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I've commented many times over the years about the sad state of my back. Of course, I just assumed that I had a bad back from the many injuries sustained while cheerleading and in martial arts. Then I had that incident with a client who flipped me onto concrete and the professionals told me THEN that the injury would have lifelong affects. I just never realized the extent.
After the twins, my thyroid shut down again, I gained MORE weight, and I had even more back problems. Of course, this time I was blaming the strain that the twin pregnancy took. I mean, they even dislocated my pelvic bone and I had trouble walking at all and well....everything in my body took a beating.
May of 2021 everything came to a head. I was in the boys room and my spine had a weird feeling and all of a sudden my thighs on both legs started convulsing and then went paralyzed. I could feel them, but I couldn't move them AT ALL. I was in the hospital for five days while they ran many tests. Nothing was conclusive, but that seemed to be the trigger point. After that incident, the paralysis episodes came more and more frequently. I was sustaining injuries from falls left and right. I was having more tests, but the only thing they conclusively ruled out was MS. I can't even roll over in bed. If I move a quarter turn, everything from my L4 vertebrae to my knees goes into a paralysis episode. Then I have to wait for it to pass, move a little bit again and then wait for the next episode to pass. I have been put on many medications for pain and nerve issues, but nothing touches it.
Anyway, the final diagnosis was arachnoiditis and ankylosing spondylitis. I had never heard of arachnoiditis. It's painful and debilitiating and there's no good treatment or cure. The amount of pain that I'm in on a daily basis often takes my breath away and there have been many mornings that I wake up crying and just wish for it to end. There's a reason it has the nickname of "The Suicide Disease". Of course, I have my three children and my husband to keep me grounded and reminded why I fight my way through every day. I have a wheelchair now for when I do out of house activities. I chose a manual wheelchair because I want to still be as active as I can, but it's hard because, as I said, I've gained a LOT of weight. I've been told so many times that I should have bariatric surgery, but my insurance refuses to cover it, even for medical reasons. I'm trying very hard to do as much exercise as possible and to strengthen my upper arms, but it's slow going and often frustrating. I have every faith in myself that I can do it, though. I'm looking forward to seeing how far I've progressed come this time next year.
#arachnoiditis#ankylosing spondylitis#spinal cord injury#disability#rolling with the punches#life challenges#rising to the challenge
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late to post for TMayNT day 1
#fanart#doodles#tmnt fanart#tmnt raphael#teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt#rottmnt#rottmnt raph#tmnt mutant mayhem#mutant mayhem raph#rise tmnt#tmnt 2007#tmnt 2003#tmnt 2012#tmnt raph fanart#tmaynt#art challenge
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(Little late with Day 2)
Day 2! Eclipse!!
#tmnt#cyn art#teenage mutant ninja turtles#teenage mutant ninja turtles fanart#rottmnt#tmnt leonardo#rise of the tmnt#tmnt donatello#rise april 2024 art challenge#rise april art challenge#rise april 2024#eclipse
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Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss
Another dtiys entry, this time for @kathaynesart
It’s been a long while since I’ve drawn Replica!Donnie and I miss his extra af eyebrows
#replica20kdtiys#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise of the tmnt#v draws stuff#tmnt 2018#tmnt#replica au#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt donatello#rise donnie#rise donatello#future donnie#future donatello#tmnt donnie#tmnt donatello#omega#donnie#rottmnt replica#rottmnt future au#rise fanart#rottmnt fanart#rottmnt au#dtiys#dtiys entry#dtiys challenge#dtiyschallenge#dtiys art
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Sunset!
I just really like the idea of the boys sneaking out topside when they were younger and seeing their very first sunset together ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
original Rise August prompt list by @sariphantom :)
#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise august art challenge#rise august 2024#rise august#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt leo#rottmnt raph#rottmnt mikey#rottmnt michelangelo#rottmnt raphael#rottmnt donatello#rottmnt leonardo#artists on tumblr#my art#save rottmnt#unpause rottmnt#rottmnt fanart#art#illustration#mint draws#rise leo#rise donnie#rise raph#rise mikey#rise raphael#rise leonardo#rise donatello#i am very fond of sunsets and i imagine the boys are too :) they probably still sneak out to see them together all the time
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Fave - the Plumed Autumntail
daily december familiars! following Osiem's prompt list!!
the plumed autumntail is obviously the best familiar and has no contenders.
#daily december familiars#goul draws#flight rising#flight rising art#frfanart#I've never done a 'daily drawing for a month' type challenge before#so I hope I can see it through til the very end!#I got way too excited seeing that there is a prompt list this year#as a familiar collector it is about time that I actually draw some of them
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@tmaynt Day 4: Baby Turtles
A redraw of my old Rise baby turtles art from last year
#tmaynt#tmaynt challenge#tmaynt day 4#tmaynt4#turtle tots#baby turtles#my art#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#save rottmnt#rise season 3#save rise of the tmnt#unpause rottmnt#unpause rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#fyp#rottmnt leo#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt raph#rottmnt mikey#babies#rise turtle tots
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Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 1: Dread on Arrival
(Part 2)
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#lan wangji#jiang fengmian#jiang cheng#wei wuxian#Yungmeng Jiang Training Arc AU#MDZS AU#The AU name for this idea is something I am 100% willing to change if someone has a better one.#There will be at least 2-3 more comics so *please*. Ideas and feedback welcome.#The core idea behind this AU is that LWJ goes to study with the Yunmeng Jiang sect instead of JC and WWX going to Cloud Recess#But why? Well I imagine Lan Xichen set it up to give LWJ a challenge (more social than skill based) and LWJ rose to it (begrudgingly)#Sort of a 'You've mastered so many Lan techniques but Other Sects have styles that are worth learning.' set up.#Lan Qiren agrees mostly on the basis that...well it's LWJ. Yunmeng Jiang is unruly but LWJ is beyond that riff-raff. He'll rise above it.#This is the story of a boy who thrives on routine and rules spending time in a place that is his apparent antithesis.#Also it is so warm there. He is used to it being cold and what do you MEAN just take off some of my layers?#I just want to see him struggle and flail in many situations. And get him in Jiang Purple. Is that so wrong of me?#(Soaking wet JC is part of my 'JC was born to swim; forced to hold a sword' agenda. Do not remove him from the water)#((Politeness notes: JFM would *not* call LWJ 'lan wangji' nor would LWJ be vocally impolite to a sect leader.))
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Rise August: Portal
Heck yeah
I love drawing lighting effects
@sariphantom
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt mikey#rottmnt leo#portal pals#tide pod duo#baja blast#tutant meenage neetle teetles#rottmnt fanart#portal#rise august 2024#rise august art challenge#rise august#digital artist#digital art
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@tired-robo-mask (and also @doodleloverz via IG hi<3)
HI AWAWAW THAT'S SO LOVELY TO HEAR!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ILY TOO<333 Here you go lmfaooo shjkdgf Leonardo is too oblivious... rip...
I also drew an extra because I couldn't help myself
#leo can never look at pockys the same again#rise of the tmnt#rottmnt#rottmnt fanart#leoichi#disaster twins#pocky challenge#nqk adjacent#peepaw leo#future leo#future leonardo#rise leo#rise leonardo#rise donnie#rise donatello#samurai rabbit#usagi chronicles#yuichi usagi#usagi yuichi#tervdraws
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🐢🏺Hercules x Rise of the T M N T🏺🐢
Hercules x ROTTMNT AU, except the only difference is April + the turtles are the muses and every other character stays the same 💥💥
HELLO TUMBLR COMMUNITY!! IT’S BEEN A GOOD MINUTE SINCE I LAST UPLOADED HERE!!
DO NOT FRET!! I WILL FORGET YOU GUYS NO LONGER!!! (HOPEFULLY!?!?) (IM GETTING BACK IN THE DRAWING GROOVE SO... TRUST!!!)
+ BONUS
#ps im probably not gonna mess with this concept#uhh ever#um just enjoy the silly au while it last#lucky post the next tmntherapy au comic challenge /silly#rottmnt#tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#teenage mutant ninja turtles#save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#artists on tumblr#tmnt donatello#tmnt donnie#tmnt leonardo#tmnt leo#tmnt raphael#tmnt raph#tmnt michelangelo#tmnt mikey#tmnt au#tmnt crossover#tmnt april o'neil#tmnt comic#rise of the tmnt
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kawaii as the internetians say !
#kiki try not to make corny titles challenge#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rottmnt fanart#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt donatello#tmnt#rottmnt leo#rottmnt leonardo#rise donatello#rise leonardo#rise donnie#rise leo#rottmnt season 3#smallest and sneakiest of hints to the bettertwins is somewhere#disaster twins
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(Back on track!)
Day 3! Witchtown!!
Imma be real… could not think of a funny concept with the actual witchtown episode. My brain went “magic” and it just went. And I’m unashamed of my love for the disaster twins
#tmnt#cyn art#teenage mutant ninja turtles#teenage mutant ninja turtles fanart#rottmnt#tmnt leonardo#rise of the tmnt#tmnt donatello#rise april 2024 art challenge#rise april 2024#rise april art challenge#rise april#disaster twins#magic#witchtown
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@hitokshellart BIRTH 🫵 + dtiys
(Hope you have a wonderful day and have your boys being cuddly in soft sunset)
#bmcDTIYS#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise of the tmnt#v draws stuff#tmnt 2018#tmnt#rottmnt leo#rottmnt leonardo#big mama’s child#yuichi usagi#samurai rabbit#srtuc#usagi yuichi#samurai rabbit the usagi chronicles#leosagi#leoichi#leonardo hamato#rise leo#rise leonardo#mayhem rottmnt#spot samurai rabbit#dtiys#dtiys challenge dtiys art#dtiys entry#rottmnt dtiys
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Empyrean!
Empyrean Weeping’s Leo was the first thing to cross my mind when I saw this prompt so of course I had to draw him (^^ゞ I just think the way empyrean is used in this au is really really (two reallys) cool :)
Empyrean Weeping belongs to @cupcakeslushie and the original Rise August prompt list was made by @sariphantom :)
#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise august art challenge#rise august 2024#rise august#rottmnt leo#rise leo#rottmnt leonardo#rise leonardo#hamato leonardo#leonardo hamato#save rottmnt#save rise of the tmnt#save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#unpause rottmnt#unpause rise of the tmnt#unpause rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#artists on tumblr#my art#art#illustration#doodles#mint draws#eye strain#yes i do know its september :p#empyrean in EW is super interesting#there's something so unsettling about the way it can twist people and crack even the strongest of wills#very cool :)#using these sort of neon color palettes is always so much fun
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Ok and another thing!!
Phil’s slutty little hand behind the head is such a Dan pose! Phil doesn’t put a slutty little hand behind his head to add some slutty little dimensions and dynamism and movement and coquettishnesd to an already attractive photo. Dan does! Except now Phil does things like go platinum blonde on a random Wednesday and wear crop tops with pink lace and perk up his nipple for a selfie. So basically we’re all in danger
#(Sorry I was certifiably offline all day so I’m still processing this photo)#dan being slutty on main sometimes was enough of a challenge#Phil rising to the slutty occasion though??#uh oh!#dan and Phil#phan#phil lester#dan howell
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