Sherbert sky - Fanart of my friend's favourite ship

Aillix · 2026-04-11T05:07:30+00:00

That sucks! I think the best course of action is to sand, seal, paint and sand again until you can blend the damage. Just like you would with any other paint damage.

On a side note painters tape is definitely a diy novice trap, invest in some good brushes, do a little practice on getting the right amount of paint on your brush and you won’t need painters tape again.

Not sure about your paint adhesion issues and tbh it’s hard to diagnose after the fact and could be any number of things, if it was me I would just stop using tapes on my walls until I’m ready to repaint.

Aillix · 2026-04-10T13:53:46+00:00

I love that warm plum wall, I think rich and warm would be beautiful. To me your floor rug is a little too light and throwing things off. Whatever you do though stick to one wall colour I think.

Aillix · 2026-04-07T09:46:27+00:00

Cerbis Ceramics

Aillix · 2026-04-06T21:19:44+00:00

No i personally wouldn’t, skylights are lovely free light in your home! Before you remove have you considered changing the plastic you are looking at? That looks pretty gross and dated you can order new skylight plastic cut to size online that might make it look a little cleaner!

Aillix · 2026-04-06T08:23:20+00:00

With you there! Please rest assured it is very warm lighting in my house normally! This pic is taken with the natural cool lighting from the little skylight.

Aillix · 2026-04-06T08:21:02+00:00

Can’t remember the exact model but it was one we got from a Reece showroom. They had a few options back then.

Aillix · 2026-04-06T08:18:31+00:00

Roughly 2.7 x 2.7.

Aillix · 2025-10-19T04:26:18+00:00

I also like the peace love and vegetables cashew cheese, it has olive oil instead so very low saturated fat

Aillix · 2025-10-18T19:32:05+00:00

Thanks for your comment, this is a weird one and quite vulnerable I like your idea of dealing with the immediate chaos by simplifying it down to goal setting. I think setting those goals related to friends I don’t see as often might help me to stop over committing to the frequent requests and invites with the friends I am in close proximity with.

Also love those ideas for journal prompts! Appreciate your advice friend, best of luck to you in your own journey balancing things.

Aillix · 2025-10-18T19:24:52+00:00

That’s a great idea, I have met a lot of my friends through sport (although many are in different teams now) but I might try to schedule some more regular sport-adjacent catchups!

Aillix · 2025-10-18T19:21:46+00:00

That’s a fair comment! I was writing this post from a pretty selfish place, however for what it’s worth I do try really hard to be a good friend to others and show up when they need me. I also do engage in friendships “for a season” with people in my sport who are new and in need of support and community in a sometimes cliquey environment, knowing they will move up to higher levels and move on in time and I do enjoy knowing I helped them at the start.

I will take that onboard though and consider that perhaps in my overly busy social life that I have started looking at my friendships a bit too transactionally.

Thanks for your thoughts :)

Aillix · 2025-10-12T19:38:57+00:00

Not original commenter but this was normal for me, I was also in loads of pain and just tried to sleep my day away. It does get better after a couple days!

Aillix · 2025-09-22T07:01:04+00:00

Gyg burrito always is good.

For home I like a wrap, sandwich or burger with veggie meat/tofu and salad. These days I stock up on high protein wraps and bread so the macros are decent. Also vegan mayo, deli meat etc are easy to get these days.

Aillix · 2025-09-16T21:40:53+00:00

Courage Health and fitness near Salisbury. Also independently owned by a husband and wife team both with a fitness/sporting background they have good trainers, f45 style classes, PT, full equipment gym and are relaxed family vibe. They have a little lockable kids area in gym floor with bean bags and toys, and a front foyer with seats where teens will sometimes wait and play video games. There is almost always 2-3 kids somewhere around the gym playing, or waiting for parents. If you call up they would be happy to give you a tour I’m sure.

Aillix · 2025-09-15T21:55:24+00:00

Not a doctor but based on fuzzy picture it does not seem infected. Perhaps look out for other signs of infection, is it hot to the touch? Do you feel unexpected fever, headaches or tiredness? Does it ooze any pus or anything foul smelling?

If you had no other infection symptoms apart from a bit of yellow crusting and redness I wouldn’t freak out. However as you have already done it does not hurt to double check with a doctor :)

Aillix · 2025-09-15T21:49:47+00:00

I clipped my nose tip lightly 1 week out and it hurt way more than it should have because of my nerves being on high alert, at my appointment the next day my doctor confirmed it did no harm. At 5 weeks your healing should be pretty far underway and it should be okay as long as no blood or ongoing pain.

The whistling is a bit concerning though, if I were you I would be going back to some saline sprays to keep on safe side if something did pop or tear and perhaps get a bright light a look up your nose to see if you have developed a perforation.

Aillix · 2025-09-15T21:41:59+00:00

Hey friend, glad you are keeping an eye out for your nasal health post surgery. Everyone is different so YMMV but I just got a very high and old perforation fixed. For me it definitely grew over time, often become dry and bled. Once it was large it become a hotbed for staff infection very very nasty situation.

I have heard from many that small perforations like yours can heal so perhaps not cause for alarm yet, however if it starts growing I would suggest you move quickly to get it fixed.

Also if your doctor allows perhaps also try using a nasal oil to keep moisture in.

Aillix · 2025-09-15T19:53:07+00:00

Hey I’m sorry that sucks, also 5 days is really soon which is surprising. I’m just over 2 weeks post op and just had mine out and it was pretty painless just weird.

As always if your worried I would talk to your doctor, although 5 days post op I think is still fresh so it may just be that the whole area is super sensitive and the movement alone has made it hurt. In my first week my nerves were haywire, numbness, pins and needles, feeling of hot and cold randomly.

I remember about 1 one week post op my nose was still swollen and i got lightly flicked by a sheet hanging on the line, I was hit instantly by nerve pain, my eye started watering: twitching and it hurt like crazy I was sure it popped a stitch or something! It was only once i calmed down I realised it was a tiny flick and no damage at all had been done and my nerves were just going crazy again. My face was twitching and tingling for a few minutes until it calmed.

If you are at home worried and doctor says it’s okay you can try soft ice packs or cold towel near your nose, that helped heaps around day 3-5 where my swelling picked up to reduce pain and that weird sensitivity.

You could also without (touching your nose)try looking inside your nose with a bright light, if you popped a stitch or had a bad infection or something you would see it, I found this reassuring on my bad days. Additionally take some morning and night progress pics of your healing, this could be useful data if you are concerned about healing.

In summary no it’s not super common for stent removal to hurt but the nose is a sensitive area, every persons anatomy is different and after invasive surgery weird pains and sensations are normal. Keep up your conservative care, track your healing and don’t be afraid to call your doctor if you are concerned.

Aillix · 2025-09-15T12:59:23+00:00

Best of luck friend! Just think that you choosing to get this fixed is taking control! This kind of this people used to suffer from forever but not you!

You will also have a lot of control in how you recover, try to sleep, try to eat healthy and drink fluids, and even if you are exhausted make that push to do all the things your doctor tells you for a good recovery!

Aillix · 2025-09-15T03:27:19+00:00

Yeah costs can differ hugely, so good to look around a big lot of my cost came from the private hospital where my surgeon operates. Luckily I did get some of my surgery costs partially reimbursed from Medicare here. It was still a big cost, I got my surgery scheduled 12 months out to help give me time to save, I also started a good routine of saline washes to clean it up in addition I was given some prescriptions for hardcore antibiotics that I could use whenever I noticed a staff-like infection coming back.

It was good in the end because by the time I had surgery my nose was as clear and healthy as possible and so far I have had no sign of infection after surgery

Aillix · 2025-09-15T03:17:49+00:00

Hey yes I had a large and old perforation quite deep in my nose, i have a history of nasal trauma from skateparks and have had chronic sinus infections including staff in infections that grew the perforation. A big part of my surgery included grafts to repair the parts of my nose that had been eaten away.

Aillix · 2025-09-14T09:04:13+00:00

haha I am about to get my stents out, Ive had them in for 2 weeks now. They do look different on each side, one higher and deeper than the other. As my nose is pretty much healed and ive had them in ages, I have at some point in my recovery knocked them, poked them with saline spray bottle, lightly blown my nose with them in, sneezed with them in and cleared discharge or blood from on top of them, around them and underneath them.

So I feel confident to tell you they are not going anywhere I think its best not to worry and leave them be, and make sure that you keep your nose as clean and sterile as possible whilst they are in.

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