stranglerw

Often, great things come with unexpected costs. Sometimes, the costs are
small, sometimes they are large. For example, you've got to pay the taxes on
that fabulous new luxury car you just won. Or, to gain true freedom of speech,
you've got to defend that same freedom for people whose opinions diametrically
opposed to yours. And I'm not just talking about philosophic or monetary
costs, either. Unexpected "problems" with very good things are abundant, and
come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

With this in mind, I'd like to suggest a hypothetical situation to the group.
Let's say, for sake of discussion, that someone invents a single-dose psoriasis
treatment which costs only a buck, has no side-effects whatsoever, and effects
a complete and permanent cure in under a day. _Everybody_ takes it. What
sorts of unexpected costs (or simple inconveniences) do you think you might
personally encounter afterwards?

I toss this out to the group because I've just realized one of mine. If my
dandruff as a ****ager was an extremely mild form of psoriasis, after I get
cured, I will have no idea of what shampoo to use. I have been using medicated
shampoos for the last 23 years, and they have so limited my options that I have
no idea whatsoever about how to select an un-medicated shampoo off the shelves.
I suppose I would feel a little like Robin Williams' character in the film
"Moscow on the Hudson," when he first encounters the wide variety of coffees at
the supermarket.

Now, I know that the above is pretty much just a minor nuisance, and that many
out there will have real problems, like trying to get rid of a home UV unit.
But I would think that those sorts of big hassles would be expected. I want to
you good folks to think for a moment, and see if you can't find something
which, up until this moment, you didn't realize would be a small (or large)
pain in the butt if your psoriasis were just to vanish tomorrow.
- Dave W.
http://psorsite.com/

tom trevathan

I just use Equate Dandruff Shampoo (Wal-Mart) as a body wash - head,
shoulders, bottom, all. It has a bit of medication, but it's not too
strong, and it keeps me clean. And the price is right.
Tom


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cassidy

To be perfectly honest, the 'unexpected cost' is right here right now;
party of my process of living with Psoriasis is all about not considering
what life would be like without it, and you've opened the door.

I suspect the most unexpected cost would be when people still reject me
(in one way or another) and I lose the excuse that they were actually
rejecting the condition; in that sense, Psoriasis can be a great excuse or
mis-attribution reserve.

charmed fan

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I'd have to have another excuse not to shake hands. I haven't shook hands
in so many years I think I'd freak if I had to do it.

Leigh