Carolyn Rumsey has done an poignant yet also funny poster that will have IC patients chuckling. Yes indeed, we do use a LOT of toilet paper, we miss our favorite drinks, we crave foods that we really should avoid and so forth!! But it's the loneliness that I think we'll all agree with ... IC [...]
Here's a lovely collage done by the daughter of an IC patient! Love her use of color, texture and imagery to share the message of hope! Thank you! Thank you! BECCA!!!!!!!
After several requests, we're extending the poster contest deadling to 9/30/13!!!! The more the merrier!!!! Jill :)
IC Awareness Month 2013... what you should know, why it's important and what you can do to truly make a difference! Please watch it! All feedback welcome!
The imagery of this poster is spot on. IC patients often feel as if they are stuck in a maze, desperately trying to find a way through working with their doctors, being with family and just understanding their symptoms! Well done Caylee!
"Imagine if everyone you loved thought you were faking it" is such an important message conveyed by Christina Keyes in her poster entry. She asks those without IC to imagine the life of those who do have IC. Clever!!!
Jennifer has outdone herself. This poster is absolutely spot on with its imagery, message.. said it a simple yet very powerful style! We love it!
Amenah, an entrant last year, has two distinct styles that speak so well to the IC patient. One, the angry bladder, and the other showing the grace, style and hope that so many IC patients strive to live with!
In this entry, the husband of an IC patient captures the utter despair that pain can cause some patients, symbolized in anguished eyes and tight chains. It is, indeed, a loving husband who not only sees the pain, but also, with love, seeks to relieve it. Well done Clayton!!! Beautiful, poignant poster! - Jill :)
Sometimes the simplest messages are the most memorable and important. Doni captures this with her poster entry! The message is clear and right on! - Jill Print it out as a poster
