Today was lucky. After a few mornings of waking up with a wet neck, I was blessedly dry this morning.
My worst areas are my hands, which are always incredibly dry and itchy. I'm currently doing moisturiser withdrawal on them as dry and ashy is feeling better than red and swollen right now.
My neck is also a super bad area, with lots of oozing. Thank goodness for silk scarves and hair bobbles. Made the mistake of wearing my hair down to the shops and it was all stuck to my neck when I got home.
My face isn't too bad. Just ashy round the mouth area. I've also scratched a big graze into my jawline.
Here are my pics.
Despite this, I'm able to get out and about and live my life. I've been on a few big days out recently, including theme parks. It's hard, but that's TSW for you.
Cant believe I will be 4 years off steroid creams in November. I'm still on low-dose steroids for my asthma, so sometimes question whether I am actually in true TSW, or just bubbling under. My asthma is really bad right now, so I've no negotiating room with my doctor to get off the steroid at the moment. In the summer, when my asthma improves, I will ask the asthma nurse about the possibility of the non-steroidal preventers.
I'm currently using quercetin and vitamin C as well as vitamin D in the hope of helping symptoms, although I've yet to see any benefit from either.
