Day 5 of Bad Flare..Finally Dying Down....

My skin started to improve a lot yesterday. The redness and burning stopped, I was sleeping better, the crusting and oozing had stopped and the skin was starting to go flaky, which is a positive sign indicating the end of a flare.

This is me today:

BIG IMPROVEMENT!!!!

The skin has gone back to normal colour and all that is left is some flakiness, which is the top layer of skin sloughing itself off after the flare.

I hope that the blog readers have found the last few posts useful as a documentation of what happens during a flare from start to end. Thank you to all the readers who left kind messages of comfort during my flare. I wish speedy healing to you all.

Last October, my big flare lasted one month. This one has lasted 5 days, which proves to me that the TSW effects are getting less powerful over time and my body is fighting back. I really hope that I will be done with TSW in Summer 2014.

Also, a big thumbs up to the fantastic itsan forum, which has been a source of help and comfort to so many people suffering with TSW. We just admitted out 500th member a few days ago, so the word about TSW is gaining momentum. This blog alone is nearly at the quarter-million view mark and I am grateful that I have been able to join the army of bloggers bringing publicity to this condition.

Onward and upward, people!