Well since my last blog its been 10 months since we all went into a national lockdown.

Have to say, having a chronic illness during these uncertain and challenging times has been a mission in itself. I have had to be more aware of everything that is going around me, I have been back in work since July but as I work in an office with another person, we keep more than our 2m distance from each other.

My days/weeks/months consist of the same thing really – food shopping is done all online and delivered to the house, school run with mask during drop off/pick up, work 8hrs a day 5 days a week with relevant PPE in the office that is needed. Alcohol hand gel bottle sitting proudly on my desk used every half hour while sat working.

Since the start of this pandemic, it has been hard to get back on medication to help with my Psoriatic Rheumatoid Arthritis. Consultant has tried to have health at heart by not putting me at a higher risk than I am to this disease. Well November has come round and have done a week on Otezla but have suffered severally with joints in excruciating pain which resulted in not being able to even walk. This is something since being diagnosed 5 1/2 yrs ago I have never experienced, which has left me feeling uneasy about trying this medication again as do not want to experience a few days like that again.