I made a major inroad on the kitchen feralness situation. I may have pushed myself a little into the dreaded Overdo Zone, but the chaos over there was getting on my nerves and I'm glad I got it at least sort-of sorted. Now there's some serious dish-drainer Jenga chaos going on in there, but at least it's all sanitary and the chaos consolidated into just a few piles; that's enough to pacify said nerves so that's enough for me. 🤣
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As I continue to get my gut back up to speed after the most recent nastiness, I am reviewing my daily food habits for ones I'm willing/able to ditch or modify.
Like legumes - too important to my diet for so many reasons, but amenable to fixes to make them less stressful; and coffee, which is a gut irritant but I'll fight to keep it (plus it does help my messed up liver). 1/?
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On the Mental Soundtrack tonight, because there's always a point when I'm recovering from one of my acute Crankybod<tm> attacks that my brain goes from flat-brainwave to all senses working way TF overtime 🤣
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My kitchen reached a distressing level of feral while I was laid up with the tummy weirdnesses, so I'm now cautiously working to de-feral it without invoking the dreaded Overdoing and sending myself on another round of feeling ick.
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8/
"It’s discouraging and isolating, especially when you feel that you can’t make plans simply because you do not know that you’ll be able to carry them out."
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7/
"You may have to start cancelling plans, which can leave you feeling flaky and unreliable, especially when those plans were with someone that saw you on a good day recently."
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6/
"Fluctuating conditions are also shockingly unpredictable, especially at first, when you don’t know what will trigger a flare or are not yet experienced enough to recognize the warning signs."
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I just flipped my couch futon over, and suddenly feel like I have a fresh new life.
New places to squish!
Still dealing with some coughing and stuffy nose. Is it a summer cold hanging on stubbornly? Or simply hay fever / seasonal allergies? The perennial question of "What is the underlying cause this time?"
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Wasn't quite as recovered yesterday as I thought - was still dealing with nausea, gas, and difficulty finding a body position that didn't aggravate matters. Finally got some solid sleep in me last night and am gently moving forward with more tea and some congee. And rest - bod is exhausted from this shit.
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Chronic illness dress code guide
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Ugh, managed to kick my GI tract into one of its favorite failure modes yesterday - heartburn, nausea, gut pain, all the fun things. Spent a mostly-sleepless night but seem to have it back under control at this point, though I sticking to tea and oatmeal till I'm sure things have settled down.
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OMG you guys, "resting comfortably" is a whole different vibe than "endure a bad day."
I am still f*ing useless, but way more calm about it.
A better shot of the roses and other flowering things going into overdrive here in this lovely little park.
#drivebyphotography #spoonielife #queerspoonie
Out and about for a rare two-days-in-row venturing out of the Lair, to take care of more medical stuff. Feels like I spent most of the summer hiding from smoke, heat, and germs; and now here's the trees starting to turn already. Ah well.
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Alas, the remaining crunchiness of the air began to get to me, so I have retreated to my lair with noms for my efforts.
#food #takeout #mexicanfood #spoonielife #queerspoonie
Between the heat wave and the wildfire smoke, it's been something like two weeks since I last made it out of my lair and over to my favorite accessible riverside hang. The temperature is actually quite delightful for a change, so I'll put up with the still somewhat crunchy air.
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It occurred to me last night, at 15% functioning I also only get to be myself 15% of the time. The rest of the time I am a bewildered meatsack.
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