Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 15th May 2015, 11:09 PM BSTI did the diet with full Gusto last year
As I didn't want to have to go on injections or anythingAlthough I was doing it in tandem with sunbed treatment the results were incredible best I'd been in 10 years
And sunbeds had never worked that well on their ownI've flared up since & am doing the diet again now but not as strictly
I figure it might just become part of my life going forward
I'll pass on the info, thanks.
I swear I could see it all flattening & descaling within a couple of weeks
Once you see good results it helps having rubbish tea & coffee.
But I'd suggest doing it strictly for a bit as that's when I got the best results
But changing my eating habits in general has definitely kept it at bay
I wish I'd been more sensible years ago
Methotrexate is also a cancer drug. It was one of many things my younger son had for childhood leukaemia. Presumably it's for things that are to do with the immune system
Is this the time to be serious? I do anxiety from low level to quite extreme. This means I have a mild excema problem among other things which for the most part is totally absent. However, in stress it can flare, normally on the legs. Back in the 1990s, I went to a GP and told her that it had flared up and she went "oh no that's psoriasis". I replied "no". It's always been periodic excema since childhood.
She was adamant and later it went with the usual betamethasone, then betnovate. Topical steroids of that kind, external, are ok but in limited quantities. The health police now overdo the cautioning of its use so it can be like getting blood out of stone. Ludicrous. Anyhow, it never came back. No one ever said it again. There is a specific set of conditions for psoriasis and I read up on them at the time so it was a mystery then and it is a mystery now. Lesson - it can be misdiagnosed. You might never know.
Secondly, I got in touch with a mate recently who I hadn't spoken to for four years. He said it was terrible three days before his 50th birthday. He has always had a bit of excema between his toes but it was starting to cover his entire body and eventually he went to the GP. They said "we've got to get you into hospital immediately". He replies "nah, I can't do that, I've got my work to keep up and I'm having a massive party". He drinks a lot of alcohol - a lot - so that may well be a contributory factor. Anyhow he said that they had stuck him on oral steroids for months. Months. I didn't comment in his interests but some of these doctors need shooting. I'm no scientist but that to me is outrageous.
Cheers Horse
Of course Ecsema & Psoriasis are two completely different things
Although they have itchy skin in common
You make a good point about stress
Stress is a terrible trigger for Psoriasis and one that you unfortunately can't always control.
And alcohol is probably a big factor
I wish it wasn't but cutting it down has helped me lose over 3 stone this year
So every cloud...
It certainly looks like it Stylee
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 16th May 2015, 12:14 AM BSTCheers Horse
Of course Ecsema & Psoriasis are two completely different things
Although they have itchy skin in common
You make a good point about stress
Stress is a terrible trigger for Psoriasis and one that you unfortunately can't always control.And alcohol is probably a big factor
I wish it wasn't but cutting it down has helped me lose over 3 stone this year
So every cloud...
That's very positive Steve. I am someone who found life a little too razor edge not to be in a real ale dream world whenever I could be. That was very pleasant, of course, until it made life rather more difficult. I will never regret it really as I had great times socially. A lot of highs mainly around music and football. I was also luckily as sober as a judge in the workplace and at home, whatever my domestic arrangements happened to be. At 42, I just cut almost all of it out overnight. I've stuck with it too. I can't say that it is enjoyable but because I have got a heavy taste for it rather than an addiction, I am fortunate enough to dip in and out of it mildly. Literally it went from six pints plus on quite a regular basis to about a pint or two on average per week, sometimes with a bit of escalation for a party and then nothing for quite a while to compensate. Isn't it terrible even thinking in this way? It doesn't do much for free spirit but at least it is not planet zero. I feel sorry for people who cannot do it that way.
Anyhow, to return to the skin issue, I can only speak again from personal experience. I do believe strongly in combinations of factors in ill health. For example, stress does my skin in a bit. Detergents do my skin in a bit. I'm sort of Simple soap and gel mainly. But what is much, much worse is stress plus using some very heavily perfumed soap product. It's really bad, that combination. So if you want something that isn't just Simple, go for Imperial Leather but not the white stuff. Anything white in that area is really troublesome. That bright white stuff. I hope that this is a bit helpful if peripheral.
Keep simple and natural
That may be the key for many ailments these days
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 16th May 2015, 12:39 AM BSTKeep simple and natural
That may be the key for many ailments these days
Yes.
It is the gift to be simple, it is the gift to be free and it is the gift to come down where you ought to be and when we find ourselves in the place just right it will be in the valley of love and delight. W36 in the footy. I've done alright but should have kept it simple. I'd have been way ahead of Don by now.
I refuse to discuss the BCG Clique league on here
I may pop back to give Don Congrats
But he's ruined his own thread by being a 24 carat tosspot
And Godot is far too aggressive, I thought it was a half jokey thing but now I'm not so sure.
I don't like Fantasy football that much, I can do without it
Which is a shame as it used to be my favourite thread, well just below welcome back Frankie Rage
See how I twisted the usage of the word refuse there
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ 16th May 2015, 12:52 AM BST*insensitive gag alert*
I haven't suffered it but I think I may have encountered it when I used to keep chickens - my hens were okay, but I had loads on my cock.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 16th May 2015, 12:51 AM BSTI refuse to discuss the BCG Clique league on here
I may pop back to give Don Congrats
But he's ruined his own thread by being a 24 carat tosspot
And Godot is far too aggressive, I thought it was a half jokey thing but now I'm not so sure.
I don't like Fantasy football that much, I can do without it
Which is a shame as it used to be my favourite thread, well just below welcome back Frankie RageSee how I twisted the usage of the word refuse there
Yes, well, I almost got drawn in there. I'm more sussed now than I was this time last year. Just 'cos I'm doin' your serious therapy mate doesn't mean that there ain't a big element of wry observation.
No if it was Chickens then it was probably Eggsema
*Drops mike & heads into the wings with applause ringing in his ears
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ 16th May 2015, 1:03 AM BST*even more insensitive gag alert*
Apparently they're bringing out a new chocolate bar that cures skin lurgy - it's called 'No Flake'.
I went to the Doctor's and said: "Do you know anything about Psoriaris?"
And the Doctor replied: "I don''t know anything about Brit Pop."
You may mock but excema is useful. When something is mentioned that is awkward, you just roll up your trouser leg and scratch away. It's like Harold Wilson used to be with his pipe when questioned by Robin Day only much more oddly unnerving to other people especially if done with sufficient drama.
I started a thread today on a Psoriasis Facebook group called I Love Psoriasis because...
And then gave some examples of the kind of gag/punchline I was after.
Such as I can oil myself up every night & pretend I'm spartacus.
And there were some funny replies
But a lot were just " I don't love it, how can you love it"
They may have been mostly Americans.
But overall it went down well
My favourite was someone saying they can always find their way back home by following the flakes
Seriously though the group did need a bit of comedy
It was a lot of feeling sorry for themselves although it was probably with good reason
Quote: keewik @ 15th May 2015, 11:56 PM BSTMethotrexate is also a cancer drug. It was one of many things my younger son had for childhood leukaemia. Presumably it's for things that are to do with the immune system
It must be
There has definitely been a lot of research saying that apart from being genetic it is also triggered by diets that affect the immune system
My cousin used an anti cancer drug and it cleared hers up great
But I still want my treatment to be
Lack of Stress
Fresh healthy food avoiding the obvious triggers
And most of all lot's of Sunshine
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 15th May 2015, 10:52 PM BSTMethotrexate, which was a drug developed for controlling arthritis, was found to also keep psoriasis under control, BUT it has a side effect of causing liver damage.
My daughter took that drug for a different condition. She's off it now after some rather radical surgery.