Posts by Adam Wells43

Hey everyone!
My mom needs to get a carotid Doppler and some other stuff done, so I’m trying to figure out if there are any private clinics that actually take Medicare. Or, if anyone knows a way to jump the line and get her seen sooner without having to pay full price out of pocket—using her insurance? At the local Mayo Clinic, the wait times are insane... we're looking at like 9 months just to get an appointment.

Does anyone know a decent Gastroenterology Clinic in Chicago or the surrounding suburbs that actually takes Medicare? I’m trying to avoid the massive wait times at the big hospitals—it's getting ridiculous. Here's the deal: I just finished getting a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy done, and now I really need a specialist to actually look over everything and give me a professional opinion.

Thanks

Sandra Gomez56 said:PLEASE TELL ME AGAIN WHICH TEAS YOU WERE DRINKING—WHAT ARE THEY CALLED EXACTLY? I'VE BEEN DRINKING GREEN TEA FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND IT DROPPED MY Pfizer LEVELS. CALENDULA CREAMS, THANK GOD THERE'S EVEN STUFF THAT ISN'T PRICEY. BIG HELLO FROM Texas!👍

So, look, I still drink a mix of herbal and green tea every single day—just a couple of cups—but back when I was trying to totally clear up my psoriasis, I was drinking this specific blend a friend of mine from an unknown town in the Midwest used to get for me. She’d pick it up out in the Appalachians from some local herbalist. It’s basically a combo of white oak bark, calendula, nettle root, nettle seed, and dandelion root. Honestly, just go to a local herb shop or even a pharmacy and ask them to whip up a blend like that for you. Sadly, I don't have the herbalist's phone number or address on hand, but I can try to track down where she actually found that spot in the Appalachians.

Man, I see you guys are still stuck on the same old topics. Look, I’ve been dealing with Psoriasis since '91, and honestly, my skin is looking pretty damn good right now. I wanted to drop some advice on how I actually got to this point—where it looks like the Psoriasis has totally vanished, even though I know deep down it's just lying low, waiting for the right moment to flare up again. Last year, after three years of feeling okay, I ended up back at the Mayo Clinic, and even when they discharged me, things were actually looking better than when I first checked in. Once I got home, I decided to take a piece of advice from a friend of mine—she’s a pharmacist over in Belgrade—and she told me to ditch all those greasy ointments like Beloderm or Psorcutan immediately. Instead, I started treating the affected spots with nothing but natural stuff—basically just various oils after I shower, some beeswax salves, and most importantly, I started a massive regimen of natural teas to detox my liver and my whole system. After about ten days of drinking these specific herbal blends she gave me—which, by the way, you can find in any health food store around here—I started drinking 1-2 liters of green tea every single day, plus two cups of a special blend made from oak bark, calendula, nettle root, nettle leaf, nettle seed, and dandelion root. On top of that, I’ve just been using calendula salve. To this day, I still drink my two cups of green tea and just use calendula cream after showering, because man, my skin gets incredibly dry after a bath. My friend mentioned there’s this one dermatologist at the VA Hospital who says the biggest issue with Psoriasis is actually using stuff like Beloderm and those types of creams—they just irritate the skin even more, when what you actually need is something to soothe it, not make it angry.

That Chinese tourist is definitely a scammer!

Chris Morgan67, thanks for the heads-up. I've officially decided to ditch the Beloderm and Belosalic—my skin is absolutely screaming right now, just bright red and stinging like crazy. Just let me know, what are the actual signs of skin tuberculosis? Like, how do you even recognize it?

Can someone please tell me what actually happens if you keep using Beloderma or Belosalica on loop? Like, I’ve been slathering this stuff on my skin every single day for five years straight now.

Man, this ad is such a drag. I actually use that Belosalic ointment myself—or maybe it was Beloderm, I can't even remember which one anymore.

You can usually find UV lamps at some of the bigger big-box retailers—places like Target or Best Buy—and honestly, the price just depends on how massive the lamp is, starting from maybe $200 and going way up from there. I actually got lucky once and scored a tanning bed on Craigslist; it was about 5'3" with 8 bulbs, slightly used, for only $167. Normally, if you were buying one of those brand new, you’d be looking at dropping like 4 or 5 thousand bucks easily.

I’ve finally pulled the trigger and decided to just go ahead and buy a UVA tanning bed, mostly because finding one with actual UVB rays around here is basically impossible—not to mention they cost an absolute fortune. I figure I'll give it a shot; if it works, great, and if it doesn't... well, at least I won't be sitting around kicking myself wondering "what if." Because of my job, there's no way I can just head out to the beach to soak up some sun whenever I need to—even though that's always been my go-to fix in the past—so I'm stuck with this indoor option. Up until now, I’ve always relied on PUVA therapy paired with those Melanin pills, but honestly, those tablets have been hitting me pretty hard lately, so switching things up is probably for the best.

Guys, I need some real talk here—has anyone actually messed around with UVA rays in a tanning bed? I’m trying to figure out the actual deal between UVB and UVA because I’m seriously thinking about picking up a tanning bed for my place.

I’ve been battling psoriasis for 20 years now—literally two decades of this nightmare. I’ve done about ten different treatment stints at clinics up in Brooklyn, but here’s the kicker: every single time I finish a course, the whole thing just comes roaring back. I actually skipped my treatment this year, and man, it really bit me in the ass because now it’s spread so much it’s basically covered my entire body. I’ve tried pretty much every medication mentioned in this thread, but honestly? It was all just temporary relief. Lately, I’ve been experimenting on one patch of skin using zinc ointment—I keep it under an occlusive bandage for about ten hours, then wash it off and slap on some regular moisturizer. I have to admit, it’s actually working... but the massive headache is that you can't even get a prescription for that specific ointment.