I had a gp appt today. Nothing special just routine followup.
After appt I went to the attached chemist for a repeat prescription and caught my normally reserved and subtle husband quietly laughing to himself whilst trying to point out to me how another pattient was dressed. Admittedly she did look like she had got dressed in the dark but hey ho not my problem. Then i looked down at my own outfit. Fat trousers, needed because I can not stop eating the contents of fridge, trainers, in case i need to run somewhere, cast off, bit tight jumper from youngest daughter because she either doesnt like it or shes worried I dont have enough clothes, pink ,orange and yellow bed socks.showing at bottom of fat trousers,.worn because they go on easy and they are soft and then to top it all off my hair looked like something a bird was nesting in!!
Oh my god what has happened to me? I seriously looked I had got dressed with the contents of a jumble sale. No one mentioned this as a side effect of pmr or pred!
I have decided I am hibernating till this sodding disease has moved on.
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I have been known to go to the shop with my PJs under a jumper and a pair of baggy trousers though , even before this stuff.
I love the idea that you put on the trainers in case you have to run somewhere😂😂😂😂
The only place I ever have to run to is the toilet , and even then I only bother to break into a hopeful waddle .
I honestly think I would think twice about quickening my pace these days even if I was escaping a housefire or rescuing a bunch of kittens from international terrorists.
I might even choose to sod it and hitch a lift from a Tsunami if the Pred Fatigue was flying the attack flag!
Oh , and exactly which GP surgery did you visit today ?
As I went to the Doctors too, and I am just wondering what the lady was wearing which caused the OH such titterlation and wether that hair brained scarecrow could have been me!!!😨😨😨😰💁
This is going to cause one heck of a funny bit of chatter I believe Mon Cheri ,
hugs and fashionista blow in the air kisses Darling , love Bee xx
Well I don't think it was you. Lady in question had a full length coat, long socks that she had tucked her trousers in to, pixie boots that she had forgotten to do up so they slipped on and off as she walked and a slightly bigger birds nest in her hair than me!!
When I was listing my clothes and said about the trainers it was very tongue in cheek because I can not actually remember when I last ran anywhere!! OH has also tried yo remember this important event and had decided it's never happened.
Just trying to get through the usual memory loss of Pred Head to try and remember what I wore to the docs today , to be honest it could have been me!😂😂😂
Will let you know in a minute , I do know my socks were very odd ( and before you say matches the human they were on I got there first , Ha!!) xx
I had a pair like that I would actually put on in the morning to take the kids to school when they were little , no one ever realised.
The school kids and Mums were more frightened when they saw me dressed in the occasional full length black goth coat in winter.
And not long after we moved to the village we held , and went to , a number of fancy dress events , I got some looks dressed as an Admiral of the Fleet carrying two large cheesecakes and a sword .
At first , they used to beep a horn because of the costumes , finally they recognised me without them , which was worse in Morrisons carpark one busy Saturday when one neighbour drove past the doors , beeped and shouted out , ' Nearly didn't recognise you with your clothes on '
May well have been you then. It wasn't a goth coat but it was full length. Husband is usually totally oblivious to what others are wearing but this lady obviously hit a nerve. It was funny seeing him try to stop laughing out loud but he soon stopped when I pointed out what his wife was wearing!!
Apparently you were not unusual! My teacher friend tells me lots of parents turn up in pyjamas when delivering their kids to school, (the ones who did get as far as actually taking them, and no cars either). Where I taught it was Barbours and Range Rovers lined up in the school lane, and most only lived in the village!
We often take our grandson to school and I can definitely say standards have dropped!! Pjs or maybe fat trousers like mine are regularly seen but the culprits are now getting out of their bmw's.
I often grace the co-op in my pjs usually topped with whichever coat is nearest to the door often not mine but Oy's!! And I wonder why the village think I am mad!!
Don't think your fashion choices are the top reason given by your villagers for believing you are two fries short of a happy meal , but you never know?!😋
Just remembered , actually didn't wear the birds nest today , although it has been known , not just the bad hair but an actual birds nest!
Did wear my furry cat ear topped ear warmers though , a rainbow scarf , my funky black and striped cardigan with big mismatched buttons , a t-shirt saying ,
" SOMETIMES : I dance around in my pants"
A denim frayed skirt over leggings and my really furry YETI boots to hide the mismatched socks ( one blue with watermelons , one yellow , lost the initial matching pair on the walk from the bathroom downstairs , still no idea where!?!)
Well at least it would take the pressure off me if you came down. It's hard work entertaining a whole village. Besides have already sent invites for the bat garden party!!
I have a great costume for that , or actually it sounds like it could be quite swish , let's put up bats, bunting and wear cocktail dresses and posh hats , put the OHs in top hats and really scare them crazy!!👒🎩
Shreds- sorry pred head at work . You have all cheered me up this morning . My dress sense and previous pride in my appearance have gone out of the window !
Puppys do love chewing. We have always had a sock monster and I have a bag of odd socks I hopefully keep, just in case the missing in action sock resppears. A good friend has solved this problem by wearing the first two socks.that come out of the drawer irrelevant of any matching pattern or colour. The kids school socks are matched but.no other socks.in the house are.
Probably not. I talk to ours but all I get in return is the sound of socks being munched. I think it lives in the airing cupboard so might send OH in to find it. Might also be why the cat is always trying to get in therexx
haha you are so funny, AND you placed a photo of one of my cats on your profile.! I know what you mean, bought a cardigan this afternoon but still don't look half ladylike with it. this too will pass.
The cat us my youngest daughters cat. Heud nearly 14 years old and he's just been diagnosed with diabetes. His injections are a doddle but I was lumbered with the job of trying to test his blood sugar. This was a brilliant idea till youngest daughters finger just managed to get pierced by the needle, oops!! I am pleased to say her blood sugars are perfect!!
I have to admit I definitely didn't look ladylike today. Youngest daughter adopted him a year ago when she she saw a status on social media about him having to be put down if no one rescued him. He's a very laid back cat even tolerating my grandson always wanting to play with him.
My youngest fashionable daughter leaves her charity bags for collection from my house as they seem to miss hers. I always have a rummage. Unfortunately I am a size 16 and she is a 10. Enough said.
At least you haven't been known to walk off with someone's entire shopping trolley not just once but twice , at speed , with the OH shouting and running behind to get you back.
I have a thing about parcels. I long to get in the back of a post van and open all the packages up. I thought about delivering catalogue parcels when I left law but realised I would never deliver them I would just be sat there surrounded by useless things and loads of wrapping paper!! I often put things into other people's trolleys buy havnt stolen any yet.!!
When you say you long to get in the back of a van and open all the packages , you don't mean you have actually done it do you?
It's just that the state of some of the parcels I keep getting through the post from Hermes these days I could quite believe some eager package rummager had had their paws all over them.
You know if you wanted to share my last delivery of chocolate frogs and caramel marshmallows you only had to ask😋😂😂😂
Nope not raided the van yet but not for the lack of trying. Stupid postman keeps a real eye on his van whenever be see me hovering. Suspect OH has told him i have a parcel problem!!
I'll believe you thousands wouldn't, pretty sure I saw some badly dressed lady on a kids four wheeler bike zooming up the road covered in parcel tape the last time I got a delivery 👮📦📦🎁💝
Eating chocolate of any type is bad for your health and I am only trying to keep my friend healthy by eating yours! Next time can you buy some bigger ones please??
I have suggested that your delinquent behaviour has rubbed off on me but then I remember most of the embarrassing events I get embroiled in happened well before pmr raised its ugly head.
My youngest is very fashionable and has a habit of ordering clothes on line, decides she doesn't like it but forgets to send them back and then brings them to me to try on. She is a size 6/8 but fortunately likes things loose.!!
I have to keep my wardrobe under lock and key from my eldest or she tries to stash stuff in her bags and pockets to take away with her, my t-shirt and boot collection is particularly in danger , may have to hire in security for her next visit.
Fortunately my daughters would rather die than be seen in my clothes. My shoes and boots are another thing though. Youngest is too small for my shoes/boots but eldest will quite happily wear my footwear even if it isn't a perfect fit. She then conveniently leaves them at her house.
So here is my outfit. It’s hot again. So I have a revolting old nightie on. Pattern is like those vile abstract patterns on cheap nylon carpets in the sixties. The neckline is disreputable with frayed tassels hanging from torn straps. Spilt coffee adorns the front.
My hair has not received the attention of a hairdresser for waaaaaaay to long. No self respecting bird would use it for a nest. You know those old horse hair sofas? Imagine stuffing hanging out. That’s my coiffure. I have yesterday’s mascara on. My toe nails have chipped orange varnish. Don’t mention hairy legs. 😱. I am a ghastly sight 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As I am going to hibernate there are reasons for not shaving. I will keep warmer if I have an extra layer of fur!! I havnt seen mascara for a lot longer than pmr has been here. As for nail varnish I used my last lot to make wire flowers at christmas one year. As for pjs o have loads of pairs but I just don't ever get to wear a matching set because they are never in the drawer together. So your outfit sounds perfect to me.
Sounds like a piece of art I made once without the added rollers , tattoo and toy vacuum cleaner ( an entry to the village Dress a Doll Competition at the Village fete, got second , have a whole collection now , must photograph them for a post👙👢👠)
Just call it advanced style street fashion and Vogue will be hunting you down for a cover shoot😍😎😂😂😂😂
The idea of all of us standing on a corner together is pretty frightening when you consider what just you and me wear, let alone what the rest of the pred addled members of the forum could be wearing!! Plus i have enough issues with the parish council without me looking like a low class call girl!! (ok may be not girl).
That's a great idea but don't those women have to do something energetic occasionally? There's about as much chance we could muster some energy up, as we have of flying to mars!!
A very handy colourful crayon you can use on your face , or , use to write , ' wash me' , on your OHs stomach when he is dead asleep with a hangover the morning after the night before and see how long it takes him to notice ( 2 days!! Ahh! those heady student days of yore💄🎓 )😰
I have always only worn makeup on high days and holidays. Last time was 3rd Nov 2017 at eldest daughters wedding and the next time will be 20th April 2019 at youngest daughters wedding.
Me neither - but the start was not liking it. Then I thought - why? And really couldn't find a good reason. My older daughter uses more in a day that I have used in my life! Younger daughter is like me, but does use a smidgeon for "nights out".
Both of my daughters don't wear that much but youngest has problem skin and she does try to avoid too much but uses some to cover up when at work. I can understand youngsters wearing more but I only ever wore mascara and sometimes a bit of blusher when at work. It was frowmed upon to look like coco the clown in the coroner court!!.
OD has problem skin (she thinks) which is why she uses a lot! Her own daughter is a very skilled self-taught makeup artist - I'd hoped she might go into theatrical makeup but no go. No idea where that pair inherited it from - even OH's mother used very little!
It's weird how they develop traits we can't see in immediate family. Grandson is really tall but we have to go back to great grandparents on both sides of the family to find any male above average height. Just hoping no one in the family turns out quite as mad.as me but there are signs youngest could be heading that way!!
In other ways OD is a resurrection of her paternal grandmother - not as much as her father is mind you!! THAT is truly scary at times, especially as it is mixed with a recreation of her brother who was so self-centred it was unbelievable - even his own daughter said that the other day!
My OH mutates into his oldest brother when he is in a mood and as this brother is the biggest prat going this winds me up no end. As I don't get along with my mum I am always on the look out for traits I may have inherited!! If OH Is in stroppy mood he accuses me of being like my mum. He obviously likes dicng with death!!
Never thought of that - I didn't know my BIL well (mercifully, bizarre person, his wife turned into a human bean once he died). I'd always said he was strange - OH agreed once he saw the change in SIL!!!!
Strangely my BIL was always odd but he married late in life and his wife has made him odder and nastier.than he ever was before. Luckily OH has always agreed that his brother was a prat. The atmosphere when we all have to be together is unbelievable and as I don't suffer fools gladly I don't help the situation. I do get pleasure in winding him up.
I did too. I was beneath him - he had a PhD don't you know, I was only a technician and therefore not bright enough to be in his company Anyway, they were both nuts about playing bridge and I could make up a 4 with a bit of luck. I did however know enough to bid to mess him about and it infuriated him...
I couldnt be bothered with all that. I didn't do it when I worked, I am definitely not doing it when i rarely go out anywhere important. Good on you though doing it still. It probably makes you feel better in yourself.
I still work spasmodically, but I do actually enjoy putting on make up anyway. I enjoy art so perhaps it something to do with that. I wore high heels all the time until I got PMR!
Brave woman with the high heels. I wore shoes with kitten heels at the highest. I can't walk properly with high heels and I would have looked a right prat launching through the court doors with as much elegance as a baby giraffe!!
My grandmother wore high heels until she died in her nineties. The type that the Queen wears. I wore stilletos and happily travelled round the world in them for work. In fact I had trouble wearing flat shoes, as something in my ankles must have shrunk.
When we first moved to Anglesey she came for a visit , she kept looking out of the window on the way to the beach at passing locals , all windswept and a bit wrinkly with no make up .
We got out and she looked at me and fumbled around in her bag finally announcing , " if you are going to live here you are going to need a good moisturizer " then stuffed a tube of it in my hand before grabbing a bucket and spade.
She always says she feels naked if she has no make up on so never leaves her bedroom without it.
Don't even think her husband has seen her in the light without it.
We did get my cousin to do that day without make up challenge on a girls weekend , we were camping so we thought it was the best time to try it , no one is bothered about how you look in a field with a tent.
She really suffered , her whole character changed , she was so quiet , edgy and self conscious .
By teatime, I felt so sorry for her, I went in the tent got her make up bag out and ordered her to go and, ' put her face back on'. She was so relieved and her happy self again. Don't think she would have survived the night at the village pub without it.
We all have to do what we have to do to feel good , feel ourselves , wearing make up or going au naturelle whatever makes you 'your happy self ' seems the best way to go. xx
Wish I could wear my earrings and pretty hair stuff , got such a nice collection but all going to waste just now with the flipping GCA head.
Moisturiser (and good lip balm ) is a must for us all , and all over too , a good nutritious one with vitamins and cocoa butter , as in all seriousness the use of Pred does affect the collagen which does cause the terrible dry , fragile skin many of us have with PMR.
And that face skin needs to stay flexible so it can return back to normal after reaching moon size proportions on the steroids.
Silver lining is , with moon face , you have less wrinkles!!😘😍
My hair has been a disaster with pred, fine, straight greasy hair to very dry hairstack hair. I tried everything although it is improving at lower doses of pred. I normally dye my hair but did not dare.
Yes , I moisturise and put on lip balm before bed when the fatigue isn't biting .
My hair was always thin and straight after I first cut it on a whim to pixie short from bottom length in my twenties ( rat tails as my Mum unkindly called it) . I used to like the odd dye job too but a No, No with the Pred.
I use those hair grow natural moisturising hair products for black hair when it gets very fine .
But still occasionally do an egg, honey and coconut oil mask on it to try to stop the rot.
The head sensitivity puts pay to cutting it below shoulder length as a quick hair brush and a scrunchie is all the screaming scalp can take just now , no hairdressers or hairdryers or regular brushing through the day for my screaming scalp!
I got my hairdresser to cut my hair really short too. It actually looked quite good in spite of the haystack look and was quite funky, while when I had my normal bob I looked like Worzel Gummidge.
Oldest introduce me to her hair dresser a few years ago and as he comes here I don't have to put up with going to shop. As i dont have GCA it doesnt affect me with the blow dry.
Tons of your coconut butter and olive oil moisturiser then , just like having to maintain your skin to stop the stretch marks in the days of baby carrying!
Will private message you later with a list of what i have got.made up. The latest is with Aloe Vera which is beautiful for healing skin just got to adjust the beeswax in it I think.
I wear the same thing every day. Black underwear. Black camisole. Black leggings. Black flat boots or sandals or trainers. Cashmere tunic or cardigan in black, grey, black & grey, black & blue, black & green, blue, green...Black coat, grey coat, blue coat, green coat. Scarves or capes in black, grey, black & white, black & blue, black & green, blue, green...Even my lounge wear and night wear is mostly back. Black purse, briefcase and/or cross body.
As a barrister I only wore black for decades. I used to say i had various shades of black when my girls questioned my somewhat limited wardrobe. I would like to think my choice of clothes today was me rebelling but to be honest I really hadn't even thought about how i looked.
I have a black t-shirt that says , " I am only wearing black until they find a darker colour" .
Do love wearing black , tres chic , and minimalist style suits all , but I have so many sides to my personality I have the clothes to match my mood too.
The PMR does get in the way of me feeling up to wearing half my wardrobe these days though.
And I can't do anything but put my hair in a soft bobble because of the headaches.
Oh please don't give me more things to think about. When I indicated to him yesterday to look at what I was dressed like he abruptly stopped laughing!!
Hey don't feel like The Lone Ranger! I cannot believe how much I don't give a crap about clothing anymore. I' go to the black yoga pants which I am far too large to be wearing but I don't care because they're easy to hoist up over the "pred. rolls" The worst drug in the world...but do they warn you about the things you have to live with for the rest of our lives!! But I digress... Let's talk about how things fit on the top of our bodies. I looked down and my gut is spreading out all over the place.Its like a dam that has broken and spilling out and over in slow mo. Oh!! Truly lovely and one might say sexy mumma.🤣 I appreciate your humor dealing with all these changes by making us laugh at our body! I have to remind myself all the time you're not 30. Nobody is lusting after you or anything like that... So take heart dear one you are definitely not the only one who deals with this. Just call it your fat chapter in life. Cuz I have found a few chapters in my life a fat chapter!
It is definitely reassuring to see how many of us have given up caring how we look to anyone else and how it is now comfort and ease which matters. I quite confidently bought my mother of the bride dress for youngest daughter wedding in September last year, got diagnosed with pmr in October and havnt even dared to look at the thing since!!
I had to laugh at my outfit or I might have had hysterics and knowing my doctors one of them would probably have cone at me with a big needle full of someting !!
Reminds me of a few years ago when I was in the middle of the 'What the heck is wrong with me '' stage ,blasted with steroids going through a lot of other stuff ,I went shopping and met the world and it's wife ,Hello,s ect chats in shops .I seemed to meet every one .It felt like that anyway .Was,t till I got home and took my shoes off .I had two different coloured shoes of different styles I had slipped my feet into ,Balance wasn't good so didnt look down . Still trying to remember who I spoke to
Oh I am very grateful I didn't meet any one from the village. They already think I am weird. Why is it when we do something daft everyone appears to witness it??!!!
You could get away with that these days and people would think you were ' en trend'!
Odd shoes , odd socks and tights with different coloured legs is a street fashion thing.
You were clearly just ahead of the game .
Either that or you looked so much better than you thought you did one of those trend hunters saw you with the rest of the world and his wife that day and snapped a picture .
Three weeks later , your look became high couture!! xx
Yes understand all this. Since getting shingles my trousers have to be extra baggy, the top too so that I feel comfortable. Yes hair too like a scarecrow as I haven’t been able to get to the hairdresser- perhaps we’re starting a new trend!! 😜
When I went through that bad head pain spell over Christmas and I couldn't brush my hair for nearly a week I felt my skinny ponytail and it had started to turn in to a dreadlock!!
I had my hair cut shorter to combat the head sensitivity and then found that as the breeze gently fluttered through my tousled locks I wanted to scream as a thousand little fairy feet skittered a cross my head and drove me to distraction .Pattering to and fro they drove me mad . I now just have my depleted and thin (fine) the hairdresser kindly calls it in a short bob .
I had a cut, longer on one side and very short on the other, quite.tremdu according to daughters but needs regular upkeep which o just can't be bothered with. Whenn working I just had various bobs.
Yes it's crazy isn't it , that why I don't go short or feel like I can wear my hair down either , don't know about a thousand fairy feet , only if the fairies are wearing spikey shoes!!
It's not just the pmr that does this to you. OH offen gets into his pj's quite early but a couple of days ago my friend rang to say her car had just stopped working. OH promptly pulled his clothes on over his pjs and went to help.
Stopped the cider now. New year has been and gone. Soon it will be summer and time to get back in the pool with my fish bowl.wine glass in hand!! Best bit is i dont drink normally just at Christmas, new year and special occasions but I sound like the local drunk!!
Oh , and fish bowls full of wine when you take a swim for exercise in the Summer , now that incentive might get us all running ( sorry waddling!) to jump ( totter!) into the pool😎😋
I had enough exercise last summer trying to get on that blasted crocodile and all I suceeded in doing was getting soaked, on the damn thing upside down and back to front, a lot of swearing and alerting the whole village via my very subdued neighbours that a nutter had moved in. Unless OH can think of an easy of getting me on the crocodile with my wine glass still full and without the entertainment value I am.just going to have to lay on the decking with the cat
I don't think lying on the floor with the cat and a fish bowl of wine in your hand is going to help you stop any village rumours about you having a drinking problem , but I can't wait to see it😁😁
The neighbours would have to climb a ladder to get a view of me on the decking so should be fairly safe. Mind you i could always put the wine in a starbucks takeaway mug and no would know what i was drinking.
My Auntie has one that still works that she got back in the 70's , they were impossible to buy for ages , like turntables , but about ten years ago they started selling them again from those kitchen and home online sites , and catalogues that come in the paper , so she has one to use in the evening and the other wakes her in the morning. She even prepares their bowls of cereal and fruit and takes it up on a tray too so they have full supper and breakfast in bed every morning without anyone having to breach the cold or take the stairs. A very clever woman xx
No idea , I was so glad when they came back , they seem very popular again now too. You can even get versions were you can make coffee , toast and egg too. Having you cuppa at drinking temperature by your bed as soon as the alarm goes off is bliss though xx
Exactly!! Warm milk ughhh. That's why those Tassimo's are great because you can get creamers to go with the coffee. I dont like the tea from it though!×
We have a Tassimo from our oldest to save us from going up and down stairs at night for my cups of tea. Guess what? it's in the kitchen and never made it any further as we like it down there and as OH makes my tea it really isn't an issue for me!!
I will not mention this to OH as he will think it's a brill idea and we are just getting over the "I want a kilt" tantrum that Bee's OH managed to cause from a photo!!
Hilarious! But who cares - If I ask 'do I look okay to go out like this' my husband says you've got money in your pocket haven't you? That's all that matters then, he says....
To be honest my OH is usual oblivious to what anyone is wearing so I was surprised the ladies outfit even registered with him. I never take much notice of his opinion on clothes because when we are in shops he randomly holds hideous items of clothing and asks "what about this"
Before I got hold off him my OH used to dress with the colour and pattern awareness of Rupert Bear.
I still have to put his clothes together if we are going somewhere special , despite the years of training , and my efforts to hang clothes that match together, he has still be known to walk downstairs in a green cardigan , orange checked shirt and red trousers , like I said Rupert Bear!!
They really don't have a clue. If i.had taken my OH fashion advice I would have ended up looking like homeless bag lady a few.decades ago let alone when pmr struck!!
Mine doesn’t ever notice if I have anything new on - I could easily spend £s (or in my case €s) if I was so inclined.😂
Years ago I decided to have an new hairstyle with a rust colour (I was darkish blond) He noticed the hair but it wasn’t until 2 weeks later that our daughter asked him if he like my new colour - blank look!
They are spectacular at noticing nothing. As I inherit clothes from daughters he can't actually work out if I have been and bought something new or whether it was a donation!!
My Auntie got a wig when she suffered with alopecia after pneumonia , she decided to try something daring to cheer herself up , a little blond Bob.
She had , had shoulder length brunette hair by this time for over 50 years , her complaint always being that she wasn't going grey because she had always wanted to.
She came in with it on , walking around him really obviously , all of us sniggering to see when he would finally notice , he looked up finally , looked her up and down and said , " New shoes ? There nice"
Totally serious , didn't have a clue , the shoes were new , well three months new anyway. He never noticed , not even when she took it off to go to bed.
OH might realise something was different but would provably have difficulty pinpointing what exactly had changed. He errs on the side of caution by saying " you look really good" avoiding the need for being exact and hoping I will comment on what I had done to help him!!
That would drive me mad. The idea he would know if i had moved some thing would send me crackers!! Dont say it Bee!!
As for bread, butter and jam being heard from a distance the youngest daughters cat is diabetic so.they bought him one those automatic feeders to make sure he eats his food at regular times and didn't just gorge on it. He hit it around their flat hoping to break in but gave that up but now he's learned that the feeder makes a very quiet noise when his food is delivered and he dashes to the kitchen at the first little bit of noise. He can even hear it the garden. Even at 14 his hearing is fine!!
Seriously, he could even tell if you had taken some screws without getting past the threshold of the garage , and it's not as if the containers moved as they were all screwed up along the shelves by the lid in order of type and size.
We even used to make sure the labels were exactly where they started by using a ruler , still got caught.
I reckon he put hairs on them like international spies so if they had blown off he knew what you had touched.
The James Bond of the tool shed , who didn't notice his wife had got a wig until someone mentioned it ( 6 weeks later!!) , God love 'im!!
My idea was to throw a scarf at the “fat” outfit.,
Not sure what I thought it would do, make me look like a model?
I just got bigger as I reduced on the pred, the weight piled on.. exercise did not help nor did a low carb diet.. but the scarf 🧣 well that was a whole new ball game!! If all else failed I could put over my head and no one would recognise me..
It's a depressing thought you actually gained whilst reducing! I have my youngest daughters wedding late April and the dress is bought and DID fit but there is the distinct possibility I will need to buy a tent to wear!!
It’s so difficult when you have an important event coming up. Because you will be in the photos for eternity.
The most depressing thing was when I bought a dress on the Friday, and it fitted but the following week when I went to wear it out to lunch, it would not even button up.
The consultant and the GP totally dismissive.
I made up my mind then to get off them completely. A year of pred now
Your OH would be in hysterics if he saw me today , a sudden bout of Chilblains on one foot means that at the moment I am sitting here with my left foot up on a stool in one thin soggy white moisturiser sock , and my right foot in one chunky woolly pink bedsock with tassles to stop the rot!
It gets worse , I even had to answer the door earlier in them , black leggings , so bed sock worn over the top , and hobbling like a grandad with gout. Don't think the Jehovah's witnesses will be back despite my politeness at the doorstep😂😂😂
Maybe you should try the escaped lunatic look when you answer the door to uninvited guests.
Seriously , I think if I had invited them in with open arms , and said I would convert, they would still have edged away from the door backwards and apologized for disturbing me .
Never seen someone try so hard to both look polite while making a swift exit as they did.
Getting dressed to stay in , PMR style , clearly has its silver linings 😂😂😂
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Anyway, they were both nuts about playing bridge and I could make up a 4 with a bit of luck. I did however know enough to bid to mess him about and it infuriated him... 
Newbie at handling PMR & GP (which is worse?) Diagnosed February 2018 (age 66)
Getting my life back
UPDATE: Finally, some progress with the back (only took 3 months). Now Week 6 on the bed.
Update after finding out I have Chiari Malformation 
Colonoscopy report
