Well, I just joined about 4 different HS support groups on Facebook in the past couple of days. I had previously been a member of the HIDE-USA Allentown, PA chapter (although I had never gone to any events) and I had gone looking for them on the internet recently and found that they don't really keep the page up anymore due to the fact that FaceBook has so many different groups.
I never would have thought to make a FaceBook page for support so I thank each and every one of you for having the courage to step up and tell the world that you are not ashamed. I also think it is great that FaceBook allows for these groups to be Closed and moderated rather than just open pages for anyone to see.
I'm still amazed though, since I've been "in the know" about diet being the least horrific way to control this disease, at how many folks out there are still taking antibiotics and putting topicals on their skin that contain chemicals that are very harmful for our bodies. It feels like everyone should be aware that changing your diet will change your life with this nasty disease.. but I guess that's because I live it every day and I kind of have blinders on to the way the rest of the world eats. I don't even go down many of the aisles at the grocery store anymore. I am human, I am drawn in by all that 'glitz' as well and the only way I know how to avoid it is not to even look at it!
Good health to everyone who reaches a point where they decide that something else has to be the cause and the relief of this pain. I spent 30 years not knowing. Now I have made it my destiny to make sure that others don't have to wait that long!
