Trying to reconnect!!
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Hi folks...I sure hope someone is reading this as I'm feeling somewhat invisible right now!
I had joked before that at some point I felt I'd crossed over into the Twilight zone....I didn't realize how prolific I was!! I REALLY feel in the zone right now, or at the very least, lost in cyber space!
I'm struggling BIG TIME right now and till now didn't realize just how important you all have become to me!
If anyone out there could help me reconnect, please let me know and I'll keep fingers crossed (if they're not too stiff) that my notifications resume!
Thinking about everyone!
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r.d.s26296 lynda62707
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It will take a few days for you to settle down into this new medication.
You have to try and think positive, which is part of pmr treatment. ( or any illness if it comes to that. )
We are all pulling for you and hope that you will feel reassured by the posts we have just now posted.
lynda62707 r.d.s26296
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Thanks for your kind words r.d.s!
Yes I've started Prozac, but only yesterday, so it's way too soon to tell how it's workin'.
I'll keep you posted tho'.
So nice to have the forum up and running again!
mary19068 lynda62707
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Hi lynda62707
I had no posts for a while i thought everyone must be doing ok and lo and behold i have a multitude of posts all at once! If the effort of going to the 'pumpkin patch' causes you too much stress then don't go, but on the other hand it may be fun and take your mind off things for a while. As your daughter says just take your time. If you have one, take a fold up stool or chair with you to take a rest. Let us know how you got on if you decide to go and most certainly don't feel guilty if you can't make it...loads of good wishes your way have a good time if you go..😊🤗
mary19068 lynda62707
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Hi lynda62707
If you do go to the pumpkin patch when you look at those pumpkins imagine that's what my chops used to look like when on pred.....happy, kind thoughts..
lynda62707 mary19068
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Lol, lol
mary! You 'crack' me up! I wish I could meet you, I suspect we'd be great friends!
I'm gonna greatly consider going to the patch...afterall, what's the worst that could happen?? (Oh God!)
Maybe I'll try and hit a second-hand store this week, and see if I can pick up some type of a folding chair (thanks for the advice).
Forgive me if my typing is off, I'm having major double vision right now. It's hard to see what I'm typing.
I'll let you know about the possible 'patch'.💕?👌
r.d.s26296 mary19068
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So Mary Mary quite contrary!!!
There is hope that my moon face, with one red cheek will disappear eventually. 🙏
My glasses are very tight, due to swollen cheeks, but at least they are not sliding down my nose anymore. ( something positive from the prednisone ...😂
Anhaga lynda62707
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lynda62707 r.d.s26296
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I LOVE the direction I see this forum taking! HUMOR!!
It really (sometimes anyway) is a nice way of dealing with a "not so nice" disease.
It's been so great waking up this am and LAUGHING, even tho i have a splitting headache, Very stiff fingers, an aching shoulder, and horrible vision in one eye! What a hot mess!!
Thx guys....you've put me in the right frame of mind to tackle another day! 😘
P.s....49er football today!!
lynda62707 Anhaga
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I'll keep that seat in mind when I treck out to the second hand store! (Got to watch the pennies!)😲
EileenH Anhaga
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mary19068 lynda62707
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Hi lynda62707
I think it would be a riot if we met up...perhaps it's a case of 'Never the twain should meet'..haha!🤗😄..no, joking aside yes i suspect we would be great friends as it seems we understand each other. As we are both the other side if the pond we'll have to keep in touch on the forum as i hate flying! 😣 hope you get your seat/chair from thrift store..ciao for now...good, kind and happy thoughts your way...
mary19068 r.d.s26296
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Hi r.d.s26296
Yes, your moon/pumpkin face will disappear eventually as you gradually taper off pred. Even though i watched my diet and carbs i still had a fat face!😕but it is back to normal size now and the specs i had then fall right off my face, i can't even hook the arms over my ears they're too wide 🤓. You will get there r.d.s with positive thoughts and happy days....
r.d.s26296 mary19068
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Your words are extremely comforting.
r.d.s26296 EileenH
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Eileen Dear
One would have to have an extremely tiny derrière to sit on one of those shooting sticks.
An elderly friend of mine toppled off hers,as it wasn't so stable. She is a very young 81 year old. 😱 Luckily she fell on a grassy patch.
I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. Far too
Dangerous.
EileenH r.d.s26296
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Depends which sort you get. Some have quite respectable seats. Though they aren't meant for SITTING on - just perching to rest your legs.
Anhaga lynda62707
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Try travel seat or cane seat, and on line some seem quite inexpensive. Even Staples seems to carry them. They seem to open up into a three legged stool. What my acquaintance had didn't look like a shooting stick.