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It all started when they tried to force me out of my job. I managed to handle it—found a new gig already—but now I’m seriously weighing the option of suing my former employer and the politician who pulled the strings to get me fired, all because of this chronic illness I've developed. It isn't about the money, really. It's about making sure someone finally pays for the absolute nonsense they pull, the kind of stuff that actually makes people sick, and ensuring they face the consequences for good 😢. I am genuinely livid, and I think I might actually go through with it.
About three or four months ago, I was under an incredible amount of stress. It was during that time that I noticed something strange happening on my palms and the soles of my feet—within just a few days, my feet looked absolutely terrifying. My hands were slightly more manageable... I tried everything to calm things down; soaking my feet twice a day, trying to gently exfoliate, applying various ointments and random creams I had lying around, but nothing worked. Eventually, I went to see a dermatologist in a clinic near Chicago, and she diagnosed me with psoriasis. After spending three days soaking my feet in a hypermangan solution (the kind that turns the water purple and makes your feet look awful) and then applying a custom cream containing Beloderm, things are looking much better. For my palms, she prescribed Diprogent, which I can only use for seven days before switching over to a calendula ointment. She also insisted that I get blood work done to check my blood sugar levels.
Honestly, I was left in total shock when she told me what I was dealing with, especially since there’s no history of psoriasis in my family. I always knew my skin reacted intensely to stress—back in the day, I used to break out in terrible acne, and those heavy dark circles I got during one particularly brutal period never really faded—but I had no idea that you could actually develop psoriasis from stress 😢.
Well, this is what happens when you aren't reading the actual news. The New York Times actually ran a feature on this, including an interview with Professor Beethoven (long before the media decided to stop paying attention to the subject)
I’ve been fighting this fever with my daughter for three days now... just two hours ago she hit 40.1... even Aspirin doesn't touch it... I gave her some Voltaren tonight too... trying to sponge her down... applying compresses...
She finally drifted off, but she's still sitting at 39.3... I'm staying up with her to make sure it doesn't spike back up to 40...
Talked things over with her doctor, who says this kind of thing can drag on for five days... apparently if I'd known it would be this bad, I would have had her vaccinated... she hasn't been sick once in the last four years...
So this is the flu—it's everything, and definitely nothing to take lightly...