Warning: a few very real and somewhat graphic photos ahead “Tomorrow. Tomorrow. I love ya… tomorrow,” like the little orphan Annie I’m very hopeful for my future. Hopeful enough to sing-type! A few days after my last post I was prescribed CellCept (gen name: mycophenolate) a low-dosage oral immunosuppressant which I’ve been taking daily. In…
Tag: psoriasis
THE EVOLUTION OF MY SKIN
Suddenly my skin turned the color of sun-burnt stones cross-lined with cement streaks. I was able to boldly stroll into the red-bricked concert hall because no one could see past my natural camouflage!… Ummm yeah… I wish my true story of skin evolution sounded like something from X-Men but for the all the negativity surrounding…
THE ECZEMA EXAM ALLERGY TEST
Why do I have eczema? I’m not shaking my fist at the heavens screaming “Whyyyyy?” I know there’s something up with my skin’s inability to get drunk on moisture because it doesn’t want to wake up mysteriously next to random strangers… or something like that. While I can’t control my body’s components I’m sure I…
HOMEMADE, CHEAP ECZEMA REMEDIES… AND R.I.P. GLUTEN
ARGGHH the itchiness. It feels soooo good to scratch but Make it stop! Make it stop! I’m currently one week into my two-week, no-steroid-cream period and my skin has already declared a mutiny. With every brush I can see tiny deserters flaking off in dry waves. I’m uncomfortable and gloomy. To sadden matters the first…
