Derm

[Vix]

Sorry to gloat, but I've got to share my great news...

I've got me another appt to see my derm, and most probably go back on the UVB treatment... YEAY!  

Had a course of treatment a few yrs ago, but couldn't complete it due to university commitments. Now I've finished my course, I'm able to do it again... and PROPERLY this time. She's fully booked until early Nov, but I'm already hopping up and down in anticipation.

Sorry again, but it's just bloomin' lovely to be able to share this with people who understand

Vix X

[skreid]

Good luck with the UV. I really hope you stick with it and it clears you up for a while.

Stu.

[Alison]

thats gr8 news vix ,

 im currently haveing puva and finding it gr8 not haveing 2 slap myself with creams everyday .

good luck n hope u get the uvb

[IanH]

That's great news Vix

Mmm, early November! You sure that's not just to keep your tan topped up!

[Dani]

wicked news Vix. My GP doesn't want to refer me to a derm as he says my P is too mild. I think that's c**p. At 17, living with me all over your legs, arms, torso, scalp, hands and toes is really bloody severe!

It's practically torture!

D

[Alison]

My GP doesn't want to refer me to a derm as he says my P is too mild.

dani if its makeing u live ur life diffrently 2 what u would do if u wernt a sufferer of p then ur doc should refer u.

my doc says mine is moderate but when i see pics id say it was mild :-/.

psoriasis is severe no matter how much coverage u have .......go back 2 ur gp n DEMAND  2 see 1,    i do h8 these docs who think they know it all about p

[SJ]

Great news Vix! Go for it girly and be brown for Christmas  

Dani, get back to your GP and demand to see a derm...even if he/she decides not to send you for UV, you have every right to be referred.

I have an appt. with my derm on Monday. Not for anything particularly important, but I am determined not to get signed off as many hospitals seem to do after successful treatments such as the PUVA I had...I don't see why they shouls do that when 1. I am on MTX and 2. I am obviously going to need a derm for referral back to UV next year. I am not waiting 6 months+ just to get an appt when I should be able to see one within a month or 2 if on the books!

SJ

[colin32]

Dani, the last time i saw my GP, I asked for an appointment
with a derm, he said no because the waiting list was too long - so what - he didn't even examine me for P yet he still gave me two big tubes of Dovobet - wouldnt you think giving me that much Dovobet at £50 a tube would warrant seeing a derm - doctors, they haven't a clue.

[Guy]

Great News Vix!!!


Hope it starts very soon.

Guy  

[SJ]

Colin

Do you think it is possible that GPs are under orders NOT to refer people (how ever much they need it) because of waiting lists ie. to keep the waiting lists UNDER the prescribed number the government determine?

I had never really thought about it before, but it seems such a strange thing for a doc to say. I mean, if you need a derm, you need a derm...it's not the GP who has got to wait 6 months, is it? What does he/she really 'care'?

Hmmm

SJ (in conspiracy theory mode)