Well, at this point, all I've met are doctors who want to treat the symptoms... and so far, all they're offering is steroids. I'm trying to squeeze the light therapy wand out of them... another friend who has been wrestling with psoriasis has had incredibly good results with it... but not much luck so far.
I think what I need to do is (argh) change primary docs again. I've been trying to find an integrative medicine practitioner on the BC/BS rolls, and this gal was the closest thing I could find. And she couldn't tell the difference between psoriasis and eczema (even *I* could figure THAT out)... and she's turned out to be a vitamin pusher.
She might go for the celiac panel, though. She seems to be a bit blown away by my ability to research and advocate for myself, so she might do it just to get me out of her office and quit scaring the receptionist.
I had such an awesome doc in Kansas City. I'm truly stunned that I cannot find one here in Chicago... I know there must be someone here, I'm just not asking the right folks or typing in the right search criteria. Argh again.
Thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated. Hope your experiments are providing satisfactory information, too!
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Date: 2011-01-20 07:59 pm (UTC)I think what I need to do is (argh) change primary docs again. I've been trying to find an integrative medicine practitioner on the BC/BS rolls, and this gal was the closest thing I could find. And she couldn't tell the difference between psoriasis and eczema (even *I* could figure THAT out)... and she's turned out to be a vitamin pusher.
She might go for the celiac panel, though. She seems to be a bit blown away by my ability to research and advocate for myself, so she might do it just to get me out of her office and quit scaring the receptionist.
I had such an awesome doc in Kansas City. I'm truly stunned that I cannot find one here in Chicago... I know there must be someone here, I'm just not asking the right folks or typing in the right search criteria. Argh again.
Thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated. Hope your experiments are providing satisfactory information, too!