Elfmaid

Well holy shit folks. Let me put this in bullet form.

Sept. 29, 2015: heart attack (angina, was in hospital awaiting angiogram)
Sept. 30, 2015: an IV site got infected with staph bacteria which rapidly turned into SEPSIS
October 1, 2015: Got super duper fever, IV antibiotics including vancomycin and others
October 2 - 5, 2015: antibiotics give me acute kindey failure - leaving me with 13% kidney function - emergency main line is installed, get haemodyalsis started that very day. Kidney biopsy reveals minor damage due to 25 years of Type 1 (auto immune) diabetes - but also reveals certain antibiotics are NOT my friends ever again. In a week and a half dialysis and medication REMOVE 35 POUNDS OF FLUID! (that has yet to return, hope it does NOT!) no WONDER I'd had a heart attack!
October 28, 2015: sent back home with a 'main line' installed in my neck/chest for further haemodyalisis treatments every 3 days.
November 16, 2015: am readmitted with chest pains to larger hospital, still receiving haemodyalisis but kidney function is improving rapidly! YAY!
November 17 -18?, 2015: Angiogram is performed, three stents are put in my left anterior descending coronary artery... in the way tiny outlaying corners, cardiologist is very excited to see no permentant damage, rest of heart looks FANTASTIC (especially for someone who has had Type 1 diabetes as long as I have - or so he tells me). I am LUCKY- *this* time (and thank heavens!)
November 20,2016: Home for GOOD this time!!! The healing can begin. I am weak, easily tired, and still on haemodylisis, but it is clear that I will not be for much longer! (MORE yay!)

Sometime in December: Main line is taken out, kidneys are BACK TO 100%!

But oh... the year wasn't done with me yet!

Feb.?, 2016: Gallstone attack and hospitalization. I have attacks every week or so for 4 weeks and it's diecovered we can't operate to take out my gallbladder unti a minimum of 6 months have gone by due to needing copious amount of super duper blood thinners to prevent clots in my brand new shiny stents! I severely limit my sodium and fat intake and am having about 4 low blood sugars a day due to not being able to eat much, each low blood sugar COULD possibly give me another heart attack. Things are tense.

For the next 6 months (!) I struggle with my blood sugars and get a handle on them pretty well, but the toll on my mental and emotional well being is difficult. I am also still recovering from kidney crap.

Sept. 2, 2016: gallbladder is removed lapiscopically without incident! YAY! True recovery can now begin!

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And there you have it kids... 2015 and 2016 in a nutshell. No WONDER I was always feeling tired... 35 pounds of fluid, and a partially blocked up heart. Guh.

BUT I am doing MUCH better, thank you, and there has been some doodling finally - I may even put a couple up at some point maybe.

HUGZ to everyone! I pray each and every one of you is ok and can enjoy this amazing life we live! <3

Dead computer is now sadly shuffled off to the great computer heaven in the sky... new computer is sadly lacking in old poser goodies (I have to retrieve the hard drive from the old system). It's been a hard year, I'm working (aka volunteering) some 40 hours a month and it nearly kills me with fatigue. Health crap isn't dire, but is unfun - although I had another serious bleed early summer this year that was yet another week and a half on IV fluids and in hospital.

The good news is that my volunteer thingie has given me JUST enough money to make monthly payments on an insulin pump AND my new puter! So, diabetes is still shitty, but improving thanks to high tech! My diabetes doctor is very very pleased with the positive differences seen in my tests. This also means I am less likely to have more bleeds- yay! I successfully did NaNoWriMo, writing a stupid amount of stuff in my Fae universe that is about as coherent as a rabid weasel on a double espresso.

Hoping to do art at some point... I owe Mark aka Argoforg a piece! I haven't forgotten, sorry I've had some challenges this year for sure! O_o

Got a kitten! His name is Magick and so far his kitten coat is an odd mix of black and charcoal darkest grey with black stripes. I've never heard of a black tabby before! We will see if the stripes stay. His eyes (so far) are a dark jade green. Of course he's adorable! I'm keeping more info than that low, since there was drama and someone out there has a chip on their shoulder (NO idea why and could care less).

Sleepy most of the time... ths time of year with the endless darkness just makes me sleep 14 to 16 hours a day it seems. Very frustrating when I'm wanting to get stuff done. We shall see if I can rise above my body's need to hibernate and my brain's ever changing chemical imbalances. 8p

I have a safe and supportive home, so should I go squireely, I will have folks who can pick me up, brush me off (again) other than my poor beleaguered friends, and set me back on my feet... oh yes AND look after Magick for me in the meantime. So far, though, the DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) is holding steady! YAY me!

So, let's see what 2013 brings! (Please let it be extra good!)

So, a wee catch up. Mostly been playing catchup with my sleep, blood sugars are a bit fux0red but what else is new. Been missing my cat like crazy and wondering if my poor broken heart wil lallow me to share my life with another.

Had massive shit go down privately with two well meaning friends who used FaceBook to bring up painful truths in a way that was not as compassionate as it could have been. What can I say, even *I* can lose my shit sometimes if someone corners me or does something completely unfair. I'm hoping it can work out because I HATE the idea that someone has written me off. It had to do with my mental breakdown in April and all sorts of fallout that wasn't my fault - note to self: mental illness is STILL something that makes one get treated like a monster.

That aside, I've been trading silliness with Argoforg mostly doing digital stuff! I just finally got a new digital pen for my tablet, so maybe I'll do some classic painted work as well, we'll see. I may not have the energy to deal with the amount of work and concentration that requires.

So, happy whatever-you-celebrate-or-don't-celebrate. Hope it finds you well and safe!

Well! It turns out that the eye doctor was able to get me the treatments covered! YAY! And in Sept I had my right eye lazered as well and it's healing beautifully. The GREAT news is that my left eye HAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED! I'm very relieved and happy to also report that there are NO EYEBLEEDS ANYMORE!

Amy's vision not going pooey is GOOD!

New news: I'm writing up Remedy's Universe (working title) in Novel format (and whoo yeah is it EVER novel!)

I completely divorced her from the MarvelFanVerse and ended up creating something that is remarkably unique yet not. Suffice to say it crosses genres in a satisfyingly smooth way although it's very dark! It's sort of a comic-book/sci fi/urban fantasy that has a flavour unique unto itself. Or at least I hope it does. The weirdest thing about it is how its just flowing out of me and shocking the crap out of me! Here I thought I KNEW Rem's character pretty well as she's grown and changed inside my mind, and now this version of her... well it's too soon to tell, but holy hannah! There's some major angst and lots of world building that leads to some butt kicking action. I'm enjoying the hell out of this!

Are you SUPPOSED to enjoy writing?

Hee!