Cosentyx for psoriatic arthritis Fred's journey

[Fred]

First Week

Ok here goes. I've just taken my first two shots of Cosentyx. No big surprises as I'm used to doing the injections and although I thought 150mg doses would seem a lot bigger than 90mg it didn't seem any different, apart from doing two shots instead of one.

Now I don't know if it is coincidence or because of being two weeks past my date when I should have had my next Stelara shot, but I've noticed a few things going on and decided to make some notes here for future reference.

*Excuse the photos I'm not a photographer but it gives an idea.

I'v noticed my nails are showing more lines, and if you zoom in on the thumb nail you can just about make out a patch in the middle of the nail where it looks like it is lifting away.



Next this patch has appeared on the right hand side of my torso just under the arm. There has been a small read patch there for a while and it used to show more at around week ten after my Stelara shot, but now at week 14 it's looking bigger and slightly flaky.



Also the shins (these have always been my worst parts) are looking a bit worse than they were a week ago.





I'm feeling a bit worse with the psoriatic arthritis too, which in some ways is a good thing as it will help me monitor it. And there are a couple of small red patches on the armpits and between my toes.

So I'll do my scores again.

Psoriasis: Has gone up from 3 to 6

Psoriatic arthritis: Has gone up from 5 to 10

Nothing else to say really as like I said, I'm used to the injections and everything went along just as I expected it to.