The Road to Diagnosis Transcript

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The Road to Diagnosis
Talking PROOF

Bobby: I went to a rheumatologist who I had requested to see at the beginning of the symptoms.

Text on screen: A rheumatologist specializes in the diagnosis & treatment of psoriatic arthritis.

Bobby: I thought I was misdiagnosed, at the beginning. I ate well, I exercised, got a decent amount of sleep. So I thought I was good to go. I, I didn’t look into anything that had any long-term diagnosis. After my doctor’s appointment I thought I was gonna celebrate. After I was diagnosed, it was sort of the opposite. At that moment I felt like I received a sentence for my life, rather than learning something that would help me, and, um, I just remember crying in the parking lot.

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Penni: I finally got in to the rheumatologist. I remember the first time she saw me. She said, “Have you ever had psoriasis?”

Text on screen: My rheumatologist asked if I’d ever had psoriasis.

Penni: And I said, well yes I had it really bad as a child. She said, “I can 99% tell you that this is psoriatic arthritis.” So I finally had a name to this disease that had been plaguing my life for over a year. I was just like, phew, thank you. Now what do we do?

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Greg: I went to visit my rheumatologist. During that initial meeting he basically said you have psoriatic arthritis.

Text on screen: My joint pain was related to my psoriasis.

Greg: My joint pain was related to my psoriasis and he explained to me that thirty percent of people who have psoriasis are also diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.

Text on screen: Approximately 30% of people with psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis.

Greg: Finding out there was actually a name for this problem was, in one sense, very much a relief, but then immediately there was this fear and this anxiousness. I didn’t know anything about joint pain related to psoriasis. I didn’t know what the treatment options might be. I asked my rheumatologist, what happens next?

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