Re: cea Meds - some questions

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I> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:35:39 -0700

> From: " Hagerty " <hgrty777@...>

> Subject: cea Meds

>

Dear Priscilla,

Hello dear friend!

I read this with interest. I have boughts of what are either rosacea or

hotflashes (post radical hysterectomy menopause) -- I honestly don't know if

it's

one or the other, or combination of the two

> <<<Metrogel daily and for long term use

> Westcort cream when a flare begins, short term use

> Elcon cream for worse flares, short term use

> Nizoral shampoo for each shampoo because I get the bumps in my scalp>>

>

The medications above -- are they Rx or OTC? I don't think I can afford

anymore RXs, they're bleeding me dry, literally.

> <<cea can effect the eyes and other areas. So don't let it go

> untreated. A good derm doc is very important.>>

What do you mean by " other areas " -- and if anyone in the Dallas area knows

of a good dermatologist, PLEASE email me off-list. Please put something like

" RISG Derm " in your subject line or I won't open it. I don't open emails from

addresses I don't recognize.

In the last year, I've developed VERY severe psoriasis. It started in my

scalpline above my right eye and it's slowly progressed to the other side, but

mostly, it's taken a route all over my forehead, into my eyebrows down the right

sie of my face, in the hair at my right temple and my nose and chin. I

honestly can't say that it itches, but it looks AWFUL -- like scales -- and they

flake off like mad if I happen to scratch my head or face.

My rheumatologist said that the ONLY thin that would help would be steroids.

NO THANKS. Been there, done that, have the added weight to prove it.

Does anyone know anything that will help? I clear fave and all affected

areas every day with a moisturing soap and then follow up with Lubriderm, which

my

rheumy said was my only other option. The Lubriderm, of course, HIDES the

problem, but in reality doesn't HELP the problem.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. My next visit with

this rheumy whom I do not care for is March 2.

Thanks to Priscilla for the above info and to any and everyone who answers.

in North Texas

Diagnosed 1987: HLA-B27+, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis,

Reactive Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Reiter's, Raynaud's, Sjogren's, Hashimoto's

Thyroiditis with Hypothyroidism, IBD/IBS, spastic colitis, allergies to wheat

protein, egg protein, milk protein, fish/shellfish, peanuts, chocolate .... you

name it, I've got it....but WHERE do I go to return it????