As today marks thirteen years since I discovered (and started going through) Topical Steroid Withdrawal and changed the course of my life, I thought I’d share my book, Curing My Incurable Eczema.
Writing and publishing the book in 2017, and going through the journey which inspired it, were some of the most important experiences of my life.
Whilst some of the book was written in early 2017, the bulk of it was written, edited, and published in seven weeks at the end of the year. I remember waking up at 5am every morning to work on it before going to my day job, then coming home and working on it some more, well into the wee hours.
I truly never expected anyone to buy it, so to know that people have found it helpful over the last eight and a half years means the world to me.
The most important work you do is usually the kind that you have experienced firsthand, and that couldn’t be more of the case than with this - I lived, ate, and breathed every single word of it. Two years of being housebound, then another two dealing with the mental fallout, is an experience that changes you - then, sharing your story after recovery, and connecting with others who have also been through it, is so special.
This book, and what I went through, will always mean a lot to me - and to anyone who has a small voice in their head telling them to write a book on TSW, too… there will never be enough books on the subject, because each experience is unique.
Here’s to a time when books on TSW are written by scientists and doctors who validate what we’ve been through, but until then, we have each other <3
Much love always,
Cara x