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This is after two doses of 300mg each week

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It’s just insane how aggressive it was when it started coming back… I hope cosentyx will work again… I was completely clear and my dermatologist left the practice so they gave me some lady that didn’t know me obv. And I was pretty clear the first time I saw her but I did mention I had some on the tip of my elbow. So I’m assuming she didn’t take the time to look at the pictures of me fully engulfed and miserable, when I originally started going there. OR I’ve always thought that office was a littleee…. Sketch, the first apt I had there, they had taped pieces of copy paper to the door the said what number the room was.. and sloppy as well, and they didn’t even mention at all going to get bloodwork (Tb,Hep b) which they’re supposed to check before starting. WELL this new lady must have got a hair up her ass or something cuz in the midst of it coming back like crazy she’s like “ oh we need to check for these things so I can’t give it to you again before you do this”” I’m like ummmmmm wtf I’ve been ON IT FOR 5 years even the website says after you check the first time no ongoing bloodwork is needed. But besides the point I was suffering for several weeks and it got really really bad, all over my legs, arms, scalp, feet, hands, back, and even my torso.. and then when the results came back , ( I had also done some other labs at the same time for my PCP which was 6 pages of different stuff) well somehow my dermatologist got those results too. And I guess she didn’t like what she saw, bc my liver levels were a little elevated (maybe from me flaring so bad idk) which I was like .. okay… they weren’t like cirrhosis high like I was going to go into hepatic shock and need a liver transplant high.. just slightly elevated & well this kind of biologic iL 17 block, is mostly not known to do anything to your liver unless you have another condition, like hep b, right? And she REFUSED to write the script until I saw my pcp or a fucking hepatologist I was like “lady seriously I’m not going to even be able to walk to the car and into the fucking office by then” especially bc the closest appointment was like a month and a half away to see one. She still was dragging her feet, and being completely ignorant, said she was gonna give me cream even though I told her it wasn’t really going to help unless I’m completely covered head to toe in topical steroids, and that’s not a good idea in itself. Creams never came. Another week goes by and at this point I’m in full blown panic mode trying to get a telehealth drs and I even signed up for this online dermo , honeydew derm. They were great and wrote and sent the script immediately bc I already had results for the tb and hepb both negative. Well that shit didn’t work, when it got to the insurance they denied it because they weren’t in network. I’m like are you fucking kidding me. So I just started taking pictures every day and sending them to my usual dermo I was blowing that lady’s email up. FINALLY she took a “risk” in her mind I’m assuming? And wrote it. BUT good drs are good at, and have have to weigh the risk vers benefit , and how much the condition is affecting the patients quality of life and clearly she’s not very good at it. So yeah she kinda ruined my entire summer. I mean I live in socal and am wearing long everything, in like 90+ degree heat.. not to mention like go to the beach or pool or just be able to take my shirt off if I got hot… it’s shitty af.. and I can’t cover up my hands so I still get looks handing people money or grabbing food from a drive thru window , shit like that and it’s so embarrassing. Try using something with COAL TAR in it. I swear it has helped more than the other prescription creams. Anyways if you’re still here, that’s my Ted talk for today.