winter in san francisco is much easier if you have the right rain gear. i’m almost, not-quite, just barely two weeks out from my total hysterectomy. i am exhausted and still sore and crawling the walls with cabin fever while simultaneously overjoyed to stay inside and talk to no one else but the dogs and goldfish and plants. surgical recovery is a weird brain space. 📸: @derekthevet
#latergram #photography #chronicillness #chronicpain #ehlersdanlos #endometriosis #hysterectomyrecovery #hysterectomy #fujifilm #xt2 #fujifilmxt2 #yayarea #sundayfunday #gopats (at The Buccaneer)
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neighborhood kitty wasn’t a huge fan of how interested bash was in saying hello

#latergram #oakland #yayarea #instacat #straycat #fujifilm #fujifilmxt2 #xt2 #shootphotography #walkabout (at Oakland, California)
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some (most) days, the doctor isn’t worth the effort required to get your meatcage out of bed, dressed, and to the hospital. guess i made the right call when i wore the middle finger dress. gynecologist/surgeon referred me to a hematologist to figure out more about my factor V mutation, which is a blood disorder that causes hypercoagulation (AKA increased likelihood of clots.) this doctor was brusque, too busy talking to do any kind of listening, and groped me without warning on the way out (oh, sorry, he was “checking my lymph nodes.”) some days you’re just too tired to make a big deal about it - and those days are when it’s good to have someone like @derekthevet in the room with you. (“uh, does the doctor usually bodily grope patients without their permission?” he asked the nurse. “i didn’t even notice, so…” she replied. that’s a yes.) back in bed now because being chronically ill in our fucked up medical system makes me so exhausted i can barely explain.
#chronicillness #ehlersdanlossyndrome #ehlersdanlos #chronicpain #hospitalglam #chronicallyfabulous #model #modeling #ootd (at Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center)
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sometimes i wonder what it must feel like to live in a body that feels like it belongs to you, a body you can predict. what a simple pleasure that so many humans take for granted.
#selfie #fujifilm #fujifilmxt2 #xt2 #ehlersdanlossyndrome #ehlersdanlos #endometriosis #hysterectomyrecovery #scars #surgery (at Oakland, California)
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