There is no magic fix for severe psoriasis. Mild or Severe it comes when it wants, stays as long as it wants and does as much damage as it's allowed.
I've had psoriasis all my life. I was the kids with the alligator skin on my legs- you know... the ashy kid. etc... well this time around my auto- immune disease called psoriasis took it's toll on me from head to toe. I have even developed arthritis from it in my shoulders and left hip and knee. it gets in my eyes, I gets in my bits, it gets and goes where ever it wants to. Sometimes just a day or two sometimes a week or two and in the case of my legs, thighs, and arms and neck and head... MONTHS.
The flair ups have been nearly unbearable. BUT yet, yes I go to work and I make it through. I scratch and I cry and I bleed and i crack and I slather oils and now.. I soak, and fast and I eat green.
The last two days have been amazing. The salt soak - I've never done it before as I've never had this much psoriasis covering this much of my body before - has been amazing. I took the whole weekend to just soak and slather and eat green.
Today i started with Desitin cream as recommended by several in the "PS" forum where I'm a member. So far it's clinging to the porous plagues and it seems to be breaking them down and smoothing out the skin... I'm sure in the 7 days as is recommended it will do more than just ruin more clothes.
Oh let's not talk about the clothes that are ruined with oil and other 'cures'.
It did come to me after doing some research that my liver was being bogged down with toxins because of having my gallbladder removed the other year and NOT taking time to totally heal. I was moving back here - leaving Portland - and so when I did, to make it easy, I left also my VEGAN life and went vegetarian...
It just didn't dawn on me that SUN, STRESS...aaaaaand gaining 30 pounds in the last 4 years from an 'anything but meat' diet (which is NOT vegetarian either by the way) could be at the root of this HUGE flair up.\
... the 30 pounds being at the TOP of the list NOW... since the SUN isn't as big of an issue anymore (the BURNS are still there from this past summer... but still the weather has been nice and low in UV most days the last few weeks) so what explains the flair ups...
THE LIVER.... MY LIVER
SO I spent the weekend detoxing and will from this day forward, continue to work at keeping my liver at high function. Shaklee has a product that I will get but for now I just picked up some milk thistle and turmeric/curcumin to help.
I'll update next weekend to let you know how I feel. I'm hoping I feel GREAT and can see positive movements toward the end of this crisis.
Then... on to Washington for total remission.
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