what is the point?

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Hard to imagine Envoy didn't even want to move on Monday. Just glad he is feeling better.

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Stressed out of my gourd between Envoy and Vargo and life. This resulted in my old mormon demons screaming in my head so I made my hair as un-mormon as possible to silence them for a bit.

[lloonlloon]

ollǝɥ

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Envoy finally got comfortable on the bed and Vargo was sad I stopped petting him.

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I am exhausted. I did a day and a half of following the PT exercises, Envoy got the zoomies, and he immediately pulled (?) Something again. He has been sore and tired and off since Friday. His pain meds aren't helping.

He tires out really quick, is constantly shifting positions, doesn't have a lot of interest in eating. I have stopped doing the PT exercises cause I have no idea if they will help or hinder. I am going to call the PT on Monday to discuss what she thinks we should do.

I did check his proprioception and it is actually normal, no delay at all in his hind legs. It makes me wonder if his response was delayed at the vet due to tension and stress of being there.

I dunno, not necessarily asking for advice, just tired of my dog being in pain and not being able to live his best life.

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Hanging outside! Envoy is being good and has not taken off to go try to get in mom's house.

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Unfortunately, I think I stretched him too hard yesterday. Combining that with his zooming he woke up with a pulled muscle around 1 am. I gave him one of his muscle relaxers so he could sleep and his leg would recover and I now know rhat I am going to have to be really careful how far I push him.

Sometimes having a stoic dog really sucks! Sir! Please tell me that I am stretching you too far! I can't I always interpet your face wrinkles tensing!

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For the price of duck jerky Envoy let me stretch out his bad leg and do some other stretches to try to relieve the strain. Kept it simple and easy and will take him for a walk to try to loosen it more.

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Unfortunately, I think I stretched him too hard yesterday. Combining that with his zooming he woke up with a pulled muscle around 1 am. I gave him one of his muscle relaxers so he could sleep and his leg would recover and I now know rhat I am going to have to be really careful how far I push him.

Sometimes having a stoic dog really sucks! Sir! Please tell me that I am stretching you too far! I can't I always interpet your face wrinkles tensing!

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Envoy is definitely not a fan of the hip stretches on his right leg. I am trying to ease him into all of the exercises right now and not force it if he doesn't want to participate. I would rather go slow at the beginning rather than poison the whole activity.

I will say though, nothing makes my heart melt faster than when i am doing the manual stretches and he just gives me his soft trusting look. Even though it isn't his favorite and is uncomfortable, he still lets me do it.

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It's a good thing I just finished his stretches 😂

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An update on Vargo, he decided that it was impottant to have an anal gland abscess again. Noticed some swelling and discomfort on Wednesday morning last week so I called the vet and got an appointment for that afternoon. By the time we got there it had swollen to a concerning level and was extremely painful. They had to lance it and told me after that his anal glands weren't even full. So this is something happening to the gland and not impaction. Unfortunately, it sounds like aside from making sure his poop stays firm there isn't anything we can do. If they start happening more frequently we can discuss having the anal glands removed but I am not sure I am ready for that step. Especially since it was a little over year from his last abscess.

Then the little shit made the abscess site worse. I hadn't put him a cone since he wasn't appearing to bother the site. I won't be making that mistake again......

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Hey! So I decided to pop back on to give an update on Envoy's back saga because we FINALLY found a clinic with a ohysical therapist only 1.5 hours from us!

Envoy of course seemed to sense we were going to a vet and shook and hyperventilated off and on for the whole drive and for the first half of the consult. But the PT was wonderful with him! She didn't try to force friendship on him and let me help handle him and comfort him while she did her initial hands on evaluation. She found a few things that raise concern and validate my observations that something was wrong.

He has proprioception delay in both back feet. Like 5 to 15 seconds worth of delay flipping his feet back right. Whereas his front feet are instant.

She also found his groin muscle (ilio something soas) in his right hind leg is very tight.

After her exam we went back to the rehab exercise room to put him on the weight distribution measurement pad and his weight distribution on his feet is pretty even and what it should be. She then did some soundwave therapy on his back and groin and showed me some exercises to do at home until our next appointment in 2 weeks.

The best part was that she was patient and let me coax Envoy into participating rather than just forcing him. This meant that by the end he was gobbling treats down and had relaxed a little.

We are going to see her for a few sessions to see if there is improvement but if we don't she is going to have us meet with the orthopedic vet at the clinic to explore other options and probably a CT scan.

Either way it is just nice to be validated and doing *something* other than just tossing pain meds at it.

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They wanted my sandwich

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They wanted my sandwich

[ghiblicentral]

PORCO ROSSO (1992) dir. hayao miyazaki

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I can tell I am stressed out of my gourd because I keep looking at chihuahua puppies and breeders even though that is thing I need.

[stephexmachina]

when i was a kid i was so mad all the time bc i thought someday i'd have to be somebody's wife i didn't know it was optional. is everybody reminding the young girls in their lives that it's optional.

[stephexmachina]

AND SO IS BEING SOMEBODY'S MOTHER‼️

[stephexmachina]

it is about being a woman. hope that helps!

[vibrantstarfire]

reading comprehension questions for the notes:

is wanting to be a wife and mother a requirement for being a woman?

why might OP be annoyed with replies assuming that this post is about being aroace or transmasc if a woman doesn’t want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to sexuality and romantic interest that might make a woman not want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to gender identity and expression that might make a woman not want to be a wife and mother?

core concept: what is gender essentialism?

is it gender essentialism to imply that all women inherently want to be wives and mothers? could this be what OP is critiquing?

look at the notes OP responds to. is it gender essentialism to imply that being a wife and mother is so affixed to womanhood that to not want to be those things means you’re incapable of sexual/romantic feelings, or not a woman?

what trait are you perpetuating when you assume that women who do not want to be wives and mothers must be aroace or trans? is it gender essentialism?