Frankly, My Dear

It really bothers me that people think oppression needs to come in the form of overt personal prejudices in order to be ‘real.’

Okay, so the doctors I went to didn’t say “I hate you because you are a fat, African-American with no insurance (*cough*money*cough cough*)” but I still got sub-par medical treatment over the course of my life that led to me having multiple strokes and nearly dying.

Each individual doctor doesn’t have to give a damn who I am and what I do, but we live in a country where the system says that people like me are going to die from poor health.

So, -no- I’m not going to let someone tell me that “It’s not racism.  It’s not fatphobia.  It’s not classism.” just because the words “I hate you” were not spoken.

That’s not how oppression works.

No individual needs to be invested to be an accomplice.

By existing in a position of power & NOT actively working against that power, doctors are contributing to the genocide of our working poor, immigrant workers, people of color, etc.

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I'm sure all of you can guess how scary it is to be this vulnerable on the internet. I'm still opening up about my life with kidney disease because I need help.

I've just always had limited options (medically and financially) and am gonna go out on a limb and hope it lands me in a longer life.

A couple of years ago, I came to my friends on tumblr to ask for help getting out of an abusive household once I realized the lack of self-care that I was constantly forced into resulted in kidney failure (following my heart failure about a decade ago)

I'm here, again (some more... continued? I dunno) to ask that if you've ever considered organ donation, reach out to me.

There are over 100,000 people on the waiting list for deceased donor kidneys, just like me. Time is limited. The average wait time can be over five years and many people I know personally have passed during their wait. To say the least, I'm scared.

An option I do have is to find a living donor.

I'm asking friends and strangers to help improve my quality of life by being a living kidney donor. I only need one, after all! :)

Don't worry if you don't know a lot about living donation - I didn't before learning from my nephrology team. Here's some basic information:

-You only part with one kidney

- The surgery is done laparoscopically, meaning through tiny incisions

- The recuperation period is quick. Generally two weeks.

- The cost of your evaluation and surgery will be covered by my insurance. The hospital can give you extensive information on this.

- You will have a separate team of healthcare professionals to evaluate as a living donor. Their job is to help you understand the risks and look out for YOUR best interests.

You can also learn more by searching for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

Thank you for taking time to read my story. If donating a kidney to me is something you would like to consider, I would be happy to tell you more about my story and explore the process of determining if you're a match for me. DM!

Also, I know living donation is not for everyone. You can still help if this has moved you to. Consider donating to help covering my medical expenses, debt from my heart surgery in 2007, and the odd cup of boba tea so my kidney diet doesn't bore me to death before the actual kidneys go caput. (Sorry I'm a bit morbid. TY for your time <3)

Hey guys, I don't often do this but I'm in a really bad spot right now. My dog is quite old had to go to the vet and now I'm -$475 right now And I don't get paid until the beginning of next month and I honestly don't know what to do aside from reach out and ask for help from anyone who is able to. If you are not able to, that is totally understandable, even if you can't donate just a reblog to pass it around would have mean the world to me. I'm not an artist and I don't have anything to offer in commissions, unless anyone wants any video editing done for whatever reason, I'd be more than willing to offer that to anybody who can help donate.

I just need to be able to afford my dog's follow up appointment next month and at the moment there's no way I can do that. If you can help, cashapp is $livlife203

4/18

$0/475

https://twitter.com/paintedrecs/status/1639610323580899328

this Tears of the Kingdom gameplay is incredible

Hey guys, I don't often do this but I'm in a really bad spot right now. My dog is quite old had to go to the vet and now I'm -$475 right now And I don't get paid until the beginning of next month and I honestly don't know what to do aside from reach out and ask for help from anyone who is able to. If you are not able to, that is totally understandable, even if you can't donate just a reblog to pass it around would have mean the world to me. I'm not an artist and I don't have anything to offer in commissions, unless anyone wants any video editing done for whatever reason, I'd be more than willing to offer that to anybody who can help donate.

I just need to be able to afford my dog's follow up appointment next month and at the moment there's no way I can do that. If you can help, cashapp is $livlife203

4/18

$0/475

You showed me how to survive when I should have been shown how to live.

Exhausted doesn't cover how I feel, anymore

I feel as if I am melting at all times

What does that mean? Fuck if I know.

It hurts tho

I'm sure all of you can guess how scary it is to be this vulnerable on the internet. I'm still opening up about my life with kidney disease because I need help.

I've just always had limited options (medically and financially) and am gonna go out on a limb and hope it lands me in a longer life.

A couple of years ago, I came to my friends on tumblr to ask for help getting out of an abusive household once I realized the lack of self-care that I was constantly forced into resulted in kidney failure (following my heart failure about a decade ago)

I'm here, again (some more... continued? I dunno) to ask that if you've ever considered organ donation, reach out to me.

There are over 100,000 people on the waiting list for deceased donor kidneys, just like me. Time is limited. The average wait time can be over five years and many people I know personally have passed during their wait. To say the least, I'm scared.

An option I do have is to find a living donor.

I'm asking friends and strangers to help improve my quality of life by being a living kidney donor. I only need one, after all! :)

Don't worry if you don't know a lot about living donation - I didn't before learning from my nephrology team. Here's some basic information:

-You only part with one kidney

- The surgery is done laparoscopically, meaning through tiny incisions

- The recuperation period is quick. Generally two weeks.

- The cost of your evaluation and surgery will be covered by my insurance. The hospital can give you extensive information on this.

- You will have a separate team of healthcare professionals to evaluate as a living donor. Their job is to help you understand the risks and look out for YOUR best interests.

You can also learn more by searching for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

Thank you for taking time to read my story. If donating a kidney to me is something you would like to consider, I would be happy to tell you more about my story and explore the process of determining if you're a match for me. DM!

Also, I know living donation is not for everyone. You can still help if this has moved you to. Consider donating to help covering my medical expenses, debt from my heart surgery in 2007, and the odd cup of boba tea so my kidney diet doesn't bore me to death before the actual kidneys go caput. (Sorry I'm a bit morbid. TY for your time <3)

Hey guys, I don't often do this but I'm in a really bad spot right now. My dog is quite old had to go to the vet and now I'm -$475 right now And I don't get paid until the beginning of next month and I honestly don't know what to do aside from reach out and ask for help from anyone who is able to. If you are not able to, that is totally understandable, even if you can't donate just a reblog to pass it around would have mean the world to me. I'm not an artist and I don't have anything to offer in commissions, unless anyone wants any video editing done for whatever reason, I'd be more than willing to offer that to anybody who can help donate.

I just need to be able to afford my dog's follow up appointment next month and at the moment there's no way I can do that. If you can help, cashapp is $livlife203

4/18

$0/475

I'm trying to draw comics about growing up the way I did, but just like when trying to write about it, the sudden insanity just comes off as bad writing.

I have phone anxiety (like a good amount of survivors) not only because she would use the phone to call and abuse me, but because she was hyper-crutical of my phone usage and it often caused fights.

In hindsight, I realize many of my landline calls were eavesdropped on in middle school and high school. I didn't get a cellphone until college.

Whenever friends would contact her because my number changed, she'd take their number and promise to give it to me. Sometimes, she'd give me the message but not a way of getting back.

When I explicitly ask if she has their number OR if she can give them mine, it starts a fight. ...and this is where it just looks like I dunno how to write. Logic & sense immediately leave the situation.

What saved me, my whole life, is that mom didn't understand the internet and didn't have the time to be on my ass 24/7.

So, so, so honoured to have been able to do a collab piece with ChristocentricQueer for his Double Wide CJizzy universe! Please give it a read if you're in the mood for sweet boys in love!

JOE MANGANIELLO as Big Dick Richie Magic Mike XXL (2015) dir. Gregory Jacobs

I don’t care about the gore and psychological warfare, nbc’s hannibal IS a comedy

Daniel Garcia (Argentina, 1958)

it's easy to forget that other ceos are just as out of touch as tech guys but thankfully we have "rather than a flavor or a product, [olive oil] is really a platform" from starbucks to remind us of this

it has to be impressed that the interim ceo credits this idea to meeting an italian olive oil ceo who got him into eating a spoon of olive oil every day, at which point he suggested "what if we put olive oil in my company's coffee" and the olive oil guy got really confused