouldn’t want my younger self to realise it was going to come back with a vengeance.. I’d let her enjoy the next years in blissful ignorance!
#2 How many years later was it that you got a diagnoses: a few months
#3 When you got a diagnoses how did it make you feel: a bit down, but the treatment made the psoriasis appear to go away for some years
#4 What was your first treatment: steroid cream, betnovate I believe
#5 Did you think it was a temporary thing: yes, and after the betnovate worked I thought it had gone away
#6 How long before you got to see a dermatologist: probably about 15 years
#7 What did you think of your first dermatologist: very kindly
#8 Have you ever given up on a prescribed treatment: yes a lot of things mainly because they didn’t work/ stopped working after a while
#9 How do you feel you are being treated today: I feel like I’m being looked after, though I worry about the one term effects of biologicals
#10 What would you say to the younger you at #1: I probably wouldn’t say anything, I wouldn’t want my younger self to realise it was going to come back with a vengeance.. I’d let her enjoy the next years in blissful ignorance!
