#multiple sclerosis cw

[crispycreambacon]

It's the little blue guy himself!

[angryjojofrog]

"Will you take me out on a date after i recover?"

After TillT fell ill because the death of his mother, as well as the responsibility as the CEO, were too much to handle, Ascalpelus swore to visit him at the hospital every day to support him

At this point they both already knew they have feeling for each other but never verbalized it, despite flirting with each other and holding each other's hand

They did eventually go on a date as you can see :]

GIRLS!!!!

[michellemisfit]

It’s that time again… 🤷🏽‍♂️🛌💤

[ef-1]

within the measure of a day | june

[flock-of-cassowaries]

Huh… I’m pretty sure I’m just doing it because I’m still processing the experience of (briefly) losing the ability to walk several years ago, and of knowing it may well happen again in the future.

(Multiple Sclerosis. I’m actually doing really well, seven years out - touch wood - but it was a terrifying diagnosis at the time, because of family history. I’ve been really lucky.)

But yeah.. sorry, blorbos.

In my defence… you’ve both been very naughty in-canon. What with the whole “meaningfully undermining democracy and endangering many millions of people for personal gain” and (checks notes) “cannibalistic serial murder”.

Though, I will say, in my experience, there’s nothing quite like a health crisis that brings with it startling, maybe-permanent, maybe-not disability to knock the wind out of your ego and make you humbly reconsider a lot of your assumptions about yourself, and the path you’re on in life.

no no. you don't get it. the reason I injure my blorbos until they can't walk is because that's the only way they'll ever let someone else carry them. the reason I curse them to be sick and feverish is so that they'll finally open up about their emotions while delirious. the reason I force them to overexert themselves to the point of exhaustion is so that when they pass out they can finally rest.

I'm doing this for their own good.

[due4amiracle]

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure's all you've known Remember all the sadness and frustration And let it go Let it go

Well. That was an interesting swing about.

Tuesday - Appointment with my Psych. We started on a medicinal journey (or so he says). Dropped my Prozac and halved my Wellbutrin - and put me on Clomipramine. It's to help with my OCD, so hopefully. Hopefully it's good. Of course, of course, it's still in for a prior-auth with my insurance and, well. i was supposed to stop my Prozac. i started spiraling because of the next item on the list, and it only got worse. (i restarted the Prozac so things are looking back up. -_-)

The car - after my appointment, Sir went out to go do a little shopping and the car wouldn't start. It attempted to turn over, but it just didn't do anything. So we got into contact with the local auto shop and they said they'd come get it - Friday. Sigh. Which means they won't look at it until Monday.

Wednesday - TTRPG! We did Madoka things, it was lovely. Tbf it was only rolling dice for upgrades and whatnot, but still, it had been a month. So that was nice.

Thursday - i had a thing with my insurance (healthy home visit) that i did telehealth, so that was a thing. Granted, they called Two Hours Early but that's fine. That's fine. i just wasn't ready. >_< Had to scramble around for all my medicines so i could report them all (which is ridiculous considering they were attached to my insurance so they should just have a fucking list why am i repeating all of the things on your damn screen?????) Blargh.

Thursday was also my worst day, honestly. i was very deep in the muck and Sir and i had a misunderstanding but we figured things out. It was alright.

Friday nothing really happened, they came and got the car, that was about it.

Then today we did DnD and that was fun.

i read:

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) V.E. Schwab - 3/5⭐ i enjoyed it quite a bit, the ending was very good.

Starter Villain by John Scalzi - 4.5/5⭐ SCALZI DOES IT AGAIN i love this book so much, it hits all the right notes!

Fireborne (The Aurelian Cycle #1) by Rosaria Munda 4/5⭐ THIS is the book i wanted Fourth Wing to be. It did everything right, things made sense, and oh fuck i can't wait to continue reading!

and am currently reading:

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

[dragqueenpentheus]

mmmm

[flock-of-cassowaries]

I have multiple sclerosis, and while I’m doing very well in treatment at the moment, there’s still a decent chance that one day, I could suffer spinal / brain damage that makes it impossible for me to drive.

So you’d think I’d be into the idea of “self-driving” cars.

But the thing is… I work in tech. And I would never trust a computer program to make life-or-death decisions for me and the people in my vicinity.

And that’s basically what a self-driving car is.

[honey-tree-evil-eye]

[necarion]

This is really cool, and I hope it works. It could also be a fantastic boon for anyone suffering from severe allergies.

On the bioweapon spec, I think this one is probably not as big an issue. I'd assume that getting the anti-immune response is pretty targeted for this treatment so it's hard to get more generally for immune memory against other diseases. And also, there are easier ways of causing problems. For however little comfort that provides...

Holy shit.

Researchers at the University of Chicago have been able to create an ‘inverse vaccine’ that can remove the immune systems memory of specific molecules.

Reading that, sounds like a horrendous bio weapon in the making. But the plan is for it to be used to treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, type one diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

This was already proven to be able to prevent autoimmunity but the new work shows it can be used to treat ongoing autoimmune issues.

Source.

[skybound2]

An update on me

*waves* Hello out there tumblr. Last we spoke I briefly mentioned some annoying MS related troubles that are part of the reason I haven't been around as much lately, and said that there would be more on that later. Well it's later, and I feel like whining, so here's an update.

I've spent the last few weeks dealing with some pretty annoying dysthesia in my hands (and parasthesia in other parts of my body like my torso, face, and feet/legs) thanks to the current MS flare both my doctor and I think I'm having (I finally went and got my MRIs this week, so once those are reviewed we will know more). Here's an incomplete list of the things I currently HATE TO TOUCH thanks to the dysthesia:

My hair

Papertowels

Anything but the absolute SOFEST of soft towels

Anything with "easy gripping/anti-slip" ridges on it, such as: pens, my work cellphone case, my steering wheel...

Jeans

Wood handles (like on my kitchen baking utensils)

My PS4 controller

My laptop keyboard

Beyond THAT I just don't like to hold/touch things for very long atm. And FORGOT about scratching an itch!

Basically, the feeling in my hands is a cross between a constant sensation of "pins and needles"/"being asleep" and a constant sensation of a recently burned area of skin that is starting to heal, where the skin is just tight and sensitive and prickly and in need of being submerged in cold water. (Which DOES feel nice actually! Unlike lukewarm or hot water, which is about as pleasant as a hot tub on the sun.)

So... Yeah. Fun!

Despite all of that, I DID manage to get some baking done this morning. (I wasn't sure how I'd feel about touching dough, and I can confidently say that it's not the worst!) But because I wasn't feeling Experimental, all I made was some scones. So here's a pic of my Lemon Rosemary scones, and my Orange Chocolate Walnut scones. Both of which are yum 😊😊

ALSO, I'm on day 40 of daily German Practice on Duolingo!! And I gotta say, for a person such as myself? That leaderboard incentive is an EXCELLENT way to keep me practicing regularly! So, thanks Duolingo!

[flock-of-cassowaries]

Not sure the multiple sclerosis would have killed me, per se - usually takes a few decades to get there - but it would’ve suuuuuuuucked, and my survival would be highly dependent on the goodwill of my community.

Then again, perhaps the many exciting diseases circulating back then would have provided sufficient enrichment to fully distract my overachieving immune system from the temptation posed by the rare delicacy that is my spine and brain.

I was also incredibly nearsighted (-7.75) until I got my eyes lasered, so I think I would’ve needed to pursue a career in something like weaving or… I don’t know, whatever nuns did.

That said, matronly, domineering older women are kind of my lesbian catnip, so maybe I could make that work.

…and based on my personal history with anorexia, I seem to be surprisingly resilient in the face of near-starvation (dodged some of the really dangerous potential consequences; I’m very fortunate, which I suspect is because some of my ancestors probably weren’t). So. Another plus.

[clementineskesh]

Cw medical .

Optometrist sent me to the er bc my symptoms are consistent w multiple sclerosis and he wants to make sure I dont have it :))))

[aion-rsa]

The Long Journey of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Comic Series

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Warning, this interview contains spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #50 and the final issue of Go Go Power Rangers.

All of the Power Rangers comics that have been published in the last few years were leading to issue #50 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. All the plot lines and characters came together for a triumphant and climatic showdown that not only provided a lot of action but also closed off some character arcs while also setting some things up for the future.

We talked with writer Ryan Parrott about this gigantic issue and needles to say, this chat features NOTHING but spoilers both for MMPR and the last issue of Go Go Power Rangers. Our discussion includes adding conflict between the Rangers (which the show did little of), bringing back the Solar Rangers, Jason v. Tommy, how being an Omega Ranger is like going to college, and much more!

This is the first part of our interview Ryan covering issue 50. The next part coming soon will look to the future and what fans can expect going forward in the universe of Power Rangers comics.

DEN OF GEEK: Before we get to MMPR #50, we’ve got to talk about (the recently concluded) Go Go Power Rangers for a hot second. You and Sina Grace both helped fill in a gap that was perhaps the most glaring in the original series, giving Jason, Trini, and Zack a proper sendoff. Talk about finally making that happen.

RYAN PARROTT: Oh, I mean, that was kind of the whole point from the beginning. I felt like having met Austin and Walter, and talking to them about what that was like, and I always felt, “Yeah, we should probably try and use the comic books to find a way to make that all make narrative sense,” as opposed to all the crazy background noise that was going on. So, we were talking about the idea of the Omega Rangers very early on during Shattered Grid. Kyle Higgins and I had talked about it from the very beginning.

So, it was finally nice to be able to give them that and then give them a sendoff, but also know that it’s not the end of their story. It’s like, “Yeah, we’ll end their story in the continuity of the show, and do that properly but also know that this isn’t the end and we can give them more adventures and hopefully build out those characters in ways that I think people wanted, as opposed to the way it was cut short when we were a kid. And we’re just like, “Why are they all just silhouettes? Why is no one on screen?

Why is Jason holding a guitar over his face? That never gets old. And so, on going off of that, one of the defining parts of the original series, especially by season two once the show got popular, was that the Rangers almost completely lacked conflict with one another. Unless they were under a spell 95% of the time they were buddy buds. How did you go about adding all of this conflict between them in Go Go and MMPR, especially between Jason and Tommy?

With MMPR, it was easy because I knew when we brought in the Stone Canyon trio I remember we were talking about “that must’ve been really hard.” Like the idea that you’re going to step in when these other people have been doing this for a really long time, they saved the world countless times already. And it’s like, “You got to live up to those shoes. Oh, and by the way, you have to take on a villain that’s twice as hard as Rita.” I always thought, “There’s got to be some natural growing pains there.” Right? So, I love that we were able to start to hint at that, and that that’s what gave us Necessary Evil. It’s going to be about the old guard and the new guard and how those two will mesh together.

And then, we were dealing with Go Go, I always saw it as, when we were trying to figure out what that series was, I’d say, “Well, that story is about Tommy who needs to learn how to stay and Jason who needs to learn to leave.” That’s why we started it where we did with the idea of Tommy losing the green power coin and losing his powers and running off to the cabin, which made no sense in the original. A lot of cabins in California. But he just runs off, and there was a lot of him leaving all the time. So he goes from a character in the first two seasons of Power Rangers, somebody who leaves all the time, to someone who stays longer than almost anyone, which I thought was an interesting choice. So it was about doing that.

It was about giving (Jason and Tommy) cross-purposes. The idea that Jason has to learn that there are bigger responsibilities in being a Power Ranger and that there’s a larger universe outside of earth. And so, I thought, if you have those two characters who are both dealing with diametrically opposed philosophies and feelings, it automatically created a lot of tension. And so, I always knew that I was going to basically build to those two conversations, the one in, I think MMPR 45, where there’s the Omega Ranger and Tommy comes out and he says, “Hey, man, I don’t know what I’m doing here.” And then, the other one in (Go Go) 32 where it’s basically him saying, “Stay.” And I always wanted to have it be in the same location and have it be basically two sides of the same conversation.

I really loved what you did with Jason, especially with his dad. Was adding his dad in there a further way of making him want to stay but ultimately helping him realize he has to go? Thank you. I really wanted to bring the dad thing back in because I felt like we dropped it. I know friends and family who when you talk to them and they’re in their normal life but they have all these personal problems that no one ever hears about. My mother has multiple sclerosis, so she’s always told me, “I don’t ever want what I have to keep you from being who you are going to be. I don’t want my sickness to stop you from achieving your dreams.”

And I thought there was something really interesting about having his dad, who is such a hard ass on him all the time, to be the one who actually, in a gruff way, says that very thing to him, saying, in a bad way, but, “Don’t let my sickness be an excuse for you not to be the thing you’re supposed to be,” which is probably the closest thing to an, “I love you,” you’re ever going to get from that character.

Did you worry that adding so much conflict between the characters would push the comic further from the events of the show? Because, after all, it feels like if you try to put them side by side, in the comic, they get mad at each other, but then in the show everybody’s buddy buddy and it’s fine.

The way that I looked at it was, the shows were 22 minutes and they’re short, and they didn’t show a lot of the stuff that’s going on. So, in the same way that in the early issues of Go Go we were filling in the gaps, I thought, “Well, there’s an opportunity to fill in the gaps here, too.” I felt like maybe the Power Rangers when we see them and they’re fighting villains, yeah they’re pretending everything’s fine. But then they take the helmet’s off 20 minutes later and it’s like, “You could have come back a little faster with that jump kick,”

So, that’s the way I rationalized in my head. When they’re a unit and they’re fighting, they’re keeping it real and they’re a unified front. But there’s always the background turmoil and stuff like that. And I just felt like if you were writing that show today, you would have more inner conflict. If anybody’s watching any CW show, that’s all of that.

I know when we talked over a year ago before Necessary Evil had even come out, I had asked you, “Is Beyond The Grid going to affect the story arc?” You said, “A lot,” I didn’t think it would take quite this long to get to that point, but in issue 50 you bring in Ari and Remy from Beyond the Grid. It was great to see them. Was it always your plan to bring them in at the end, and have we seen the last of them?

When we started breaking Necessary Evil, I was like, “Okay, I want to find a way to bring in all the arcs from Mighty Morphin zero and Go Go one all the way forward. There was a version at one point when we did the climax and I thought, “Well, I know I want the Solar Rangers to come in but how much do we want to bring them in?” There was a version where there was a much larger sequence, but ultimately, I felt there was so much going on that last issue, it just felt like, “Let’s just bring in the characters that we know. Let’s bring them in, in a way that, hopefully… We save their universe so they can come in and start to save ours.”

But I mean, the best thing about it was we created the Anointed and the Empowered, and they had this main line to the Morphin Grid. And I was trying to figure out like how we were going to defeat them. And I remember talking to Dafna (Pleban) my editor, and she said, “Well, in Beyond the Grid, they have the Solarix and it does suck up Morphin energy.” I went, “Wait a minute, you created a MacGuffin in another book that I can use for this so I don’t have to create a new one?” And she’s said, “Yeah.” I’m like, “We’re using that.” It was one of those things where I’d created this thing and I didn’t quite know how to solve it. I had other options, but I thought, “Oh, this actually works. It’s so much more seamless, and I don’t have to create anything new.”

So, yes, I always wanted to bring them in, and in the cleanest way possible so we can tie everything together at 50 and then hopefully use that as a way to springboard the next story. And could we see more of them in the future? Never say never.

Obviously, the editor plays a big role in the writing process for a comic like this. How much of the story is you versus the editor versus even the people who own the brands?

Everything starts with a conversation. For instance, when we first started figuring out Go Go I said, “That story was about what it was like for me in high school and when I had to go to another high school that my friends didn’t get to go to.” And I use that as the basis for (the Matt story.)

When the Omega Rangers came in that was about college. It was that thing where you step out into a larger world because when you’re a 17 or 18, that’s the first time you have real responsibility and real choices in your life. Up to that point, most people are just about what job you have and what your friends are doing or what person you’re dating. And this one was more like, “Oh, man, I have to figure out college. What am I going to do with the rest of my life?” And so, it’s that moment. Right

And then I love that moment when you go from high school to college where it’s all of a sudden you’re the small fish in a small pond. And you get to college and it’s all these new people and new experiences, and it’s overwhelming and you don’t know what you’re doing. And that’s how I saw the Omega Rangers.

What I liked about it was when we go into these things we always talk about them in regards to what are we saying with these characters at this time in their life. That’s where the conversation starts. And then, out of that, that’s when we start to create.

“Okay, wouldn’t that be interesting if we… Are there any unanswered questions from the show that we always wanted to address? Are there any characters you always wanted to use?” They start to come in and it basically becomes an organic process of you start with emotion and theme and you dig into that. THen you find how those characters can reflect that and then it folds out accordingly. But it’s never a straight line. That’s the fun thing about having people like Dafna and (editor) Matt Levine and all the other writers and all the people that matter, is that you start to find common ideas and themes and things that you like. “Oh, we all like this. We all feel this, so let’s go down that way.”

Stay tuned for part two of our interview with Ryan Parrott and some big teases for what’s coming next for the Power Rangers comics!

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[go-diane-winchester]

Somebody pointed out that in the above video, Jensen seemed a little upbeat.  Jared and Misha had swollen eyes.  In fact, Jared looked like he was going to burst into tears.  To be brutally honest, it did seem that way to me too.  Why did Jensen seem happy?  Well there may be a few logical reasons for it.  The most obvious one is that he is trying to be strong for Jared, because he did point out that Jared is barely holding it together.  However, there is a discussion that I had with another fan that came to mind.  SPN is CW's biggest show.  They will not terminate their cash cow willfully, unless they are earning ad revenues.  If the ratings are dropping, maybe that might have fueled CW's decision to end the show, which will explain why Jared is so upset.  I mean, why would Jared make a decision and then be sad about it?  One year in advance.

I don't have access to US ratings.  If someone does, fill us in.  I would like to know how the ratings are.  Oh, could you not use bogus baseball stats.  We aren't psychotic hellers.  Spare us the tomfoolery. 

Anyhoo, after the announcement, Misha started mouthing off, as he is usually does.  And he has been behaving oddly.  First he said that punching Jensen during a fight scene was a revenge fantasy that he had been harboring.  Then he fat shamed Jensen.  Where did the sudden hatred for Jensen come from?  I thought Jensen was his ''princess'', amirite?  What ever will happen to Cockles?  Now, I know that some Cockleheller fans get turned on by the thought of Cas beating up Dean, but I doubt Misha would know something so obscure.  I

mean, he never read Twist and shout.  Or so he claimed.  But the fat shaming?  How ironic though, that an ugly bastard like Misha is picking on Jensen's looks.  Jensen is beautiful.   

Then he started pushing Mishalecki like crazy, and recently confessed to nagging Dabb and Singer into bringing Rachel [the Meg demon] back on the show, wheelchair and all.  Why would he do that except to push Megstiel?  So  Mishalecki and Megstiel are high on his agenda, but no destiel is mentioned.  He is trying to kill off the ships that have become problematic for him but he is elevating mishalecki and even megstiel because?  He doesn't even seem to mind that the person who played Meg has multiple sclerosis and is confined to a wheelchair.  Gosh! what a selfish guy.  Anything to stay in the game.  Even if SPN is going to die in one year.     

Ok, here is a silly little headcanon for you.  Absolutely do not take it seriously:  The hellers became too much for Jensen to bare.  Jensen blasted at Misha in front of Jared, Singer and gang, and he complained that they are threatening his life and his reputation.  Pedowitz also noted that crazy fans actually carrying out a threat against Jensen might be detrimental to, not only Jensen but the already failing network.  A visibly pissed off Jared asked Jensen if he wanted out, and Jensen tiredly said yes.  So that is why Jensen is happy [relieved] in the video but Jared is sad but supportive.  And Misha is freaking out because who is going to hire his putrid ass now.  That is also why Misha is in revenge mode towards Jensen.  Gish and Random Acts could fall apart because of this.  Misha will lose a lot of money.  And that is what I think happened....

Nah! if that was the case, they would have just fired Misha's unnecessary ass.  He does nothing for the ratings anyway.  Why give up their two golden boys for that bloated jackass?  I mean, that is what I would do.  I would get rid of Eye-bags and keep my boys.  So until we don't fully learn about the ratings or until Jensen and Jared willfully tell us why they are calling it quits, we may never know.  But whatever their decision, then we will respect it.