psoriasis-ramblings

What's this page for?

Well, I'm not going to try and set up a forum because, as I understand it, they take a lot of looking after as someone has to read the entries before they are posted to make sure that nothing offensive is written - and that someone would have to be me! Instead, I've just left this page so that if anyone emails me with their theory on why they have developed psoriosis or any other itchy skin disease, or hints on how to control it, or even some cranky theory they've got that they feel deserves an airing..... I can copy and paste it into this webpage so that you can all read it...... but it won't be inter-active. So its over to you folks, if nobody emails me, it'll just remain a page full of this and that, whatever I feel inspired to put here.

Just to stop you from feeling too downhearted - this is to remind you that
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
the rich, the famous, the infamous and even royalty are victims of itchy skins

Paul John Ferris born 1963 in Glasgow is a Scottish businessman, author and former gangster. His books The Ferris Conspiracy, Deadly Divisions, Vendetta and Villains have led to concern that criminals should be able to publish and profit from their crimes.	Robert the Bruce 1274 -1329 King of Scotland - known mostly because of the spider episode! Some recent reports suggest that his suspected leprosy was more likely psoriasis!!!	Dennis Potter - see below for some interesting facts about one of the most famous psoriasis victims	Jason Donovan Australian heartthrob singer used to be with Kylie Minogue in the Ozzie soap Neighbours
Karl Marx not psoriosis, but a very nasty skin condion. Even if you don't go along with his politics, you have to admit that his grave in Highbury Cemetary is very impressive			Art Garfunkel the one brother of the duo with Simon Garfunkel who became famous for lovely melodic songs - Going Home ..." sitting at the railway station, got a ticket to my destination"
John Updike American novelist, poet, short story writer and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series. Both he and his mother were psoriasis victims	Josef Stalin 1879 - 1953 - Russian dictator - said to have murdered 11,000,000 people	Kenneth StarAmerican lawyer and former judge. The Starr Report led to Clinton's impeachment on charges arising from the Monica Lewinsky scandal	Ben Elton a talented comedian and write who was well known for t.v. comedies such as The Young Ones,Black Adder etc.

Two famous men - both victims of psoriasis

Ben Elton - click on a book illustration to see more of Ben Elton's books
When you hear the name Ben Elton does this conjure up a talented comedian and a man of humour? Elton was born in Catford, South East London in May 1959. His family was a physicist and his mother a teacher and undoubtedly he was a product and a follower of the Oxbridge brand of alternative humour of the 1980's which he followed and adopted though he actually studied at Manchester University.
His humour was generally offbeat and satirical and he was not at all adverse to slating public figures such as Margaret Thatcher and as recently as November 2009 he had to apologise for some harsh personal remarks about the British Royal Family on a live Australian television show. His humour made him a household name through scripts of The Young Ones and The Black Adder series. He is also a lyricist for several West End musicals and yet another string to his bow - he has become well known and accomplished novelist.
Elton was a chronic sufferer of psoriasis for which he had several sessions of PUVA (a form of ultra violet treatment) which offered some relief but not a permanent answer. Recently, he announced that he was going to live in Australia and no doubt part of the reason for leaving his home country was the abundance of sunshine and its propensity bring relief to skin problems in Australia.

Dennis Potter - click on a book title to see more of Dennis Potter's work
Any biography written about Dennis Potter (born 1935 in Gloucestershire) has got to be a work not to be missed because of Potter's unmistakable talent which made him a great popular writer of books, plays and film scripts. I remember a few years ago asking a critic friend of mine what he thought of him and his cuttingly retort was, "who wouldn't like to be paid for writing down their sexual fantasies." This was not the whole picture though, as he was a very imaginative writer who could reach out to people with wit and which was so keenly displayed in the six part series The Whistling Detective on British television.
His last television interview was with Melvyn Bragg in March 1994 when he was terminally ill with cancer and sipping morphine throughout. His epilogue might well have been his request to the Channel 4 television to label this interview as " my only regret is if I die four pages too soon." He died age 59 and in his last few years suffered severely with a rare form of psoriasis.

Phobias

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Psoriasis
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Psoriasis & Itchy Skin Diseases

Psoriasis Ramblings

Where can I get information and support?

http://www.thebigbloomerscompany.co.uk/

Psoriasis
& Itchy Skin Diseases