by jameel | Jan 15, 2023 | Stories
Gloria Mokoana story I grew up in the dusty village of Motsephiri, in the province of Limpopo in the northern part of South Africa. When I was fourteen, I noticed a spot on one leg; it looked like shingles. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to it. Then it started...
by jameel | Nov 7, 2022 | Stories
My name is Yazeed Adams and this is my journey with psoriasis. It all started when my father got diagnosed age 60 that he has psoriasis after which he started getting plague psoriasis in between his joints. This was all new to me and my family as nobody knew or even...
by jameel | Nov 7, 2022 | Stories
Hi. My name is Vivienne Oliver aged 60 years. My Psoriasis journey started 19 years ago. I am an Operational Manager in nursing, working in the Operating Theatre. I had my first flare when my daughter was in Grade 11, and she was pregnant. It was an enormous shock....
by jameel | Nov 7, 2022 | Stories
World Psoriasis Day 2022 came with a surprise for me. My long-time nursing colleague confirmed that my itchy scalp was indeed psoriasis. The discomfort, the scales, the falling flakes, the pain, all so indicative of this condition that I’ve known about for a long time...
by jameel | Nov 7, 2022 | Stories
My world changes on World Psoriasis Day 2022 “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” (Sam Keen) The saying goes “beauty is only skin deep”, which is something I learned during my psoriasis journey, even...
