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Sun-09-10-2016, 02:26 AM
Hello all,
Thank you for the warm welcome. I read some of the replies earlier in the day but couldn't answer. I am awake at an unhealthy hour again.
I chose the name because, in my good moments, I like to think of psoriasis as some sort of super power. Like "Thing" from the Fantastic Four (don't tell me the thought he has psoriasis never occured to you as you watched the movie or happend to see a comic?). He's called Ben Grimm, so you can change it to Ben if you like.
My wife is not too bothered by it and keeps coming up with her own cures "have you tried rubbing the skin of a lemon on it?".....she also once overheard people in a cafe talking about how they cured their skin condition (we have not established what sort) by pouring camel urine on it. Of course, she ditched the idea once I explained the difficulties of finding a camel in London, getting hold of some of its urine and showering in said urine then later sitting on her sofa or sleeping on her bed. I will not lie, I was secretly tempted. The older kids take it all in their strides and only keep asking if I was in pain. When I used to put the Devobet on the face, they used to hate it because I always stopped them from giving me random kisses with the shout "no, no, I've got the cream on". The four year old thinks all these patches are injuries and keeps telling me to be careful when I "play".
I had medications in the past but they were all creams and scalp treatments. I wasn't sure what the long term impacts of all those steroids would be so I stopped. Still, this time I've decided to tackle this thing once and for all. I made the first step by joining you here and you all seem VERY nice.
(I promise to post messages at a normal time in future).
Thank you for the warm welcome. I read some of the replies earlier in the day but couldn't answer. I am awake at an unhealthy hour again.
I chose the name because, in my good moments, I like to think of psoriasis as some sort of super power. Like "Thing" from the Fantastic Four (don't tell me the thought he has psoriasis never occured to you as you watched the movie or happend to see a comic?). He's called Ben Grimm, so you can change it to Ben if you like.
My wife is not too bothered by it and keeps coming up with her own cures "have you tried rubbing the skin of a lemon on it?".....she also once overheard people in a cafe talking about how they cured their skin condition (we have not established what sort) by pouring camel urine on it. Of course, she ditched the idea once I explained the difficulties of finding a camel in London, getting hold of some of its urine and showering in said urine then later sitting on her sofa or sleeping on her bed. I will not lie, I was secretly tempted. The older kids take it all in their strides and only keep asking if I was in pain. When I used to put the Devobet on the face, they used to hate it because I always stopped them from giving me random kisses with the shout "no, no, I've got the cream on". The four year old thinks all these patches are injuries and keeps telling me to be careful when I "play".
I had medications in the past but they were all creams and scalp treatments. I wasn't sure what the long term impacts of all those steroids would be so I stopped. Still, this time I've decided to tackle this thing once and for all. I made the first step by joining you here and you all seem VERY nice.
(I promise to post messages at a normal time in future).