Tuesday, 6 February 2018

2018-02-06 - Flare continues

Not as bad as the last flare yet, but still gets itchy as heck from time to time.
Some splits on fingers, but not terrible. 
Inside right elbow worse.




Monday, 22 January 2018

2018-01-22 - Another inside elbow flare has started.

Well, it was a very enjoyable few weeks of my skin being pretty perfect. In the last couple of days, however, another flare has started :-(
Itchy as:




Saturday, 6 January 2018

2018-01-07 - Skin better than it's been in a long time

Not perfect, but not red and knuckles aren't splitting (to any great degree). Still itchy in patches, around inside elbows and knuckles.
Things have been pretty good since after Xmas really (best Xmas present ever! Marked 3 years of topical steroid withdraw to the day).
We got a pool around that time and have been for lots of swims and getting lots of sun, so could be that.
Essentially, It's been 7 months of putting up with inside elbow flare and splitting knuckles after that subsided.
Great reprieve, long may it last!




Monday, 30 October 2017

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

2017-09-13 - Red sleeves continue.

Sucks, red, itchy. No end in sight... Some days are better than others, seem to go through waves of red and swelling to it dying right down.
Stress is bad, can guarantee a flare up in the hours following getting stressed.




Thursday, 27 July 2017

2017-07-27 - Nope, wasn't just Ibuprofen side effects. Skin is still flaring

Damn! Still got this red, itchy mess. :-(
Better than when I was regularly taking Ibuprofen though.




Monday, 10 July 2017

2017-07-10 - Might not have just been TSW for the past couple of months, might be some Ibuprofen side-effects.

So immediately after my last post, I stopped taking Ibuprofen. This "flare" had been lasting a lot longer than the others, so I got suspicious.
Withing 24 hours I noticed my skin feeling so much better and the splitting in the crook of my right elbow healing. 
Here we are basically a week after I stopped taking 200mg of Ibuprofen every 3 hours (I started soon after I could feel the flare starting a couple months ago!):