Living

We are going on holiday; well we will be once we have the visas. Being from South Africa I need a visa to get in just about anywhere. My boyfriend...

There remains no challenge as great with this disease as getting a good night’s sleep and waking up feeling rested. The truth be told, I cannot tell you when I...

There is one thing we rarely admit to our doctors, and that is that we are struggling with genital psoriasis. Sometimes I struggle to tell my husband. I just don’t...

I consider myself the queen of psoriasis, but there have been times in my life where things have puzzled me in the past 56 years. I've found a substitute when...

I recently got a call from my specialty pharmacy letting me know that my prescription assistance plan expired a few months ago. It is a free program through the manufacturer...

A while ago I wrote an article about the first time I went to see my new GP, and how after taking my history she noted I was at increased...

Having a chronic skin condition like psoriasis can be a difficult experience. Not only have you got the issues to deal with in terms of the physicality of the condition...

I don’t know about you but as soon as Santa leaves I’m counting down the days until summer. The depressingly cold weather of the East Coast isn’t kind to my...

I have had psoriasis forever and have also lived forever (if you ask my kids). My eldest son is eight, he has seen me through two full strep flares. He...

In this series, we discuss causes of anxiety for those facing a chronic illness like plaque psoriasis and its side effects. Phrases in quotes are the words of our community...

I was 6 when I first remember being told by my dermatologist to reduce stress. I am not entirely sure what skills he expected me to possess to reduce my...

I have had psoriasis for sixteen years. Nothing I had been prescribed had done anything to control psoriasis that had taken over 80% of my body to this point. When...

I was 21 years young, life was good, possibility and my bright future lay ahead of me. I was working in a top tourist attraction, Camps Bay, Cape Town, South...

My in-laws bought a house closer to where we live this past year. The main selling point of the house for them was that it had a hot tub. My...

You’ve probably heard that some diseases are invisible because the patient looks healthy on the outside, but symptoms are hidden in plain view. Take, for example, psoriatic arthritis. Many would...

This morning, life started slow, I woke up in a lot of pain; sore feet and aching bones. None the less, I got up slowly and kick-started the kettle, got...

Have you ever felt guilty complaining about your psoriasis in public? I got funny ideas in my head growing up that psoriasis isn’t that bad. I think people thought they...

There’s something that has stirred my grits at a slow churn over the past couple of years. It’s something I’m seeing pop up in groups far too often. I find...

Has psoriasis ever affected you when it comes to dating? ahem...yes? Dating is not a favorite past-time of mine. The first few dates anyway; there are the usual concerns that...

"Have you tried this?" I am sure that you have heard this before, possibly to within an inch of being annoyed with random strangers. Sometimes the question comes from someone...