Yes, PsA is realI have plenty of horror stories, surgeries, and such: rib breaking off, and puncturing lung and heart. My rib plate just broke...reactions1comment
I may be flagging but I’m still trying!!Psoriatic arthritis? What’s that? Can’t be that bad – now I have a diagnosis I can get better... can’t I? These were...reactions1comment
Psoriatic Arthritis: The Gift You Never Wanted That Keeps on GivingI was diagnosed in 2000. I had no psoriasis at the time, but I had developed crippling pain in my right wrist...reactions2comments
PsA Plus MoreWhen I was 30 years old, I had developed what I thought was a bad case of dandruff. It peeled and bled...reactions2comments
A long road to a PsA diagnosisMy journey began 10 years ago with psoriatic arthritis. My first recollection of “something strange” being amidst was 10 years ago when...reactions2comments
Enthesitis and PsA and the Strength to Carry OnI personally think that I have enthesitis after suffering from psoriasis since 1982 and PsA since 1985. Since the advent of the...reactions7comments
Stress for a PsA flareAbout 5 years ago, I had a really rough year. I was a single mom living check to check. I helped provide...reactions3comments
3 Years Since My Psoriatic Arthritis DiagnosisI am 52 and was diagnosed in the fall of 2017. I never had any sign of psoriasis until that May. I...reactions1comment
An Unusual Health JourneyBoy, after reading some of your stories I don't feel like my story is so significant. When I started having real problems...reactions1comment
Can’t get a diagnosisI have had psoriasis for nearly 30 years. About 15 years ago I began experiencing extreme shoulder pain. I went to a...reactions4comments
A long road to diagnosisI started with psoriasis when I was 14 on my hands and elbows. That was diagnosed correctly and treated seemed to relieve...reactions1comment
One Day at a Time!When I woke up one morning and my hands and feet were stiff, I didn't think too much about it. After two...reactions1comment
My PsA story and the doctor who told me I was imagining pain at 12 years oldHello, I was diagnosed with psoriasis at the age of 10. I'm now 37 and after years of battling with psoriasis, fatigue...reactions2comments
Not Even Sure: I Need Knee & Hip Replacements SoonI had no symptoms until a little over a year ago. I’m a 45-year-old woman. I’m a behavioral therapist and I work...reactions4comments
Pain and total exhaustionDealing with the pain when at home isn’t too bad as I can stop and rest when needing to... same with the...reactions11comments
PsA (+ added illnesses) and The Loss of All I Held DearI've been "in some type/area/level of" pain, every second of every day, since 2010. After YEARS, I was, FINALLY, diagnosed with psoriatic...reactions3comments
Where's our "Moon Shot"?I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2010, after years of differing diagnoses for all the different symptoms I had been experiencing...reactions2comments
Expectations and AcceptanceI was diagnosed with guttate psoriasis at the age of five. Around 40, I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. I managed it...reactions6comments
Jennifer's Journey With PsAI was diagnosed almost eleven years ago... I’ve had psoriasis since I was six years old. I’ve been able to manage pretty...reactions1comment
New to PsAI have been reading other stories and sort of consider myself lucky, which may sound weird. I am 60 years old. I...reactions1comment
