The PRP Survival Guide is designed to be a repository of experiences and insights shared by PRP patients and their caregivers. Collectively, the PRP community possesses a wealth of practical knowledge about pityriasis rubra pilaris. Only we are best positioned to harvest that knowledge.
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In what ways has PRP
affected your physical mobility?

Bill M (Plano, TX)

It was bad enough to be bedridden for awhile. Then one day I ventured out of the carpeted bedroom and shuffled across dark hardwood floors leaving white flakes and dust in my wake.

Weeks went by and I ventured out the front door and felt the cold air of winter.

But the first time I was driven to Walmart I needed one of those scooters. It was a defining moment for me. The scooter wasn’t going to be a crutch.

But for nearly a year I did use a handicapped sticker. It was very helpful to get close to the entrance of Walmart or any store for that matter. I kept looking at the date on the sticker and wondered if I should get it renewed in October 2013 — 14 months after onset.

When the time came I didn’t renew the sticker. I added the retirement of my handicapped sticker as a Healing Milestone.

My advice: If it helps, get one. When you don’t need it, get rid of it and do the Happy Dance.

Pam A (Devon, England)

“My balance has been useless with PRP.” Comment. 01/13/2020. Editor’s note: “I never thought of BALANCE as an element of impaired mobility. Learn something new almost every day. Thinking back (circa 2012-13) the balance impairment wasn’t in my head, it was a reaction to the sensitivity of my feet. Even today, I walk fine in my walking sneakers but almost hobble barefooted on hardwood floors. It was the same — but worse — during PRP.”