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A First Peek - "The Many Faces of PMR/GCA" {aka R&R Downunder}

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Good Morning! This morning was a creative morning... even though it's cool, dreary and grey! The monster ("she that shan't be named") and I, were inspired to create the first in series of PMR /GCA Face Masks!!

The series is titled "The Many Faces of PMR/GCA" and this first (dual) mask is titled "R&R Downunder." Can you guess who it's for????

Watch this space...

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SheffieldJane profile image
SheffieldJane

It already resembles me this morning. Is it one of our Aussie friends?

in reply toSheffieldJane

Hahahahahaha. Yes, I thought it looked like I felt... Soggy, upside down, yucky discombobulated, and out of shape!

Oh, and yes, but shhhhhhh, it's a secret. It's for Rimmy and Ruth. ; )

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SheffieldJane

I love that you have found this to do.

in reply toSheffieldJane

Me too!!!!!

HUMPTY DUMPTY! I can see the likeness in myself!!!!

in reply to

Hahahahahahahaha! Was it the soggy? Or upside down? Or yucky? Or out of shape you related to? Or like me, ALL OF THE ABOVE!

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PMRproAmbassador in reply to

I'm not Humpty shape - definitely have a waist! Just sayin' ...

in reply toPMRpro

Good on you! I have a waist too... it's just as wide as my hips now!!!!

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PMRproAmbassador in reply to

The worst thing is that jeans these days come in that shape! If they fit my bum they are about 2in too big on the waist...

in reply toPMRpro

I used to have that problem, pre-pred!!!!

Now, not so much.

Thank you, another silver lining!

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Rimmy in reply toPMRpro

ALWAYS my problem too !!!

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Hollyseden in reply to

😆

in reply to

Good egg Humpty! Just fell off the wall that's all! That's my fantasy take!! It's not an easy wake up to this illness. Love your tough humour it will get you through.

in reply to

You are right!!!!! It SUCKS waking up to these illnesses!!!!! If I don't dig deep, find and use my use humour and sarcasm, I'll be huddled in the corner crying... not a good look for me!

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Pongo13 in reply to

I woke with the song "I want to break free" inside my head - due to the shock of looking in mirror with glasses on - and finding Freddie Mercury moustache looking back..... As I am on holiday, my creative time today was spent duly pruning. I now resemble your head. Can't wait to see finished product.

in reply toPongo13

GREAT song! And thank you for that image!!!!

You should have posted a photo of YOUR finished product!!!!

Mstiles profile image
Mstiles

Go mamici! Art will save us.

in reply toMstiles

Hehehehehehehehe.

It will certainly keep me sane!!!! ...or at least contribute to my staying as sane as possible!

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Mstiles

To me it expresses how are previous identities are buried somwhere under the PMR/GCA, prednisone, symptoms......etc

But that’s just my thought! Everyone interprets art in their own way....

in reply toMstiles

Ooooooo, I like it!!!!! I like thinking the REAL me is not dead, just buried alive, somewhere under all the PMR/GCA crap!

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Rimmy

Ummm Melissa --uuummm for US !!!???? - it has sometimes been said we are 'joined at the hip' - someone once called us 'siamese twins' ( but never 'two-faced' ) and we often share our brains completing 'eachother''s sentences ... we ARE actually quite 'close' but physically VERY different - Ruth is a long lean athletic 'vegan' and 'moi' - well I have frequently been described as having a 'big head' (literally) !! and as for the rest of me well - I'm all in 'proportion' ...so with THAT 'brief' we wish you phenomenal creative strength and imagination - you'll need it - but we KNOW you have 'the goods' !!

How EXCITING !!!! - could this be the first artwork in a travelling 'global' exhibition with any funds raised supporting research for PMR/GCA ....

XXXX

in reply toRimmy

HaHa! Yes, I told you that you'd (the both of you!) would be the first!!!!!

But alas... what you see is not always what you get!

I have plans for this beauty, you will be together, but separate; created from one, but two. similar, but very different...

...all will be revealed! AT CHRISTMAS!

Hahahahahaha

xxx

Telian profile image
Telian in reply to

Can't wait

Rimmy profile image
Rimmy in reply to

We can HARDLY WAIT !!! - this is doing MY 'Pred Head' in - SURELY this will be a memorable Christmas ... !!!!

XXX

in reply toRimmy

xxx

Jean56 profile image
Jean56

Yep, life is definitely upside down. The all encompassing feeling of being a mess, hair, skin, brain. Nothing as it was..... Mirrors to be avoided and don’t look in shop windows, a stranger looks back.

It’s good to have a project to focus your mind. A realise of creative energy does you a world of good.

in reply toJean56

Yes indeedy Jean56! So many masks, so little time!!!!

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Gaijin

I've really enjoyed this thread..beautiful writing, humor and wit. Reading it picked me up. I can't concentrate very well lately and my English is declining fast, I can only communicate in Spanglish lately.. lol. So reading this and "getting it" made me feel normal for a while.

in reply toGaijin

¡BUENO! Todos tenemos acceso a Google translate, así que si pierdes tu inglés todos juntos, ¡todavía te respaldamos! ¡Feliz esta breve edición de editor que te dio una recogida! xxxx

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Gaijin

Wow! That's a perfect translation... at least grammatically. I used to translate for a living...I remember when the e-translators started, they were more a nuisance than anything else... it was harder to correct than to just translate yourself. But this is amazing.

in reply toGaijin

OH! Cool, I always wondered if it translated accurately!!!

¡BUENO!

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vnett

All I can say is thank you for making me smile!!

in reply tovnett

Then my job here is done.....

🤙🏻

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