#I have migraine for over 3 weeks and low blood sugar that juice isn’t helping so im pretty out of it

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Oh my god okay. I am currently quite unwell so don’t take this too seriously but will graham analysis.

Will graham is a dog/wolf. Like the alpha of the pack (not abo in this sorry) but only for like dogs and stuff? he’s really bad at humaning. He collects strays and takes care of his pack.he is a predator and that’s his thing with Hannibal . The stag/elk is his prey and something that could easily kill him it is a challenge of life or death in many ways. The stag is also Hannibal. It is something so dangerous and yet so beautiful (to will) and it is so often mistaken as something peaceful and harmless. Also someone made a thing of them nuzzling like wolves on cliff scene. Ta-da will grahaam!!

There’s more but I forgot

if ur mad I linked ur post ill delete it 👍

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tmi/rant/love

i’ve been doing sporadic browsing/posting/replying sprees throughout the complete omnishambles that this week has been.

right now i’m at my computer with an exhaustion migraine on the right side that’s been there 72h and will not quit but i can actually move/sit up again and needed to do some works by computer only stuff (anyone else’s printer wierd about their mobile? - ours will only print stuff in portrait mode whether it’s a picture or a pdf and requires it’s own special and terrible app). So i’m one eyed with earphones on with no music because i hate all noise rn.

Behind the scenes I’ve been:

sat in a cold bath, feeling like a sausage that’s gonna burst, trying get a 40° fever down (it broke after 24h of worrying about hospital because numbers like 40° get doctors all scared. I just want my bed and my creature comforts when i’m sick not some noisy painful hospital experience. blergh. that said I would have paid big time for an IV banana bag even though my skin was on fire)

waiting the 20 minutes between "toilet sessions” (half of tuesday)

lying as immobile as possible with a heatpad scalding my stomach into submission (boobs make propping up a mobile slightly easier)

sat in the kitchen in the dark, eating unlevened bread crumb by crumb while my body makes noise like a mad professors lab from a 60s B movie.

actually the bubbling sounds continue even though the stomach problems are over. probably twisted itself into knots (yes I know that’s not possible from a stomach bug) but it feels like that.

I would like to thank everyone for keeping me entertained while feeling horrid and do some shoutouts :

all my love to:

Microwave ricebags

Muscle relaxers

Yum Yum brand shrimp* flavour noodles (*no actual semblance of meat comes near a yum yum noodle packet so they can be sold as halal. They’re an indonesian brand and do the tastiest instant noodles IMHO)

White rice and fish, white rice and chicken, white rice with a hint of lemon juice. basmati rice in general.

Sweating, the relief when it starts again is really something

Dark. sweet comforting zero-light dark.

Modern toilets + sewage systems. top invention humanity!

the high heat setting on the washing machine so you don’t have to boil stuff by hand.

DO NOT WANT:

Sciatic nerves, you over-dramatic whingey bastards, So I used my back wrong? You gonna take my legs? that’s petty and unhelpful. 0/5 stars.

The sensation called nausea: a warning is helpful, screaming constantly is not. Either off or at volume 11. Broken levels but still has some use. 1/5 stars. Will purchase upgrade if available.

Vagus nerve: we are not dying because you got pinched around the mid abdomen. You can yell dying when I can’t breathe or am passing out but this is dumb glitch n°3, n°2 being that you up the blood pressure if someone squeezes their rectum, n°1 being that you think that something’s in the bronchia because they put a qtip in their left ear. Badly designed and over extended nerve. Needs evolutionary debugging.

The carer agency we’re with that gives it’s carers zero hygiene training. We literally have gloves, 5 types of disinfectants, different wipes and rags and facemasks in the kitchen cupboard and are all trained in hygiene practices, first as normal people (isn’t germ theory taught in school?) who’ve also done childminding and adult care then as low immune system folks ourselves. Carers are ace, management sucks turds.

The asshole doctor who gave our sick carer (who then made us sick) zero medication because he believes in “treating the source not the symptoms” whatever hateful bullshit that is and since it was viral that meant zilch for her. Today I managed to crawl up and get her a box of anti spasmodics, charcoal, stomach calming clay, sublingual sugar, a heatbag and detailed instructions on slow rehydrationbefore sending her home because what the hell? There should be a psychopathy and bias test for doctors. Have them interact minimally with the public/specific subsets of the public if they’re found to have low sympathy. I’ve met a few in speciality medicine but only twice in general practitioners. I don’t care if they have IQ140, healing the human body means soothing it too, leaving someone to suffer is unethical, that’s ethics 101. That’s some mother theresa “sanctity in suffering” bullshit that’s fine for others but oh what do you know? you get top shelf care when you’re sick (I’m looking at you too Ayn Rand). I hope he gets the stomach bug himself and doesn’t have anyone to call to go to the pharmacy so he knows better next time.

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Day 19 - Spring ‘21 challenge

2nd April 2021

“Results happen over time, not overnight. Work hard, stay consistent, and be patient.”

Today’s juice is: Turbo-charge smoothie Pineapple, apple, cucumber, lime, celery, spinach blended with Avocado

The turbo charge smoothie is my go-to juice. The first one I tried, the one I remember, the one I can taste when I start imagining juice and the one that’s engrained in my head for easy shopping. Yesterday when I was shopping, I hadn’t “decided” what I’d be drinking this week, I wanted to be a bit more spontaneous, see where it led me. I knew I could at least have the turbo-charge as my “thickie” each day but today I fancied having it all day. I have a range of produce so that over the weekend I can pick & choose recipes to use, then by Monday, when I’m back in town anyway, I could nip into the shops for anything else I might need. It’s all about experimenting and finding out what works.

The turbo-charge didn’t taste like I’d remembered it – it was MUCH MUCH sweeter! Of course, fruits & veggies during the year CAN yield different juicy levels as can freshness affect the yield, but to make such a big difference in the taste, it must be my tastebuds which have changed? I have noticed that I am able to add more and more veggies into my juices (raw veg juice is a very acquired taste, the fruit is needed to add sweetness to make them more palatable) so I knew my taste buds were developing but I really didn’t expect to find my favourite smoothie to taste SO different. This prompted me to look into why this might be.

Apparently, after detoxing, all the usual food you would eat can taste different – sweeter or saltier – than before. So this is completely normal! Apparently also, it only takes a few days for it to happen! What I didn’t know was that our taste buds are continually changing, around every 10 days and this is all it takes to retrain your taste buds by doing the following:

1)    Cook everything from scratch – avoid using any highly processed ingredients. Proper cooking in the kitchen like your grandma used to do! No tinned food, nothing from a bottle or carton – basically cutting out any added salts, oils, sugars & most of all the preservatives. My rule is that if I look at the ingredients list and I don’t recognise anything or can’t pronounce it, I don’t use it – when I’m being good, I am human after all and we all break our own rules now and again!

2)    Avoid wheat, dairy & refined sugars – use local and seasonal ingredients, which also gives you variety throughout the year. There are tons of alternative milks on the market; flours; GF oats etc. and most of them are pretty tasty! I love using coconut milk and cream in my cooking and it substitutes perfectly for dairy milk or cream. In terms of flours, I use almond, coconut, corn or gram flour. Gram flour in fact makes an excellent quiche crust! & Almond flour makes a tasty banana bread! There is coconut sugar but in terms of how it acts in your body compared to normal table sugar, it isn’t much different. I wouldn’t personally go down the sweetener route as it can alter hormones but that’s just my choice because of my condition.

3)    Try to avoid or simply reduce caffeine and alcohol intake. Caffeine is an artificial stimulant so it’s best avoided – especially if you suffer from anxiety, migraines or trouble sleeping. We all know that alcohol is calories, but it also affects blood sugar levels creating highs and lows, which in turn makes us crave high-sugar products – not what we want when we’re trying to alter our taste buds. Even adding a glass of water in-between alcoholic drinks helps or replacing one of your coffees with a herbal tea  - I like peppermint or spearmint but I did start on berry blends years ago and lemon & ginger, that was another one I used to like.

4)    Eat 5-10 portions of fruit & veg a day – something you’ve heard before perhaps? Yeah me too! It’s so hard though isn’t it?! Well, not with juicing, but generally because eating the whole fruit/veg is very filling/time consuming so we find it tough to physically eat as much as we need, that’s why I drink it instead, flooding my body with all the nutrients. If you don’t have a juicer, use your blender for smoothies! A really easy way to add more veggies into your diet. It is possible to buy juice/smoothies in the supermarket too but look out for “cold pressed” juices as these haven’t been heated up with all nutrients diminished and definitely don’t buy any which have sugar added to them as there’s plenty sweetness released in them already by the process of juicing or blending the items.

5)    Breakfast is the most important meal of the day 😁 It really is! Getting up 10mins earlier to make a healthier alternative to a sugary high-carb snack which won’t keep you satiated, will be worth it I promise! You need protein, slow-release carbs and healthy fats to keep you filled up until lunchtime. When I’m not juicing, I might have a veggie scramble – basically scrambled eggs with spinach, peppers, red onions & Heck (or other high meat percentage & low sugar) sausages all cooked in coconut oil or Kevin’s favourite PCOS breakfast I can have is STEAK! Yes, steak! With a fried egg, some wilted spinach on the side – yum! That’s more of a weekend breakfast where we have time to enjoy it. Or add seeds, nut butter, fruit to your porridge perhaps? Remember to use proper porridge oats if you can, not the instant packets as they contain extras you just don’t need.

So, after 10 days of eating “clean” – you’ve probably heard that term “clean eating” before, and it’s basically following all of the principles above – your taste buds will have changed and food will taste sweeter or saltier, so it might alter how much of something you eat. Maybe one less packet of crisps, maybe a few less biscuits. It all leads to changes for the better. Slowly but surely. No quick fixes. No “diets”. Just wholesome, fresh foods, cooked from scratch, by you – ONLY then can you really know exactly what’s in the food you’re eating.

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100 Followers, 100 Prompts

We made it to 100 followers! As a thank-you, I’ve created 100 prompts for you to go wild with. Pick one you like and send it to me in an ask. If you pick one from MCU and there are multiple ‘verses listed, please choose one (or I will choose for you). Obviously if you pick ‘create your own,’ you’ll have to tell me the deets you’re looking for. Some of these lend themselves to being much longer than others, so be prepared for anything from a drabble to a 5K word fic.  If you choose something Thanksgiving-related, I’ll wait till after 01 November to post.  Aaaaand….GO! 

 OCs 

 Mel 

1. After a night out, Mel’s had a bit too much. 

2. Mel gets a sugar high and nauseated at the cinema. 

3. Mel’s nervous about talking at a conference at work. 

4. Mel gets overheated and passes out in a crowded place. 

5. On the drive to Todd’s parents’ house for Thanksgiving, we learn feverish Mel is not a fun road trip companion. 

6. Create your own (please specify). 

 Todd 

7. Mel and Todd go on a cruise, and Todd gets seasick. 

8. Todd’s getting over a stomach bug and damnit, he does not want to cook. 

9. Todd neglects sunscreen because it’s winter, and he comes in with a nice sunburn and a fever after doing some deck maintenance. 

10. Todd has an especially snotty cold, and post nasal-drip is his nemesis. 

11. Todd leaves work early because he feels sick, only to find that Mel’s already home sick. 

12. Create your own (please specify). 

 Mike 

13. Mike tries smoking, and it knocks her on her ass. 

14. Mike has a lingering cough. She coughs till she pukes. 

15. While home for Thanksgiving, heavy foods aren’t kind to Mike’s stomach. 

16. Mike faints as she’s about to leave for school. The boys make sure she’s taken care of. 

17. The whole household attempts to go to a party. Mike gets sick and no one has a good time. 

18. Create your own (please specify).

 Jason 

19. You have to do something with leftover candy corn, even if it’s eating it until it makes you sick. 

20. Jason pushes himself too hard at the gym and ends up feeling ill. 

21. Lots of coffee and lots of studying isn’t the way to spend Friday night when Jason’s stomach is already unsettled. 

22. Jason catches a bug during finals week and shivers his way through tests with a high fever. 

23. Create your own (please specify). 

 Colby 

24. Colby has a crisis of morality that makes him feel physically sick after eating meat. 

25. Colby and Jason talk family issues (and the emotion makes Colby feel ill). 

26. Sometimes the idea of green juice is a lot more appealing than actually drinking it. 

27. Colby’s down with a cold, the sink’s full of dirty mugs, and the living room is an explosion of Kleenex. 

28. No one’s around to give Colby a ride, so he takes the bus and ends up very uncomfortable. 

29. Colby with appendicitis.

 30. Create your own (please specify). 

 Hildur 

31. Hildur has a disappearing episode the first time she and Pierce go on a date in public. 

32. Hildur’s at home working through a fever. Pierce surprises her after work. 

33. Pierce makes dinner. Suffice to say Hildur’s not about to let him do that again. 

34. Per university policy, Pierce’s painting class has a presentation as the final exam. Hildur still has anxiety about it. 

35. Hildur and Pierce go to the aquarium, and looking at the creatures through water and glass is vertigo-inducing. 

36. Create your own (please specify). 

 Pierce 

37. Pierce doesn’t eat because he isn’t feeling well, then ends up shaky and nauseous because all he’s had is coffee. 

38. Pierce has a fever and is miserably huddled in his office, trying to find the strength to teach his next class. 

39. Pierce has a migraine while teaching the class Hildur’s taking. She helps him out, and their relationship goes public. 

40. Pierce thinks about taking Hildur to his family’s Thanksgiving festivities. Luckily, he’s not feeling well and they get to stay home.

 41. Attempt number 2 at having a romantic moment with Hildur, but this time it’s a migraine that interrupts. 

42. Create your own (please specify). 

 MCU 

 Bucky (Winter Soldier) 

43. Bucky wakes sick from a nightmare and has difficulty explaining what he’s feeling to Steve (powers/no powers). 

44. Bucky has a panic attack while driving (powers/no powers). 

45. Bucky gets a migraine while he and Steve are out and about (powers/no powers). 

46. Bucky catches the flu and it downs him hard (powers/no powers). 

47. Something on the Thanksgiving table gives Bucky a bad association with something he was given to eat while held captive. He gets ill, and Steve jumps in to help (powers/no powers). 

48. Bucky and Nat are Christmas shopping for Steve, and Nat has to calm Bucky down when he panics at the mall (powers/no powers). 

49. Steve comes home to find Bucky passed out in the bathroom (powers/no powers). 

50. Bucky has a breakdown on a mission (heroverse). 

51. Pre-serum Steve takes care of sick Bucky (heroverse/pre-serum). 

52. Bucky’s depressed and not feeling well and decides to call Laura Barton (powers/no powers). 

53. Create your own (please specify). 

 Steve (Captain America) 

54. Steve is seasick after having to go on a boat for a mission (heroverse). 

55. Steve needs a day off to fight the flu. Bucky takes the day to take care of him (powers/no powers). 

56. A run-in with mind control tech leaves Steve with a hell of a headache (heroverse). 

57. Steve runs himself ragged taking care of Bucky on a bad day, and low blood sugar hits him hard (powers/ no powers or heroverse). 

58. Steve’s poisoned with a bio-weapon while on a mission (heroverse). 

59. Back before the war, Steve was a total lightweight (heroverse/pre-serum). 

60. Steve wakes ill from nightmares of things past and closer to present (heroverse). 

61. Create your own (please specify). 

 Natasha (Black Widow) 

62. Nat gets motion sick while riding in a Humvee with Steve (Nat on fire or heroverse). 

63. Bouts of dizziness and heart palpitations make Nat wonder if the damage she’s done to her body is finally catching up with her (Nat on fire). 

64. Nat’s on a solo mission and tries to administer concussion protocol to herself (Nat on fire or heroverse). 

65. Nat’s not feeling great; Jess offers liquor as medicine (Jonestown). 

66. Nat has a fever while on a mission with Steve (Nat on fire or heroverse). 

67. Create your own (please specify). 

 Jessica Jones 

68. Jess is hungover and trying to get into gear for a mission (Jonestown). 

69. A severe nosebleed makes Jess feel faint (Jonestown). 

70. Drinking up the liquor cabinet in Avengers Tower is not a great way to make friends (Jonestown). 

71. After a mission where she’s hit in the stomach, Jess develops appendicitis (Jonestown). 

72. Jess wakes with nightmares, and Nat’s there to provide comfort (Jonestown). 

73. Create your own (please specify).

 Peter (Spiderman) 

74. Peter has a possible concussion after a mission; Tony scrambles to make sure he’s ok before sending him home to May. 

75. Peter has the flu and leaves school early. May thinks he’s ditching, but comes home to find him unwell. 

76. Peter wakes up sick on Thanksgiving, which throws a wrench into his and May’s plans. 

77. In an attempt to be the cool father figure, Tony lets Peter have a drink and a cigar. Peter gets sick. 

78. Peter works too hard and ends up with a migraine. Not wanting to frighten May when he thinks he’s having a stroke, Peter calls Tony. 

79. Peter has a panic attack on a mission, and Tony has to remind both of them that Peter’s just a kid. 

80. Peter’s pretty keyed up after finishing a mission with Tony, and going out for ice cream turns out to be a pretty bad idea. 

81. Note to self: Don’t go patrol the neighborhood with an aching stomach. 

82. Peter goes on a mission with Tony, and doesn’t do so hot because he’s not feeling so hot. Tony’s about to give him a talking-to, but you can’t do that to a sick kid. 

83. Peter barfs in the car while Happy’s driving him somewhere. 

84. Peter’s sick while staying at the Avengers place upstate. Tony doesn’t really know what to do, but Pepper sure does. 

85. Peter’s sick, and May does her best to convince Peter he doesn’t need to go to his Stark internship today. 

86. Create your own (please specify). 

 Criminal Minds 

 Spencer 

87. Spencer’s injured on a case, and he feels ill from the pain. 

88. Even when ill with the flu, Spencer can’t keep himself away from work. 

89. A migraine keeps Spencer from going for a night out with the other agents. 

90. When Spencer’s sick at work, Garcia goes a little crazy trying to take care of him. Spencer’s annoyed, but grateful. 

91. Create your own (please specify) 

 Titan A.E. 

 Cale 

92. After waking up on the Valkyrie, Cale’s a little more beat up than he’s willing to admit. Though Akima heals his wounds, he’s still in pain and therefore nauseous. 

93. Cale picks up a bug on the drifter colony, and he’s fighting a fever while also fighting for the Titan. 

94. Cale wanders into Akima’s room. She thinks he wants to get down, but he’s actually been puking his guts up and just doesn’t know what to do about it. 

95. Alternate Cale/Korso meeting: Cale’s being sick in a trash can because he can’t stomach the alien food, and Korso offers comfort. 

96. Cale gets sick from drinking the green (possibly alcoholic) beverage Korso gives him. 

97. Create your own (please specify). 

Akima 

98. When Cale’s flying the Valkyrie, Akima gets motion sick. Now we know why she prefers to pilot. 

99. After the Titan is saved and New Earth is created, Cale and Akima share a tender moment. That’s when Cale notices Akima’s burning up. 

100.Create your own (please specify).