Patient Voices is a section in the NY Times that allows patients to speak candidly about their disease -- usually there are six patients and they speak for from 30 seconds for a child to around 90 seconds for an adult. This week's topic is psoriasis.
"About 15 years ago, a dermatologist diagnosed my psoriasis and said to me “Congratulations, you have a new hobby.” Was she right!" This is an excerpt from a fine piece on psoriasis that appeared on Jan 15, 2009 in the NY Times.
Short intro to Voices of Psoriasis
Audio of seven patients
Perhaps, the most eloquent voice on psoriasis is that of John Updike. His essay "From the Diary of a Leper" appeared in the New Yorker Magazine almost 30 years ago. It is well worth reading and can be found in Problems and Other Stories (London: Deutsch, 1980), p. 187; and is quoted in John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs (London: Penguin, 1990).
An essay The Thick-Skinned Art of John Updike: 'From the Journal of a Leper' can be accessed online and is a good discussion of the impact of skin disease on those afflicted.
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