Day 447 - Quick video update

The roller-coaster ride that is TSW

Day 447 - Quick video update. The 3rd of June will mark my 15 month anniversary of my withdrawal from corticosteroids. Offft, it's been one hell of a journey, I tell thee.

But I will prevail!. Hopefully by the time I reach 18 months my withdrawal will have ended. Fingers crossed.

18 months seems to be the lucky number for some people who have reached the end of their withdrawal. Not being naive. Just confident............... or stupid?, unreasonable?, ha ha.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see!.

 All the best.


 Gary 

Positive exposure for TSW & ITSAN from Canada

Hi folks.

Someone posted this article from the Huffington Post News in one of the Facebook support groups that I am a member off.

"B.C. Woman Whose Skin Fell Off Warns About Steroid Cream Addiction" is the name of said article.

 Full story can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/15/steroid-cream-addiction_n_7236986.html


Nice, positive story & a good read.



Gary



What Doctors Aren’t Telling You About Steroid Creams – Janelle’s Incredible Story. Link @ http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/03/09/what-doctors-arent-telling-you-about-steroid-creams-janelles-incredible-story/

 Click here to listen to a documentary featuring Janelle Norman.

Join the Facebook support group. Link @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/212642132257327/

More info and all things topical steroid withdrawal related can be found @ http://www.itsan.org/

Day 432

Day 432...

Just sharing my progress as of late folks.

My energy levels are still going strong compared to previous months thankfully, dear reader.

Flaring, sadly is still an everyday occurrence for myself. It tends to get worst around the start of every new month, which is interestingly about the time that my withdrawal started, "the third day" of the month that is.

At the start of the month there (May) I started getting random, sweat attacks during the day. Embarrassingly, I was up at a friends house when it began. It got too much. My skin just started pouring out copious amounts of sweat!. Then the ITCH, f**k me the itch was intense. I asked my mate if I could hop in their shower. Que, orgasmic sounds coming from the shower room! (you know what I mean, right?) ha ha. 

Sleeping much better too. Only wake up a couple of times during the night for a good, ol' scratch then quickly, without any problems fall back to sleep.

Took some pictures of the parts of my body that were the worst affected. You can see the redness has faded. Still have some dry, eczema like spots to heal here and there too, check the picts out below.

 

 

 

As always,

Muchas Gracias for stopping by. Healing thoughts are always with you.

Gary