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I want to be your favorite notification

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another alastor but this time without antlers because i was too lazy to draw them

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Sloppy comic based on me and my friends conversation on my bday last week 😝🥳 this is pretty much verbatim hahaha

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another alastor redesign

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Things People Don’t Mention About Top Surgery or Mastectomies

There is reluctance to do the surgery if you live alone, even if you have a good support system. One of the most stressful things was the hospital constantly asking about who would be looking after me, picking me up, etc. I really felt the bias towards people who are married and against people who are single. I don’t think it was intentional but it was definitely there. (Please read more about this situation here) That being said you will definitely need a robust support system of some kind to get through everything in the first 4 -8 weeks or more after surgery. 

All your pill bottles will have safety caps and you won’t have the strength to open them on your own without a lot of struggling.

There are soooo many medications. Take them as prescribed and when they say take the level of pain meds you need to manage your pain, do it. I got opiods and ibuprofen. If the pain is bad 5-7+ on the 1-10 scale take the stronger meds. Pain can slow healing by causing stress on the body.

Drains are a pain in the ass. Every hour pushing the hoses so they don’t clog. Major drag but they are very important and if they get clogged it can cause issues

Sleeping sitting up, prepare for this. Lots of pillows or recliner or something. Practice for a week or more before surgery to get used to it. 

Sleep as much as you need. Don’t feel like you should stay awake or whatever because you are supposed to or it is day time or whatever. Listen to your body.

Drink lots and lots of fluids. You may think you are drinking enough but you probably aren’t. The fluid in the drains and the medicines and peeing all the time and sweating from the tight wrap. You need to replace all of this fluid. I think I have been up around 80+ oz the past few days.

The month before and a month after surgery eat a high protein and higher calorie diet. It will help with surgery and recovery. You need the energy and the protein to recover. 

Cut out added salt, caffiene, alcohol, and nicotine before surgery and during recovery. All of these can increase fluid retention, slow healing, or be dangerous with the meds.

Your chest will feel very strange. At first you can’t feel anything and then the skin feels tight everywhere and still strange. The recovery process feels real weird. Your whole torso feels kind of bizarre and new.

Ask all the questions. No question is stupid. It’s trauma to your body ask all the questions. YES all of them.

The tube (intubation) from surgery irritates the throat. Coughing from this sucks so damned much because of the binder and the chest tightness and what not. Find lozenges (Both cough drops and just candy) that you like. I say candy because too many cough drops can upset the stomach and you don’t need that after anesthesia and with all the meds. Also get popsicles.

Take everything out of packages you can before surgery. They are damned hard to open. Those paper cartons holding the apple sauce and snapping apart pudding cups and pulling apart pill blister packs.. ugh I should have taken them apart before the surgery.

Scissors are your friend and every package is an enemy. Seriously, get a good pair of scissors for packaging.

Also, skip 2 liters of pop, gallon of milk, etc. They will be too heavy to pick up after surgery. You can be more independent if  you get smaller size things.

Timers are your friend. All the phone timers forever. Also, handwritten or some other chart type to keep track of drain cleaning and taking meds. You will be sleepy and forgetful the first few days. Use other things to help you keep track.

Take stock of how your lights go on and off. Can you reach them while pretending you are a T-Rex. If not, especially ceiling fans and that, put long strings on the pulls so that you can operate them while you can’t raise your arms.

Also check your doors to make sure they don’t stick. You won’t be able to tug hard on doors or drawers or whatever.

Get yourself some treats. Food related or clothing or whatever. Treats will help.

Before surgery plan out and prepare at least a week of meals. Be sure to include some that are easy on the stomach like crackers, rice and chicken, etc. Just in case you have stomach upset from the anesthesia or meds. Gentle foods include starches and chicken/tofu that is low fat and low spice so that it is gentle.

Soft fuzz free and easy to get on clothing is essential. I went out and got a couple of those shorts and button down shirt pajama sets. Life savers. Also, get a size or two bigger than usual to accommodate drains and padded bandages and things. 

Strange pains, you will probably have them. 

Be sure to do the arm exercises as directed by your surgeon and watch your shoulders hunching. The shoulder hunching is from the chest tightness but you don’t want your back to start hurting. Try to sit up as straight as you can.

Pump action soap dispensers will be too hard to use the first few days.

Weeks before surgery, start teaching yourself how to do things without your arms; like standing up, getting into and out of bed, squatting, getting up from chairs, etc. Practice doing things with your elbows next to your chest like a t-rex; getting food and drinking, brushing teeth, taking meds, etc This will be very important

I am sure there are more but I thought some of you might benefit from the things I have learned so far from going through surgery.

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Being in your twenties is just

Have I eaten today? Do I have autism? I want a new job. Am I dehydrated? God, I want top surgery so bad. Where's my birth certificate? Oh it's nice out today! Should I get high tonight? I'm so hungry. I'm so sad. Do my friends hate me? I need a nap. I'd be so much hotter without tits.

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don’t know how many people will see this but i’m doing $5 commission doodles or $20 actually good ones. i accept paypal and zelle

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Alastor tends to call people sweet nicknames, even if sarcastically (i.e: dear), he slowly but surely increases the frequency with which he uses them just so he can call Lucifer 'sweety' or 'dear' more often without anyone thinking anything about it.

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i gained 4 lbs in a month :/

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what changes if i get officially diagnosed as autistic ?

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happy asexual day ! i know i’m late but i drew alastor from hazbin hotel (as a person)

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hazbin hotel is wanting me to catch up on bible lore because apparently i don’t know as much as i thought

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Ngl, i love radioapple a lot, but a personal headcanon i have is that luci prides himself in being able to seduce anyone he so desires but finds that it's somehow ineffective when it comes to Alastor. This is a problem—or worse, a challenge. So in response to something as threatening as not being able to commit seduction effectively (as he is famously known for), the poor dude just tries his best to woo, flirt and go on the best fucking dates with Alastor just to prove that he still has it in him (he does, but is oblivious to the fact that the dude is ace). Alastor on the other hand finds this equally amusing as it is annoying but can't decide what to do about it.

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Radioapple fic, where after the Extermination, Lucifer decides that Alastor isn't allowed to pretend to care about being Charlie's parent if he isn't going to actually step up into that role. And so he just forces Alastor to be her other dad.

The first time Charlie asks Lucifer if he can do something for her, and he goes, "Actually sweetie, I think this might be better suited for your other father," the blare of radio static was so loud a few glasses at the bar actually shattered.

Charlie was confused but ecstatic that her dad and Alastor are getting along, and Lucifer had to keep himself from cackling at Alastor's reaction (and his face, as he was forced to agree with both the task and the fact that he can't argue with Lucifer for doing this to him.)

Slowly, Lucifer just gets the entire hotel to call Alastor "Charlie's Other Dad," and whenever one of them disagrees with something she says, now Charlie will go "Well I'm going to ask my other dad, then!"

Eventually, Alastor just embraces the role that he (unintentionally) made himself have, and he does really treasure the face Lucifer makes the first time HE does the "ask your other father" routine.

(They have new mugs that say "Dad #1/Dad #2 and they actively fight to grab the Dad #1 mug before the other can reach it.)

The problem is, only the original cast was THERE for the dad fight song, and no one has told any of the new residents about it. So, to everyone else, it just looks like they really ARE Charlie's dad's and that they actually are in a relationship.

(Their constant bickering and need to be around the other isn't helping matters here.)

Pretty soon, it's not hard for the connection of Lilith going missing, Alastor going missing, and Lucifer never being in the public eye to arise. Because, what other reason would Alastor come back after a 7 YEAR hiatus just to help Lucifer’s daughter with her project, for only a few months later for Lucifer HIMSELF to come out of hiding to also help, for Lilith to still be MIA and now suddenly Alastor and Lucifer are being referred to as Charlie's dad's.

During a fight, Lucifer makes the joke about wanting a divorce and the entire hotel riots.

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i still fit in my size medium shirt from when i was younger so i’m happy now

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i am on tumblr full time now because i finally have the app