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This is me, waking up precisely a year after i took my first picture by the dawn light. At first , as i woke up and saw that light running through the room and towards the door, I thought it was unnecessary and almost stupid to repeat the same shot but then i realized it would have _never_ been the same picture, so things got a bit more interesting and i gave it a try.
This is my way to figure the passing of this year which i am saluting in a new shape, a new haircut, a new awareness.
I had more lows than highs ,which i hate to admit, and i am still working out on some things in my life. I had some people back in my life, while I turned others out (and hopefully will never hear of them again) and I am still waiting for others to join back.
I even changed the environment i am in. My room in my hometown got repainted in aquamarine (still not very tidy , tough) , and I moved to another city to chase my ambitions, which fortunately were just resting and not leaving me as I feared.
I am not brand new, I cannot be, but I like to think I am getting more strength like an old tree which had grown in spite of bad weather.
She looks out her window
And the stars don't feel that far away
She watches the wind blow
Blowing all her problems away
But then she'll ask, as she cleans up the glass
"Is this the line?
Is this the line?
Is this the line between heaven and hell?
Is this the line where I get up and walk out?
Is this the line where you get drunk you yell?"
She fixes her make-up
Treading lightly on the floor
Hoping he won't wake up
As she makes her way towards the door
But then she'll say, as she waves him away
"Is this the line?
Is this the line?
Is this the line between heaven and hell?
Is this the line where I get up and walk out?
Is this the line where you get drunk you yell?"
She says "I've lived my life like a diamond
Bright and hard like a diamond"
She says "I've lived my life like a diamond
Bright and hard like a diamond"
(The Line- Noah and The Whale)
Slowly , slowly Miss Stevie is showing signs of improvement :) Eating MUCH better , NO vomiting and starting to look as tho she's gaining some weight back :)))))))
A long ways to go yet , but wonderfully encouraging ~~~~ GOD answers Prayers :)
THANK YOU , Our Wonderful Friends , Bless You !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photo by Wardyoung68
Ok, for those of you playing the home game......... I had a sebaceous cyst on my back. When I fell and smacked it on my bed frame it made it rupture and get infected. Resulting in here.
Then it looked like this after it started to drain.
So now I've had it drained and scraped and it doesn't hurt as much as it itches now! I guess that's good. I'm glad that Ward is able to help change the bandages and take photos for me!
jacob under observation at the hospital suddenly perks up. he had had a high temperature, lethargy and a rash. after a urine sample, a blood test and some observation we were sent home.
Kat came over to shear me. It wasn't as bad as it might have been. At least went from short to bald. The steps helped
Friday was a good knee day. Saturday too. And so today, I biked out to 57th Street Beach and hung out for an hour to get some vitamin D for my bones. Perfect beach day, high 80s, super sunny, water was probably in the mid-60s.
My physical therapist assures me that I will get better. I draw X's on my knee where it hurts, and apparently they all fall in irrelevant places (i.e. not anywhere along the joint line that would raise concern over menisci tears, which, other than overuse or re-tearing my ACL, the latter which I did not do, would cause the swelling in my knee post-Boson).
Friday, as I remember it, obviously in no way verbatim, annotated with my unverbalized thoughts/observations:
She pushes and probes my knee.
PT: Anything?
Me: Huh? What? No, it hurts there.
Points to X's.
PT: Is it tender?
No, it's chewy.
Me: Feels like bruises.
PT: Well, it's nowhere near your hardware.
Me: Hardware?
PT: That's what it is.
Referring to the plastic bioabsorbable screws in my tibia/femur that hold in the bone plugs of my graft, and the tiny stainless steel pin in my tibia that anchors the stitches that hold my sliced patellar tendon together.
Me: So why does it feel like bruises over there?
PT: I don't know, you'll be fine.
Amusing moment. When I complained of patellar tendon pain, "My patellar tendon feels whimpier than it used to," my physical therapist got all seriously doctor on me and proposed dexamethasone iontophoresis (but in bigger, and more awesomely technical terms interspersed with acronyms containing letters that might have included E, M, D and A...). Gigga what? Administration of dexamethasone (steroid, anti-inflammatory), via an applied current THROUGH YOUR KNEE. The drug is negatively charged, and you send a negative-to-positive current through the knee to infuse the drug into the skin and straight into the tissues (as opposed to orally ingesting it). Cool, but I'm like, it feels whimpy, "It doesn't hurt that much."
And I thought gene guns were nifty (shooting DNA-coated gold particles into cells). This drug stuff is rather intriguing. Maybe I should whine more to see what else they've got up their sleeves.
Day Two and I am feeling stronger as you can see. Time to go throught the wardrobes and see what I can wear to brighten my day.. So Far so Good! I have started eating a litlle after no appetite and the pain at the top of my right side that has been like toothache right through to the back is far easier. The amazing thing is I really do believe that my own body is healing itself. I even drove all the way to Wales today..oh it was lovely! It was sunny and warm and everything looked beautiful.
I was in a 1960`s Mary Quant mode when I was looking for something different for a photo. I was thinking of people like Zandra Rhodes, Twiggy and Carnaby Street, well I couldnt have gotten it too wrong as Fluffy called me: Charlie Girl! BLESS! oxo
"She told me once that the year she went to England she painted her buttons yellow so she would remember what the sun felt like."
[Story People]
Day Five was a simply gloriously beautiful day. The sun shone and it was lovely and warm. I drove us both (and Gromit!!) to Wales where we had lunch at the Ponderosa cafe on top of the Horseshoe pass (a winding road that takes you from llangollen into the mountains) then we met up in the village with our Best Friend Sandy at Plas Newydd where we took tea. Gromit was very naughty the whole time! And fluffy was a complete embarressment when we arrived at the tea shop. Fluffy plonked gromit on the counter and declared "I gave birth to This you know!" The lady`s behind the counter thought he was some luny person and I had to reassure them that after tea I would be taking him back to the `home`: The Maximum Security Twighlight home that is! (This is no joke by the way!!! Any of you that know Fluffy personally will know he is apt to do these things!
Day Five, Getting Better. I have started eating a little better and am enjoying Life right now.
Fifty something is the new 20!
I took my fish home over the Christmas holiday and during the car ride (in a different, secure container), one of the plants or rocks* pinched his tail and it was torn by the time we got home. I felt SUPER bad but he didn't seem to notice much. Eventually, the piece fell off and then a bit more and a bit more... to where now his blue tail is getting shorter all the time. I looked up fin rot, and it looks like that might be what is happening. So yesterday I got some antibiotic stuff for his water and I swear it's working already. See the dark blue? That's new, that's healing! But now I can't remember how much different it was yesterday. So I am taking pictures to chronicle the change.
*in hindsight: don't transport fish with accessories in the bowl
A little sweaty. BUT
Finally starting to feel better.
As in I can get out of bed and actually do stuff.
Like watch Young Frankenstein.
Laughter really is great medicine.
But my sleep schedule now is all effed up.
I can't go to bed until 4 am.
Oh well.
I guess I will go watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
and get scared of bunnies.
An update on Buddy Boy....
First I have to Thank EVERYONE for their support & continued prayers, thoughts, zen, & Reiki (sp?), that you are sending Buddy's way... It Is WORKING!!!
Buddy turned a HUGE corner on Saturday afternoon, as we hoped he would once the drain tubes were in place. Buddy still has his drain tubes in however, there is very little drainage now. Buddy has remained fever-free for the weekend, WITHOUT his IV fluids since late Saturday afternoon.
He is still on a few antibiodics and is drinking Vanilla Ensure (I swear by the stuff) As you will see Buddy has lost quite a bit of weight, and has a pretty high arch in his back. He does not appear to have pain so the hunching may be from the inflamed kidneys. but he had the strength to stand and go potty with little help, and even chose to sit down for some love rather than laying down. (pics below in comments)
Buddy is not out of the woods at this point, there is still no diagnosis yet and he still needs to have another CBC & and additionl xray done tomorrow night to hopefully find out more.
Buddy's Kidneys are still about 4x the size they should be but the #'s on the CBC were down on Saturday afternoon. Buddy has started to eat a bit & was very interested in sniffing anything we had to offer but was still very selective.
Buddy was allowed to go home with his family Saturday afternoon on Light Duty, & lotts of rest orders since he started eating and had enough strength to walk.
This is all from a Boy that could barely lift his head 3 days ago!!!!!
This photo actually makes it look like he is not that sick, but he still is a sick kid & still really needs your continued support.
I will give you another update on Tuesday since his appointment is the last of the day on Monday.
Sooooo Happy that I could report some better news. Now if we can get a diagnosis so it can be treated for good............
Thank you all so VERY much!
We, Buddy's forever family, & Buddy really appreciate it :)
Good morning guys. I'm feeling pretty good right now, but if you are not, I want to remind you of how good of a person you are. Remember that every day is a second chance to do something great. Have a good day. 💕☀️🌹 #motivation #beauty #beautiful #flower #blue #bohemian #hipster #indie #grunge #xinfinity #acceptance #anxiety #struggles #depression #freedom #feelings #freespirit #goodvibes #gettingbetter #healing #love #lifequotes #passion #inspiration #teens #tumblr #thoughts #emotions #wisdom #isntthatrad - isntthatrad
The small cuts & scrapes are healing really well
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I love this - they never used to snuggle like this - They would lay their head on each other sometimes but not just snuggle up! It is Soooo Sweet.
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