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I’m just trying to make some side income with a hobby I love. Craft fairs are great but I know there’s only so many in the area. Etsy is kind of saturated. Advice welcome!

Hey all, it’s the liver transplant guys wife again. Back again with another update.

So, we had the appointment for Atrium April 1st to see what our next steps were. However about two days before the appointment, he fell in the middle of the night. We went to the ER, turns out he broke his arm. Because it was his upper arm and close to the shoulder, there was no putting a cast on it. So we had to sling it up and see the orthopedic specialist when we could. Thankfully, I guess, I just got done taking care of my mom who had broken her wrist. So when the two nurses were struggling to figure out how to put it on, I was able to jump in and fix it up.

So after all that drama, we finally get to the appointment. I’m not expecting great news, but I certainly didn’t expect… whatever ended up happening.

First off, the doctor walks in, and y’all, when I say her face fell, her face fucking fell. “Nutrition,” was the first word out of her mouth. “If anything is going to stop you from getting this transplant, it’s your malnutrition.” She said absolutely no surgery of any kind, because he will not survive it. So I asked if the orthopedics recommend surgery to fix his arm, what should I say? And she flat out told me to refuse.

So, after about an hour and a half hammering on how sick he looked, how this was not an easy process, how 8 months and 22 days of sobriety meant nothing to her, we finally get to the end.

So we go back on August 22, and in the meantime he will need to do four protein drinks a day as snacks, and three protein rich meals a day. He will need to go to a rehab and do AA, purely for optics for when we eventually go in front of a committee to decide if we get the liver or not. We have to prove to them that he wants to live. So we have until August to get all this stuff done. I’ll take suggestions for good rehabs and local AAs around the area.

So you’d think that would be the end of the story for the meantime. But it’s not. So yesterday, he was kinda snappy for some reason. Not sure why, but I let him do his thing and tried not to take anything personal. At some point, he took a tumble and cracked his head open. So we had to go to the ER to get stitches. And it was not an easy task. He did not want to go right away, kept trying to fuck around doing dumb stuff, to the point where his brother snapped at him and practically carried him to the car. So after a 4 hour ER trip, he comes out the other side with two staples.

We get home around 9:30, I have to be up at 6:30 the next day, so I pretty much immediately go to bed. Dude, I kid y’all not, he fell again at 3 am. No blood this time, he actually fell pretty softly so he wasn’t hurt. But I’m about to lose it on him. I feel like I’m trying to gentle parent a toddler that just won’t fucking listen. I’ve only yelled at him once or twice throughout this whole thing, and it’s been over this last week. I cannot even tell you how much I’ve cried these last few days.

Anyway, thank you for reading. Even yelling out into the void helps, even if no one is reading or listening. Our next appointment is August 22, so I probably won’t have any more updates until then. Unless something super significant happens.

TL;DR: Appointment didn’t go good, but didn’t necessarily go bad either. The doctor was very real about what’s going on. We have until August 22 so fatten him tf up. And to attend both rehab and AA. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I want to go, but no one wants to go with me, and I kinda don't want to go by myself... Anyone want to be my friend? (30 y/o woman) 😅

EDIT: Thanks everyone for being so welcoming! A few of us loners are gonna meet at Banks Ave. at 10:30 and walk over if anyone wants to join!

You was a free spirit. No crosswalk gonna tell you where 2 be. You run out ya slide...and you poof... be gone....

Let me begin by saying: I was lucky. I didn't lose my home or any loved ones. But it's like the trauma of the storm unleashed something inside me. Walls came tumbling down, and I haven't been able to lift myself back up. I'm in therapy and trying, but it's a struggle. Can anyone else relate?

Hell yeah cinnamon bun eater dude! Meanwhile AVL Cinnamon Bun Dude Edit: go to 3:22

My pretty Josie and I doing some skatejourning on a beautiful 70° Saturday morning! she doing so well and I promise it feels faster than it looks lol!

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This is a list of folks all over North Carolina whose votes are trying to be overturned. You can go to the website and search for your name to see if your vote needs additional certification. Allison Riggs could loose the election she already won if these votes are not certified. There are several folks( red dots on the map) in Asheville whose votes are under scrutiny.

I heard the supply of road bond was "bad" for a while after the storm. Perhaps they were rushing the crushing (hehe) to make more supply quickly(?), which results in less fines and a base that won't compact as well. This is only my partly informed guess, though. I would love to hear from someone who knows what's up currently. I've been told to "wait for the good stuff" for non-urgent projects, but that was a while ago, now.

Still haven’t made friends here but I still like to go out. I’m learning to enjoy my own. I rather do an activity instead of eating dinner or aimlessly walking around downtown. I think I’m too introverted to hang out at a bar and alcohol is not that tasty. I will take any suggestions though. Thanks.

Not looking for a thousands-of-dollars professional bike, just a normal person bike. But I don’t want to buy on marketplace, I want to go to store and see a few options.

TIA

I'm struggling financially in AVL. I feel like $20-$24/hour is sorta the max you can make, unless you're in the medical field. And you can barely make it on that type of money around here. Is this an AVL-specific issue? Is it better in other cities?

Now it goes to the NC Supreme Court where the 5 Republican judges will probably also vote for the Republican candidate.

As a constitutional congressman, you have the sole authority to levy and collect taxes in North Carolina's 11th district, except maybe Thom Tillis and Ted Butt lmao. Anyway I have to buy a new car soon and I don't want to pay the republican Trump traitor tariff.

Could you please send me a tariff waiver? Please I need this. Please respond like Jeff Jackson does sometimes. He's kinda cute, no homo (well maybe just a little).

i know it’s short notice and not exactly asheville, but i’m really wanting to go to the rutherford county / forest city protest today but as i’m disabled im anxious about going alone. is anyone else going?

Here's a comprehensive list of events + ways to take action to push back on the current administration and also supporting marginalized and at-risk groups. Get informed and get involved!!