Archive for February, 2009

soooooo depressed! =[

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

hey…im nearly starting wk 14 now and im still in this AWFUL disaster that appeared right at start of wk 13. This disaster is about 10 HUUUUUUGE red super inflammed, sore, boil type spots…..distributed down both cheeks. They look disgusting and i feel disgusting. Things did start to calm after a 3 wk course of [...]

Starting Week 5

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Hi, I’m just starting week 5 and will be on 40mg (up from 20mg). Just have a few questions and any help appreciated. After an initial breakout I thought I would stop getting spots but the dermatologist said I will probably continue to get them until I finish the course (4 months in total), has anyone [...]

Day 23 – 2nd derm appointment

Friday, February 27th, 2009

I saw the derm today. My blood test results were fine although my cholesterol level has gone up – is still not classed as high though.
I’ve had my dose increased to 40mgs but he said I should ask the pharmacy to give me boxes of 20 and boxes of 5 so that is the side effects are [...]

Week 5 (i think!)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Well, I have kind of lost track of the time, ive been so busy! As you can see by the pictures, my skin has altered loads since my last post. It is very shiny as i have just had a shower and put moisturiser on, normaly it is quite matte!
My nose is very dry, inside, [...]

they’ve doubled my dose

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Im in n week 6 now, had my derm appointment today and she said my skin looked amazing – i havent had a spot since week 2 or 3!! she has doubled my dose to 60mg, at the mo i have NO side effects only dry lips but now the dose is upped im scared [...]

2nd derm apt and OMG!!!!

Friday, February 27th, 2009

well had my 4 week apt today (even tho ive only been taking it for 3 weeks lol). Everything was fine so i was told i was going to be put on 60mg from now on (theyd put me on 20mg before)…Anyway…got to the hospital pharmacy and shed told me to take 3 tablets a [...]

Week 8 Confused!

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Ok so this week has been pretty bad had a breakout on my neck and the spots are big! Don’t get it really :s cos ive been almost clear since week 2, dont know whats happened i havent done anything different GRRR. Anyways don’t know what i expected on such a low dose.  byee

My Journey – Day 15

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Well, i’m just going into week 3 and i feel like i have spoken too soon. I thought i was being spared the side effects but they are slowly starting to kick in now.
I have quite bad dry skin, although this is mainly confined to my nose, around mouth and on/under my chin. I normally [...]

week 5 dramas!!!

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Hi all!
So I’m half way through week 5 and for the last 2 weeks everything has been great. The dreaded out break came and went, dry skin was a pain (OBVIOUSLY!) but I was spot free (yah!) However, I have a few little ones re-appearing, is this normal? The dry skin and hair is not so [...]

Week 4 – improvement already

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Mid way though week 4 now and am definitely starting to see results. For the last few days the oil in my skin has really dried up, its like a revelation realising that this must be what it feels like to have normal skin, not feeling all clogged up with grease and desperate to get [...]