What age did you get psoriasis?

[D Foster]

I started with P around 26-27 years but it was fairly mild and then towards my late 20s it got a little worse but in my early 30s after we had our second child I had a vasectomy and within 12 months I was that bad that I had to go in hospital for a six week stay to get it under some sort of control . I had P from my scalp to my feet , nails ,creases ears ,with it all over my body including under my beard which had to be shaved off. The PsA started a few years later and has gradually got worse over the years and now I am 67 years old is a little worse than it was in previous years though I was on MTX for 9 years which did help the PsA quite a lot whereas the Stelara is fantastic for the P does not help a lot with the PsA. I have had three hospital admissions over the years when it got away with itself but until I retired I have always had a job which was full on with a lot of stress and since I retired it does seem to have improved but of course it is difficult to evaluate as it was quite bad before the Stelara but I don't think I have had the flare-ups like I used to get in the past couple of years or so.
I have had more lotions, potions , pills and light treatments than I can count.

You've been around the block a bit Dave  

When I first started with it Fred they were still using tar wraps, I was a test case for some treatments which one of them was quite nasty when my big toe nails grew sideways through my toes but I cannot remember what it was called. It's much better nowadays but I was fantastic at making a body suit out of tubular bandages when I was using Dithrocream. The Stelara really has been my saviour in the last 2 plus years giving me 99% clearance which is something that I only thought could be a dream however I wish that I could do more for the PsA apart from the Tramadol but I cannot complain as my PsA is not as bad as yours Fred.