LaunchesKayaks

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

I do this when I’m on the phone and alone. Or I set my phone on my tits. But only when I am isolated. I don’t want to bother people with my phone on speaker.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

Lmao. I thought it was a flower, but it totally looks like the Citadel, ngl.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

And whatever that shape from Picard was.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

Oh yeah. I’m not going to do anything to traumatize my dog. I just didn’t know if there are ways to assert your dominance in a non-aggressive way.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

How should I do that without being rough or scaring him? I don’t want him to regress psychologically. He’s improved so much in regards to his anxiety, and I don’t want that to get messed up.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

How did you assert your dominance? I don’t want to be rough with my dog and make him more anxious.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

Yeah. We are going to be at my parents until at least January. My ankle/leg got super fucked up. The accident was also traumatic for my dog. I was screaming with pain when it happened and had to drag myself inside to call for help. My boy got so scared that he ran off into the woods. I wouldn’t let my mom call an ambulance until she got him back. She said he was so scared he was shaking. Throughout this whole ordeal, I’ve cried a lot and I’m sure it makes my dog upset. He has been up my ass since I got hurt and does his best to comfort me.

My parents also have two dogs and one is an anxious mess, which doesn’t help my boy. The anxious dog freaks out over the littlest things and has to be consoled constantly. My parents’ dogs also love to sneak in and eat my dogs’ (I have a goldendoodle puppy as well) food. My dogs also had a very strict routine before all this happened and it’s completely different now.

I’m going to make some toys for my dogs to keep my hands busy and hopefully help my boy. All of his fave stuff is at my house, and my parents haven’t had time to grab it for me

My little sister has also been getting very frustrated with all of the dogs running around and/or misbehaving. She has autism and doesn’t understand that yelling at them and lecturing them doesn’t help. In fact, yelling and lecturing makes my beagle very upset. I’ve been working with her to try to make her understand what is and isn’t appropriate behavior towards the dogs. I’ve been helping her with how to recognize what the dogs need to do in situations where they are being crazy. Sometimes they need a nap, or to run outside, or they’re hungry.

I’m going to call my vet today and see if they think upping his Prozac temporarily will help at all.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

I’ve tried that and he would just get very scared. I don’t want him to be scared.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

I’m not going to be violent with my dog. He has enough issues. I wanted ways to get this behavior stopped in a way that has positive reinforcement or some shit.

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

Yeah. I’m gonna call my psychiatrist tomorrow and see what he thinks would be a good temporary thing. I just had a minor emotional breakdown and woke my mom on accident, so I totally need some help with all my big feelings.

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

I’m absolutely terrible. The pain from the surgery is unbearable. The pain meds barely do anything. :(

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

The surgery was outpatient. They can’t do anything more for me currently. I’m on Vicodin every 6 hours and aspirin twice a day. I was also told that I can take some ibuprofen if I need it. The pain is actually a bit better right now. I managed to get some sleep and it seems to have helped a lot

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

Not really. My anxiety eased up because of the pain from the surgery, though. The pain is unbearable and the paineds barely do anything.

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

Thank you! I haven’t launched a kayak in a long time because my kayaking partner and I have been hella busy. My goal is to just get back to my own house asap lol.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

Broke my ankle recently and had to have surgery to fix it. I’‘m laid up at my parents’ place until after Christmas at least. It’s been rough because I have to rely heavily on my family.

Anyway, my bladder goes crazy at night and I was having trouble opening doors on my own because I hop around with the aid of a walker. Well last night my mom wouldn’t answer her phone to open doors for me. I had to piss so fucking bad that I risked my safety to open the necessary doors. It was actually really easy and everyone’s lives got so much easier because of it. I’m making a lil bag to hang on my walker so I can get my own snacks from the kitchen. I’ve also learned to use my cane to grab shit that’s out of reach. Being a burden on others is a really good motivator to figure out how to do shit that seems impossible physically.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

A shirt with an airplane on it. Get one that’s a few sizes too big so he can wear it for a while.

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

My parents give out full size bars and kids go absolutely nuts for it. This year, a girl gasped softly when she saw the bars and whispered, “they’re big!”

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

I love the yeti theory. It’s so absurd

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

I agree, but I love hearing different theories for stuff like this lol.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

Thank you. I definitely didn’t realize how bad shit is until my appointment.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

Thank you. My psychiatrist found out I’ve been depressed lately because of everything when my mom mentioned it during her appointment yesterday. I didn’t think I needed seen because this situation of mine is temporary. The doctor immediately scheduled an appointment for right then. He upped my antidepressants and prescribed a medicine that should hopefully help with the nerve pain. I ended up crying like a baby because I didn’t realize how bad I’ve been emotionally. The nerve pain medicine should hopefully help me sleep as well. I’ve barely been sleeping because of my leg.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

That’s so cool! Thank you for sharing!

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

The healing is going very well. I got my surgery on Oct 30th. I’m in a lot of pain still, but I have a chronic pain condition, so I’m not surprised I still hurt so much.

I got a Maisonneuve fracture in my right ankle/leg I got a screw on the right side of my ankle to reattach a bone. I got a plate and two tightrope devices on the left side of my ankle to put my syndesmosis back together and to get my tibia and fibula back in place.

My surgeon seemed super pumped that I got this type of fracture. Apparently you have to twist your ankle in a very specific way to get a fracture like this. He told me all about it and he was so enthusiastic. He got even more excited when I asked him to take pics of the inside of my foot because I wanted to see it.

His enthusiasm has made the experience less terrible lol.

LaunchesKayaks, 11 months ago

I got jumped by 3 raccoons a few months ago. Had to get rabies shots.

LaunchesKayaks, 10 months ago

There’s a gang of 3 raccoons at my house that makey life hell. They jumped me and my dog after tearing out my trash for weeks. Now they’re breaking into my duck run. I’m looking for someone who is into trapping. It’s trapping season in my state right now, and I want rid of the lil fucks.