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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • I strongly suspect long COVID is a neuropathy issue. I suffered from it in a horrible way in 2020 and didn’t really get better until 2022 after treating myself with high levels of vitamin B9 and medicines for neuropathy such as cymbalta, or even better, Lyrica.

    I am now undergoing cancer treatment and I have fatigue and weakness for sure but NOTHING COMPARES TO LONG COVID.

    Yes. I have literal cancer and long COVID was worse. I am taking cymbalta because of how traumatic the fatigue and brain fog long COVID was and maybe that’s just really helping.

    Either way, I really hope you get better ASAP, please don’t give up!!!


  • Yes! Absolutely yes! But, those people do exist. They’re just a bit harder to find. This might help

    https://slingshotcollective.org/radical-contact-list/

    Eventually you can build a massive bubble if you find the right places to be. That includes your job, your friends, your acquaintances, your grocery store and more. When I interact with full on normies it is so deeply jarring, because I do it so rarely.

    But honestly you can still get lonely in that situation because you found your people and you still can’t connect. So I’d say it’s most important to be able to address loneliness in the self. Become someone you want to hang out with. Do interesting things and pay attention to non human things for a bit, like birds or interesting plants on walks, or volunteer with a community garden. Go full DIY, start biking, get a dog. If you’re single and not tied down you could go woofing for a bit, travel the world for free. Volunteer at hostiles and go solo backpacking until you either fall in love with yourself or some random person or two or three. Dang but also remind yourself that it’s ok and normal to be lonely. You can give yourself that space, but you will always be lonely if you cannot love to be around yourself.

    Wow my edible kicked in while I was writing that and it’s either insane or helpful, but my sentiment is, I hope you never feel lonely for too long. Reach out anytime. Love ya, friend.




  • I’m not saying this is what you did in your example, but offering advice when it’s not asked for IS DEFINITELY a form of toxic masculinity. That’s probably what they were referring to, however I don’t know the context and I can’t pass judgement.

    I will say the tendency to immediately be offended if someone accuses you of something is perfectly natural, and it’s an abrasive form of communication and “setting boundaries”. However, a mature response is to understand they have this feeling regardless of what you’ve done, why not figure out why?

    Sorry morning rant 💖




  • I got married Monday at a Mexican restaurant. We decided Friday night, bought pawnshop rings on Saturday, and got the certificate on monday morning before work. My cousin is a universal life church minister so he signed it for us and our waiter was witness. As untraditionally romantic as this seems, it was one of the best days of my life.

    Last week I got the breast cancer diag, so hopefully this is more positive :)