Hi Dakota, Hi Cathie:

I only wish his psoriasis would get a break but I did try something new and it works really well on some of his spots.

I had gone into a medical supply store near my house (we have about 10 of them in a 20 block radius. I have no idea why there are so many medical supply stores but there are. And they sell the medical shoes, the braces, the walkers, etc.

So I went in to get a better deal on bandage rolls. Because every morning, after we do the cotton ball thing, and I do the ulcer thing I have to wrap up his whole foot (like the doctor showed me). This uses almost one complete roll.

Now you can purchase these rolls for either 89 cents or 99 cents (in the dollar stores). Melody had the bright idea to go to the Medical Supply store where maybe I could buy a case of these rolls.

Oh yeah, bright idea. Do you know how much a case of rolls are?? 12 rolls in a box. $18.00. Now why on earth would I buy a box of 12 rolls for $18.00 when I can go to the nearest dollar store (or even my local rite aid and buy a bandage roll (all sealed and sterile ) for either 89 or 99 cents??(doctor says, this part of the bandaging process doesn't need the sterility, only what goes over the ulcer, so I use 4 x 4 sterile gauze pads for that part. Then the bandage roll goes over.

So the medical supply lady said "you will get a better deal in the drug store for the bandage roll". Well, she got that right!!!

So as I was looking in the store, I gaze upon a great big jar of ointment. Now I had been using A&D ointment on his dry skin. Worked pretty good. I used the generic brand. So this big jar is 16 oz and it costs $6.00. And it's not just Vitamin A and Vitamin D. It's Vitamin A and D + E.
Here's a pic of the jar.



Now I have no idea if the Vitamin E makes such a big difference, but I can tell you that Alan used to have psoriasis between his eyebrows, in addition to behind his ears, and on his calf, and (well, let's just say various parts of his body). And the ivig sometimes makes it flare up.

So I had been using regular A&D and the skin would soften, but THIS STUFF, well, his forehead, and between his eyes are as clear as a baby's behind. And the stuff on his calves and on the side of his leg (he had a big bad one there), well whatever is in this ointment, well, his skin is very different.

And right now, he's laughing his head off in the living room watching something on tv, so you know his pain levels are zero to 1 right now, so the cotton ball thing is still in effect.

So between the Vitamin A, D & E ointment and the cotton balls, well, we might just go out on New Years Eve. That would be a first in 20 years.

One can only hope. lol