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Alden MacManx


If you're living on borrowed time, do you have to return it?

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  • 8 weeks
    March 2024

    Settled in Vegas, with my faithful feline furball Blip sleeping peacefully on my bed (and NOT trying to cover the keyboard...). Been a while since I lived on my own, with little support and less companionship. I'm managing. At least I got WHATDG finished, and planning another trip, on a different ship, down a different river, to a different set of problems. First problem is fitting it in between

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  • 26 weeks
    Well, that move didn't work...

    Moving to Texas proved to be a bust, so, next month (2 Dec) I'll be packing my goods and heading to Las Vegas. Well, me and Blip, that is. Looking forward to peace, quiet and privacy. Living with a family that without my roomie's generosity would be living out on the streets is very taxing on my sanity and my wallet. The hope is there that with my new living situation, I will be able to settle

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  • 51 weeks
    Back to writing, I... hope...

    Started chapter 18 on Voyager, what's on the LST, where did the ponies go, and stuff like that. Hope I can keep up the pace. First writing since October. Let's see what happens next.

    2 comments · 126 views
  • 58 weeks
    Texas, part two

    in new home in Texas now. Blip made the trip successfully and is now either getting acquainted with the other six cats, or is cowering behind the bed. If so, she'll come out.

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  • 58 weeks
    Texas

    In New home. Relocating was a pain. No net here, will fix tomorrow. More news then.

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Oct
20th
2022

Update 20 Oct 22 · 8:22pm Oct 20th, 2022

Yes, I know, I have not written in some time. Just have not had the strength. At least now I can put a name as to why I'm so exhausted every day, from wake up to lights out. Just one word. That word is:

Cardiomyopathy.

Apparently, Covid attacked my heart and lungs enough to do severe damage. At least I have a walker with a seat on it so I can rest, but missing FanX here in SLC was painful. It's not ten minutes from me, but I just don't have the strength to walk a con, like I used to do 20-30 years ago.

But I do have some good news. My disability was approved, so now I can get a dedicated SSDI stipend every month. Now to live with it. Starts next month, I'm told.

Now to lie down some more. I'm around, no worries about that. Leave a note any time, I'll get a round toowit. I had one, but I misplaced it.

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Comments ( 6 )

Damn man I'm sorry to hear that. good luck to you and hang in there.

Friend i am amazed that you are still able to even get around let alone put words to paper.
take all of the time you need your health is #1.

Really sorry for you man. Hope the research gets through and the treatment gets cheap enough, soon enough that you can make use of it. :pinkiesad2:

Still walking the Long Path.

Hope you get to feeling somewhat better soon. Though it sounds like complete recovery which is what I'd wish for you is unlikely

*huggles* I'm so sorry about that.

Take care of yourself, okay? :heart:

Damn, that's heartbreaking. I hope you're able to recover! I don't... actually know if recovery is even possible, or it's just adaptation and living with it. Whatever the case, I wish you a painless journey.

If you still want to write and aren't able, you could try dictation through google docs. If your computer has a microphone, you could use that to dictate instead of typing. Hopefully you have a laptop so you could bring it with you into bed and talk while reclining. Maybe with one of those back cushions so you can be sitting up.

It's heartbreaking to see something you liked to do taken away. I hope things get better.

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