Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to introduce myself as i am new to the forum.
I'm 27 and have had psoriatic arthritis since i was 17, so a long time sufferer! I've taken every possible medication from sulphasalazine to cyclosporin and every NSAID under the sun! I'm currently taking celebrex and MTX by weekly injection but am hoping to take part in the clinical trial of a new arthritis drug soon.
I'm studying to be a dental therapist at the moment, i think its important to follow your dreams and not become the disease. It is hard to do that though, as there arent many people who understand just how the illness can make you feel, unless they have it themselves.
I dont know anyone else who has the condition, so its nice to read the messages of support given to people, almost makes me proud to be a sufferer

Jenny
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Everyone on here is so lovely and i am so grateful to have found this site! i am proud of my condition because it makes me who i am, i just wish it wasnt so cruel sometimes
we are all better people for it. Thats what i tell myself anyway
Jennyx
Hope you're ok and not too cold wherever you are, it's freezing here in Leeds tonight..
Tony
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
I'm so pleased that you are able to continue to follow your dreams and I really hope that you get your place in the clinical trial and that it gives you some relief.
Love Tilly x