Skytrex anyone?

I've just came home after a morning of fun being outdoors. Has any of you tried this obstacle challenge course at Taman Pertanian, Shah Alam?
Check out the website, it's REALLY worth a try! http://www.skytrex-adventure.com. 12 of us decided to be healthy and went for it. A note to the not-so-fit ones, Big Challenge might be more suited for you. We did the Extreme Challenge and it is every bit tough! You might not feel your arms after that :) Personally I think it was very do-able. A classic case of mind over matter. If you've climbed mount K, this will be easy.

The best bit was the picnic we had after the whole ordeal. Potato salad, pasta and ice cool 100 Plus never tasted so good! They have clean picnic tables and benches enough for a few large groups. There was even a birthday party for some children (they can do the Little Trail, good for them to learn to conquer their fears). We saw a boy about 7-8 years old doing a flying fox and he was certainly grinning from ear to ear!

Fellow psoriasis friends will know that some sun is good for skin, too much might cause a flare. Do go out and still enjoy yourself, put some sun protection and take the morning slots which ends before noon.

I did not bring my camera so I'm waiting for my friends to send me some. Maybe I should post some of the trail and maybe bits of myself? Haha!

Until my next scribbles, have a wonderful weekend!

p/s: I almost forgot my OLIVENOL dose in the morning, took 2ml at 2pm just now. Will have another dose before I go to bed.

What's wrong with your skin?!

My dear fellow psoriasis friends, how often do you get such questions? To state it out loud and clear, I HATE such questions. Sometimes I think it might be easier if it was acne (although I don't want that either!) because everyone knows what it is. But for psoriasis, the awareness is still pretty low. Sometimes I don't have the energy to explain the whole condition so I'll just say, "You know ezcema? It's something like that." These people are generally quite happy with such explanation and proceed to ask, "Is it itchy? Have you tried this and that before? Oh you poor thing, luckily it's just on your hands and not on your face."

Silently I'll think to myself, "Well you don't really know what I have to go through. Having to cover up all the time when there is a flare, jogging with long pants during daytime, subjecting myself to stares of strangers when I unconsciously scratch flakes off my scalp." Even my other half scolds me about it.

The most upsetting thing is when you have to spend 1/2 hour after each shower to apply mosturiser & ointment on all the spots. This is not even guaranteed to improve the skin but we have to keep the routine. If I miss just once, my other half will lecture me about it. Common, some people have difficulty even brushing their teeth or washing their face with cleanser everyday eventhough it's a necessity! Here I am getting the 3rd degree for being not motivated to apply the ointment once a while.

Sometimes people need to understand that above everything else, we WANT to get better! If it's proven to work why would we not want to do it?! But we have tried so many things to no avail, all the good but sometimes misguided advices from relatives and friends, what more can we do?

OLIVENOL might be part of the answer, maybe not. I hope it does help us. We need a break once in a while! :)

One Week into OLIVENOL

Can't believe it's been a week since i took OLIVENOL 2ml twice daily. So far have yet to miss a dose. Taken some photos again today, so far not much changes can be seen for the photos below.

Wait a minute, what happened to my "add image" icon?! How am I going to load the photos? I'm getting a little frustrated now...grrr
Found it, heehee...

                            
I personally feel that my skin is less flaky. A SLIGHT improvement in one week, not too bad I suppose.
Signing off on Monday night with my cute little shoes (and spotty skin).

Ms T

10 Things I Have Tried for Psoriasis

The list could have been 3 pages long but there are the Top 10 Things in no particular order:

1. Elomet Ointment
2. Daivonex Ointment
3. Coal Tar Shampoo (Helps with the itch and flakes a little)
4. Emu Oil
5. Avoid duck, prawns and crabs (Chinese believes it's poisonous but it didn't help one bit! O_0)
6. Coconut oil & ginger-based products (not together) i.e moisturiser & bathing gel
7. Sea salts (I think this helps get rid of the dry skin)
8. Baby bittergourd & frog double-boiled soup (Chinese have lots of ideas)
9. Go vegetarian. Tried to have 2 vegetarian lunches in a week. Didn't last up to a month. I love my meat.
10. Dr. Xeniji fruit enzyme by Elken courtesy of my mother-in-law. (Tastes nice but don't think it helped much after 2 boxes. Expensive product)

I'm going to be famous!

I've just received an email from the people who brought to us OLIVENOL that there will be some feature articles in the local English newspaper during the Merdeka weekend. My first thought was, "I'm going to be famous!" I quickly emailed my close friends about it :)

With this excitment, I quickly took a few more photographs of my afffected skin areas as baseline. Today I will post my elbows.






2ml twice daily is not hard to remember. I have a bottle at my office desk and another bottle at my bedside. No excuse to forget! Let's see what happens over the weekend... Stay tune!

My poor legs

I have managed to take more photos of my left leg. Do you notice my heels?

I've started on OLIVENOL liquid since Monday as instructed, 2ml twice daily. Tastes like apple cider vinegar (not really but it is vinegar-ish, sour with a tinge of bitterness)

Starting on the OLIVENOL Journey

A friend of mine sent me a link to the OLIVENOL psoriasis programme. Having been disappointed many times over the last 10 years upon diagnosis of psoriasis, I am hopeful that this olive extract will be my answer.

I am Ms T, a fun, pretty & outgoing girl but I have psoriasis. It's a real bummer.

What started as a 50-cent patch of scaly skin on my right thigh turned into a whole body (limbs) flare 3 years ago when I changed job function at work. To wear long pants all the time in Malaysia is really a killer. If only I can wear skirts and shorts outdoor everyday!





(My left leg and my right hand)