Stories

My story of psoriatic arthritis was a mystery for many years. A connection was not made for many years. The arthritis I had was all contributed to osteoarthritis. The part...

PsA has changed my life. I can’t do the things I used to or the things I’d like to. It started yesterday afternoon. I started feeling like I was being...

I am Annelyse. I am 24 years old, and I have just been recently diagnosed with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis this year. I thought 2020 was finally going to be...

I had horrible psoriasis growing up all over my body...constantly receiving treatment for my skin. As a young adult, I would have an outbreak only at times of extreme stress...

Hi there. I live in New Zealand and was diagnosed at 28, I’m now 58 (shock horror) 😆. I’m having issues with my SI joints and outer hip joints and...

I started showing symptoms at age 39, and was finally diagnosed at 42. I am now 63 years old. I have the kind that attacks the digits, the fingers, toes...

I was diagnosed with PsA in 2011 and literally went through the wringer to find a treatment that helps. I was prescribed Humira after a particularly bad flare of both...

I am 60 years old and have lived with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis most of my life. I have tried and been on almost every medication there is. But the...

Hi, I’m 31 from Scotland. I’ve had psoriasis since I was 11 and PsA for around 4 years now. I’ve been on every damn drug available over the years and...

So I'm 4 months in on Otezla and blood work is still off. Sed rate did drop from 63 to 44, so it’s doing something. Rheumatologist wanted to see it...

I was diagnosed with scalp psoriasis after a life of “shock & stress” when I was 30. Just a nuisance thing controlled by shampoo & cream. In August 2017, working...

Hi, I've been a member of this great community for a bit now. Waiting on a diagnosis, I think I've got one..... Back in 2008, I was having extreme muscle...

The specialist I’m seeing has mentioned that he feels I’ve got this painful autoimmune disease. I’ve been researching it and I’m seeing all the roads leading to it. The stiffness...

Everyone gets sick, right? Another member of the forum here had mentioned that they had a flare-up and it had happened around the same time for 2 years running. Lying...

I was diagnosed three years ago with Psoriatic Arthritis. I was 54, married, with three kids all becoming young adults. Two houses, two cars, and a job as a Senior...

Psoriasis 1982 Inverse Psoriasis 1982 Psoriatic Arthritis 1985 Hiatus Hernia 1985 Thoracic spine 1991 Peritonitis 1994 Gerd 1995 Uveitis 1996 and 1998 Shingles 2011 Tinnitus diagnosed 2011 Tinnitus chronic 2015...

This is my experience of being diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), coming to terms with the diagnosis, and trying to continue with my career and life. Everyone will have a...

So I guess it really started when I was 6 or 7. I saw a dermatologist for a red itchy rash on my legs. After several trips and skin scrapings...

Hi, I am newly diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis without the psoriasis component. For years, my rheumatologist waited for a formal diagnosis as he believed I quite possibly had gouty arthritis...

So the one you love has Psoriatic Arthritis and you don’t have a clue what to do. You keep searching for a way back to who they used to be...