During my journey with pmr I have experienced some sad and odd moments but putting on weight and not fitting into the dress for youngest daughters wedding in 7 weeks has been the worst ... till today. I ordered a few dresses to go to daughters flat and i went there this morning for breakfast and a trying on session. The horrible child has also thought to order a pair of Spanx fat knickers just in case!! The first dress was finally in place and it was obvious the dreaded knickers were going to have to be worn. I lifted up layers of frothy dress and shoved first leg in to knickers and then realised there is no way with the pmr I can do this standing up. I sat back onto the bed forgetting that the end of her bed is higher than the mattress which throws me and I collapse backwards with my legs in the air and the knickers around my ankles! As my head lands on the bed I realise it wasnt clear and i end up with my head in her empty laundry basket!! Laugh away guys because that exactly what ne and youngest did. Eventually OH responds to the squeals for help and appears at the door. He took one look at his wife and then his daughter who was on the floor having hysterics and started to walk away. We called him back because there was still the problem of getting me into an upright position. Once off the bed the humiliation didnt end as the bloody knickers still needed to be hoisted into position. This involved a totally useless daughter and husband holding the sides and almost bouncing me into the horrible things.
The sad thing is I know that only a few months ago the horrible knickers wouldn't have even been invited to the party let alone be the star turn. I hope this cheers everyone up who is miserable about pmr because even though it's a pain in the arse it definitely made me laughx
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Dont be sorry both me and.youngest couldnt do much for the hysterical laughing. Best part was grandson and daughters OH wanted in to see what was going on!!
Oh Bless, it reminds me of my Pre PMR/Steroid Days when l decided to try an all in one body suit (pre Spanx) well l got it on OK but couldn’t get the 🤬 thing off 🤪 l thought I’d have to cut it off 😂 in the end!
Go for something floaty with a bit of room to breath, you’ll be more comfortable & enjoy your day more 🥂🥂
I can guarantee that unless I end up another stone heavier I am not wearing those hideous things. I did decide on a dress that doesnt require fat knickers. X
I have read this tale twice now and I still can't stop laughing .
I can just imagine you being bounced down into them your OH on one side and daughter on the other trying to use gravity to help them do the job. And a laundry basket on your head for a hat.
It's an interesting choice to add to your wedding truso , but you never know , laundry basket fascinators could catch on and be the new fashion trend for 2019!
As I told you once, I had the same Spanx issue with my Mother in a changing room , it took me , the two shop assistants and my two ( at the time very young and much confused ) daughter's to peel her out of them , and the we each had to buy the pairs we tried on .
Be like me , exile your pants to a deep , dark drawer , never to be worn again.
Wear something that lets you eat food , drink wine ...... Breath !!!!
You will look wonderful whatever you wear glowing with the happiness of a Brides Mum.
( Or the perspiration of a woman on the edge on Pred!! )
Oh my goodness you made me laugh and brought back memories .I had some of those .It was the most excercise I had,had in years .Halfway between laughter and absolute panic as I threw myself around trying to get them UP or DOWN ,it was the most exhausting ,feeling of being trapped by my own embarrassment and my desire to look better on a night out . The carefully done hair was bathed in sweat and stuck to my head .make up running done my face in tears of frustration .Language I never use and all because of little bit of lycra . Stroppy childish ''I don't want to go now ''After I had cut them off with the nail scissors .which were nearest thing to hand . I bet there are more people who buy them and never get out of the door in them.Than people who actually saunter vainly into the restaraunt feeling fabulous . They have to sit all evening in them and then try getting them off after they have eaten !
I bought a cheaper version from lidl. They were softer and I did achieve them for sons wedding. However, going back a good few years who remembers double sided boob tape for dresses that couldn't take a bra. The fin peeling it off afterwards.
I was too scared to use it , apart from the fact that I am rather ampily endowed , and would probably need tape engineered by a ship yard to keep me from doing ," Judy Finnigan" , I twice took skin off trying to use waxing strips and didn't fancy doing that on such a delicate area. xx
Really glad to have made you laugh. I have to admit as my head went into the laundry basket both of us fell apart with hysterical laughing. My daughter was out to dinner with her mother in law to be later and I just hope and pray the subject didnt come up. Thankfully she was too busy laughing to even think about taking photos!!
Apparently it's normal to take a photo of everything you do so I am eternally grateful she couldnt have taken a photo if she tried because of her laughing so much.x
Oh bless ya for making me laugh this morning. I start a new job tomorrow, uniform black bottoms and white tops, in the 3 weeks since I bought new clothes I have piled on more weight. I had to let out darts in the shirts and am contemplating buying the next size up in trousers!!!!!! 1.5 stone increase so far and counting but I still have my sight and for most of the time I am virtually pain free. Hope you have a fantastic wedding.
I did wear the Spanx knickers for daughters wedding 3 years ago ( on 12 mg Pred at the time) Made the mistake of wearing tights on top of knickers which as I got into the taxi and then walked down the aisle before the arrival of bride I felt the tights slowly slipping down! When on the platform for the signing of register and music I made a hasty retreat to the toilet which was just off the platform to the side while everyone was listening to music. Had to take the tights off completely ( top of tights was now at the top of my legs not the waist) and was grateful that I had brownish prepared legs! Could have been a tricky moment with tights falling down😱
We’ve all been there 🤪 by the time we got to Martin’s Reception the top of my tights was just above my knees, luckily l’d taken another pair (Girl Guide ~ Be Prepared & All That) but they were the same! 😳 it was a fun day back n forth to the loo to hitch them up 😉
That's one way to bring some spice back to your relationship with PMR , perhaps I should think about getting the Spanx out ifcthe back of a drawer!!😋😁😂 xx
I only wear them for wamth, so it would also be another way of getting warmed up! Luckily I don't often get dressed up these days so bare legs it is. As for my husband, he has trouble getting himself dressed!
Exactly! He goes for comfort, always with braces over the top and everything else tucked into his trousers. We don't go out much! I'm sure Bee could do a good cartoon.
No - he NOW has braces (it was that or buy new clothes since he lost so much weight!) but he only tucks his shirt and t-shirt/vest into his trousers and wears a sweat shirt over the braces. Trouble is the sweat shirts he favours were produced for our Dundee international science meeting - the ISOTT 1996 meeting! They must have been good quality - they have worn well...
It's not usually him that stains clothes with ketchup that's the grandsons favourite but his have most recently included wood stain, oil and paint. The only good thing about him ruining clothing is some of it makes its way into my quilting!!
Oh no. Braces go over everything even the fluffy sweat shirt gets tucked in. Such sartorial elegance they should be seen together.
To be fair he wears braces since IBS and prostrate problems mean anything around the waist is uncomfortable, so I do forgive him. And lets face it, when we do go out he does have to walk next to me, and we won't start to describe me!
I think if I did wear the horrible things I would end up losing them somewhere on the walk to the wooded glade they are getting married in. Can just see some poor soul coming across them on their walk to the altar.
There are 80 guests so I should be ok getting the damn things off if an emergency arises. I will.just do what kids do and leave them hung on a branch in the woods!!
Oh shes very funny but the only consolation would be if she had a hold of one side of the knickers she would be in danger of flying through the woods herself, possibly holding on dearly to a pair of pink lycra fat pants!! The trouble is both of us would be useless because of the laughing!!x
Hadnt thought about you been wedged in the tree as well. Even better! Wonder if youngest wants some extra entertainment on the day as she bought the hideous things!! Could be just as interesting getting you out of the tree!! After I had finished laughing of course.xx
You can forget turning me into a human cannonball for your family entertainment ( unless you are offering cold , hard cash and a huge slice of wedding cake of course!)
Maybe you would be better using those pants between to assistants as a human catapult to get you around when you get tired.
Better yet , turn them into some sort of medieval weaponry , then your SIL could use them while he's larping!😂😂😂
No fun in that. I would still rather see you fly!! There is definitely the chance of cake though. Done by zachs God father who is a master Baker and produces the most fantastic cakesxx
What a picture you have painted!!! Thanks it made me laugh as the first post I've read this morning!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I wore a body shaper once and felt like a trussed chicken!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
They are the most horrendous things invented I think. Even if I hadn't had pmr I doubt getting in and out of them would have been easy but add the pmr, a bed and laundry basket and it was destined for failure!x
Thank you for that, I cannot stop giggling at the picture it all made, hope you manage to fit in what you want, I am sure you will look great whatever you wear. Kind regards
The chosen dress is luckily one I will not have to wear the dreaded fat knickers with unless I gain more weight in the next 7 weeks. Although if I do I am tempted to just go to to mountain warehouse and buy a nicely fitted tent!!
Oh my the vision in my mind but it did bring back memories of me trying on A full wetsuit in A shop in Devon and not being able to get myself out of it , ended up with daughter and 2 shop assistants peeling it off me , never again !
I have not even dared to try to get into my wetsuit since PMR , which means no swimming in the sea for me , since being ill it's too cold here without it , even in August!
Oh ohhhhhhhh ahem would a wet suit work as foundation wear ,That would tuck all the loose ends in wouldn't it . Who is going to be the first to try . Pictures please !
Not one person has mentioned the worst aspect of the things: and you need to go to the loo?????
My younger daughter got married when I was at my fattest (on methyl pred and hadn't learnt about carbs). I couldn't walk far without crutches, using crutches with PMR was hell, local shops here in Italy didn't sell anything that would fit me, I had to go to Innsbruck where you can't park easily. I bought orange trousers and a top and a beautiful full length burgundy coat. By the wedding the trousers only just stayed up and the spare black ones I'd brought with me for if I bottled the orange ones DID fall down. But my daughter said she didn't care, to wear jeans and be happy. People do here - it's one extreme or the other! - so I did come close. I've since had well over 4 inches taken out of the trousers and elastic put in the waist so I can still wear them!
I am not even going to think about the trip to the loo except to say I might need all 5 bridesmaids with me. I hope to God nothing falls down though. The hope is that I will not be wearing the things at all.x
Reminds me of a friend who wore an 'undergarment' (with popper studs in an appropriate place) to a wedding. She found that they were such a nuisance to refasten each time she went to the loo, she ended up leaving it undone for most of the wedding. Fur coat and nae knickers springs to mind 😂🤣
My daughters wedding was pre diagnoses of pmr but wearing a fairly fitted dress for first time in years thought I would get the TK Max equivalent of spanks but as an all in one petticoat type garment (a bra then elastic material which continued down to knees).looked good on the day but didn’t realise that as day went on and with all the sitting and standing the thing ended up rolled round my waist!
This was not a good look and ended up with very frequent loo trips to get it back down, straight in bin after!
We do put ourselves through a sort of hell just to look good, but even at 55 I still want to look as if I actually can dress myself and havnt just wandered through a jumble salexx
Having laughed out loud at your predicament and remembered some of my less favourable times all that remains is for me to wish your youngest daughter a truly splendid Wedding Day and to wish you a most enjoyable day filled with special memories to cherish for years to come. Choose something that is easy to wear and feels comfortable as well, so that you can enjoy the day to the fullest.
Just read this and it made my day. Suggestion - burn the Spanx and enjoy your daughter's wedding day. I reckon this story is bound to end up in your husband's speech.
You may well be right. Everything else i do either ends up on their fb accounts or is stored on a phone to embarrass me with later. I am still eternally grateful the horrible child was laughing too much to get her phone out!!
Dont worry the hideous things are hanging around still. The horrible child brought them over here as I apparently "left them at hers by accident!!" No mistake at all!!
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