"The care I have had has been amazing"

I have had psoriasis for over 50years since I was 7years old and have lived in three different regions in Scotland where I have seen many dermatologists. As you may or may not know psoriasis is a miserable condition affecting you physically and emotionally and in turn results in debilitating your life in ways most people who have never experienced or had this condition can only imagine.

My past experiences with dermatologists were the usual prescribed creams and ointments I also tried alternative therapies and diets to no avail. When I met Dr Zamiri I could not believe how interested she was in me and how my skin condition had and was affecting me I truly felt listened to for the first time in my over 50 years of having this condition, I had just learned to live with it until Dr Zamiri told me you don't have to, we discussed medication I had never been offered this before and tried a couple, combining ointments and creams. I also watched what I ate and drank with some results, but the medication made me very ill in other ways and my skin didn't improve as much as we would have liked.

Dr Zamiri didn't give up on me and we discussed another drug. It takes a lot of getting used to, but I responded quite quickly the results are amazing and my life has changed thanks to Dr Zamiri and her fabulous team at Crosshouse.

I cannot tell you the affect this condition has had on my life and my family, my Mum who is in her 80's said to me recently " I told you to never give up hope"! I know this drug is expensive as most are, it has an initial period of adjustment which may or may not be tolerated if you can tolerate the first 4months it is truly worth it and you must take it at the prescribed time, if this had been available all those years ago think of the savings the NHS would have made on prescribing me most of my life. Dr Zamiri's care and devotion to her work is to be commended! I would also like to thank her team of specialist nurses for their care attention even the pharmacists at the hospital take time to time to ask how the medication is affecting me. The care I have had has been amazing and I want to thank everyone involved including my GP Dr McGregor and her staff team.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to say this.  No-one can know, only me I suppose, how much the care I have had means to me and my family and very dear close friends.