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Green-Wood Cemetery by Allison Meier

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今日はいっぱいブレスレット作った。

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Together we can hold all the flowers in the world

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hiii gonna start posting my art . Look at them ?

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a spider is found on a web

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Meow Wolf's Omega Mart in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Endometriosis Awareness Month

Some facts about endometriosis:

-Endometriosis can be extremely painful, especially during periods but also just generally. It's considered one of the most painful health conditions out there. I've heard multiple endometriosis patients say that giving birth was about the same pain level as their average period cramps.

-1 in 10 women and girls of reproductive age (so between when they get their first period and when they hit menopause) are estimated to have endometriosis. And obviously this affects some trans, nonbinary, and intersex people too, although those populations are even more understudied than perisex cis women with endometriosis. But 1 in 10 is probably an underestimate, because…

-It takes an average of 7 years for endometriosis patients to get correctly diagnosed. And that's just the average! A lot of them wait even longer! And misdiagnosis can involve doctors telling you that you're lying about your pain, you're crazy, you're drug seeking, all the standard shit marginalized patients hear, but it can also involve shit like MISTAKENLY GETTING YOUR APPENDIX REMOVED.

-Medical science just doesn't know a lot about endometriosis. Not only do we not know a cure, we don't even know what causes it. It's extremely understudied and plenty of doctors just straight up do not know about it.

-The current treatment options once you do get diagnosed (which requires surgery, btw) are… not great. Surgically excising the endometrial growths is the gold standard of care, but there's a really high chance that you'll need repeated surgeries throughout your life because you'll usually keep growing cysts. Taking hormonal birth control can slow down the growth, but often it's not enough to prevent recurrence of surgery-requiring endometriomas. And if you've ever taken hormonal birth control, you know the side effects can suuuuuuuck.

-Endometriosis means that endometrial tissue, which normally lines the uterus and is shed during menstrual periods, grows elsewhere in the body. Typically this is elsewhere in the abdominal cavity, frequently on/in the ovaries or bowels, but in rare cases, it can grow on people's lungs or even their brains. Imagine having a growth that swelled and pressed on your lungs or brain every time you got your period and just. Kept. Growing. And your doctors probably wouldn't know what was happening or how to treat it. Literal nightmare scenario.

-For such a common and debilitating condition, endometriosis is relatively unknown. There's a lot of sexism involved in that, obviously, as well as a fair bit of ableism. And the most common symptoms of endometriosis are all taboo to talk about: painful periods, pain during sex, pain while pooping, and infertility. Most people don't want to open up a conversation about their abnormal poops or hellacious menstrual flow. Luckily I have no shame. But we should talk about this, because a lot of people out there have endometriosis and don't know it. We need to be able to advocate for our health needs.

One of the few organizations out there doing advocacy and research grants for endometriosis is the Endometriosis Foundation of America. I went to one of their events and they do really good work. They've got a charity campaign running until March 31st where a donor will match all donations up to $40,000, so anything you donate is doubled. It's…. not going so well. They're not even halfway to $40,000 and it's almost the end of the month. I know there are uncountable worthy causes out there and we all have a limited amount of money, so use your best judgement and don't feel guilty if you can't afford to donate, but if you can, I would really appreciate it. Endometriosis research got barely any funding even before the current US government situation, and it makes a huge difference to our quality of life. Like, if scientists can discover better treatments, that would mean I wouldn't have to spend my life in pain, always dreading the next recurrence and surgery and choosing between medication that puts me at major risk for osteorporosis versus medication that puts me at major risk for pancreatitis (these are literally my only two options right now, and both options occasionally give me agonizing month-long periods.) If you've ever had a serious medical condition that was successfully treated or cured because of medical knowledge on the subject, consider paying that forward to people with conditions that aren't well understood yet. And if you've never dealt with a disability, consider all the money you're not losing to healthcare costs and unpaid sick leave and consider giving some of that.

The link to the campaign is here: https://give.endofound.org/campaign/together-for-tomorrow/c662631

Even if you don't give money, thank you for reading my post. Learning about endometriosis is so important and you can find out more from the Endometriosis Foundation's website: endofound.org

And feel free to ask me any questions about my endometriosis. I'd be happy to share.

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bomaI1215

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all i have is music

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obstacles by syd matters <3 fire song fire song

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pls reblog and tag whether you were a peter pan, wizard of oz, or alice in wonderland fan as a kid and ur astrological sign thank u

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Waterfall

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mitai mitai mitai mitai mitai mitai mitai mitai mitai

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🌹Enter the Fabricated World...

(redraw of art from 2022! old work below the cut if you're curious ;)

(btw, the hanged ib is a figure you see in the Sketchbook area if you view the Sinister Painting in the yellow area. It's memorable to me cause it scared me so bad lol)

Still like the vibrance of the old version!!! My colour choices have gotten more muted over time

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what I think will happen if I message my mutuals