"Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake,
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come."
(Header and avatar images, photo of U-Ram Choe's sculpture "Custos Cavum". See it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0XD6CaAxl0)
@Exiled_Sentinel There was much freaking out! I got to have this dialog several times:
"😲 Are you okay?!"
"No, not even a little."
It went pretty great! I am booked for a procedure very soon and they decided ~for some reason~ the follow-up appointment can be a telehealth visit. 😀
@Exiled_Sentinel Thanks. Tomorrow I see a new doctor, which ironically ha ha ha will probably fuck me deeply up because medical specialties that treat people with mobility problems often are remarkably physically inaccessible to people with mobility problems. I looked over the check-in procedure, and I think it's hilarious they expect me to stand in line.
We have a plan, though. We're bringing my yoga mat and a back pillow & I will lay down on the floor as necessary & probably freak them out.
Sorry for being absent. I haven't been able to use the computer for a while bc bad pain, and being confined to bed, except for grueling excursions to distant locales like the bathroom and the fridge.
I am so ready for my new body.
Travis
Morgan Fairchild