Showing posts with label guttate psoriasis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guttate psoriasis. Show all posts

Friday, May 6, 2011

5/6/11. Superpowers!


Nurse: "Got your sock on? Hahahaha!"

Let me explain. I'm supposed to get full body exposure to the UV rays, but I have to keep the jewels covered. The Dr. said I was supposed to get a G-String or a thong, which I don't want to buy. Hence, the sock. 

Anyway, it's become a point of laughter for us and I'm pretty sure I may become one of their dinner table stories. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

3/16/11. :(


I started getting this rash 2 days after camping. No one else in the group got it, so I made an appointment to see a dermatologist and she said it's a rare skin outbreak that happens to like 1/million people who get strep throat or another bacterial infection. It's called Guttate Psoriasis. On the plus side, it's not herpes or anything nasty, and it's not on my face or junk. On the not-so-plus side, it'll take about a month+ to clear up, even with treatment (which involves UV phototherapy/topicals). Yay. Hopefully it's sunny - the doctor recommended tanning  :D

The stupidest thing is that the phototherapy center is at another location in the Stanfurd network, and I have to get diagnosed there again (and repay a copay) in order to get treated. AND the next open appointment is two weeks later. So it'll be about 3 weeks before I get treatment for this stuff. Sigh...I hate bureaucracy. I'll call again tomorrow and see if there's a way around it.