Phil's first thread in

[D Foster]

Hi Phil, you are 4 and half years older than I am but we have almost followed the same path and I have had P for about the same length of time I was in my late 20s . I have been on MTX for 9 years and Stelara for around 5 years which is just starting to loose ground . Coal tar with the smell and mess was the first treatment I had in fact I could make a suit out of tubular bandages in quick time.
Treatments in some respects have come on quite a long way since I started but I think that in the last 10 years the progress has been much faster, I feel that there will be even faster progress in the coming years and I can see the time when P will be controlled to the point of nearly 100%.
I will be very interested to see how you go on with the Taltz , I am changing soon to another bio in fact the same one as Fred is on.

Anyway Phil welcome to the Club , there is more information on here than anywhere that I know , Fred has done a fantastic job and any questions you ask will be answered by people who have experience of the problem not ones who read from books. We are a happy band of inmates some of us are sane but most are barmy but everyone is friendly .

Dave

[PWSCHNEIDER1000]

Thanks D Foster.
It's good to know I'm not suffering alone, and with this website we no longer have to suffer in silence.

Phil

[JohnB]

Hi Phil and a belated welcome from me. It was interesting to read your story my Mum had Ps in the 60s and it sounded pretty barbaric what you had to endure for some relief. Let us know how you go on Talz and don't forget there is a healthy off topic section should you wish to get involved in some light hearted banter
JohnB

[PWSCHNEIDER1000]

Thanks JohnB