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Month 9 ~ September 2016

I knew I had to be ready for a new full body flare like I had in february. And what kind of a flare... It was horrible. I was very stressed as well, because I booked a vacation and didn't want to cancel it. I thought the sun would be good for my skin. But no, it was a horrible vacation for my skin. I wanted to be in bed a lot, very tired, a lot of pain and itch. Even my neck had this wound again. It was very hard to deal with. The smell of my scalp was terrible. This whole month was terrible! After my vacation I slept for 3 weeks!



This is what came from my scalp every day!


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