I’ve had a problem with my skin for several years now. It started out of the blue and I had massive patches of weeping, oozing, scaly skin on my scalp, face and ears. I’ve posted about it before.
I’ve had countless appointments with the GP and nurses and everyone has been so nice and helpful, but I feel bad as I’ve taken up a lot of appointments. I was referred to dermatology but obviously with covid and waiting times it was around a year and a half and in that time I had countless appointments at the GP surgery because it kept flaring up again. We tried so many different antibiotic tablets, steroid creams, emollients and all sorts of shampoos and other things. We even tried antifungal tablets too. I tried hibiscrub, different elimination diets in case something in my diet was causing it, everything I could buy off the shelf. Some things helped initially but then it would just flare up again.
Once I was seen at dermatology (recently) they diagnosed it as psoriasis and gave me some stronger steroids which worked initially but then stopped. I’ve tried to get in contact with them to ask for another appointment as it’s flared up again but there’s a massive waiting list for appointments and understandably something like psoriasis isn’t urgent or as serious as other problems. I think I’m just supposed to go back to my GP again in the mean time. But I feel so embarrassed going back because I’m being that person who keeps coming back again and again. I’m also a massive over thinker and worry myself silly about nothing but I just felt so bad going back again and I didn’t want to be a frequent flyer that you always hear people talking about, but at the same time, it’s all flared up again and I’m really upset about it all. am I being a frequent flyer by going back again?
I could actually burst into tears- it’s all over the back of my head and my hair is literally soaked and tangled with liquid from the wet patches. It’s starting to move from my head to my neck and ears now too. I’m so worried because nothing seems to be helping it and I’ve followed all the instructions about applying the treatments. I just want it to stop 😢