Welcome to my page which goes through my journey with having Psoriatic Arthritis. Im a mum to a young child who was born prematurely at 28 weeks and married to my wonderful husband up until August 2015 I was not aware of what I as suffering with, I was constantly told by drs that it was just a skin allergy and that it was due to the fact I worked within a food environment and washed up a lot.
Having flare ups constantly every few days was hard work as my hands were red raw, weeping with a clear liquid which was built up under my skin and hands just being constantly sore from the flare up. The most frustrating thing was seeing so many different gp’s and being told the same thing when deep down you know its something else.
It wasn’t until July 2015 that I broke down infront of my parents due to frustration of always having my hands red raw and sore, along with my nails all pitted. I saw another gp then who could see my frustration and emotions at not knowing what was wrong with me. It was then I was told I have psoriasis and possibly rheumatoid psoriasis.
Within two weeks I paid to go private with a specialist because NHS was a few months waiting. Went to specialist and he confirmed I was suffering with psoriasis and arthritis. Once I was referred to rheumatology it was all finalised that my illness was psoriasis arthritis, so I am one of the 5% who have psoriasis that progresses to arthritis form.

I have decided to express all of my emotions and daily struggles with others who are going through the same struggles in life but feel they have no one  to talk about how they feel.