Random Thoughts of Randomness

[Raincloak]

Guz, bear in mind that you are giving others the opportunity to be of service.  This too is a mitzvah.

 

I'm really sorry about your flat and having to move in with an aide, but at least you've got someone to look after you.  I hope you get better fast!

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Guz, you also aren't useless. You need help, sure, but that doesn't make you useless.

[Guzzi]

3 hours ago, Raincloak said:

Guz, bear in mind that you are giving others the opportunity to be of service.  This too is a mitzvah.

 

I'm really sorry about your flat and having to move in with an aide, but at least you've got someone to look after you.  I hope you get better fast!

 

Thanks Rainy. That's a lovely thing to say.  

 

I'm just being a whiny git. We would have moved in together eventually anyway (assuming the relationship worked out) but I wanted it to be on equal terms, us getting a house together that was "ours" rather than me moving in to his house to be looked after.  

 

Colin has joint custody of his 3 kids so they live with him (us?) 1/3 of the time and we wanted to be sensitive towards them too. We would have liked to do things differently but it seems to have been fine.

 

56 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Guz, you also aren't useless. You need help, sure, but that doesn't make you useless.

 

Thanks, I feel bloody useless though. I can't do anything. I'm stuck in the house, can't go anywhere, and I'm usually too sore/tired to even do anything with the kids. It's not easy to come to terms with. Fingers crossed they can do something about it. 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

4 hours ago, Guzzi said:

Thanks, I feel bloody useless though. I can't do anything. I'm stuck in the house, can't go anywhere, and I'm usually too sore/tired to even do anything with the kids. It's not easy to come to terms with. Fingers crossed they can do something about it. 

Now this I get. Feeling bloody useless is way different than being bloody useless. Someone here on the boards once said your feelings are a fact, but they aren't the facts. No one can dispute the way you feel, and your feelings are valid. If I may reframe, I think what you are saying is that you are frustrated by the changes in mobility and the best way to convey that is by saying you feel useless.

[Muir]

I'm really sorry you had to give up your "me" space, @Guzzi. Hopefully the docs will be able to do something for your mobility and pain soon. Don't give up!

[Fearkiller]

*hugs*  @Guzzi

[Frost of the Gloaming]

big dog pile hugs for Guzzi

[wildross]

big dog pile hugs for Guzzi

Intercontinental ones

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[Frost of the Gloaming]

Hardcore Hugs!!!!

[Raincloak]

Imagine cute fuzzy rats, and rare colored snakes, and hot chocolate with peppermint sticks, and world peace and sunbeams.  I'm thinking all of that in your direction.

[Guzzi]

Seriously, thank you.

[Luds]

On 1/22/2017 at 10:33 AM, Guzzi said:

 

Meh, I was just moping a little.[..]

 

Ahhhh that situation warrants a level 5 mope, so go on and feel hugged.

[Frost of the Gloaming]

just replaying this in my head makes me laugh

 

last night get the kids to bed and sit down on the couch to watch a little TV to unwind, oldest daughter has to use the bathroom and needs water, so while getting her water she starts watching the commercials and is talking about this and that, she sees a promo for a wrestler that she likes at which point my wife says "ok time to go back to bed" my daughter without missing a beat, "but it's Pentagon" me to her "he's not wrestling tonight"  her "oh ok" and goes back to bed lol

 

Pentagon Dark vs Rey Mysterio

 

[Guzzi]

I went round to visit an old neighbour of mine today. Old in both that she used to be a neighbour of mine and she is old. 96 year old to be exact, or "nearly 97" as she put it. She's an absolute dear and sharp as a tack, though a bit wobbly on her feet these days. (I wonder what that says about me when I was the one who needed to sit down during our chat )

 

Seriously, I want to be this lady when I grow up. She's awesome!

[Guzzi]

On 22/01/2017 at 7:58 PM, Guzzi said:

 

Thanks, I feel bloody useless though. I can't do anything. I'm stuck in the house, can't go anywhere, and I'm usually too sore/tired to even do anything with the kids. It's not easy to come to terms with. Fingers crossed they can do something about it. 

 

 

I found this today...

 

 

I feel better now.

[Frost of the Gloaming]

just replaying this in my head makes me laugh

 

last night get the kids to bed and sit down on the couch to watch a little TV to unwind, oldest daughter has to use the bathroom and needs water, so while getting her water she starts watching the commercials and is talking about this and that, she sees a promo for a wrestler that she likes at which point my wife says "ok time to go back to bed" my daughter without missing a beat, "but it's Pentagon" me to her "he's not wrestling tonight"  her "oh ok" and goes back to bed lol

 

Pentagon Dark vs Rey Mysterio

 

[Frost of the Gloaming]

that is not what I typed at all........

 

 

seriously I was talking about boogeying down to Jamiroquai in the office

[Guzzi]

7 hours ago, Frost of the Gloaming said:

that is not what I typed at all........

 

 

seriously I was talking about boogeying down to Jamiroquai in the office

 

I freaking hate it when it does that! Sometimes if you've quoted someone then it won't even let you delete the quote box. It's sooo frustrating!

[Guzzi]

Our little bawbag Trixie developed a fast growing lump under one of her nipples recently and today she went under the knife to have it removed. It was a mammary tumour, most likely benign thankfully, though there is always a chance it will grow back eventually.

It was really difficult to get a photo of the lump but you can see in this pic that she has an impressive boob on one side of her chest.

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And for those of you who aren't squeamish, here's what the tumour actually looked like.

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The piece of gauze is 10cm square, to give you an idea of scale. It's a big lump on such a small animal. You can see that it's totally encapsulated, it wasn't connected to the other tissues - the skin or the underlying muscles.

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And this is what it was like once it was cut open. Mammary tumour are often caused by the change of hormones when a rat stops ovulating, at around 18 months old. Here you can see the milk that was produced inside the tumour as a result.

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Pretty freaky, huh?

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And here's a nice picture to cheer you up after seeing that.

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[Akura]

9 hours ago, Guzzi said:

And for those of you who aren't squeamish, here's what the tumour actually looked like.

 

That's so disgusting! I love it!

[Fearkiller]

Not gonna look, not gonna

 

*click*

 

YYYYYHYIKES, GAH!

 

When do I learn not to do that, damnit..

 

Is the little gal alright?

[Guzzi]

On 27/01/2017 at 10:32 PM, Guzzi said:

Our little bawbag Trixie developed a gas growing lump under one of her nipples recently

 

Oh man, you gotta love auto correct. A fast growing lump, not a gas growing lump. **facepalm**

 

On 28/01/2017 at 8:20 AM, Akura said:

 

That's so disgusting! I love it!

 

I know, right? It's so bizzare to see it, when the vet asked if I wanted to I jumped at the chance. Bodies are fascinating, their inner workings are amazing and yet we take them completely for granted. 

 

On 28/01/2017 at 7:56 PM, Fearkiller said:

Not gonna look, not gonna

 

*click*

 

YYYYYHYIKES, GAH!

 

When do I learn not to do that, damnit..

 

Is the little gal alright?

 

Hahaha! Sorry about that.

 

Shes doing fine, thank you for asking. With rats there's always a risk with any surgery that they will worry at the wound (licking and cleaning it too much) which can be a real problem. Thankfully she is leaving it alone so we have put her back in with her cage mates.

 

Unfortunately it left a cavity inside the body which the vet wasn't able to stitch up so we have to keep a close eye on her for the next 3-4 weeks in case she developes an abscess. Thankfully it will be easy to see since she doesn't have any fur.  

[Frost of the Gloaming]

I'm going to make a shirt that simply says (or not so simply) that says "Worry about your own shit"

 

Yep that's my next art project

[Frost of the Gloaming]

Nap on the front lawn look up at the sky it's.....

 

found a learn to draw book, lets just say my proportions need work, poor weird leg pig

[Guzzi]

 

On 29/01/2017 at 9:32 PM, Guzzi said:

Shes doing fine, thank you for asking. With rats there's always a risk with any surgery that they will worry at the wound (licking and cleaning it too much) which can be a real problem. Thankfully she is leaving it alone so we have put her back in with her cage mates.

 

Unfortunately it left a cavity inside the body which the vet wasn't able to stitch up so we have to keep a close eye on her for the next 3-4 weeks in case she developes an abscess. Thankfully it will be easy to see since she doesn't have any fur.  

 

Aaaaaand we have an abscess.   Poor wee thing now needs a weeks course of penicillin injections. I've never injected anything before so it's a little nerve wracking.