Trust in my body: hard-earned and easily lost. Over the last years my experiences taught me that my body does not recover well from... well, anything, least of all surgery. It makes me feel wary that this process for now goes incredibly well. More on open.substack.com/pub/catofred... #disability

In this latest blog post, I'll take you along during the ten days I've spend in the hospital to recover from my surgery. Read along on open.substack.com/pub/catofred...! Coming Sunday we will close the crowdfunding campaign, but we can use your help with one last push through gofund.me/07342fe1

It has been three days since the surgery. An update can be found through open.substack.com/pub/catofred... but the short and sweet is a successful surgery, with a rough recovery

Tomorrow is the surgery, so for my last day of counting down: one very shocked radiologist. I can't help if the instructions "tilt your head back as far as it can go" ends up looking like The Ring! #countdown #EDS #crowdfunding #CCI

Two stands for, well, two. Two rings, for the bond between me and my spouse. For not having to do this alone, and for you being there for me. #love #countdown #CCI #EDS #crowdfunding

Three days until the surgery - just as long as the three days of travel we did to get here. Those just have flown by, so hopefully these last days will too! Do you too want to help me reach my goal before my surgery? You can find all the information at catofrederiks.substack.com/p/support

Four days until surgery, means four games we've found that can be (mostly!) played horizontal. We love cooperative games, so that includes Caper Cards, Hanabi, and Keep Talking. And for to scratch the competitive itch, we've got Locus! #countdown #boardgames #crowdfunding #CCI #EDS

Five days until my fusion, five chapters worth of information for our cat and house sitter. And yes, we do need four pages for "Apps" and "Devices". Our house is very online. Want to help me reach my crowdfunding goal? More information on catofrederiks.substack.com/p/support

With only six days to go, we've arrived to six boxes of tube feed formula! I sincerely hope my gastroparesis will vastly improve after my #cervicalfusion, so I can finally eat again! Want to support me on my tapas journey? More info on catofrederiks.substack.com/p/support #countdown #CCI #tapas

Watch live coming Sunday through youtube.com/live/jFkwkGI-Q5A?feature=share or www.twitch.tv/magehandhigh... to help and support my upcoming spinal fusion! #TTRPG #DnD #livestream #charity #CCI #EDS

With seven days until the surgery, I want to especially thank the more than 700 people who've made donations through GoFundMe. Thank you all so much for giving me a chance at life again. Want to read more at how you can help too? Go to catofrederiks.substack.com/p/support #countdown #CCI #EDS

January the 8th means only 8 days to go until surgery! And we miss our 8 little cat paws already. They're loved and cared for, even if we're not the ones doing so. #cats #crowdfunding #CCI #EDS

Join us on on Youtube and Twitch Jan 11 at 2 pm eastern time for a special livestream in support of @catofrederiks.bsky.social a fellow Queer TTRPGer and friend of the pod who is raising money for a life-changing spinal fusion surgery. Would love to see you there!

Nine days until the surgery, nine months of intense and amazing crowdfunding. A full pregnancy worth of stories, of helping, of donations. Do you want to help me too in this last stretch until the 16th? All options can be found through catofrederiks.substack.com/p/support

My surgery is in ten days, so the countdown has officially started. Since it's ten days, today I'll share all ten wheels that accompany me to Barcelona. Four wheels on my manual chair, and six on my powerchair #wheelchair #countdown #EDS #crowdfunding #CCI

This might be one of the most amazing things during my crowdfunding: @magehandhighfive will play my oneshot Fey or Fiend during a charity livestream this Sunday! More information will follow soon. #TTRPG #oneshot #charity #livestream #crowdfunding #CCI #EDS

Something very exciting is coming up very soon! Hopefully I rolled high enough refrain from spoiling until I can share this amazing news #TTRPG #news #CCI #EDS #nat20

So much changed in the past seven years. In my newest blog you can read about how much my life has changed over the past seven years: from teaching unicycling to kids to using a wheelchair for my daily life. You can read the full blog through catofrederiks.substack.com/p/diary

Getting married and more! My new blog about how I am preparing for my up-coming surgery in January can be found through catofrederiks.substack.com/p/hibernation . If you too would like to help get the last item crossed of my list, you can give me a donation through gofund.me/07342fe1

25 days to Christmas, and 25 days full of dragons! Through fatherroderick.substack.com/p/advent-wit... you can find a cozy fantasy written by @fatherroderick.bsky.social. Every sponsored chapter helps me by giving me the chance to get my cervical fusion a little after Christmas. Will you help too?

CCI has so many complaints, varying from annoying to very severe. After my fusion on the 16th of January, I will finally be able to live without this range of issues. I can still use your help. By donating through gofund.me/07342fe1 you can help give me my life back.

Millions people world wide have been forced out of society due to PAIS: post acute infection syndromes. Sunday November 30th a protest is organised on het Malieveld in Den Haag, with possibilites to join online too. More information through www.hetpaisprotest.nl #MillionsMissing #postcovid #ME

This is my neck in extension. Friday January 16th I will finally be receiving my cervical fusion. I won't be able to make these kinds of movements, but in exchange, I'll be able to sit up. Live my life. Help me with one last big push for my crowdfunding through gofund.me/07342fe1

The final part of Avyn and Larian's path can now be read through catofrederiks.substack.com/p/table-of-c.... If you loved reading it or would like to support my personal journey to a cervical fusion, you can make a donation through gofund.me/07342fe1

What creative challenge will you roll? #writing #drawing #singing #creativechallenge #Halloween

A new part of the collaborative story just dropped! Want to read what Pam Hage made of this story? You can read this part and all previous parts of Avyn and Larian's Path through catofrederiks.substack.com/p/part-6-the...

This is Perry. Perry brings breakfast in bed and carries my burdens. No matter how much I love him, I would actually love having actual food even more! You can help me reach that by sending a little money my way through gofund.me/07342fe1 so I can undergo the cervical fusion I desperately need

UK and Switzerland are also available! All countries, of course, have their own unique shops available. Perfect for the Holiday Season just around the corner! Without paying anything extra, you can give me the best Christmas present extra - my opportunity for life #CCI #EDS #christmas #support

Want to shop online and support my crowdfunding to fund a cervical fusion? shoponline.org/cato now offers options for Brazil, South Africa, South Korea and Sweden, with Germany, France, Italy and Spain coming soon!

All translations of the second collaborative story are now available on my Substack, thanks to @fatherroderick.bsky.social! Here you can follow Larian's Path along with him. If you like it, I would love a donation to gofund.me/07342fe1 in order to fund the cerebral fusion I need! #CCI #EDS #writing

In the past few months, I've written a collaborative story with six other authors. Thanks to @fatherroderick.bsky.social, it is now available in English as well via gofund.me/07342fe1! This story is part of my crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the fusion surgery I need to help my CCI.1/2

Doctor: *does her job* Me: 😱 Doctor: "You seem relieved, did you expect something else?" Yes. Yes I did.

The chronic ill life: being majorly annoyed that an emergency surgery is ruining not one, but TWO sessions of Dungeons&Dragons. I just want to kil- I mean, entertain my players #EDS #retinaldetachment #notCCIforonce #DnD #TTRPG #ER #DM

CCI: the gift that keeps on giving. Latest, extremely unwanted, present is gastroparesis. Not like if I needed food or anything #CCI #EDS #gastroparesis #herewegoagain #crowdfunding

It only took me about six months to write, but here is my (hopefully) pretty amazing one-shot. Your players too can help the dwarf Atlas Vertilibraedius when his experiment... didn't work out quite as well as he liked! Incl. a short and longer version! legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5314...

As soon as DriveThruRPG is done with reviewing, something very nice is coming up... #DnD #TTRPG #CCI #crowdfunding #patience

Worklessness ≠ Worthlessness New Claimants ≠ Worth Less Disability ≠ Disposability

Not me, drinking 5L water today to bring my heart rate down to acceptable levels and going to the toilet 15+ times. The heat wave is an absolute joy

‘Ik hoop een deel van m’n leven terug te krijgen’: Cato (28) gaf circusles, maar kan nu soms amper haar hoofd bewegen

For everyone who wants to support my crowdfunding but doesn't have the funds: shopping via doelshop.nl/cato grants me a small percentage of your purchase, without you having to pay extra! It has some international webshops such as booking.com, but mostly Dutch shops such as bol.com or Thuisbezorgd!

The difference between walking with and without a cervical collar is astonishing to me - even now, a year later to the day my CCI suddenly got worse. And it keeps getting worse every month, so I can use every like, every share, every donation. gofund.me/07342fe1 Thank you. #CCI #fusion #ME

For all the actually healthy Dutchies who want to participate in ME and LC research, the academical hospital in Amsterdam put out a request. Small stuff - blood draw, urine sample, some questionnaires, but your assistance is very important! www.proefpersonen.nl/proefpersoon... #ME #longcovid #help

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt. 7 Bracers of Silver Stabilty Woundrous item, rare These bracers crafted of silver, grant you a +1 on your AC. Additionally, due to the added stability, you'll get a +1 on your unarmed strikes.

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt. 6 (1 of 2) Bottle of Fluid Replenishing Wondrous item, common The fluid in this bottle will replenish blood you’ve lost during combat or damage otherwise. When you’ve finished the bottle, you gain 4 temporary Hit Points that last until you pee.

For eight (!) months, I had colic attacks in my urether. Daily, anywhere between one and six hours long. We finally realised I had an MCAS response to my newly inserted IUD, and now I'm pain free for over a week. Fuck MCAS #mcas #mastcells #eds #me

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt. 5 Stockings of Constitution Wondrous item, common While wearing these stockings, you gain a +1 on your Constitution score. Additionally, you gain advantage against the Fainting condition.

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt. 4 Strap of Holding Wondrous item, uncommon This strap will double your carrying capacity. (I love my Lapstacker y'all)

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt. 3 (1 of 2) Armor of Paralysis Immunity Armor, very rare This armor consists of sturdy leather and will give you a fixed AC of 18. A small, mystical mark is visible on the back.

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt. 2 Bag of Pill Holding Wondrous item, uncommon This innocuous bag will hold up until ten separate pill bottles, strips, or organisers.

All magic items I need to live a normal life, pt 1 (1 of 2) Chair of Speed Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) While in this chair, your movement speed is doubled on smooth surfaces.