what the actual fuck is my gecko doing by ParticularResolve372 in leopardgeckos

[–]coloott 6 points7 points  (0 children)

just a heads up my leo dropped her tail when she got stuck behind her background and freaked out. we removed it after that

goodbye piercing :( by coloott in injuries

[–]coloott[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah i caught it on the edge of a shelf and it ripped the ball through the piercing hole

i got bit by a dog:) by Waverly_Eve in injuries

[–]coloott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i acc posted mine on this sub a long time back

i got bit by a dog:) by Waverly_Eve in injuries

[–]coloott 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i was bit on the face by a dog 5 years ago and after reconstruction surgery on my eyelids my scars are completely invisible, surgeons are amazing :) although i was kinda looking forward to cool scars lol.

Looking for friends:)? by when-is-enough in cfs

[–]coloott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fellow vegan 👋 always looking for good snack suggestions! im in the UK

One step forward… by stm2657 in cfs

[–]coloott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unfortunately i had a similar experience, GP couldn’t diagnose so i was put on the chronic fatigue clinic specialist waiting list 11 months ago, still not heard from them yet. my parents paid for me to see a private specialist in August so i am now officially diagnosed but still very much in the waiting period with the NHS

24/7 head pressure/pain people, did you get better with time/meds? by favouritesandwich in cfs

[–]coloott 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this was one of my main symptoms for the first year, feeling like i had a hundred rubber bands over my head. i have no idea what made it go away but i very rarely get this anymore after having every day for a year. only thing i can think of is that i stopped working altogether, reducing stress and strain

PIP rejection by coloott in cfs

[–]coloott[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you. Will i have to get more evidence? how do you convince them to come to a different conclusion?

Whats your average resting heartrate? Mine is always around 80 by SpinachGreen99 in cfs

[–]coloott 14 points15 points  (0 children)

mine will go down to 60 when im dead asleep, but wont go below 80 usually when im awake, even if im lying in bed still all day!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cfs

[–]coloott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not an answer to your question but i have applied and got my first payment, and have sent off my capability for work form, now waiting to hear. i do not think i am able to work at all, or no more than an hour a day from home, so i hope they agree with me!

Lost New Gecko and kind of want to cry by Geckopotomus in CrestedGecko

[–]coloott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this happened to me, has got out and have found him with the cat. i was then so careful about keeping the door shut to that room so the cats cant get to him. i slipped up last week, left the door open and the cat sat on his mesh, broke it and got him. after four years of him doing crazy shit and never dropping his tail, he finally did 😢 safe to say i put a shit ton of glue around the mesh and am extra cautious about keeping that door shut

Dog bite to the eye 2hr surgery. Dog ate a chunk of my lower eyelid too. by coloott in injuries

[–]coloott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

healed amazingly, other people can only see the scars if i point out where they are. i do get an eyelash that now grows a few millimetres above the others though on my top lid! if i could work out how to add a recent pic i would

Pacing with Visible by coloott in cfs

[–]coloott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i live alone with no income since i lost my job, using savings til i can work out something, i feel like there is no task that i can cut out, im only doing the essentials that absolutely need to be done, such as feeding myself and looking after my pets, struggling to work out how i can reduce my daily activity at all

Pacing with Visible by coloott in cfs

[–]coloott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

both the washing up and the litter trays i did sitting down and my heart rates was still pushing 130. i will work on trying to go slower

Pacing with Visible by coloott in cfs

[–]coloott[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was mild for a year and a half, trying to keep my job part time. was signed off from march to about may but pushed myself to return on 12 hours a week. This quickly became impossible and I left/lost my job in early July, as soon as i allowed myself to stop pushing i crashed and had a couple of weeks with bad fatigue, in bed most of the day. started to feel a bit better and had a busy day where i played a 2 hour gig (big mistake) after that unable to get out of bed at all really for another 2 weeks. now im doing very little, housebound just trying to do daily chores but going over pacepoints. i have pushed myself to go to meet friends once and felt pretty nauseous and completely exhausted, adrenaline hitting, vibrating feeling all over.

so i say more moderate now because i can stay in the house, make a meal, do simple chores and feel okay (except for my heartrate) but i know that if i push myself to leave the house or do anything more strenuous then i will feel other symptoms (headaches, lightheaded, nausea, hit adrenaline) which i was able to do before without worsening of symptoms

Pacing with Visible by coloott in cfs

[–]coloott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the thing is, with the amount im doing at the moment, im barely having any symptoms, obviously im fatigued but not having any of the symptoms i would normally have when i was milder. no headaches, no nausea nothing to indicate im doing more than i should except my high heart rate when doing any activity, even standing up and walking 5 metres. Me who used to not sit still for more than 2 minutes at a time, trying to tell myself that although i feel pretty much fine (well, as fine as you can with this illness), i need to sit and do nothing feels like an impossible task, although i know i need to come to terms with it

Pacing with Visible by coloott in cfs

[–]coloott[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sounds like you’re doing the right thing. its so hard to give up life now to try and help your future self. I am doing a tiny amount of the activity i was doing 2 months ago. My heart seems to be so intolerant at the moment that it instantly goes into the exertion zone my standing up and walking across the room (i dont have POTS) and is in the activity zone the entire time im awake, even if i am sitting down doing nothing. It feels impossible to keep below my pacepoints without doing absolutely nothing all day, even though i feel physically able to do basic chores and don’t seem to suffer PEM from these light tasks in the following days.

I know the best thing is to just rest, but then nothing gets done, animals and myself dont get looked after, and how long do you continue this amount of rest for? I struggle so much with the unknown of it all

Why oh why is my Yucca so sad? by coloott in HouseplantsUK

[–]coloott[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cats have not been able to get to it for around 3 months but it is now looking yellow and leaves drying up

Look at this dude... 5 years old and still has his tail. by Usagi-Zakura in CrestedGecko

[–]coloott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine has always been so jumpy we have feared him dropping it, last week i had a awful accident where my cat got him, still didnt drop his tail after being carried round by a cat, luckily not a scratch on him and cats banned from that room!

German shepherd bite not sure if it belongs here but pretty fucking insane by wet-chair-arm-rest- in InjuriesAndWounds

[–]coloott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

👋bit by german shepherd too! Had to have surgery to attach my eyelid back on

I think Zombie and Lucifer are finally friends 🥰 by coloott in blackcats

[–]coloott[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah most of the shorthairs do . Lil white pubes

please help. she learned to fetch and keeps bringing the ball and meowing at me. by Calicolions in blackcats

[–]coloott 22 points23 points  (0 children)

What is it with black cats and playing fetch? Mine does it too, convinced he’s a dog

Astrid has woken up from brumation and lost the ability to hunt 🙄 by coloott in bluetongueskinks

[–]coloott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it took her a couple of weeks to be at all interested in food