So happy to have participated in red-pencil‘s “Art-imation” project! :) It’s a collaboration where each artist is given a separate frame of an animation to draw over! I was given frame 108! It was a lot of fun, I can’t wait to see everyone’s work in motion! You can check out the progress on his blog HERE!
Help a disabled LGBT person make accessible clothing!
Hi! I’m Bun and I have Crohn’s Disease. This is a disease that affects my whole body, but primarily my digestive system. This leads to daily bouts of vomiting and diarrhea, along with constipation, chronic bowel blockages, hemorrhoids, fissures, strictures, and ulcers from my mouth all the way down. The chances are that in the next few years, I’m going to require a colostomy bag.
In the meantime, though, I have to go into hospital every month for an infusion of a drug called infliximab. This helps reduce inflammation in my body and lessens the symptoms of Crohn’s, but it also leaves me highly immunosuppressed.
When I go in for my infusions, I get a cannula put in my arm. Usually in the bend of it on the other side of my elbow. This means that I need to take my jumper off so that the nurses can access my arm, but that means I get really cold over the 4 hour infusion.
So, I’ve came up with this.
It’s a zip in my hoodie sleeve. But this zip means that I don’t have to take my hoodie off during infusions, which means I stay warm the entire time.
I’ve talked to a manufacturer and they said that the minimum they can produce is 75 hoodies costing £1800 in total. This is for unisex hoodies ranging in S to XXL with zips in BOTH sleeves.
Unfortunately, I don’t have £1800. So, I’ve decided to try and crowdfund my way to it. These hoodies are brilliant for a number of people, if you’re receiving blood draws, chemo, infusions, dialysis, or even just having your blood pressure monitored regularly.
If you can help out at all, even if you just put in a couple of pennies, it’s greatly appreciated.
This is my P*yP*l. Any amount seriously helps get this project off the ground.
