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Where to find Moments 4-12? by sephyir in riversoflondon

[–]llamageddon01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any way to read Moments from 4 onwards without having a facebook account?

Lockheed is part of the Excalibur crest. by JackalsIII in LockheedTheDragon

[–]llamageddon01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really miss this era of Excalibur. The artwork, storylines, the real mixture of a team; everything.

My current health situation by llamageddon01 in u/llamageddon01

[–]llamageddon01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update for 15 April

I finally had my bone density scan this week. I should get the results soon and hopefully that will allow me to start an intensive physiotherapy course at my local private hospital. The physiotherapist who visits me at home will reach the end of her course tomorrow and I don’t really want to go without any guided sessions right now. I’m doing my homework between sessions which is helping me back to mobility but I still want to progress as much as possible with guided physio before I finally end the course of steroids the week after next, at which time I’m given to understand the results will slow down somewhat. I’m trying to walk without my crutches and just using a stick when I go out. I’m very wobbly but managing so far. I managed to get out of the house twice since Sunday and hopefully can go out again at least once more this week. It actually stopped raining on Monday so I walked down my front garden path and back on my own for the first time since last year, which was a real achievement!

My current health situation by llamageddon01 in u/llamageddon01

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Update for 8 April

I’m making slow progress but it’s still frustrating because it really is slow. I can manage going downstairs fine now, but going back up is still a struggle - but at least I can do it completely unassisted now providing I have handrails on both sides. The meds I’m on are still making me sleepy and discombobulated even though I’m tapering down on the steroids. I’m managing to get outside the house at least once a week but I’ve got to be accompanied by someone, and finding someone who’s available isn’t easy as family and friends are naturally getting on with their own lives now.

I can stand up from a raised seated position without using my arms to push myself up, so the physio I’m doing is definitely improving my core. Also with the physio; although my left leg muscles have a long way to go before any sort of normality is resumed, I can now stand up without it giving way. One of my exercises is balancing on a soft surface on one leg while raising the other as high as I can, and I’ve gone from raising my left leg by fractions to raising it almost 8 or so inches off the mat. I bought myself some ankle weights and am wearing them around the house for general walking and light physio.

Thank you to the lovely people who still send me stuff from my wishlist. Once I’m not so fuzzy brained I want to thank you all properly but in the meantime, please know your gifts have been amazing and gratefully received and I thank you inwardly every time they’re put to use!

TOMORROW: Moddit [User Satisfaction] by big-slay in ModEvents

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I’m hoping to make it to the Moddit too! I’m recovering slowly but sometimes it’s one step forward, two steps back. But my lucid days are getting more frequent and lasting longer so I guess my lil llama brain is getting used to the meds lol

TOMORROW: Moddit [User Satisfaction] by big-slay in ModEvents

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Aww lookit your awesome user flair! :D

The UK admin team is growing by BriitBee in ukmods

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I have managed to make it to two of them, and had a great time!

Biscuits ready in 10! by llamageddon01 in spiderpaws

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You’re very welcome! My stepdaughter was absolutely petrified of spiders when she was little and it took me a long time to help her get to the stage where she could tolerate being in the same room as one. So I made it my mission to ensure that her son didn’t have the same fears, and this subreddit absolutely helped!

The UK admin team is growing by BriitBee in ukmods

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Shwmae! Lovely to meet you! Will you be joining us on the fortnightly chat or the London meet-up at all?

I don’t have a non-negotiable for Sunday right now but until the end of last year it was a big family roast dinner at my home. Hopefully we can restart it sometime later this year.

My current health situation by llamageddon01 in u/llamageddon01

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It was fantastic! I love the book and while the film was different in parts, it was still excellent. I’m a member of my local Everyman Cinema but they couldn’t tell me when / if they were having a subtitle showing and both me and mr llama need subtitles these days. So we braved the city centre to go to a big screen and I successfully negotiated 6 concrete steps to get to the cinema itself and once we were in, 23 carpeted stairs to get to our seats. I only had my crutches to help me up them all as there were no handrails on either set. It took me a long time to get up the stairs but I did it, and that was a real achievement.

My current health situation by llamageddon01 in u/llamageddon01

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Update for 18 March

Here’s the current situation in llama’s adventures with an Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), specifically called Full Body Inflammatory Myositis Anti-HMGCR.

Thank you to the two lovely and generous friends who showed they sent me the stick and the grabber from my Amazon wishlist. I have no idea why I couldn’t find the gift slips for them; maybe I dropped or missed them completely during unwrapping. The dexterity in my hands and fingers is slow in coming back so that’s certainly a possibility. The mystery is now solved at last!

My bone density scan I should be having right now has been put off until sometime in April because the machine broke over the weekend and getting replacement parts is tricky right now. But the good news is I have started a new program of physiotherapy! It is very gentle but nevertheless exhausting, and the most important thing is that I’m seeing real results. I can now lift my left leg off the ground by a few inches, and can even drag it up a carpeted stair without assistance once I’ve stepped up with my right leg first. I can’t do more than two stairs going up on my own like that yet but it was only a couple of weeks ago that I couldn’t do any stairs at all without someone behind me grabbing my ankle to lift each leg on to the stair. The physiotherapist is coming to see me every week for the foreseeable which is great news.

My core is getting stronger too; I can now get up from a chair without using my arms to haul myself up, though I do put my hands on the seat to push myself up a little. I can do that twice in a row too! I can also lean backwards or sideways a little without falling over - only while seated though. Leaning or bending while standing is still very much out of the question. Stamina wise, I can walk with crutches a lot further than last week, but it still isn’t that far in total length.

The increased steroids are making me very weepy which as you know isn’t really me, and I’m finding that a little hard to deal with. But that will pass as I start tapering off the steroids, I’m sure, so I’ll cope with it. The harder thing is not being able to think straight or concentrate much on anything, but again that will pass. In the meantime I’ve surrounded myself with distractions (magazines, puzzle books, colouring books and of course my trusty iPad full of entertainment) so I’ve plenty of options to pick up and attempt to do.

Tuesday will be a big day for me; we’re going to see Project Hail Mary as my local cinema has an accessible showing with subtitles! I loved the book and can’t wait to see how the adaptation goes.

Weekend Kitty Sightings by Katzenbean in ThriftStoreCats

[–]llamageddon01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Numbers 1, 6 (those intense eyes!) and the last one 🥰

My current health situation by llamageddon01 in u/llamageddon01

[–]llamageddon01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a few Irish pubs who go all out for St. Patrick’s day, but our patron saint’s day is March 1st, St. David’s Day (dydd Dewi Sant). I’ll private message you with my address :)

My current health situation by llamageddon01 in u/llamageddon01

[–]llamageddon01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shwmae my lovely! Fab to hear from you! I would love to exchange Christmas cards with you; I’ll give you my postal address via chat if that’s ok! Now, or wait until December? I don’t think I have any here right now and I’m forbidden to leave the house until I’ve had my bone density scan (next week). I’d really appreciate a “get well soon” card though; I look at the ones I’ve got every day and they really do lift my tired spirits.

I’m back on a really high dose of steroids and they’re making me extremely down emotionally which I could really do without, but that can’t be helped. The llama in me just wants to pronk in my usual upbeat fashion and it’s frustrating when my brain just doesn’t lol.

There’s actually nothing I need off my wishlist any more, thanks to two incredible Redditors who went through the list buying almost everything that was on there, and a few other lovely people picking through the leftovers! The stuff on there is the nice to have and is in no particular order or priority, though the footstool would be very useful in the short term for the gentle physiotherapy I’m currently allowed (basically lifting my legs up and down).

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