#rising to the challenge

[ataleofthreemonkeys]

Adjustments

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.

[supine-ly]

late to post for TMayNT day 1

[neon-mega-turtle]

(Little late with Day 2)

Day 2! Eclipse!!

[v-albion]

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

[mintghostko]

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 :)

[andalorii]

Fave - the Plumed Autumntail

daily december familiars! following Osiem's prompt list!!

the plumed autumntail is obviously the best familiar and has no contenders.

[sariphantom]

@tmaynt Day 4: Baby Turtles

A redraw of my old Rise baby turtles art from last year

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 1: Dread on Arrival

(Part 2)

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Rise August: Portal

Heck yeah

I love drawing lighting effects

@sariphantom

[tervaneula]

@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

[unluckilylvcky]

🐢🏺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

[deepseadozing]

kawaii as the internetians say !

[neon-mega-turtle]

(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

[v-albion]

@hitokshellart BIRTH 🫵 + dtiys

(Hope you have a wonderful day and have your boys being cuddly in soft sunset)

[mintghostko]

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 :)

[bitchslapblastoids]

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