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[pokemon-personalities]

no more wisdom teeth!!

[alazyparallelworld]

I am not. particularly worried abt the, whole, you know. "you may die" part of this thing but more so - the ultrasound will be 'late in the day,' and despite it being a STAT order, we may not know the results (and thus whether or not i need life-saving surgery) until tomorrow... meaning, i may have to gamble tonight as, 'am i going to risk going to sleep?' etc

the surgery itself i'm like. Wow, uh, you don't really go into UR expecting. "so there's like a 50/50 chance you need immediate surgery," like. i'm... obviously hoping...? that isn't the case, and if it is, i'm concerned abt the Recovery, aspect, of it. and complications. since it would be a "we have to do this right now" ordeal lol

the infection is, like, you know. "god we hope it's that" and that seems LIKELY above all since i've been dealing w this for like? idk? a week...? man i just don't wanna have to wait 12+ hrs, to hear, whether or not i need strong steroids or surgery. fuck me

they at least shot some medicine into me already... it's helping a bit w the soreness, at least, not as uncomfortable

[halycondaze]

failure’s price - CF Bad End

trigger warnings: torture, war

Working with Those Who Slither has always put Edelgard in danger of being experimented on again. And this is a danger that Edelgard knows all too well, that she is keenly aware of. At the first sign of weakness, they would steal her away, and the surgeries would continue. That she can work at all without breaking down is a miracle. 

The five years of war wear thin on Those Who Slither’s patience, and by the time Edelgard moves to capture Deirdru, they are planning something. Edelgard doesn’t know what, but the air feels heavier when she moves, and she’s certain it’s not just nerves. 

Capturing Deirdru comes with a hitch. Edelgard is injured by Nader, as she jumps to protect Lysithea, and it is her professor that must bring Claude to his knees. He swears surrender. Though she was retreating, the professor defers to Edelgard as to what to do with Claude - do they kill him? Do they squash any thought of Alliance rebellion, right here, right now?

Of course not - of course not. He had surrendered, and though Edelgard knew it was unwise to believe his promise of paying her back, she took some solace in the fact that he is leaving. Claude was many things, but a fool was not one of them. Besides, he clearly held some standing in Almyra, a prince’s son if she must guess. Enough to summon their general.

If asked, she will say it was simply most advantageous for them. 

She isn’t asked, though. No, she’s put in the infirmary, with a firm warning from Manuela that anymore dangerous stunts would only injure her further. While the soldiers celebrate in Deirdru, Edelgard is faced with this familiar sinking feeling, as the shadows in the infirmary grow. She tried to struggle upwards, but it pulls at her stitches, still covered by a bandage; Edelgard cannot fight it, before she is underground once more. 

Indescribable panic filled her chest, as the air became hard to breathe, as if her lungs were traitors in and of themselves. Her hands were bound before she woke, metal chains chafing and cutting into her wrists. 

Those Who Slither, the masked mages, they never explain - but Arundel did, in hissing reprimands.  To let the Almyran scum live, to throw herself before the blade simply for that little girl, she would clearly need to face recourse. Was she trying to make herself into a dulled weapon?

Well, like all weapons, Arundel reasoned, she simply needed to be forged. 

Edelgard knows what comes next. They never knocked her out, though she knew they had access to such vials. No, they simply chain her taut, and begin. The screaming, her begging going unnoticed, as if her voice didn’t come out her mouth; the magic forced through her blood, it is all too familiar to her, and she has no power but to maybe twist her wrists, knowing that to thrash only made it worse. 

All at once, Edelgard stops screaming. She’s not sure if that’s the same time as the pain stops, or if it’s after, or before, or maybe the pain doesn’t stop. Edelgard isn’t sure anymore. The masked men stare at her - and Arundel, smiling at her like a prized possession - and yet. Edelgard cannot find the place to feel revolted or angry. 

She can’t find the place to feel anything, really. 

When she wakes in the infirmary, she is met with thousands of questions. Where had you gone, how had you, why - Edelgard doesn’t answer. She stares at them, hazy eyed, blank faced. They notice - her hair is stark white now, not the pale blonde it’d been before, her eyes even lighter, and though they bet she couldn’t get much paler, she looks even more deathly, bags under her eyes. 

It brings a new flurry of questions, and a new stint of silence. Finally, the healer gives up, and simply pets her head - Edelgard thinks she would’ve enjoyed the contact, but she can’t make herself feel that joy. It was just her, and the professor, and she finally has something of an answer.

“She’s gone.” Edelgard speaks, self referentially, “Edelgard isn’t here anymore.” Here, in this husk with three crests and no light in her eyes. 

[realtransfacts]

Hi, I have a silly question but I never found answer. I hope it won't sound too idiot. I'm a trans man and I don't want to take T for some reasons, but do you know if it's possible to have a top surgery though? Thanks in advance for your answer and have a nice day!

It depends on what the laws are like where you live. Some places only allow surgery after you’ve been on HRT for a certain amount of time, but other places allow you to get surgery even if you’ve never been on HRT.

It is 100% physically possible to get top surgery without having been on T though.

(Side note, please don’t use “idiot” in any future messages to me, it’s an ableist slur that makes me very uncomfortable to read.)

[gncrevan]

did i tell u the surgeon had to chisel through the bone to get to my tooth, and the way it sat removing it left an opening to my sinus and so i'm not allowed to blow my nose for like two weeks cause it could rip the stitches? fun

[latinepirate]

update on cocó: she’s home from her inguinal hernia surgery and that went well. however, the vet suspects that given the huge pain she feels even when she’s on tranquilizers, she thinks that my cat must have the sciatic nerve stuck between the broken bits of her hip. we are to take her to the vet tomorrow (or today, if she starts with the pain again), and she’ll have x ray to see what’s the next course of action. if the nerve is indeed stuck, she’ll have to have surgery yet again. please keep cocó in your thoughts ♥️🐱

[edenshire]

wuela has a surgery today and. our big concern is that she might not come out of the anesthesia. uhhh so . i dont rlly know what to type or anything. fingers crossed i guess?