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Diana is dying. She is, we think, in liver failure, likely brought on by her seizure meds. We started hospice care for her this weekend, which consists of anti nausea meds (which make her drool a ton, but seem to work) and pain meds, the combination of which is letting her eat again. She’s still cuddling and purring and interacting with everyone, so I know she isn’t ready to go yet. I’ll never be ready to let her go, but with the hospice care, at least I can be sure she is comfortable for the time she has remaining. She’s lost a lot of weight, in large part due to the fact she stopped eating last week (from nausea and pain), so she’s always cold. I had some yarn left from making baby afghans for @sjtuckermusic and Cat Valente, so now my baby girl has a matching mini afghan to keep her warm while she cuddles next to me, and she can have my scent while she sleeps. She’s been with me for 17 years and 5 months, going from a sickly little girl to my stately elder princess, and appointing herself my assistance cat some 11 years ago. Without any external training or prodding, she began to alert to my various illnesses and disability symptoms, frequently before I’m aware there’s an issue. Now I have to take care of her. The hospice care is costing about $65-100 a week, so if you want to help with that, my PayPal is PayPal.me/ladypoetess

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Not entirely accurate in technical terms, but 100% something Temptress would say.

After all, no one has claimed Temptress is heterosexual.

Marxman: How are you still single?

Temptress: My confidence scares weak men.

Marxman: That–alright, makes sense…

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I mean....

Adira: Something has to be done, and I have a plan. We use mankind’s greatest’s weapon.

Marxman: A grenade?

Adira: Our words.

Marxman: Ugh, I’m out.

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Marxman: Hey, are you okay?

Adira (groaning in pain): I’m going to start charging money for every person that asks me that.

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“Once I figure out how to use my powers without dislocating all my bones it’s over for you bitches”

— Adira

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Temptress: Marxman had a lot of ups and downs. May he rest in peace.

Adira: He died?

Temptress: Not yet.

Von: He stole her coffee.

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“I’m here, I’m queer and my joint pain is moderate to severe.”

— Adira

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In this episode, we are going to be talking about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS. There are many types of EDS, but they are considered to be the same family of disorders because they all stem from the same cause: improperly made collagen in the body. Collagen is a protein that forms the latticework that everything in the body gets built upon, but it’s not all the same.

There’s 28 different type of collagen across several different genes, and each one has a different effect if there’s an error in the genetic code, resulting in a wide range of possible symptoms for people with some form of EDS.

We’ll talk about some of the most common symptoms and our top tips and tricks on coping with them.

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I swear, as the writer, I read this in their voices.

Temptress: Please kill all men who yell at girls from cars.

Ouroboros: A lotta men you know would be dead. Surprise.

Temptress: I love surprises.

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“Cute gender-neutral things to call your significant other: the dark planet, lit by no sun”

— Von

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You have no idea how correct this actually is.

“It’s my god given bisexual right to be dramatic”

— Temptress

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Marxman: Do you have a type?

Adira: Uh yeah, women I’m slightly afraid of.

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Von: You can’t be Wonder Woman.

Adira: WHAT? Why? I’m a woman. I’m strong and brave! And I want to help…

Von: Cause you’ll never leave an island full of women.

Adira:

Adira: You’re right. I can’t be Wonder Woman.

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Temptress: I spy with my little eye, something that begins with the letter ’S’.

Adira (looking over at Marxman and Von): Is it ‘sexual tension’?

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Marxman: What’s cooler than being cool?

Adira: Financial stability.

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Adira: You have feelings for me?

Temptress: Yeah… but it’s kinda disrupting my whole heartless bitch vibe, so I dunno.

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“Stop!!! In the name of a private citizen with no connection to the law!”

— Adira, while accidentally having set something on fire