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st_aurafinaOn the drive to one of the bigger rural centres we can shop at, there's a wetland where black swans nest. The last couple of times we've been past there's been this massive, and I mean, MASSIVE swan standing on a nest. Like, amazingly huge, you can see it from much further back than you'd expect. Swans' nests are reedy piles of grass floating in the water, so it looks like the swan is standing on a pedestal, like a mighty statue to honor the swan gods.
Anyway, the other day, we drove past and instead of one giant swan, there were five swans on the nest, standing in this weird pentagonal arrangement facing each other. Theory: giant swan? Five swans put together into one mighty swan. Possibly for great justice, but I don't know enough about Voltron to justify this part of my theory.
State of me
I had to slow my prednisolone wean - the shakiness and early morning mania and other weirdness was getting too much, so I slowed to 5mg per week, per what the doctors said if I was feeling the 10mg weekly drop too much. I'm not sure if I'm starting to get the moon face or if it's just that I had my hair all cropped off and I have a round face anyway. But wow, I'm bruising up a treat. Also wow, it's nice to have knees. I haven't taken any NSAIDs in December at all. I put them back in the cupboard.
I got my Yuletide fic to the place where I want it, which is a big relief. I didn't get time to write any treats, for which I feel bad, but it has been the worst of Novembers and Decembers. I'm planning to dive into![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandom_stocking as soon as I'm through the retail Christmas panic times. Which aren't too bad today - I'm actually writing this at work. (ETA: Finishing at home, though! It got busier.)
State of the cat
He's doing great! His CK levels are still high, so we're doing sub-q fluids twice a day until next Wednesday, and he's getting to a stage of wellness where he's pretty much done with our stupid medical stuff and puts up a decent fight. We are up to this, though! And he forgives very fast. Hopefully the blood test on Wednesday will show a reduction in CK which means the snake venom is no longer breaking down muscle tissue and then we can get onto finding out what his renal situation is, and if there was damage. Hopefully not. He's lost so much weight, poor darling, both from not eating and from the muscle waste, but he's working hard on rectifying it. He is a cat who lunches! He demands it! And his fur is growing back in all the places where he got clipped to have cannulae, so he's got all these cute fuzzy patches on him. I took a video of him walking meditatively in his wheel to show the vets, because they've only seen him sick and miserable and immobile. I wish I could figure out how to post the video here! But image hosting is so complicated now. I miss photobucket. Here's a photo, anyway:
[silver cat on a windowsill, checking out the smells.]
Tineee linkspam
A thing I think is pretty awesome and also gorgeous:
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Fromumadoshi, something I found useful for myself, and for helping lilacsigil when I'm having a meltdown:
When Your Partner Has Anxiety: A Meltdown Guide
From the Guardian, not that I agree with all/most of their choices, but I'm always cruising for something new to listen to, and you might be too:
The 50 best podcasts of 2016
A thing I learned recently and I feel I should share:
Why do wombats do cube-shaped poo?
Oh, oh, house ofsenmut, ilyena_sylph and killing_rose!! I got your AMAZING card - thank you so much for the well wishes, and for the big smile it gave both of us.
Anyway, the other day, we drove past and instead of one giant swan, there were five swans on the nest, standing in this weird pentagonal arrangement facing each other. Theory: giant swan? Five swans put together into one mighty swan. Possibly for great justice, but I don't know enough about Voltron to justify this part of my theory.
State of me
I had to slow my prednisolone wean - the shakiness and early morning mania and other weirdness was getting too much, so I slowed to 5mg per week, per what the doctors said if I was feeling the 10mg weekly drop too much. I'm not sure if I'm starting to get the moon face or if it's just that I had my hair all cropped off and I have a round face anyway. But wow, I'm bruising up a treat. Also wow, it's nice to have knees. I haven't taken any NSAIDs in December at all. I put them back in the cupboard.
I got my Yuletide fic to the place where I want it, which is a big relief. I didn't get time to write any treats, for which I feel bad, but it has been the worst of Novembers and Decembers. I'm planning to dive into
fandom_stocking as soon as I'm through the retail Christmas panic times. Which aren't too bad today - I'm actually writing this at work. (ETA: Finishing at home, though! It got busier.) State of the cat
He's doing great! His CK levels are still high, so we're doing sub-q fluids twice a day until next Wednesday, and he's getting to a stage of wellness where he's pretty much done with our stupid medical stuff and puts up a decent fight. We are up to this, though! And he forgives very fast. Hopefully the blood test on Wednesday will show a reduction in CK which means the snake venom is no longer breaking down muscle tissue and then we can get onto finding out what his renal situation is, and if there was damage. Hopefully not. He's lost so much weight, poor darling, both from not eating and from the muscle waste, but he's working hard on rectifying it. He is a cat who lunches! He demands it! And his fur is growing back in all the places where he got clipped to have cannulae, so he's got all these cute fuzzy patches on him. I took a video of him walking meditatively in his wheel to show the vets, because they've only seen him sick and miserable and immobile. I wish I could figure out how to post the video here! But image hosting is so complicated now. I miss photobucket. Here's a photo, anyway:
[silver cat on a windowsill, checking out the smells.]
Tineee linkspam
A thing I think is pretty awesome and also gorgeous:
World’s first Maori emoji app launches with unique Polynesian expressions
From
umadoshi, something I found useful for myself, and for helping lilacsigil when I'm having a meltdown: When Your Partner Has Anxiety: A Meltdown Guide
From the Guardian, not that I agree with all/most of their choices, but I'm always cruising for something new to listen to, and you might be too:
The 50 best podcasts of 2016
A thing I learned recently and I feel I should share:
Why do wombats do cube-shaped poo?
Oh, oh, house of
senmut, ilyena_sylph and killing_rose!! I got your AMAZING card - thank you so much for the well wishes, and for the big smile it gave both of us.
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Date: 2016-12-24 01:25 pm (UTC)Also, I'm glad you're doing ok (even if prednisone meh) and glad the cat is mending. ♥
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Date: 2016-12-25 06:05 am (UTC)Thank you - it's a big relief about the cat. I can manage the medical stuff for myself (albeit with grumbling) - it's harder when you can't explain why we have to do all this stuff to a kitty.
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Date: 2016-12-24 04:24 pm (UTC)Kitty! I'm so glad he's doing better. I hope you two have a lovely holiday.
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Date: 2016-12-25 06:04 am (UTC)*hugs back* Yes, it's going well, in a relaxed way, which is good. Hope you're managing the holiday, too.
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Date: 2016-12-24 06:13 pm (UTC)And that's a really interesting thing to learn about wombats.
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Date: 2016-12-25 06:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-25 03:50 am (UTC)And wow, the swans sound incredible! And intimidating!
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Date: 2016-12-25 06:03 am (UTC)Swans are scary enough on their own, even without merging their bodies in one uber-swan.
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Date: 2016-12-26 04:57 am (UTC)lolol WIN!
Beautiful cat. I'm glad he's getting better.