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Sat-05-12-2015, 02:43 AM
5 December 2015
Had a dermatology appointment yesterday afternoon , I was warned the clinic was running 15 minutes late, finally got in an hour after my appointment time , thank goodness they have free wifi so I could watch Fred playing with codes
I was due to go to a carol concert after the appointment but with the clinic running late I wasn't able to get a meal before the concert
Not even a bowl of soup
Anyway I got to see Dr Shah who has been seeing me for quite a while now we discussed my joint pain and he examined my fingers and toes and said there was no swelling, but he would refer me to rheumatology, so I must wait for an appointment for that now .
He was pleased with my skin and we looked at my blood results all looking good liver and kidney function normal.
LYMPHOCYTE COUNT UP TO 1.4
To say I was pleased is an understatement, he could see the joy in my face and he said they didn't prescribe enough of Fumaderm because of the red tape and because it is unlicensed
He told me that last week he was at a dermatologists conference in Manchester and they had a guest speaker from Ireland to talk about Fumaderm
. He asked how many were prescribing Fumaderm and very few raised their hands. He said they should embrace it as it was a good drug and in Ireland they are prescribing it regularly and the English doctors should start using more of it....
He said when the subject came up he thought of me and my love of the drug , because every time we meet I pump him for information
I left him a psoriasis club card and asked him to give the details to any sufferers that needed a support group.
He said that he would certainly give the information out
I was due to go to a carol concert after the appointment but with the clinic running late I wasn't able to get a meal before the concert
Not even a bowl of soup
Anyway I got to see Dr Shah who has been seeing me for quite a while now we discussed my joint pain and he examined my fingers and toes and said there was no swelling, but he would refer me to rheumatology, so I must wait for an appointment for that now .
He was pleased with my skin and we looked at my blood results all looking good liver and kidney function normal.
LYMPHOCYTE COUNT UP TO 1.4 To say I was pleased is an understatement, he could see the joy in my face and he said they didn't prescribe enough of Fumaderm because of the red tape and because it is unlicensed
He told me that last week he was at a dermatologists conference in Manchester and they had a guest speaker from Ireland to talk about Fumaderm
. He asked how many were prescribing Fumaderm and very few raised their hands. He said they should embrace it as it was a good drug and in Ireland they are prescribing it regularly and the English doctors should start using more of it....
He said when the subject came up he thought of me and my love of the drug , because every time we meet I pump him for information
I left him a psoriasis club card and asked him to give the details to any sufferers that needed a support group.
He said that he would certainly give the information out