Hey, tumblr friends and followers! So… I am really bad at this and I don’t know where to begin. It’s incredibly difficult for me to ask for help. Last year I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease after being very ill for several years, and no one being able to figure out what was causing it. Now with the late diagnosis the Lyme Disease has become late-stage or also known as chronic Lyme Disease. I was able to find a really awesome LLMD (Lyme Literate Medical Doctor) and she has had me try oral antibiotics and a natural healing protocol. I have not had enough improvement from them and so now my only real option is IV antibiotics which is has proven to be a very effective method for keeping the Lyme spirochetes (spiral shaped bacteria that burrow into your brain and nervous system) at bay. The issue with this method is that insurance covers very little and the costs are almost entirely out of pocket. I would also need to get either a central port or PICC line to make IV treatment much easier!
Right now I rely on my cane more and more. I also can’t be upright for more that 10 or 15 minutes due to POTS (caused by the Lyme infection) so I need a wheelchair for things like grocery shopping. I have rather a lot of complications from Lyme Disease as well.
My incredible husband has set up a YouCaring fundraiser for me right here. You can also read my full story there! I cannot even express how much it would mean to me to receive any kind of help whether it is a donation or a reblog! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!
“My wife passed away last January. We’d been married for 62 years. You caught me at a time when I’ve been thinking a lot about love because I’m reading Shakespeare’s sonnets. The definition of love is elusive, which is why we write about it endlessly. Even Shakespeare couldn’t touch it. All the greatest love stories just seem to be about physical attraction. Romeo and Juliet didn’t know ifthey liked the same books or movies. It was just physical. After 62 years, it becomes something different entirely. My wife used to say: ‘We are one.’ And believe me, she was not the type of person to overstate something. Now that she’s gone, I realize how right she was. So much of our lives were linked. We were very physical and affectionate. But we also shared every ritual of our life. I miss her every time I leave a movie and can’t ask for her opinion. Or every time I go to a restaurant and can’t give her a taste of my chicken. I miss her most at night. We got in bed together at the same time every night.”
I’m sorry, but this is so fucking stupid. PETA is claiming that this is what a sheep looks like after it has been sheared. In case you were wondering, this is what a sheep ACTUALLY looks like after it has been sheared:
And that isn’t some “best case” scenario, believe me, I live in a place that has more sheep than people, and all sheared sheep look like that. It does not hurt the animal at all, aside from perhaps the odd slip with the shears resulting in a minor graze. In fact, shearing sheep is necessary for their wellbeing, because domesticated sheep do not shed their wool like a non domesticated sheep would, which can to them looking like this:
This is Shrek, yes, that is actually his name, notice how you can’t see his legs or face? That’s not good. He is a sheep who escaped his field and went wandering for six years, resulting in a sixty pound fleece. This is actually dangerous because it can cause overheating and if they get on their back the weight stops them from getting up again, they can die from this. PETA really cares about money and attention more than animals.
So yeah, fuck PETA, buy wool…and while you’re at it buy some goddamn honey because the bees need the help.
Those born under the sign of Cancer, ruled by the mysterious Moon, are one of the zodiac’s enigmas. It is fair to say that most Cancers are a bundle of contradictions. Compassionate and caring with friends, family and lovers, yet they can cut to the bone with their jealous remarks and ever-changing moods. Endearingly eccentric on one hand, and on the other, insecure about how others see them. Like their astrological symbol - the Crab - Cancers can appear hard and insensitive on the outside. However, for those of us who know and love a “Moon Child”, we understand that deep below lies a softness and sensitiveity that makes them so very special..🦀
the reason i like staying up late so much is because between the hours of 1am-5am, the world is quiet and no one expects anything from me. i could stare at my wall for 4 hours and there would be no consequences. it’s so silent and calm. i love it
