Original Post Made On: April 12th, 2011 at 11:05pm
[There is an update regarding my Facebook below.]
Hello world.
It feels like it's been forever since I posted (I think I've probably said this in every single post I've made here in the past 3 years, haha). Well, I finally think I might be back on here for good. I have been wanting to get back to blogging for ages now, it seems, and I'm finally going to give it a shot again.
For the past 2-3 years I'd been not blogging due to my health, which has been interfering greatly with my ability to get online. It's very difficult for me to get online, as well as stay online for very long as I have very little energy and am often not well enough to do much, so I won't be posting everyday, like I used to, but I do intend to start posting regularly. Here's hoping I'm able to get on long enough to keep up with this. I've really missed Xanga and just blogging in general.
A -LOT- has happened since I was blogging on here, many things have changed for me (although some things have stayed the same). I'll offer a bit of an update for any old readers of my blog to read, if they like (if anyone's left, haha!).
First, however, there is something I wish to discuss...
This morning my Facebook account (which is the only account I used these days, and my only way of communicating with, well, ANYONE) was disabled. Perhaps for someone who isn't terminally ill, bedridden, has no life and has no offline friends this isn't a big deal, but my computer -and Facebook especially-, is my only window to the outside world --to human contact, to my friends. I went through the Terms of Service, the Rules, and Community Guidelines of Facebook to find out what the hell I did wrong, only to discover I did NOTHING wrong.
Anyway, so I've written Facebook and asked them to return my account to me, as I've done nothing that warrants my account being disabled --no warning, no nothing. I was in the middle of replying to a close friend on her page (actually we'd been talking back and forth on one of her photos), and also talking to another friend who was feeling suicidal, trying to offer them support and convince them to seek help, when I went to submit a message and was promptly signed out and told my account has been disabled. I have no way of contacting most of the people I know on Facebook, so I can't even tell anyone what the hell happened. I. Am. Pissed.
So, I'm hoping to hear back from Facebook soon and also hoping they will come to their senses and give my account back to me. Here's hoping. *sighs*
If anyone reading this knows me on Facebook, I would really appreciate it if you could let anyone who knows me on there know what happened, and direct them to this blog. (Thanks in advance to anyone who does this!) (I am considering removing the sign-on lock, just for this purpose.)
Now, off of this topic as it's really bringing me down and onto something else! ^_^
Alright, updates...
When I left Xanga and stopped posting, I had been moved from in-home hospice into a hospice facility for a little over a year. Thankfully, with help from my parents and the reconstruction of my old apartment to fit my medical needs, I was finally allowed to return home and go back on in-home hospice care instead of being stuck with a bunch of people that make me feel awful (I didn't get along with the other patients in the hospice --there were some very judgemental people, although it was the families of the patients who were the worst.) So, I'm back home and very happy about that.
This photo was taken around the time I first got back home (in 2010, I believe). My apartment still wasn't totally finished being redone, but I was just excited to be home so I nabbed a photo.

It isn't much, but it was such a welcome sight after being stuck in that hospice facility for so long. I dislike staying anywhere but in my home and my parents and I have been fighting for many years to keep me at home, as it is where I am most comfortable.
My place looks quite a bit different now. We moved the hospital bed into my living room, as that is the room that is the most active (I have to have someone with me 24/7 to help care for me, most often it's one of my parents, but I also have three different staff who also spend a lot of time with me). I am bedridden, so needless to say, I'm always stuck in that bed and can't do much, so I wanted to be out where the action was in my home so I could watch what all was going on. I always felt lonely in the back room, as if I were just "put away" and left. It's much nicer to be out in the living room.

This is Momoko, my beautiful kitty (Momo, for short). She spends nearly all of her time in bed with me. She's so perfect, I couldn't have asked for a better companion. She's around 5 - 7 years old this year (I don't have an exact age, as I was lied to when I got her. I was told she was 1 year old, but my vet said she's more like 4 years old). I have two other cats, Mutan and Kii, for those who aren't familiar with me. I took her away from an abusive household and when I got her, she had been skin and bones --it was so sad to look at her. Now she's a very chubby, happy and loving cat and is no longer afraid. She knows she is safe now, and has been living comfortably ever since I got her. <3 Like all my beautiful animals, she is my life.
One of my favorite things about her is that she loves when I hold her front paws in my hands. Often she will grab a hold of me and pull at my hands until I hold her paw, then she will relax and drift off to sleep. It's so cute. ^_^

Random picture, yes. I decided to make my nasal cannula look pretty. ^_^ It was quite fun to make. I'm working on another one currently.
I don't have much time left to write, as I have to take my next dose of pain medications, and they often knock me out for a while. I'm glad to be back on here, and hope I'll be able to keep up with posting now. I missed blogging quite a bit. Not sure if anyone will be interested in my ramblings anymore, but that's not so important, really. I enjoyed blogging just for the sake of keeping myself a personal history, and I enjoy reading other people's blogs. However, if someone finds my posts entertaining or helpful in any way, that is always a bonus. ^_^
To my dear friends, I hope you are all hanging in there. <3 Miss you already. Here's hoping I'll be able to get back on my Facebook account (if not, I'll be making a new one and trying to find everyone on there. Either way, I will not leave you all.)
UPDATE [April 13th, 2011 at 7:55pm] --- [Regarding Facebook]
I just want to add on here that I am currently using a temporary Facebook and have sent out a bunch of invites to many of my friends who had been on my other Facebook. My name on there should show up as "Ronny 'BonyPink' Bi." Just letting everyone know that it's indeed me, and not someone impersonating me!
If I haven't sent you a request and you want to add me, you may >click here< and be sent to my new Facebook profile. I'll be using this one until I get my old one back, and if I don't get it back it will become my new account.