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The Tweedy Mutant

@thetweedy.bsky.social

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Corin • PhD at UBC Geography • dissertating on cats • literal mutant (EDS, etc.) • AuDHD • crip/queer/trans • he/him • the_tweedy on Twitter but rarely active over there

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi old pals from the bird app! I have been trying to follow/follow back former mutuals, but if I missed you please let me know.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · 1d

When you've got ADHD, an internet connection, and a lot of downtime...

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks so much!

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · 21d

Oh my gosh! Hello again!

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · 21d

It's always nice to reconnect with folks and thank you! ❤️

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 13

Whoa! That's super wild!

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 13

Lolll at least four times 😅

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 13

That's so wild!! How??

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 13

Yep, I had to move the center of gravity back a bit, and the dump is a little too deep now. I am due for a new chair soon, so that one will no doubt fit better, but adapting my current chair works fine.

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 12

Anyway, it has been two weeks since surgery and I'm home and healing well ahead of schedule.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 12

I was literally heading to an appointment with the you-have-no-legs doctor to see how having no legs is going, and my brain kept being like "but you can't just rock up without any shoes on! What would people think?!"

Are phantom social expectations a thing?

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ask me how many times I went to go put on my shoes before leaving the house for this appointment...

A view looking down at a person's lap. They have no legs.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excited to go home! Definitely asked for it to be tomorrow rather than today because I need more than a couple of hours to arrange things lolll

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 8

No drug they've given me in hospital has had the same disorienting thrill as some surgical resident barging in at 6 am, ripping off my dressings, and declaring "EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT YOU'RE READY LET'S SEND YOU HOME IT COULD EVEN BE TODAY", and then swanning out of the room.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Getting to see these guys yesterday was the perfect way to conclude my first week. If all goes well, I'll be home with them in just a few days!

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Yeah, your pets can visit! I am surprised no one has told you that." -- my favourite nurse

Corin lies at the foot of a hospital bed a week after bilateral above-knee amputation surgery. His cat, Bear, is curled up at his elbow. His other cat, Finn, is ensconced among the pillows at the head of the bed.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you ❤️

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you so much 😭😭😭

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Things are still going great, but if I don't do some proper convalescing, things are not going to *keep* going great, so this is it for today's update. ❤️🦵🏻🦵🏻

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

Omg your profile picture is amazing!

The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

And if anyone wants to share or contribute to the GFM my sister set up to help with rehab- and recovery-related expenses, this is the link: gofund.me/c8c68108

Donate to Corin's Surgery Recovery, organized by Mara Ervin

Our beloved Corin Parsons is having bilateral above-knee amputation surgery due to complications f… Mara Ervin needs your support for Corin's Surgery Recovery

gofund.me

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

If everything continues as planned, I have three more days of mandated bed rest followed by a day or so of working on transfers, and then I should get to go home!

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

The nurse who replaced the bandage also remarked multiple times that she was surprised it had only been two days because the incision looked so good. Hopefully a promising sign!

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

The dressing on the right side, which had been threatening to slip off since shortly after surgery, fully let go while I was doing physio exercises yesterday. As surreal as it was to see the stump with zero preparation, I was delighted to note that the surgeons saved my tattoo.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

I look comically compact in the "proof of life" photos that pals have taken during visits to send to the group chat.

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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · Sep 1

Friends have brought me lots of snacks, though!

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