Cut it off! Just kidding. For me, the pain lasts about three months and the swelling remains for up to a year. You can get a steroid shot directly to the...
Hi, I joined a couple weeks ago but was just reading at first. I've had the arthritis/psoriasis since I was 27 and I am 44 now. At first I was diagnosed with...
What about the depression is this part of PA as well. This disease is horrible I first started getting the skin patches....and then the sausage toe appeared....
I do relate to the depression too. I rarely get it on my body but I think it's because I "tanned" and the light kept it off. I can no longer tan (skin cancer...
I hope you read my message about my favorite shoes: Ryka, Joseph Seibels and Clarks. Fatigue is the worst. Looking back, it is the major difference in my...
I dealt with depression for years before the P and PA. I don't know if it is any different as a symptom of PA. I know I need medication, exercise, sunshine...
I am taking Chinese herbs for my Psoriasis which helps a great deal but doesn't seem to help the PA much. The Achilles Tendonitis is so bad with the cold...
With psoriatic arthritis, fatigue and depression are common at least from what I've been hearing and reading. I know I am constantly tired no matter what I do....
hi...the fatigue is the worse part it dosen't make sence to you when you feel it and it get's worse when you push your self on...which increases the depression...
Rykas are at Lady Foot Locker. The outlet mall near us just starting carrying them too. The Clarks and Joseph Seibels are at the expensive shoe stores. An...
Thank you for the kind words of my losing my horse. He was crippled up and hurting so bad. I still have six of my own. I live in Bakersfield CA and I know we...
WE are a helpful lot aren't we...my immediate response was CUT IT OFF too lol! Corticosteroids injected into the joint may help...they didn't help me but...
I suspect we all get our down days..I know I have 'poor me ' days when I almost drown in self pity. Thankfully they are rare and shortlived. I have discovered...
Hi Loretta, Dealing with fatigue is soemthing you learn as you go along...we are all diferent and it affects us in various ways. I gues learning to pace...
I have been meds free for a little over 4 weeks now since my mtx reaction and am suffering sufficiently to have agreed to give low dose mtx another try while...
Have you tried Tea Tree Oil? It has almost a warming effect and does great things for the skin. I trade off between prescriptions (dovonex) and this. Both...
"For the last 32 years I've suffered from some type of Psoriasis or Eczema like skin rash on my lower legs, elbows and hands. The itching sometimes leaves me...
I must have missed a previous emailing. What is the product lotion and capsules you are speaking of...? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Smells like spam this is the third psoriasis related message board this identical post has appeared on today. I'm too lazy to look it up but I would bet a ...
When I first had symptoms of PA, I was misdiagnosed for months, and they were talking of amputation of my toes or foot. Now, years later, I've formed achilles...
Well, this story sounds painfully familiar. I have had surgery on my left heel already and it didn't help a bit. I can't take the Celebrex or anything like...
So many post to comment and ask about. Even if we keep talking about the same stuff, it's so nice to be able to share with people who understand and KNOW....
I'm not sure of the names of the chinese herbs I take. They blend them for me at the clinci I go to but I know they are intended to tonify my whole system....
Hi Christine, That is a good price for two weeks worth. Would you have an idea where I could go here in Bakersfield? How about health food stores or how I...
Gillian, that is cool, it is nice to have a good companion...As for me, my 4 children life is full of business...The baby is getting so big, she is crawling...
Some doctors believe that psoriasis could be linked to a weak liver. The liver gets rid of the bodies toxins and when it's ability is impaired, the body gets...
Hi Loretta, I go to Bastyr College here in Seattle. Its the leading training college for Chinese and Naturalpathic medicine in the region. I don't know of...
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