#I don't care if it's a friday

[weirdstrangeandawful]

Guys, I experienced competent medical care! I know it was the bare minimum and the fact that I’m excited about that is depressing but I AM ECSTATIC! If anyone wants to know how an ER visit for POTS and medication adverse effects should be handled, read on!

TW: detailed medical discussion under the cut (incl. ECG, bloodwork, IV, needles, general hospital stuff, plus some discussions of medical trauma)

So I went to the ER, registered, got triaged, etc. After a pretty short amount of time, they came and fetched me in the waiting room and explicitly asked me if I was feeling dizzy or if I would feel dizzy if I stood up and offer to get a wheelchair even for the short distance. I said yes but refused the wheelchair because I have medical trauma and I'm familiar enough with this ER that I could navigate it with presyncope (and I had my crutches with me obviously).

Immediately, they gave me a bed. No questions. Should be obvious but they don't normally let me lie down even though that's the main treatment for POTS. They had me change into a gown and very quickly did blood work and an ECG, with me lying down in case I passed out (I am used to blood work so I don't pass out but it was an importan precaution). The person drawing the blood was from the same lab I go to regularly so we chatted and he and I were joking that this is probably the fewest vials he's ever drawn from me. They also hooked me up to a continuous vitals monitor.

The nurse was about to put in an IV when the doctor walked in and asked her to hold off until he talked to me. So we talked, I told him about how I started clonidine and I'm not tolerating it and explained my symptoms and that I have POTS and suggested IV fluids. He said he wasn't sure what to suggest about the clonidine, said the decision was up to me, and agreed to fluids. Not only that but suggested IV ondansetron (anti-nausea medication) without my even asking! I definitely need it but never ask because ER doctors just refuse it or give it to me orally (why would you give me an oral medication for nausea when I'm horribly nauseated?!) The nurse came back in and was adorably triumphant that we guessed I needed an IV before the doctor even said so.

The rest of the ER visit went super smoothly (well enough that I actually ended up setting of low heart rate alarms lol). Three separate nurses took the time to check on me. One of them recognised me from previous visits and said hello and checked what was going on this time and got me a blanket since I had some mild Raynaud's symptoms and she wasn't mad that I accidentally dropped the blood oxygen monitor and didn't want to risk picking it up. They moved me to a chair once the fluids were done and I agreed that I was feeling well enough to go home and took the IV out, had me change, and discharged me.

I called the pharmacy when I got home to ask how bad is too bad to push through and they suggested I go off the clonidine and call my doctor. so I called my doctor's office (who suck at everything) and told them to pass on a message to my specialist, fully expecting them to refuse to do that, but they took the message! Not only did they do that but the specialist called me back after hours at the end of the day to discuss!

So we have a plan going forward: I'm going to try just one dose at night so I hopefully sleep through the side effects and just have the desired effects during the day.

[yuseirra]

My beloved Fatale

[runningupthatvecna]

this is a little 18+ so look away, i've been sick in bed since sunday and therefore my fever dream wrote this, not me.

aaaaaa bye

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to be honest i just want eddie and geta to serve me tea and then because they couldn't care less about getting sick themselves they'd just come and sandwich me inbetween them to keep me nice and warm in our shared lush canopy bed

eddie in nothing but his boxers and geta in a seethrough white flowy robe with golden ornaments (that is loosely tied around his waist)

they'd keep me pressed close between their bodies, eddie in the front, geta behind me, while breathing in my scent and hands roaming everywhere and caressing every inch of skin they can find

and in return to show my gratitude i'd softly moan and whimper at their touches and cockwarm them with kisses to their thick necks until they both get so desperate that they just have to fuck the cold out of me while chanting their own symphony of praise and moans into my ear with each thrust as they tell me how good i am for them to let them just use me like that even though i'm sick

yeah that would be nice i think

[chiperti]

[akai-anna]

Round 4

Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

[ygodmyy20]

A fast sketch that turned into a fast coloring that turned into a "I need this happiness" TeruMob family. Can't stop won't stop drawing them. They are just the best. Hiiiii @sodasexual

I sorta miss the sketchiness and fluidity of the sketch but I also love the color. I dunno. I like them both.

[sugarschnaps]

They might not have the fandom's love just yet, but they certainly have each other's.

Based on my hcs for Julie <3

(Purely platonic)

[hippolotamus]

Fuck it Friday/Last Line Challenge 🌻

Last night, there I am, lovingly thinking of having enough energy to write on my current WIPs, when @pirrusstuff and I start discussing cowboy boots. Specifically ones with sunflowers on them. And that, friends, is how we ended up here. Please accept this brain dump of words in which Buck is the local livestock vet that Eddie Diaz absolutely cannot stand, but is forced to deal with.

“Bobby.” Eddie’s tone borders on a whine. “There’s nothing else you can do?” “‘Fraid not. I’ve pulled out every trick I know. Ya gotta call him.” Bobby pauses for what Eddie’s certain is only dramatic effect. “Unless, of course, you want her to get an infection or, more realistically, die.” Eddie sighs and lets his head drop between his shoulders. He knows Bobby’s right, even had a feeling it might come to this before Bobby started throwing him nervous glances when Lola didn’t appear to be progressing. Unfortunately, now, there’s no time to waste on Eddie’s petty grudge.   Without looking up from where he’s crouched next to his very pregnant, very distressed mare, Eddie holds his hand out expectantly.   “Already dialed for you,” Bobby says, a little too smugly, handing him the phone.   “‘Lo?” The familiar voice answers, sounding like he’s chewing. Logically, Eddie knows it’s just coincidental timing, but it still feels like a purposeful slight. “Buckley, I’ve got a mare in labor, stalled. Between me and Nash we’ve tried everything we can think of, but we’re gonna need a hand here.”   There’s a long pause that would make him think they got disconnected except for the loud crunching.  “Huh,” Buck finally says. “So there is something you can’t do.” “Are you coming or not?” Eddie spits back. He can practically hear the smirk forming on Buck’s lips.  “Don't worry, sunshine. Be right there.” 

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[unabletomakedecisions]

Just watched Black Friday by Starkid, and now I'm wondering which Fear this would be a manifestation of. (I think Extinction would probably be in there, but what else?)

Actually, what would *all* the starkid productions be?

Nerdy Prudes Must Die would have at least a bit of Hunt... The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals would have some Corruption...

[riahchan]

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[sparkles-rule-4eva]

I've been saving this for Friday 🤭💙

TIME TO APPRECIATE MY SON!!! 🎊 And it's almost his birthday, too!

[whatthefoucault]

I am once again asking people to understand that people create and are drawn to monster narratives for different reasons, and there isn't One Reason that's the only valid one, even if you personally find other ones boring or "missing the point."

Maybe YOU want to explore how your vampires to have to be inherently unethical and think every possible justification or minimisation is worse than just having them be evil or whatever. Maybe I just want to write a fruity autistic guy (gn) with iron deficiency and a sun allergy and pointy teeth who has always felt out of step with modern human society, and won't ever go visit other people's homes uninvited because it's impolite.

Maybe that's because I find those things weirdly relatable, but when it's a vampire that's all those things it's cool, instead of me who just dresses like an 18th century grandpa and has an energy many people find offputting.

*oh my god do you not think there could be more than one point, or more than one kind of story you can make out of the same creature. Different types of stories can coexist. Read the ones you think are fun, don't be a dick about the ones you don't. Fuck

[zmediaoutlet]

dean/crowley and sam/crowley

ahaha well --

dean/crowley

technically you don't have to 'ship' things that are canon. :)

that said: I mean, come onnnn. D/Crowley has mUch more canon basis than just about any other "okay, I guess they didn't technically show us kissing" ship in the show. I mean the fivesome alone! But also the obviously canonical pining from Crowley, the way Dean threatens a lot but you can't ever actually imagine him really going through with killing Crowley (because he's soft with guys who've fucked him <3), the way Crowley always Gets what's going on with Dean in a way deeper and more fucked up than anyone else -- even Sam -- even maybe Alastair. The spectator sees more of the game, as they say, and what's interesting about Crowley is that he would never, ever expect to be #1 -- but what he can get at as #2 might be just as useful.

what's also fun about D/Crowley is like -- while it's obviously a mistress ship to the side of the main canon event, it's very... free? Dean doesn't have to pretend to be anything other than what he is. Of course he does, because he wouldn't be Dean without a little gloss of pretense, but like -- Crowley knows him. Crowley knows his worst shitty parts. Crowley probably has a spreadsheet with how many souls Dean shredded in Hell and has polite comments arranged for every one, which he Will Not Say but they both know he could. Dean's guilt encompasses the whole planet but Crowley doesn't give a shit about that guilt, except how he can manipulate it to his own ends, and they both know that, and it's like... all the cards are on the table, you know? In that way it may be a little bit of self-harm for Dean, sure, but he's going into it with eyes wide open and knows exactly what he'll get out of it and it's. Well, 'free' is the only word I can think of. A little corrosive maybe but lots of things have been worse.

also the dude died for Dean, which we should always appreciate as the ultimate simp move. Dean's got a bodycount stacked much higher than Sam's dick. Why isn't the meme about Dean's murderous puss?

sam/crowley

would Crowley attempt to seduce Sam? Sure he would. Would he try to get him into a place where Sam might really consider saying yes to it? Of course. Would Sam actually say yes? lolno, not unless LITerally every other option (potentially including his own death) were wasted, because--

unlike the previous ship in this ask, Sam has self-respect. rip Crowley but Sam already learned his lesson with skanky demonsex and like. He's just not that sad. Plus there's zero zero zero interest or closeness from Sam -> Crowley, and Sam's a lot of things but I really don't think he's a 'self-punisher with sex', and he obviously just finds Crowley fucking irritating, lol. He's also never gonna kill Crowley because the network wouldn't let him, but where with Dean you can hear the shouted threat as very empty, with Sam you can hear that he would REALLY LIKE TO and keeps getting thwarted. Crowley might be useful but he's not Sam's friend, and---while I fully believe that Sam can have hatesex---Crowley doesn't feel like an option he'd ever choose. Not least because he knows Crowley would try to use it as a card against him, and he's smart enough to not let that happen.

As an interesting codicil to all this, I also sorta suspect that Crowley respects Sam more than he does Dean. He'd still use the opportunity if it were given, but where with Dean it's a fun way to needle him (we'll ignore his subsequent schmoopy pining, the dope), with Sam, it feels like Crowley would really just find it a disappointment. Like, he expects better. Adds a cool element to their dynamic.

[ladyinthebluebox]

Veroshka “V” Bocharova 21/∞ >> Neon state of mind

[lucius-the-sinful]

a wip from balthazar's new reference. the fit goes hard.