
This section of the PRP Survival Guide focuses on the daily challenges to body, mind, and spirit encountered by PRP patients.
Every PRP journey is unique. The phrase, “my version of PRP”, helps underscore the fact that “What works for one does not work for all.”
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- ACUTE PHASE
- ALCOHOL
- AQUAPHOR (Free).
- BATHS & SHOWERS.
- CAREGIVERS
- CHILDREN WITH PRP — See Juvenile Onset
- CLOTHING
- COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILY and FRIENDS
- COPING STRATEGIES.
- DEXTERITY
- DIET, NUTRITION and SUPPLEMENTS
- DISABILITY
- DRY SKIN.
- EARS & HEARING, IMPAIRED
- ENDGAME, REMISSION
- ENERGY and FATIGUE
- EXERCISE and PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
- EYES and VISION, IMPAIRED.
- FEET and IMPAIRED MOBILITY
- FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF PRP
- FINGERNAILS
- FLARES.
- GLOSSARY OF PRP-RELATED WORDS & JARGON.
- HAIR LOSS
- HANDS, DEXTERITY, FINGERNAILS and GLOVES
- HEALING MILESTONES
- HOPE
- HOUSEKEEEPING
- HUMIDIFIERS.
- INFECTIONS
- ITCH & ITCH RELIEF.
- JOINT PAIN
- JUVENILE ONSET PRP, see Children with PRP.
- LAUNDRY
- LEGS, SWELLING
- LIP CARE
- LYMPH NODES, GLANDS and BUMPS.
- MAKEUP
- MARIJUANA, MEDICAL
- MENTAL WELLNESS
- MOBILITY, IMPAIRED.
- NOSE, AND NASAL ISSUES.
- PAIN and PAIN MANAGEMENT
- PETS
- PREGNANCY.
- QUALITY OF LIFE.
- RELAPSES and SETBACKS
- RESEARCH, PRP
- REMISSION, ENDGAME
- RUDE PEOPLE, HOW TO DEAL WITH.
- SCALP
- SELF-ADVOCACY
- SETBACKS and RELAPSES
- SHEDDING, FLAKING and PEELING
- SLEEP AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION
- SOCIALIZATION
- STIGMATIZATION
- STRESS and TRIGGERS
- SUN and ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
- SWEATING and THERMOREGULATION
- SWIMMING.
- TALES OF THE ROAD
- TATTOOING and BODY ART
- TRAVEL and VACATIONS
- TRIGGER and STRESS.
- WEIGHT — LOSS and GAIN
- WORK-RELATED ISSUES