Today, we have Gwen Kimbro from Alabama, USA sharing her story of holistic healing of Psoriasis. I can truly relate to her feelings when finally she is enjoying her life fuller than ever before because Psoriasis doesn’t drive her life any more.
So guys, I would not torture you anymore with my chatting; here goes her story in her own words:
I am 54 years old, a nurse for 30 years and live in Alabama, USA. I have been diagnosed with hashimoto’s disease, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, high cholesterol and psoriasis.
The more drugs I took, the worse I felt. As I read up on the drugs, I realized that they were causing me to have more problems. The thyroid drug I took for hashimoto’s disease made the psoriasis worse and also kept my blood pressure elevated because of the salt content. I am now off all drugs except for one blood pressure drug and feel like a new person. For me, it works but it takes time to get rid of the toxins in your body that cause so many problems.
I had psoriasis all of my life. It was never bad until about 3 years ago when it started completely covering my arms and legs. I took a couple of different medications my doctor gave me and every cream on the market. The medications caused a lot of side effects and the creams just thinned my skin. In the spring of 2014, it broke out all over and for the first time it was on my face and my hairline. It was a turning point in my life. I said- enough is enough. I started looking for alternatives and natural solutions.
I bought Dr. Pagano’s book- Healing Psoriasis. The Natural Alternative. The diet is quite strict and Dr Pagano explains in the book that initially, you may feel your psoriasis getting worse before you get better because of the toxins leaving your body. He also lets you know that you will not heal over night. It will need a great deal of patience. I started the diet in May of 2014 and 3 weeks later the sores were spreading and meeting up as they spread. It was so discouraging because the diet was so strict and I was getting worse. I would wake up in the morning with my pillow cover stained with blood coming out of cracks in psoriasis patches on my face. I mustered through what he calls “the terrible time” which it really was.
But I stick to the diet and treatment regimen. Gradually, it started to show results. Around the mid of September, the redness was gone and almost totally healed. The diet is high alkaline/ low acid and in the beginning very restrictive. I stuck right to it until I was completely healed, and then started adding a few things back that he says to try after you heal. It has worked for me. It is so hard in the beginning because of the strictness of the diet and it usually gets worse before you start to heal. My skin has been completely clear for over 3 months. I am staying with the diet because it seems to work for me.
This amazing lady is a member of our Facebook group where we are discussing holistic ways of healing/managing Psoriasis.
The exact reason of development of psoriasis is a mystery for most of us. But, there is no reason why we shouldn’t keep looking for various holistic means of healing/managing it because we are a lot more than our psoriasis and like Gwen, there are a lot of people who actually are experiencing dramatic positive chances in their quality of life once they have started walking on the path of holistic healing. It is really not an intelligent idea to take methotrexate tablets and apply those steroids based creams and shampoos for ever.
Have passions and never lose hope. Definitely there is a way for you as well.
Happy healing!!!
Hi my name is cathy, im 30 years old and ive had psoriasis since i was 13. I have been threw so many treatments and creams uv light ect and they have all been periodic and did work, once treament period was over it would flare up again 90% coverage. In my early 20s my smoking became hevier and i was drinking most weekends. I was led to believe that i can treat it to keep it at bay but it will never fully go away and i would live with it for the rest of my life. These past few years i have cut my smoking in half and maybe have a drink once a month maybe two months and the use of DAIVONEX, vitamin b12 oral drops and taking processed meat out of my diet my skin has completely cleared i still have marks were it used to be but no flakes or plarqe. There is hope. If u are living with psoriasis dont give up it can heal.