Sixth Anniversay 🎂🍰🍾🍷😳

[Lupiknits]

Happy Birthday Prince George! The night your mother went into labour with you, I was awake with the first symptoms of what has worsened over the last six years. So every birthday you have means I can measure my illness. No idea I’d be like this six years later though 😥

[Sweetpeach]

Dear Lupiknits,

I haven’t any magic wand to make this go away for you, I can only lend you a ear and send hugs and prayers. You are not alone and we will be here to lift you up and send you words of encouragement. Wishing you the best!!

[Lupiknits in reply to Sweetpeach]

Thank you so much x

[Sweetpeach in reply to Lupiknits]

X~Hugs~X🤗

[thestorm]

Hi Lupiknits, You are better than that! Maybe measure the years as milestones, turning each one over or blowing out the candles as achievements, at least here in this hub. You have helped many of us out, answered many posts, gave advice, experiences, shared information. You are a blessing. You deserve the royal treatment, you my dear, have earned it many times over everyday that you awake is a sign of new hope. Sending you cyber hugs and peace, blessings thestorm 💕

[Lupiknits in reply to thestorm]

Oh my goodness! How very sweet of you: brought tears to my eyes x

I was reflecting on this “anniversary” as it was too hot to sleep last night and thought, at least I can pinpoint the time it started, and in the beginning I stumbled through it innocently saying to medics “It’s only stress” which means they haven’t got that phrase in first 😉x

[Lisalou19]

Awe, sorry this milestone brings a reflection of tough times 😢

It was very hot last night wasn’t it 😬😓

To be honest 6 years is a long time, I think you should pat yourself on the back for being strong enough to get through what life has thrown at you!!!

Xxx

[Lupiknits]

🤗 Today is going to be a scorcher, and tonight really nasty. Hope all can keep cool and slap on plenty of the SPF 50.

My iPhone says it’ll go up to 33C here today, but I think it may be 🤷‍♀️

Off to take the poor hot dog out before it gets too much for him. Oh, and me x

[MrsMouseSJ]

How curious, I also have a 'royal anniversary': on that hot day when William married Kate I came down with a terrible fever, which turned into a terrible throat that didn't go away for weeks and required two courses of antibiotics despite negative cultures being taken - and which then turned into a long and horrid downward slope to a major health crisis.

[Hidden]

My anniversary for sudden onset joint pain and burning soles is a few years older than yours - 8 years. It continued to play havoc each time I came off Methotrexate or Hydroxy for a few years until it appeared to burn itself out. Fortunately I’ve never had the RA/ reactive type of arthritis properly since but the rest of the systemic rubbish seems to regularly play havoc.

Similarly to you I mark certain events in my life by the big events on the news - so Will and Kate’s wedding was actually when my inflammatory arthritis had finally started to abate due to Methotrexate injections.

I haven’t noticed baby George’s birthday as nowadays it’s all much of a muchness but I do really understand and sympathise with observing these big dates as a way of measuring our own improvements - or lack of. Hopefully George’s future birthdays will start to mark improvement slowly but surely 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽.

Right now I’m lying on studio recliner with fan and dogs and will mark my total fatigue (heat wave? Flare up? Both?) by the news just in that Boris is right now our new PM 🤷🏼‍♀️🤢🤠🤡🥴🤷🏼‍♀️xx

[MrsMouseSJ in reply to Hidden]

Yes, I think your emojis sum up my feelings on that issue too.... (assuming I am interpreting in the manner in which you intended!)

[Lupiknits in reply to MrsMouseSJ]

Today’s fun 🥵 express how you feel in emojis: 🥵🥵🥵🤬🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤕🌋🦓👑🤡🤐

[Hidden in reply to MrsMouseSJ]

I’m sure you are interpreting it similarly to me! Xx

[Lupiknits in reply to Hidden]

Moi? 🤐🤣🤣

[Hidden in reply to Lupiknits]

🤡👿👹👺🤠🤡🤡🤡🤠💩🤷🏼‍♀️🙄

[Lupiknits in reply to Hidden]

🤐🙁🤨😥😉

[Hidden in reply to Lupiknits]

Hey c’mon dear Lupi - we have gone from Super Nanny to “Dude”. Or from the Grim to the Bufoon depending on your perspective. I think this commands at least one 🥳 no?!!!

[Lupiknits in reply to Hidden]

Signed the Official Secrets Act I’m afraid, otherwise I could tell you some horror stories about those once held in high regard 😳

[Hidden in reply to Lupiknits]

Oooh now that’s made me very curious. Luckily for me I’ve never signed anything of public importance so I can sing my libertarian politics out to my hearts content!!

But actually the most exciting my life gets is telling the very annoying young man across the corridor that he has spread white oil paint all over the flags of shared spaces - just now realised this has affected my best Ecco sandals!

Telling him to please clean up after himself ASAP nicely repays him for complaining to the studio’s senior management when I once left Fred barking for a few minutes to go to the toilet! Xx