“My name's Karen. I grew up in Sunnyville. I've always lived here. I retired from teaching nine years ago when my first grandson was born.
Living with eczema affected my daily life in so many ways. As a young adult, I had sensitive skin and rashes. Within the last three and a half years, I noticed these rashes that were different, and covering my back, and my arms, and my legs. Itching was a huge problem. It was very bad.
It's just like 24/7. I had ice packs on my back to fall asleep. It never really got better, it just continued to get worse. I had a dermatologist that was just trying different topical creams, and I kept saying, "This is not working. It doesn't do anything." I was kind of at my end, thinking, I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm going to have the rest of my life.
The first appointment I had with my current doctor, she told me she could help me, and that there's a drug that would help with the itching and, "I think you're going to have a good response."
48 hours on NEMLUVIO, I felt a lot of relief. And I felt so much better. It was probably about one to two months, I noticed that my skin was pretty much completely clear. Now that I have NEMLUVIO treating my symptoms, my life has improved. And I didn't realize how much it affected even my family.
To come full circle, and here I am now and I'm feeling great. I've been on the injections for about eight months now. Injecting NEMLUVIO has been very easy. I had the dermatologist inject me for the first three months. Now I can do it on my own. I want others with eczema to know that you don't have to suffer through it. And hopefully, it won't be three years or four years like it was for me, because I feel like I kind of lost those years, and I'm doing so much better.”