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[catchester]

my sister would have wanted me to politicize her death so that is exactly what i will do here.

on december 28th, my sister went to the hospital due to severe abdominal pain that she attributed to a UTI. they did a CT scan and found a 14cm tumor. they diagnosed her with stage 4 ovarian cancer and told her to start seeing specialists. for reasons unbeknownst to me, they didn't do a biopsy, or even attempt to schedule one for her, and she went home.

she spent the next 5 weeks being turned in circles by various specialists. the first oncologist told her that she would be fine, that she was young (only 42) and otherwise healthy, and she "wasn't going anywhere anytime soon." however, she could not afford the biopsy that was needed at the time, because she didn't have insurance. the out of pocket cost was too high, and there wasn't an option to be billed later.

these oncologists told her that her best bet was to quit her job and apply for medicaid in order to receive care, but my sister was a normal everyday person living paycheck to paycheck, and that was an impossible request. even if she did quit her job, she would still need to wait to be approved by medicaid.

she called my father on friday, in tears because she was just told by the hospital that she needed to come up with $800 upfront for a PET scan, a 20% downpayment. he had to scrounge up the money to pay for the scan himself.

on monday morning, she woke up with abdominal pain, vomiting, and loss of bowel control. she decided to stay home from work, something she never did, and her roommate offered to stay home with her in order to look after her.

her response: "no, we can't afford for both of us to miss work. i'll just take a shower and go back to sleep."

he came home and she was dead. 5 weeks after diagnosis. she was told she had years but she had a matter of days.

this was her final post on facebook, 2 days before she died. this is literally just the reality of how healthcare works in this country. and she'd want people to know that.

she was a good person doing what was expected of her, she was proactive and aggressive trying to get care, and this is what happened to her. no one gave her care, or tried to help her understand her diagnosis. they just would pat her on the back and say she was going to be fine, without knowing anything, and while refusing to find out.

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London is its own antisocial mess though.

I'm not too bad, thanks. Still getting used to my new chemo but today was a good day.

I also wrote about 2 lines of my story before my muse said, "fuck this, this is too much like hard work," and promptly fucked off for the rest of the day.

"When's the last time you lost your temper?"#tomhiddleston #hiddleston #hiddlestoners

#Youtube

[catchester]

LOL. 

It’s true about London though. My niece moved there for to give her career a boost, but has had enough and is moving back. 

Just the other day she was lamenting how wonderful it was to navigate the tube (subway) on a Monday morning, while dodging the piles of vomit. 

"When's the last time you lost your temper?"#tomhiddleston #hiddleston #hiddlestoners

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Hey! Being lactose intolerant is no joke, you know!

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LOL. Kitty is clearly carb loading!

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If you drink the British seawater, your gut flora will thrive.

Not necessarily with the good bacteria, but it will definitely thrive.

trying to fact check a very important post about what happens if you drink salt water (seawater) to see if my preconceived notions were simply myth or some shit and the first internet search results are this

[catchester]

Shallow by Lady Gaga.

Oops.

Wait, let's see if the song before that is any better.

I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston. Technically true, I guess, you can't take it with you.

Aah well, I won't need a headstone as I'm being turned into a lab grown emerald anyway (so I can become a haunted heirloom).

the title of the last song you listened to is the epitaph on your tombstone

[catchester]

I like everything but the hat, it looks more like a fedora and makes him look like a PUA.

The rest of the look is HOT though!

What if… Loki was in the Wild West?

Based on an AU we came up with!

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You scamp, @evieplease​​!

i’m so upset

I just realized that the reason ghosts say Boo! is because it’s a latin verb

they’re literally saying ‘I alarm/I am alarming/I do alarm!!

I can’t

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HE'S A CHAV!!!

OMG, this explains a lot!

COME ON NOW...WTF!!! “Gregory Morey-Parker alleged Santos stole a Burberry scarf that was gifted to him by his best friend on the anniversary of his grandfather’s death.”

@eaudrey35​ @posttexasstressdisorder​ @russalex​ @glendathegoodone​ ..no I am going to stay away….NO LOL.. 

CNN’s Anderson Cooper struggled to contain his surprise at an anecdote from a former roommate of serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.).

exhibit A: 

Gregory Morey-Parker alleged Santos stole a Burberry scarf that was gifted to him by his best friend on the anniversary of his grandfather’s death.

As Morey-Parker talked with Cooper about the alleged theft, the network aired video footage of Santos talking at Donald Trump’s pre-Capitol riot “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington in January 2021.

“I understand he was actually wearing something he took from you at a pre-Jan. 6th rally in Washington? Is that the scarf?” Cooper asked Morey-Parker in a video posted online by Mediaite.

“Yes. If you can believe this,” Morey-Parker responded.

“Wait a minute! He’s wearing the scarf?” asked an incredulous Cooper.

“A stolen scarf to a steal-the-election rally,” Morey-Parker replied. “You have to love the irony. And the audacity, quite frankly.”

Morey-Parker made the same claim about the scarf during an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, and said he never knew Santos by the name he is now going by in Congress.

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Now that is a delicious pic, @evieplease

Hello, gorgeous!

[catchester]

"I don't understand the game, dad, but it sure is fun!"

Part 6 NOT MY VIDEO, SHARING FROM TIKTOK

@vbecker10 @ice-queen-of-music @michelleleewise and anyone else in the SAS...please tag additional members 😂

And @lovelysizzlingbluebird I shall tag you to since you said TikTok is banned in your country ❤️❤️

[catchester]

Wrong soundtrack @evieplease​. It needs Chariots of Fire. 

Snow runner

(via)

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@evieplease​ made me a blanket after I got my cancer diagnosis, and each time I use it, it’s like being wrapped in love. 

I made a baby blanket for a pregnant woman at work and I went back and forth about it like “is this weird? To like hand make something for someone when we’re like friendly acquaintances not like bffs. God why are you so fucking awkward.” Anyway I gave it to her and she said she loved it and in the back of my head I’m like yea she’s nice and probably just humoring the weirdo. Well she texted me a picture this weekend of a scrunchy faced newborn at the hospital wrapped in the blanket I made her. And I’m like. Wow. She loved it so much she took it with her! To the hospital! To give birth! She wrapped her newborn it! I am just so filled with love and joy right now.

People will love the things you make them. Because you thought of them and you cared.

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Instagram miming

What is it with people on Instagram who film themselves miming along to someone else’s words? I don’t get it, and I’m fucking tired of seeing the same persons words being mimed to by dozens of different idiots. 

If it was funny the first time, repost the video! It does not need “remaking” by your talentless arse! 

When you do this mining shit it says, “Not only am I not funny enough to come up with my own jokes, I’m so incredibly unfunny, I can take previously viral material and will ruin it if I try and repeat those same words. I cannot even be trusted to read lines. I am a joke killer.” 

It’s not a good look.

Someone please explain the appeal of this to this poor, confuzzled xennial. 

#instagram #miming

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Incorrect Loki Quotes [109/?]  

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So true! This is what Lucy-dog and I woke up to this morning.

Luckily she's no more into snow than I am, so she's quick!