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Pet Names for our PMR?

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VickieS
VickieS

I ran into a friend yesterday that I hadn't seen for 6 months and she asked me how I was feeling. I started my sentence with "My stupid polymyalgia..."  I realized afterwards that I never just refer to it as "my polymyalgia", but always preface it with "stupid". Made me laugh when I thought about it. I guess it's better and more socially acceptable than calling it my "f-ing PMR", which is what I really think of it! lol Just for a fun discussion today that doesn't revolve about the painful aspects of our "stupid PMR", do any of you have little pet names for your PMR??

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  • suesing
    suesing VickieS

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    Ha,ha!  

    When I'm feeling polite, I refer to it as being my "My Wretched Condition", which sounds very British!  I've noticed though how since developing PMR, I've also developed what I describe as being Pain Tourette's.  What comes out of my mouth is an involuntary reaction to what discomfort I'm feeling!  Well that's my excuse anyway smile

    • EileenH
      EileenH suesing

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      Quite few people found they developed PMR Tourette's - and not necessarily in response to pain. I was very tetchy (even more so than normal) and in private my language was very Anglo-Saxon...
    • VickieS
      VickieS suesing

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      I was always such a good girl with my language before PMR. I now know I was saving all those words for just the right moment & "condition" in life to let loose. Luckily, I save most, especially the "f" word for when I'm having private conversations with my "stupid f-ing PMR"
    • EileenH
      EileenH VickieS

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      My husband gets very snotty about me using the f-word. "Don't use that sort of language..." in a REALLY patronising tone. Which of course just makes me worse...
  • EileenH
    EileenH VickieS

    Posted

    Obviously being far too medically orientated, if anyone bothers to ask why I can't do whatever I reply "I have an autoimmune arhtritis/rheumatism that affects my muscles..." - which always avoids that rubbish about osteoarthritis being the same (yes I know it hurts too but there's a difference).

    Camping on a northernt Italian lake last week I met a lady from near Cockermouth who told me, as she was about to leave, that she had PMR - she only said "poly" and I completed her sentence. She was slightly flabbergasted!

  • Oregonjohn-UK
    Oregonjohn-UK VickieS

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    I usually just say 'I have PMR' and wait for the response!!  On several occasions I have had  'I thought only women have that' !!  It's amazing how many people associate PM... with PMR?  Or is just that people think I'm an old woman!
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