Celeste- Psoriasis and bariatric surgery

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Oh my they are treating me with cortisone shots now!!! The doc gave me

one shot that cleared up my hands in two weeks. On the 15th day I could

feel the hard calloused type skin growing again. Four days after that my

skin started splitting and peeling off from the pressure of that growth.

He said the shot was only meant to last three days and that if it helped

for two weeks that was a good sign so he gave me a cortisone shot that he

said was suppose to last for a month ... thinking (he said) that maybe I

would get three months out of it. It does seem like I am flaring really

bad right now between the two shots!

The doc mentioned hereditary also ... but I don't have a anyone in my

family who has ever had it and I knew all of my grandparents and extended

family well so if it was in my family it managed to skip several

generations before it got to me. Not impossible I'm sure but one would

think I would have heard of someone having it. Even if the doc thinks

hereditary is an issue he still is noticing an unusually large number of

bariatric patients with it so there seems to be some factor there as well.

It may be the shock or trauma from the surgery itself but he said he is

seeing it two or more years out which seems like a long time out for that

to be an issue so I was thinking more about a dietary issue. Especially

since I am still losing significant hair and my nails are weak and deformed

looking like there is a nutritional issue going on rather than from the

psoriasis. My nails are paper thin whereas they use to be so thick and

strong I use to be able to use them as tools! Some things that don't all

tie in and just don't seem right with all my issues.

What are PUVA treatments. Some sort of light treatment?

Is the Methyltrexate a pill? That sounds really interesting. I especially

like that you can take it for awhile and stop!

The doc did say he could give me other things but they have some long term

issues. I know of someone who is giving them self some kind of shot once a

week but I wonder what the long term effects of that are and she did say

that she was told if she stops it will come back. Funny that you should

mention the Rheumatoid Arthritis meds working ... I have another friend who

swears that there is a connection between arthritis and psoriasis!

Interesting.

I just ordered the Renew. It sounds promising. I've been using Gold Bond

it works well to soften hard calloused skin but it hasn't gone away so I am

willing to try anything.

Thanks so much for all the info Celeste. I'm printing it all out and

keeping a list of things to try. You are very kind to take the time to

reply.

Psoriasis and bariatric surgery

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> Just thought I would pass this on. I've been battling a bad (almost

> crippling) case of psoriasis on my hands, feet and elbows. My feet

have

> been cracking so badly from it that it has caused me to limp which

in turn

> has caused my foot tendons to be inflamed (fastiatis sp?) which has

made

> walking very painful and difficult. Have been to four dermatologists

> seeking something that works and have yet to find anything besides

steroids

> (which can't be taken long term) that helps. The last and current

> dermatologist said that there is a bariatric clinic right behind

him and

> that he is seeing an unusually large number of patients that have

had

> bariatric surgery and have developed psoriasis 2-4 years out. He

doesn't

> know what about the bariatric surgery would be causing it but did

seem to

> think that getting a reversal would not make it go away ...

although I

> don't know how he could draw that conclusion as I don't think he's

seen

> many if any reversals. I didn't ask him what kind of bariatric

surgery he

> was seeing ... I suspect the RNY but I think that the absorption

problems

> would be the same with MGB or RNY so I am posting this for that

reason.

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> I still have loss of hair and nails with ridges so I suspect there

are some

> missing something problems ... even though all my tests come out

fine. I

> actually thought I might have been taking too much of everything

(zinc,

> biotin, flaxseed, fish oil, daily etc) so have recently tried

cutting back

> on everything ... and my tests have still come back fine. I had no

health

> problems prior to my surgery other than the obesity and high

cholesterol.

> At this point I am tired of trying to figure it all out and am

thinking it

> would just be healthier for me in particular to just get a reversal,

> especially since I never lost anywhere near what I needed to lose

anyway.

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> I just thought I would pass on the doctor's observation to you all.

If

> anyone is in the same boat with the psoriasis after the bariatric

surgery

> and has found anything that helps please let me know.

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> 2/4/04

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