Poster

[Maggiechris]

Hi everyone

A little while ago someone (was it Dorset Lady?) posted a picture of a poster of things people typically say to those of us with PMR. It was amusing but pertinent. I meant to print it, but got distracted, and now can't find it. Help!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Not me guv!…

Maybe this from HeronNS _

healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk...

[Maggiechris in reply to DorsetLady]

Thanks DorsetLady, yes it is!

[Maisie1958]

I know I always get comments about how well I look-tbf that’s probably a compliment or people being tactful about how fat I am 😂. I get a bit peeved when folk tell me about their OA in one thumb and expect me to carry their suitcases or always to be the driver! However I guess most over ‘50s have something going on and I feel I could be much, much worse off.

[Maggiechris in reply to Maisie1958]

Thanks for replying Maisie 1958. I get comments on how well I look and one friend in particular says "Well I get tired too" and I think yes.......but have you got enough energy to grate some cheese?

[Bridge31]

Vicki Novinsky (known online as Miss Diagnoses) knows what it’s like to live with multiple chronic illnesses — including Lyme disease, which went misdiagnosed for years. Like many others in the chronic illness community, it took a lot of advocacy for Novinsky to get the right diagnosis and start treatments that helped with symptoms like chronic pain, fatigue and brain fog. Novinsky turned her chronic illness journey into cartoons that If you’re a fellow chronic illness warrior, Novinsky’s cartoons like “Fifty Shades of Brain Fog” will definitely make you smile and nod your head in agreement.

I don’t know how to post the actual link to Fifty Shades. Need a handy grandchild.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Bridge31]

..Or a friendly grandma -

missdiagnoses.com/2018/03/2...

[Highlandtiger in reply to DorsetLady]

Great minds! 😉

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Highlandtiger]

… and idle fingers🤣😂 …think my link is 4th - so less logical than yours. But that’s about right for me! But no matter…it’s the thought that counts.

[Highlandtiger in reply to DorsetLady]

Haha! Indeed! 😉 I did double check just before posting in case someone else was already onto it but you must have sneaked in. They’re quite clever cartoons.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Highlandtiger]

Very sneaky…me 🤨

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to DorsetLady]

Have you worked back to the "Difficult Relatives" cartoon? And reading the comments is a laugh too!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Yes - luv it!...trouble is, it's so true...

[Highlandtiger in reply to Bridge31]

missdiagnoses.com/2017/07/1...

I think this is it - part 1 anyway and the others follow on from there…

[Maggiechris in reply to Bridge31]

Thanks Bridge 31, someone has kindly posted these and they are so funny and apt.

[Gossiplady]

having a good laugh at Spoons, I should add another one. My bank have been so kind to me, coming out to the car to serve me, chair to take a seat etc, this week, now down to 1.75 mgs and feeling pretty good I announced to them “I am now celebrating 2 years of my illness. “The lady replied “hasn’t it gone quick?” To which I swallowed hard and said “for you, yes.”