WINTER😟😟😟😟

[Constance13]

Winter is a-coming! Time for me to semi-hibernate!!

[SheffieldJane]

What a lovely view Constance. Is that your outlook?

[Constance13 in reply to SheffieldJane]

Yes, from all our windows. What is also lovely, and relating to my ‘title’, is that we live in a Spa - village. The thermal baths, with swimming pool, saunas from 40 degs to 120!!! (120 degs would kill me)😟), hot pools, massages. physiotherapy, etc etc are l00 metres away. Pain clinic - 100 metres. So I can waddle up to there and have all ny excercise INDOORS.😂😂😂

[Hidden in reply to Constance13]

Looks like Paradise Constance.

[karools16 in reply to Constance13]

WOWEE!!

[Hidden]

I agree wholeheartedly!

[SheffieldJane]

Where is it? I am coming to stay.

[Constance13 in reply to SheffieldJane]

Any time! Bad Sassendorf.

It’s great all year round, Spring and Winter, uninterrupted view of the Spa gardens, springs, pools, fountains, bridges, beautiful flowers - beautifully kept and no work for us!😂😂. Autumn, the changing colours, Summer “blocked out” by trees (it’s like living in the middle of a forrest)!!

[SheffieldJane in reply to Constance13]

Paradise!

[York54 in reply to Constance13]

Looks wonderful!

[BonnyQuine in reply to Constance13]

Oh you lucky thing!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Still spring temps here - though not a lot of sun. The grass is still growing!

[Constance13 in reply to PMRpro]

Totally mad, isn’t it? It was 17 degs a couple of days ago. So far in Nov it’s been between 12 and 17 degs. It’s Kirmes in Soest. When I think we used to freeze our socks off in deep snow waiting for the kids to get off the rides. We’ve had a minimal amount of rain for months and months. Germany is desperate for water in many places and yet, in other parts of the world there is flooding.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Constance13]

Yes - you would have been welcome to our rain 2 weeks ago! Over a foot in 4 days in places...

[PMRCanada]

Looks and sounds divine! What a truly healing place to reside. So glad you get to enjoy all of the seasons there.

[Hellyowl]

Hi, For me it is relief, since GCA and Pred I can't cope with the heat, out across the fields with the dog this morning fresh and cool and relief from the hot flushes. Enjoy your hibernation I think I am a polar bear.

[Constance13 in reply to Hellyowl]

I’m rather unusual, I’ve never had a hot flush in all my life. Also unusual, I LOST a lot of weight with PMR (6 1/2 years so far)! And I’ve never gone back to my original weight.

[BonnyQuine in reply to Constance13]

Even luckier!

[Hellyowl]

OOh! I got bloated, although not fat, but struggle to lose weight, I am same size as I was before the Pred and the bloating has gone. I suppose I save money on coats and heating.

I wonder if it is metabolism before we get ill.

[Sandy1947]

I want to move in too! Now that it’s cold in NY and I’m down to 2 mg Pred I have stiffness in my pinky which I broke several years ago. Maybe arthritis sneaked in!

[Constance13]

Arthritis does sneak in with PMR it seems. Mine started about 2 years after PMR diagnosis. After so long the PMR doesn’t affect me as much as the OA, which unfortunately gets much worse with age, I’m 79 - sometimes I feel much younger, sometimes much older.😏😂.

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[bunnymom in reply to Constance13]

Me too!

[Constance13]

It’s quite a laugh really! I expected people to talk about how they were going to hibernate - what they intended to do in the winter months, etc etc, but most just commented on my view, etc.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂