Tag: tsw
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Limpet Syndrome
It’s funny. Sadistically speaking. For a full two months, I was traveling non-stop, navigating time changes and cancellations, suffocating my emotional unrest, and even taming the self-imposed responsibility that I must do justice towards the TSW community. A lot on the shoulders; a lot on the mind. In all of that, my health barely wavered.…
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Breathing
I stumbled across a quote yesterday that said “I want somebody to love me.” I immediately thought about Josephine March from Little Women. It’s the scene where she is pacing in the attic of her childhood home, her mother watching. Upon learning that Laurie is accompanying her sister back home, Jo clings to her loneliness…
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Jess’s TSW Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Jess Age: 46 Work: Programme Manager Date of Withdrawal: January 2022 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Hydrocortisone, Dermovate, Prednisolone (oral steroid) Are you on any other medication? No Do you have a supportive doctor? Yes, but they…
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Agi’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Agi Age: 35 Work: Customer Care Agent Date of Withdrawal: October 18, 2021 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Hydracortisone, Betamethasone, Clobetasol, Prednisone Are you on any other medication? Thyroid tablets Do you have a supportive doctor? No…
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Daniella’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Daniela Age: 34 Work: Stay at home mom Date of Withdrawal: April 2021 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Hydrocortisone, Clobetasol, Prednisone Are you on any other medication? No Do you have a supportive doctor? Yes What is/was…
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Neetu’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Neetu Age: 40 Work: Entrepreneur/Marketing, co founder of @sociallitevodka Date of Withdrawal: October 5, 2020 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Steroid ointments – beta derm/lyoderm . One 3 week course of prednisone right before starting TSW Are…
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Through the Stones
I’ve been preparing, mentally, for this post. A part of me knew it was coming, but I kept putting it off because news of the future became elusive. Besides placing the documentary on my priority list, I realized I was doing it again — putting myself second. I dove head first into a project that…
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Imogen’s T.S.W Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Imogen Tingay Age: 28 Work: Student Dietitian Date of Withdrawal: October 2016 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Topical – frucidin, betnovate Are you on any other medication? None Do you have a supportive doctor? No What is/was…
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Janelle’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Janelle Harris Age: 63 Work: Retired Date of Withdrawal: October 1st, 2017 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Every steroid, topical, injections and internal known to man. Was born with eczema and given topicals when leaving the hospital.…
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Henry’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Henry Jones Age: 19 Work: Student (currently I’m at home due to TSW) Date of Withdrawal: 11/25/22 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Hydrocortisone 1%, Hydrocortisone OTC, Betamethasone Valerate 0.5% Ointment Are you on any other medication? No.…