I hate to make a post like this but I really don’t know what else to do. My roommate noticed a lump on my dog Oakley’s foot a couple weeks ago and she’s had to go to the vet three times since then. We found out that the lump is a tumor that needs to be surgically removed. The cost of the surgery alone is almost $600, that’s not including the antibiotics and ointment we’ve already tried which brings it up to almost $1,000 in vet bills this month alone.
Most of you probably don’t know this, but I was under severe stress and started cutting just over two years ago now.
I also have been struggling with an as of yet undiagnosed ailment that causes me to randomly have severe debilitating pain to the point of passing out. I got Oakley partially because I wanted to be responsible for someone else so that I would have a reason to keep trying to get healthy. I’m in a much better place now mentally, which is definitely in part because of my puppy. She’s a certified therapy dog that loves literally everything and everyone. I could brag about her all day, but I’ll just put in some adorable pictures of her below.
Any help you could give, whether donations or just signal boosting would be really really appreciated! The link to our gofundme is here. Thank you all so much ❤
This is my new favorite hangout spot. I walked here from home with a cup of tea and my watercolor supplies. A floating dock out of the reach of sun or rain floats underneath the marina. And it has friends. 😍
I can’t get over the fact that some of you guys can walk to places like this when all I can walk to to relax is the burger king down the street.
Dear people who believe every doctor’s office should be able to “just look me up” and have all their medical information and history right there: you’re right, we *should* be able to do that.
But we can’t, so please bear with us and don’t berate the front office staff for not establishing a secure national health data network right before your eyes.
Thanks
This *can* be a blessing (although in most cases I agree it is definitely bad.)
If you have one asshole doctor who labels you as Evil Non-compliant Patient Whose Physical Health Issues Are Clearly All Psychosomatic (Despite Lab Tests Indicating They Are Real) then it’s very hard to ghost on those medical notes in the NHS. I’ve never had that experience but I know multiple people who have.
(Someone I know recently managed to do this. It required changing her name by deed poll and moving cities, both of which she had intended to do anyway for other reasons. I can ask her about details if any followers want to know.)
Here’s me holding a common snapping turtle properly. Notice how my hands are on the sides of the shell, not putting weight pressure on the thinner front and back portions that connect to the spine. Here I’m supporting the turtle at 3 points. Two hands at the bridges (where the carapace and plastron meet) and one supporting his weight on my thigh. The bridges are thick parts of the shell that can handle the weight of the turtle without putting pressure directly on the spine. He did claw at me a little, but it’s hardly bad compared to other things that claw at me. He cannot reach me with his mouth, not that he tried really. This was comfortable and not very threatening for him.
It’s not an alligator snapping turtle, but even then I wouldn’t take one above 70lbs out because they simply are too heavy to be held comfortably by us and without putting pressure on their body.
The old tradition of holding the top of the shell behind the head perplexes me, because it puts all of the weight on that point (the front of the spine) and bends it back. It also would have no reason evolutionarily to support that area for weight bearing! Knowing that, how could anyone think that’s the only correct way?
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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