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Gender: Female
Location: DFW
Treatment: Cosentyx ( at the moment)
I’m not really a cowboy, it’s just an avatar. I’m really a middle aged urban Texan (having lived in NYC, LA, Wash DC, San Fran, as well as Houston and various DFW ‘burbs.), although I have Tx cred via various relatives. Diagnosed w psoriasis as a teen, and PsA at midlife. It ebbs and flows, and I am not entirely certain any of my meds are doing much to control it. So glad I found this forum, bc I don’t know anyone else who has it, that I can talk to, who understands.
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Gender: Female
Location: GA
Psoriasis Score: 3
Treatment: Clobetasol Topical
Welcome GirlFromTexas! Hope you are staying dry with all the flooding in your state right now.
You've definitely found people who understand, it's a great group of folks always willing to help and tons of good information.
Welcome Aboard!!
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Gender: Male
Location: France
Psoriasis Score: Zero
Psoriatic Arthritis Score: 1
PQOLS: 1
Treatment: Bimzelx / Coconut Oil
Hello GirlFromTexas  to Psoriasis Club.
Cowboys, Cowgirls, Anyone they are all welcome here, we know how you feel and we also know how important it is to find real people just like you and here we are. I have heard of most of the places you mention but not "DFW" so I'm a bit lost there.
You will find a good mix of people from around the world and a very friendly bunch they are too. Just dive on in and get to know us, you will find a warm welcome.
I can recommend the [forum=17] board of you want to get to know some of our members. But be warned, I'm the only sensible one in there.
Regards.
Fred
Posts: 28,478
Threads: 117
Joined: Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Location: In between the tulips
Psoriasis Score: 3
Psoriatic Arthritis Score: 3
PQOLS: 4
Treatment: Got back to DMF slow release
Hello GirlfromTexas,
Welcome to psoriasisclub. One of the most relaxed forums among Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis sufferers.
We can be very serious, but we also love a banter now and then, as you can see on what Fred is mentioning about being the sensible one.
On the serious side we have gathered an immense knowledge on our disease and we have an own opinion on treatments that even may differ from the ones that specialists are prescribing. As we see all medication from the viewpoint of ourselves.
Enjoy your stay over here with us.
Cheers,
Caroline
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Threads: 2
Joined: Sep 2019
Gender: Female
Location: DFW
Treatment: Cosentyx ( at the moment)
DFW is local slang for Dallas- Ft Worth metroplex, and includes many large cities / suburbs (Arlington, Plano, Irving, Richardson, Denton, Frisco, Lewisville to name a few), all interwoven in a diffuse 12 county urban sprawl of 7.5 million people inhabiting concrete sky-scrapers, concrete highways, non descript low-rise office complexes and millions of nearly identical suburban tract homes. Roughly the size of Conn + R. I., it feels like SoCal but with a worse climate, and is the 4th largest metropolitan area in the US. It’s pretty ugly, very few trees, grass is brown more often than green, but has a thriving economy, a cheap cost of living, and growing in population every day.
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Treatment: Bimzelx / Coconut Oil
(Fri-20-09-2019, 20:40 PM)GirlFromTexas Wrote: DFW is local slang for Dallas- Ft Worth metroplex, and includes many large cities / suburbs (Arlington, Plano, Irving, Richardson, Denton, Frisco, Lewisville to name a few), all interwoven in a diffuse 12 county urban sprawl of 7.5 million people inhabiting concrete sky-scrapers, concrete highways, non descript low-rise office complexes and millions of nearly identical suburban tract homes. Roughly the size of Conn + R. I., it feels like SoCal but with a worse climate, and is the 4th largest metropolitan area in the US. It’s pretty ugly, very few trees, grass is brown more often than green, but has a thriving economy, a cheap cost of living, and growing in population every day.
Sort of helps, but as I live in the French countryside I get lost going to my nearest City. 
Posts: 26,088
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Joined: Dec 2014
Gender: Male
Location: East Yorkshire
Treatment: Stelara 90mg and G&T
Fri-20-09-2019, 21:43 PM
(This post was last modified: Fri-20-09-2019, 21:46 PM by D Foster.)
Hi GirlFromTexas . welcome to the friendly psoriasisclub the site where there is the most comprehensive information on P and PsA than anywhere else I know. No con artists just people from all over the world who have the same problems so any questions are answered from experience not from hearsay. Welcome from the East Yorkshire coast of the UK
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Joined: Nov 2017
Gender: Male
Location: Launceston, Tasmania
Psoriasis Score: 2
Treatment: Cosentyx
Welcome to the club GirlFromTexas, as others have mentioned there is heaps of great information and some very smart people with lots of knowledge about the disease. I hope you find support and some new friends within our group.
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Gender: Male
Location: Norwich England
Psoriasis Score: 3
Treatment: Skilarence 5x120mg a day
Sat-21-09-2019, 00:14 AM
(This post was last modified: Sat-21-09-2019, 00:46 AM by jiml.)
Hi GirlFromTexas good to see you have found your way here ,as everyone had said you have come to the right place where there are lots of us with the same problem and dealing with it in various different ways. But there's always someone not far away to listen
You don't say what meds you are on although you say you don't think they are doing any good
Often with the disease its possible for whatever you are taking to stop working. Most of us have had that experience, but there are so many advances in drugs to control it that you should be able to find one to suit you
I look forward to hearing more from you
Jim
Edit just read your other post and see you're on Cosentyx but suffering with forgetfulness. It's not something I've heard anyone else suffering from that takes it. So it could be caused by something else so it would be wise to get checked by your doctor
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Location: Spain
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Hi GirlFromTexas and to the club.....
This is indeed one of the friendliest, nicest and informative forums around you will get lots of good useful info on here that's for sure.... the people on here are amazing and very knowledgeable.....
Nice to meet you.....
Wooley
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