So far today I have taken a nice hot shower.

Well, my dogs woke me up earlier than I'm used to and I couldn't get back to sleep.  I did sleep most of the night, though, so yay for that.  I needed it.

So far today I have taken a nice hot shower.  I used my medicated shampoo, even though my head wasn't really itchy or anything.  With the cold weather upon us I don't want to take any chances.  My psoriasis always worsens in the winter, so I figured I should stay on top of it.

This is probably super gross, but while I was in the shower I think I washed off 20 layers of face.  I try not to scratch my face even when it itches, but I often fail.  After the shot the other day either it stopped bothering me or I was too busy hurting to care about it, so (since psoriasis basically just causes you to produce extra skin all the time) I had A LOT of extra skin just hanging out on my face.

Yeah, also probably super gross to most of you - I hadn't washed my face since Wednesday.  I felt too bad, and it wasn't a priority, and over-washing with a skin condition often worsens things.  ON THE BRIGHT SIDE my face looks pretty much like a regular face today.  🙂  There was a patch of psoriasis on my chin that was so inflamed two weeks ago at the craft show in Alpine that a lady thought I was bleeding.  You can barely see it now - so that's something!

After my shower I put some of the medicated crème on some of my other spots.  Didn't do all of them because I want to see if it does anything or not.  Also wanted to make sure it doesn't like, chemical burn me or anything like that.  I've had that happen before, so I started small this time.

So, skin is feeling a lot better.  Yay for that!  Bones and muscles... not 100% (I'm still sore), but MUCH improved from yesterday so far.  I don't hate life yet today, so that's a really nice feeling.  LOL  Probably doesn't hurt that it's Friday, either.  I'm excited about getting paid and excited to have the weekend off.

I have decided that I will start my steroid pills tomorrow in case they do make me sick.  My boss is setting up for Winter Market (which starts later today), so she won't be in the office much if at all and I have some things that need to be done TODAY.  If I'm not functional that will be a problem, so I'll just wait.  I don't think it will hurt much to give it another day.  Doc didn't even tell me I was getting pills or that I should start them immediately, so it doesn't feel like a big deal.  If I'm doing it wrong, well, that's on him for being non-communicate-y.  I'm not going to worry about it.

So, Happy Friday, people.  I hope it's a good one for all of us!  ❤