Gillian, near Otautahi. 🇳🇿
@gilliananz.bsky.social
Married mother of two adults. Retired. Caravan dweller in Canterbury New Zealand.
She/her. Ally (appreciating multiple queer family members who regularly enrich my life)
She/her. Ally (appreciating multiple queer family members who regularly enrich my life)
Everyone suggesting this wasn't a problem, I suffered regular calls from a minor pervert who was unknown to me. When I moved cities, he found my new number in the public phone book. The police had no way to trace him. I told him that I now had a tracer on my phone (a lie), and it finally stopped.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Everyone suggesting this wasn't a problem, I suffered regular calls from a minor pervert who was unknown to me. When I moved cities, he found my new number in the public phone book. The police had no way to trace him. I told him that I now had a tracer on my phone (a lie), and it finally stopped.
Oil will be part of it, but given Trump's previous record, I reckon the rare earth minerals on the Jos plateau are more likely what's caught his imagination.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Oil will be part of it, but given Trump's previous record, I reckon the rare earth minerals on the Jos plateau are more likely what's caught his imagination.
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Pure gold!
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Pure gold!
October 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I have a wonderful husband who, after I pleaded for his opinion, has told me what he would choose in my place, but emphasised that I am different. Very helpful.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I have a wonderful husband who, after I pleaded for his opinion, has told me what he would choose in my place, but emphasised that I am different. Very helpful.
I think I may come back to remove the other side. Being flat is easier to cope with, but I'm not sure yet. In NZ, symmeterisation is the woman's choice, is free, and can be delayed. At every stage, choices have been given.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I think I may come back to remove the other side. Being flat is easier to cope with, but I'm not sure yet. In NZ, symmeterisation is the woman's choice, is free, and can be delayed. At every stage, choices have been given.
Now I wait for pathology again, but the risks of progression are tiny ATM (less than 1%). No radiotherapy needed. If i left it, it would have a 30-50% chance of becoming invasive. So yee ha. I feel like the cloud has lifted. And I'm not leaving in debt!
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Now I wait for pathology again, but the risks of progression are tiny ATM (less than 1%). No radiotherapy needed. If i left it, it would have a 30-50% chance of becoming invasive. So yee ha. I feel like the cloud has lifted. And I'm not leaving in debt!
So we went in for a re-excision, less than 10% chance of disease being left. Two weeks later, margins were still not clear.
I could go ahead with radiotherapy and surveillance but it was risky. This morning I had a flat closure mastectomy on the diseased side.
I could go ahead with radiotherapy and surveillance but it was risky. This morning I had a flat closure mastectomy on the diseased side.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
So we went in for a re-excision, less than 10% chance of disease being left. Two weeks later, margins were still not clear.
I could go ahead with radiotherapy and surveillance but it was risky. This morning I had a flat closure mastectomy on the diseased side.
I could go ahead with radiotherapy and surveillance but it was risky. This morning I had a flat closure mastectomy on the diseased side.
10% chance they wouldn't get it all. I was offered and accepted symmetising surgery and gave permission for extra tissue to be taken to lessen the chance that disease might be left. Two weeks later, pathology showed that the margins weren't clear.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
10% chance they wouldn't get it all. I was offered and accepted symmetising surgery and gave permission for extra tissue to be taken to lessen the chance that disease might be left. Two weeks later, pathology showed that the margins weren't clear.
The biopsy showed DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) aka Stage 0 cancer or precancer. But it was Grade 3 with comedo necrosis, so higher chance of progressing to invasive cancer. Preferred treatment was lumpectomy and radiation. I was happy to take that advice.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The biopsy showed DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) aka Stage 0 cancer or precancer. But it was Grade 3 with comedo necrosis, so higher chance of progressing to invasive cancer. Preferred treatment was lumpectomy and radiation. I was happy to take that advice.
After more scans it was decided that a biopsy was needed - 20% chance it would require more investigation. But I'd had a bad reaction to local anesthetic at the dentist. Six weeks wait for that to be tested. Cleared for a biopsy.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
After more scans it was decided that a biopsy was needed - 20% chance it would require more investigation. But I'd had a bad reaction to local anesthetic at the dentist. Six weeks wait for that to be tested. Cleared for a biopsy.
Not to negate the awfulness of this, but one of my bi, female students told me that the participants exchanged contact details to support each other, and often paired off via the group chat. So I reckon we should all train as leaders and go undercover to facilitate this.
October 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Not to negate the awfulness of this, but one of my bi, female students told me that the participants exchanged contact details to support each other, and often paired off via the group chat. So I reckon we should all train as leaders and go undercover to facilitate this.
It's time to make other Shakespearean insults a Kiwi thing. I use "cankerblossom" instead of the other c word. Much ruder. What about "three inch fool"? Shakespeare had seriously good insults.
October 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's time to make other Shakespearean insults a Kiwi thing. I use "cankerblossom" instead of the other c word. Much ruder. What about "three inch fool"? Shakespeare had seriously good insults.
We don't have Walmart in NZ. Do they ship? 🤣💀
(Imagine the reaction at Customs.)
(Imagine the reaction at Customs.)
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We don't have Walmart in NZ. Do they ship? 🤣💀
(Imagine the reaction at Customs.)
(Imagine the reaction at Customs.)
Multiple things fly through my mind:
- puberty blockers are under fire when they are a way to give breathing space while establishing the person is ready for permanent change
- successful transitions are often invisible because why would people out themselves to face the criticism
Etc, etc.
- puberty blockers are under fire when they are a way to give breathing space while establishing the person is ready for permanent change
- successful transitions are often invisible because why would people out themselves to face the criticism
Etc, etc.
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Multiple things fly through my mind:
- puberty blockers are under fire when they are a way to give breathing space while establishing the person is ready for permanent change
- successful transitions are often invisible because why would people out themselves to face the criticism
Etc, etc.
- puberty blockers are under fire when they are a way to give breathing space while establishing the person is ready for permanent change
- successful transitions are often invisible because why would people out themselves to face the criticism
Etc, etc.
I had to look up what Gavi was, but this is great.
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I had to look up what Gavi was, but this is great.
I am so relieved to read this. I read the comments on a couple of posts, including Chris Hipkins, and was dismayed. Peters is a cankerblossom and a boil, but he has family, pets, and neighbours. His home is oob.
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I am so relieved to read this. I read the comments on a couple of posts, including Chris Hipkins, and was dismayed. Peters is a cankerblossom and a boil, but he has family, pets, and neighbours. His home is oob.
We live in a caravan with a domestic heat pump, and for two of us, we pay just over $100 per month. Highly recommended. But you have kids and dogs so probably not an option. We moved after the kids left home.
October 1, 2025 at 5:31 AM
We live in a caravan with a domestic heat pump, and for two of us, we pay just over $100 per month. Highly recommended. But you have kids and dogs so probably not an option. We moved after the kids left home.
Trump (and others, but mainly him) has taken civility and wit out of the world and we are the worse for it.
September 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Trump (and others, but mainly him) has taken civility and wit out of the world and we are the worse for it.
Agree! We are not who we were.
September 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Agree! We are not who we were.