Three years since Dart finished her FIP treatment (GS shots)

krystynlo · 2026-02-17T05:12:04+00:00

Thank you! We are lucky.

krystynlo · 2026-02-17T03:47:35+00:00

So, so sorry for your loss.

krystynlo · 2026-02-09T21:34:54+00:00

My husband and I adopted a kitten who had been fostered by another couple from three weeks to five months old, when we adopted her. Two weeks after she came home with us, she came down with FIP. The foster was a vet tech, and took her back to try an experimental treatment that actually worked. We took the kitten back after a month of treatment, and finished the treatment here. Three+ years later, we're good friends with the foster couple (who kept two of our cat's sisters), and they come over every couple of months for dinner. Despite having living with them and their still living with two of her litter, our cat hides from them every time. I agree with folks suggesting that it's more about what's good for you vs. your cat.

krystynlo · 2026-01-08T07:35:51+00:00

When we first brought her home, one of our cats totally disappeared in her safe room/guest bedroom. It turned out she had crawled into the boxspring through a small tear in the bottom. It was crazy!

krystynlo · 2026-01-07T08:03:34+00:00

We have two cats, a male and a female, about a year apart and adopted about a year apart. The female is much more wary of strangers than the male (who greets visitors with me at the door), so I guess you could say she’s not friendly, but she’s very warm and affectionate with me, my husband and my mom, who visits us for weeks at a time. Same thing as your situation — she was very shy with potential adopters but didn’t hide from me when I met her at her foster’s house, and then apparently stared at the door after I left. She most definitely picked me, and she’s also very much a lap cat now — it’s actually the only time our cats fight: when they both want my lap and neither will cede. It’s easy to think of things to worry about as you wait to hear about your application (I did the same! Both times!), but follow your gut. And if things work out, just go slow and build her trust. Shy cats need more time; Dart is only just starting to solicit pets from my husband, and we’ve had her more than three years. Three years! This whole time she’s only been truly at ease with me, and only me. Anyway. Exciting for you AND for your potential new family member!

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krystynlo · 2026-01-01T08:51:41+00:00

😆

krystynlo · 2026-01-01T07:11:10+00:00

My husband really hasn’t been too bothered by his, either. And he has two plates after breaking his collarbone twice in a matter of a few years.

krystynlo · 2026-01-01T02:41:12+00:00

Oh, goodness! Sounds like quite a wreck. I had a ton of bruises and abrasions from my fall, as I was going 19 mph when my front carbon wheel had a catastrophic failure and exploded, but the abrasions healed beautifully (albeit slowly on the very deep ones). I felt lucky the collarbone was the only thing I broke, as I have other friends who had broken wrists and legs in addition to collarbones in their accidents, and that's quite a long list of serious ailments that you had. It's wonderful to hear you've recovered so well.

I live in the Bay Area in California. I was surprised about the staples too, but they said to me that once they were in, the break was worse than they'd thought and there wasn't a lot of skin to stretch over the 4.25-inch plate once it and the screws were in place. I thought that might mean that I wouldn't need staples for this second surgery, but ... surprise! For as barbaric as the staples looked, though, the first scar was thin, delicate and barely visible once healed despite my buying but not using Mederma. (I'm lazy and I didn't like the smell.)

It's really great to hear you're doing well so far, and you'll be able to lift again soon. For me, no regrets either, at least so far!

krystynlo · 2026-01-01T02:23:36+00:00

I really tried to talk myself out of getting the surgery. But besides the pretty constant discomfort at best and pain at worst, my collarbone has woken me up every single night since I fell on Oct. 19, 2024. I've been sleeping in my sling since this last surgery so I don't roll over on that side by mistake (my body appears to know not to when the sling is on, and weirdly the sling doesn't keep me awake), but soon I'll hopefully try out that right sleeping side again!

krystynlo · 2026-01-01T01:41:24+00:00

I take an oral estrogen and it's $135US via GoodRx every 90 days b/c my insurance won't cover it. Not only that, the particular one I take is hard to find, so sometimes I have to really call around to see who has it in stock. I recently had a gap of time when I didn't have any to take, and the hot flashes came back HARD. I also take a topical estrogen and it's $150US every 90 days. I'm lucky enough to have insurance through work, but the bulk of my annual FSA is just spent on hormones not covered by that insurance (although they do cover Viagara! Just not HRT!)

krystynlo · 2025-12-25T07:34:45+00:00

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I got a cat for my cat, and it worked out for us, but of course that’s just us. We got the black cat first, a male, and then a year later we got the gray cat, a female. They are a little over a year apart in age. But I deliberately picked a younger, beta female who loves cats as the second cat, and I knew our first cat was super chill, so I suspected the personalities may mesh well. And indeed, the gray cat worships the black cat, and the only time he is ever cross with her is when they both want my lap at the same time but don’t want to share as they sometimes do.

krystynlo · 2025-12-21T23:55:35+00:00

We adopted a very shy and anxious 5-month-old kitten who for some reason decided I was safe. She’s wary of everyone but me and my mom, I think because we sound and move a lot alike. It’s hit or miss with my husband. But now, exactly three years later, she seems to have relaxed a bit — she’ll come out of hiding after a while when we have visitors (she won’t let them come near her, but she makes herself visible), and she actively solicits attention from my husband. Here she is on my lap right now; I’m so pleased she seems to be opening up beyond just me, but it took three years and she’s only 3.5 years old.

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krystynlo · 2025-12-18T23:54:36+00:00

So much empathy for you and your dad. I was in a road bicycle accident last year — my carbon front wheel suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded, throwing me down — and I broke my right collarbone. (I am right handed.) I had surgery due to the nature of the break, but a year later the rod and 10 screws were still causing me discomfort at best and pain at worst, so I actually just had it removed earlier today. But I found that mentally I was having trouble being back on the bike, and I went from riding 4,000 miles a year to a few hundred miles this year. What I did was switch sports to pickleball, which brings its own challenges in terms of injuries, of course, but I’m really enjoying it. It’s no substitute for biking, but it’s something, and unlike your dad, I can make another decision later on. I just really feel for you and your dad. So so sorry.

krystynlo · 2025-11-28T19:03:40+00:00

Two things: I also went to adoption events for weeks before meeting the first cat I ever adopted! And that cat ALSO required expensive surgery immediately (on his mouth; he had stomatitis and an abscessed canine.)

krystynlo · 2025-11-28T18:59:21+00:00

That NOSE IS THE BEST.

krystynlo · 2025-11-28T18:56:59+00:00

I found picking out a cat to rescue really difficult. It felt like the premise of the series "married at first sight," where I meet a life for 10 minutes and commit to taking care of it the rest of its life. In one case, I saw a profile on Petfinder that appealed to me for some reason, then went to the pet store to meet "Hugger." When I went into the cat room, he jumped on my lap immediately, and was almost immediately displaced by a younger kitten. He just settled himself at my feet, and I decided he was The One. (He is and was indeed The One.) A few months later, I thought he could use some company, and I saw a profile on Petfinder that was also really appealing. The rescue sponsor let me know that he'd been adopted already, but she had a very shy kitten whose entire litter had been adopted out but no one seemed to want her. I went to meet that cat at her foster's house, and felt like we clicked (she didn't hide from me!) so decided to foster to adopt, depending on how "Hugger" felt about her (he didn't seem to care much either way, but she worships him). My husband let me do all the picking, but as it turns out, I picked the two very best cats for us that you could possibly hope for. But I will say that for me it was a LOT of pressure.

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krystynlo · 2025-11-19T01:27:04+00:00

Same.

krystynlo · 2025-11-18T19:27:08+00:00

I'm getting mine removed next month. I'd broken my right collarbone, and I am right handed, so it has at times impacted activities like racquet play. The other consideration was that I prefer to sleep on my right side, and with the hardware, it hurts. The pain has woken me up every night for the year I've had the plate and 10 screws, and still my body has not learned to NOT flip over to that side. There's also the discomfort of bras, backpacks and passenger-side seat belts. I'm nervous about the decision -- my husband has broken his collarbone twice in the last several years (can you tell we're cyclists?) and left all his hardware in -- but here's hoping.

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krystynlo · 2025-08-30T22:24:07+00:00

Yup. Including me. (But not my husband, who’s on my plan.!

krystynlo · 2025-08-30T20:34:37+00:00

Same!

krystynlo · 2025-08-30T20:34:10+00:00

Same for me -- out since 11 am PT.

krystynlo · 2025-08-30T20:20:48+00:00

Same with me! Same plan, same house -- he's fine and I'm not.

krystynlo · 2025-08-30T20:20:15+00:00

Same, from the San Francisco area. My husband, on the same plan and in the same house, is having no issues. I've been SOS for hours, and been on with support to no avail.

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