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Emotional Effects Of My Skin Condition

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As time went by I was finding it more difficult to maintain a positive attitude to my skin condition. I got down then made myself get up again emotionally. I knew however that I could not let this thing beat me!  I had been dealing with this now since June and it was now November. I was due to see the Dermatologist again in very early January.  I had to turn down party invitations, meals out, Christmas plays, theatre trips. I could not cope in anywhere that was hot or even warm. My skin looked and still felt awful. Christmas was a dismal affair, I felt tired out and drained and just fed up with the whole thing really.  This was all on top of  6 months of pain, blistering, sore red skin and missing out on the summer, being unable to drive for a long time, unable to visit anywhere or anyone as my skin had been scaling off and flaking everywhere. Even if it hadn't been sore etc i would have been so embarrassed to be out like that.  My doctor had done his bes...

What is Lupus?

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Being the person I am I just had to know more about my possible risk of this skin condition being Lupus. So I researched and read and found out as much as I could.  I went for the blood test and I told my Doctor I was worried about maybe having Lupus.  He was reassuring and said it was unlikely in my case as I was not exhibiting several of the main symptoms...but a simple blood test would help us to confirm or not. He gave me a brief summary of what the condition of Lupus is and what it means anyway. So the links below are the ones I found most useful for discovering about Lupus and help available. http://www.lupusuk.org.uk/