Tim says that he thinks his primary-care doctor is being proactive as hell
Proactive is a very good thing. You, Tim, and your PCP are all on top of this.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laura - Jul 28, 2016 3:19:47 pm PDT #25599 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - Jul 28, 2016 3:22:57 pm PDT #25600 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You, Tim, and your PCP are all on top of this.
My part in the equation is to run around shrieking like Daffy Duck when he lost his shit.
askye - Jul 28, 2016 3:23:49 pm PDT #25601 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
Steph I feel super lucky that my therapist (who I picked for his trauma experience) also has experience with ASD and was pretty much like "so has anyone ever talked to you about this" and gave me a take home assessment.
I actually asked him last week about more extensive testing and he said in his experience that the extensive testing gives the same results and he's had patients he knows are ont he spectrum but have something else like PTSD and they end up getting diagnosed with other stuff EXCEPT Autism/aspergers.
He assured me this counts for insurance purposes and to be "official".
Also I saw the FB thread with you (Steph) and Plei and I wanted to say some thigns but I wasn't sure what would show up on my feed and I just ...don't want to deal with..say...Mom reading something and feeling judged by her.
And I'm glad I'm not the only one who does something like that!
Steph L. - Jul 28, 2016 3:27:57 pm PDT #25602 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also I saw the FB thread with you (Steph) and Plei and I wanted to say some thigns but I wasn't sure what would show up on my feed and I just ...don't want to deal with..say...Mom reading something and feeling judged by her.
My brother (also on the spectrum) and I decided to not mention it to our parents, because mom will wail about how she caused it and dad will just talk over us to tell us about some ailment he has. So we just text each other amusing stories. (When I got to Colorado when he was trying to stop drinking, and it was 11:30 at night and he was in bed because he was sick, I was sitting on the edge of the bed and he reached over to take my hand and I flinched, and he laughed and said "Oh my god, you are autistic as HELL!" and I said, "Yeah? Well, you're autistic and an alcoholic, so right now I WIN.") (We are SUPER healthy and a couple of dicks.)
sj - Jul 28, 2016 3:28:03 pm PDT #25603 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My part in the equation is to run around shrieking like Daffy Duck when he lost his shit.
Not true. You look things up and you care, that is not nothing.
askye - Jul 28, 2016 3:46:38 pm PDT #25604 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
So I was like "I'll look at rings on Etsy" and the firs tthing that pops out at me is Stucky engagement rings. With lovey words engraved on them so that won't work.
sj - Jul 28, 2016 4:16:07 pm PDT #25605 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
askye - Jul 28, 2016 5:14:54 pm PDT #25606 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
Oh those might work. I haven't looked at Signals in ages.
erikaj - Jul 28, 2016 7:00:13 pm PDT #25607 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
I hope it's not super-serious, Tep.
Atropa - Jul 28, 2016 8:12:08 pm PDT #25608 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Not true. You look things up and you care, that is not nothing.
This needed repeating.
askye, could you wear a long necklace with a couple of small charms on it, and fiddle with them? That's what I do -- it's part of the reason I wear long, jingly necklaces. (The other reason being I apparently need to own all the ankhs and keys, but that's a different thing entirely.)