About Ed Dewke
(2007)
Ed Dewke was diagnosed with psoriasis by
a barber in 1989. Thereafter he was misdiagnosed by a few doctors until
a dermatologist actually confirmed the barber's diagnosis in 1991. At
its worst, Dewke was between 30% and 50% effected by plaque, pustular
and guttate (flexural) psoriasis. He was treated with topical
corticosteroids after his 1991 diagnosis. In 1993 he tried — but was
quickly deemed an unsuitable candidate for — phototherapy (PUVA and
UVB). He tried systemics for the first time in 1999. He is now trying
biologics.
Dewke, 56, lives in Midway, Kentucky,
with his wife, Clara, his mother-in-law, Lucy, two cats (Bogie and Koko)
and one dog (Merry). He works out of his home for a media production
company in the Washington, D.C. area. Two daughters and their husbands
and, between them, 7 grandchildren, all live in "next door" counties in
Kentucky. In 1996, Dewke wrote and published Flake: Confessions of
Psoriatic. His popular web site, FlakeHQ.com, is an offshoot of that
book.
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