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Thanks....yes, he’s quite the looker. Not one issue with him in four years, except for one escape...

The problem we now have is that Sully is tooooo wide for the entrance into his house! I need to quickly get that entrance widened to make things easier for our Sully. Not an easy task since the hut is all reinforced.
Oh dear. Sounds like quite the project. Good luck with that.
 

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Good Evening All

Thought i would post a pix of our Sully as he slowly thinks about exiting his house... He will often sit in this position for hours just watching the world go by - flies, bugs, lizards, bees, planes, birds...who knows what else. Possibly counts the grass blades or clover blossoms. Might be waiting for a dandelion blossom, who knows. Wait, wait, wait. All the time in the world, 24/7, time is on his hands. Eat, drink, walk, graze, sleep. Eat, drink, walk, graze sleep some more. Time.. ticks on. Warm and happy and hot and humid and content. The life of a Sulcata - at peace, at rest.

The Resting Position, Deciding What to Do
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Tempted with fresh bunch of Rose of Sharon cuttings, Sully dives in

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That favorite cartoon of mine:
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I'm sorry everyone. I'm just not feeling like being on here much right now. I'm alive and the took biopsies of my leg yesterday. They are trying to figure out what's going on. They think I may have a second issue going on down there with the pyroderma. The way it's swelling and spreading is not normal. I should find out the results if that in a weak.

I was finally approved for the Stelara and should be starting that soon. So hopefully that will help.

I'm still suffering the symptoms of the stroke and I'm not sure how long they will last. The weakness and shaking is from the nerve pill they gave me. So I stopped it. But the pain is getting worse again.

Hopefully this will all be worked out soon because I feel like this is taking several years off my already shortened life.
Oh Dan

I am so sorry that you have to go through all of this. I wish I was there to be able to give you a hug. I will keep on thinking about you and keep you in my prayers. I sincerely hope that they can get it to come right for you soon. As I hate seeing you suffer like this. A Very big kiss and hug from me to you. We miss you on here. [emoji8] [emoji8]
 

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I'm sorry everyone. I'm just not feeling like being on here much right now. I'm alive and the took biopsies of my leg yesterday. They are trying to figure out what's going on. They think I may have a second issue going on down there with the pyroderma. The way it's swelling and spreading is not normal. I should find out the results if that in a weak.

I was finally approved for the Stelara and should be starting that soon. So hopefully that will help.

I'm still suffering the symptoms of the stroke and I'm not sure how long they will last. The weakness and shaking is from the nerve pill they gave me. So I stopped it. But the pain is getting worse again.

Hopefully this will all be worked out soon because I feel like this is taking several years off my already shortened life.

Glad the meds were approved, Dan! Hope you’ll be on the mend soon. xx
 

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Hi Dipa :)

You and Carol both waiting on water. She has had a little, but not enough.
We have rain today and are expecting more tomorrow. So as long as it carries on like this things will get better eventually and very slowly. And I will take it as at least it is not getting worse.
 

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Good morning all. Yoga day today... or, from my point of view, a cuppa with my friends after they’ve done the hard work :D
Yayyy. My osteopath said I must drink more water and less coffee [emoji23][emoji24] [emoji24] as coffee does tend to hamper the healing process. Have fun with your friends after they have done all the hard work of course [emoji23]
 

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Yayyy. My osteopath said I must drink more water and less coffee [emoji23][emoji24] [emoji24] as coffee does tend to hamper the healing process. Have fun with your friends after they have done all the hard work of course [emoji23]

I drink loads of water at home.

I seem to be getting more and more sensitive to caffeine with age so drink very few caffeinated drinks. I just don’t sleep if I drink too much or too late in the day. I’ll drink tea while I’m out today.

I even bought decaf tea bags for home recently :/
 

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Good Mornooning everyone.

Went to the osteopath this morning and it is progressing nicely. He said I couldn't really ask the other one to use his method. He also studied an extra year for his method which incorporates the traditional osteopathic methods. He will look and see what he can do to accommodate me about seeing me outside of working hours. Yay. My next appointment is next Thursday again.

So much going on with our friends some really sad news, I.e. Dan who I really really hope gets some (As Linda said ) light at the end of the tunnel.

And Jacques is finally back. Yayyy the pic that Moozillion posted yesterday was an awesome one.

Jacques good news gives me hope that Lola will also start getting much better too. I mean with great Mom's like Lyn and Moozillion how can they not. Jacques is proof of that.

@Gillianmoore How is Oil doing?

Lena you must be happy as daughter is off to school today. So where are you walking to and please post a pic of what you find today in your geocatch.

Mark I think your Sully has the life and am quite jealous. No cares in the world other than eating sleeping and maybe a walk or two.[emoji23]

Kathy safe travels and enjoy your camping. Please post your postcards once you have a chance. And maybe include one or two of your camp fire. Love pics if camp fires.

Sabine I am waiting eagerly for our next concert especially as it is songs that I love.

Ed @ZEROPILOT how are you doing and how are your torts doing. I think I saw that you found a home for one of the little ones but I can't remember.

Bambam I am looking forward to seeing pics of your orchids. I am especially interested in seeing the hydroponics one that you want to do. I might do something like that too. I had a special orchid which was doing really well in my enclosure as this particular one likes humidity. Then I took it out to make space and it didn't do so well anymore. I have put it back in, in the hopes that I can revive it. But we will see.

Todd have you left us as I have not seen you on here for....A couple of hours[emoji6]

Dipa so nice to see you pop in again. Don't forget about us and carry on popping in when you get a chance. How is your tort doing now?

Mmewberry hows life and have you made any new knives lately. Please share some pics of your work. I would love to see them.

Yvonne how is operation cat pee elimination going? Anybody give you ideas yet on how to stop them peeing by the cooler. Oh wait do you guys not have products there that you could spray which will make the cats not want to go there?

Well I think this time I haven't forgotten anybody. Adam doesn't count because I spoke to him last night and they are all doing well. It is raining and windy here in Cape Town South Africa so Yayyy. On the cold side but we getting rain water so quite happy about that.

Last night I was totally prepared to catch Rue running to the top of her mountain AAANNNDDD she doesn't. Go figure. I think she is playing games with me. Lol

The first WC game begins today. Let the fun start!

Anyway thats my long post for the day. The rest will be shorter I promise.

Not chat later.
 

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I drink loads of water at home.

I seem to be getting more and more sensitive to caffeine with age so drink very few caffeinated drinks. I just don’t sleep if I drink too much or too late in the day. I’ll drink tea while I’m out today.

I even bought decaf tea bags for home recently :/
I love having water available just don't like drinking it. So I have to force myself to drink it. Sigh.
 

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Yayyy. My osteopath said I must drink more water and less coffee [emoji23][emoji24] [emoji24] as coffee does tend to hamper the healing process. Have fun with your friends after they have done all the hard work of course [emoji23]

Is that your old osteopath saying this? Ditch her!!! :mad:
Water is good, of course. But no coffee??! :eek:
 

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Is that your old osteopath saying this? Ditch her!!! :mad:
Water is good, of course. But no coffee??! :eek:
Lol, The new one and he didn't say no coffee per say, just like maybe one cup and waaayyyyyy more water. Nope I would never survive without coffee and I don't think that my family would survive either if I had to cut out my coffee totally.
 

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Good mornooning, roommates!
I ended up spending the day in bed yesterday because of a bad headache :( Much better today but still not 100%. I'm a bit stressed these days. 1. A former classmate of mine went missing from the Istanbul Ataturk airport, leaving her luggage and cell phone behind. We have very little information about the situation and are all worried sick. 2. Me and my other South African friend are taking almost the entire class (16 kids) to the zoo on Saturday to have a joint birthday for our girls. I'll survive. :rolleyes:
Take care, everyone! Don't miss the opening of the World Cup today! ;)
 

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Good mornooning, roommates!
I ended up spending the day in bed yesterday because of a bad headache :( Much better today but still not 100%. I'm a bit stressed these days. 1. A former classmate of mine went missing from the Istanbul Ataturk airport, leaving her luggage and cell phone behind. We have very little information about the situation and are all worried sick. 2. Me and my other South African friend are taking almost the entire class (16 kids) to the zoo on Saturday to have a joint birthday for our girls. I'll survive. :rolleyes:
Take care, everyone! Don't miss the opening of the World Cup today! ;)
Oh no, that is seriously worrying that your friend has gone missing. I really hope they find her and that everything is fine, and that it is just a misunderstanding or something minor. Will keep her in my thoughts. Sorry to read of your bad headache and I feel you there. I can more or less handle most pain, but when it comes to a headache, I just want to overdose on painkillers to make it go away as soon as possible. Never never nice to have a headache. And 16 kids, Wow you are brave. Good luck and I hope it goes really well. Happy Birthday to your daughter in advance in case I forget to wish her on Saturday.:D
 

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Good mornooning, roommates!
I ended up spending the day in bed yesterday because of a bad headache :( Much better today but still not 100%. I'm a bit stressed these days. 1. A former classmate of mine went missing from the Istanbul Ataturk airport, leaving her luggage and cell phone behind. We have very little information about the situation and are all worried sick. 2. Me and my other South African friend are taking almost the entire class (16 kids) to the zoo on Saturday to have a joint birthday for our girls. I'll survive. :rolleyes:
Take care, everyone! Don't miss the opening of the World Cup today! ;)

Sorry about the headache... the thought of the birthday party alone is enough to trigger that. The disappearing friend is truly terrifying; you must be worried sick about her :(

When you go through an airport there are always unclaimed bags from earlier flights, but you never imagine their owners have completely disappeared :(

I will keep my fingers crossed for good news soon.

On a lighter note, I can recommend some wines to help birthday party recovery ;)
 

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I recently got a new phone from work ( I think that I mentioned this before) and I am finding that the auto correct is changing alot of words lately. So annoying. Billy's should have read Sully's.:(

The first thing I seem to do with any new device is turn off autocorrect. I don’t mind it predicting what I am going to say, I can ignore that, but I’m quite capable of making my own typos without assistance from my device :D
 
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