#immunodeficient

[ahomeforheadmates]

My loves, I see you

I know you’re sick again, I know you’re missing school or work again

My darling, it is not your fault

I know you’re sick all the time, I know how shitty it feels, I know how condescending and annoying people are about it

But I also know it’s not your fault, I know you are way more annoyed than than the stupid complaining people are, and I know they have no right to complain

This is your body and I know how hard you try to take care of it

And I know it’s impossible to take care of your body properly sometimes and it’s infuriating and upsetting having to take so many precautions you shouldn’t have to take just to be safe, and I know sometimes you skip something and get hurt or sick but it’s not your fault

You are doing your best that is enough

Your best is different everyday

It’s not your fault that you get sick and/or are in pain all the time, it’s not your fault you can’t function

We love you

-Sunday and Rayne 🦈🌕

[wheelie-sick]

I'm so sick of the lateral ableism from disabled people with working immune systems. I fucking despise hearing about other disabled people are completely disregarding covid precautions. you might get to forget about it like all the ableds did but I don't.

you don't get to align yourself with disability activism in any way if you're choosing not to mask, or choosing not to stay updated on vaccines, or choosing to go to giant events with thousands of people in attendance

[sommesick]

We found reduced complement protein C4a levels in immunodeficient ME/CFS patients suggesting a subgroup-specific innate immune dysregulation. ME/CFS patients without immunodeficiencies exhibit a mucosal barrier leakage, as indicated by elevated levels of Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP). Stratifying ME/CFS patients based on immune competence enabled the distinction of two subgroups with different pathophysiological patterns.

[daily-grian]

been watching CdawgVA's charity auction for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (donate to charity donate to charity)

[chillileu]

My handsome Phantom 🖤

Rescued in February with life-threatening injuries, I adopted him three months ago and he's settled in so well. He has FIV and a heart murmur but he's currently a very healthy gummy shark!

He loves nothing more than sunning himself in his cat run on a nice day, snuggling with his fur-siblings, and yelling at me for treats the second I come home 🩷

[rez-urrection]

this is my sweet baby boy, Noodles

he just passed tonight. he was just about 5 years old, we beleive he had FIV due to circumstances and past issues, but he was never diagnosed. he died somewhat unexpectedly.

hes always been curious, always loved to play with or smell what I had, especially if it came from outside my room. unfortunately, he was always too skittish to see the world on his own. he stayed in my room constantly for the 4 years I had him.

now that he's gone, I come to you tumblr, to ask you to do him a favor.

please reblog this so he can reach the world.

please reblog this with pictures of your favorite things, your pets, your favorite places, even if it's just a tree in your back yard.

reblog it with nothing if you have no pictures or places you want him to see.

show him your favorite places.

thank you.

[mcyt-rep]

PHYSICAL DISABILITY REPRESENTATION*

*this is part of the "disabilities" section, to see mental/neurological disabilities, click here

GoodTimesWithScar/Scar (unnamed(?) neuromuscular condition)

Ironmouse/Mousey (Common Variable Immunodeficiency, or CVID (thanks nonnie, but I can’t post the ask because I hit post limit for the day on main and that unfortunately extends across blogs))

Skizzleman/Skizz (Multiple Sclerosis, or MS)**

Etoiles (Diabetes Type 1)

Billzo (Diabetes Type 1)

**skizz is in both the physical and neurological disability sections for MS because it's a physical disability, but is also classified as a neurological disorder. at least according to google idk im not an expert (dw guys i corroborated and all that good shit)

[curiositysavesthecat]

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[doelet444]

there’s so much I want to be. will my body please allow me?

[amorality-flagz]

TransAIDS: A transabled identity for when you desire to have some form of AIDS or feel/believe like you should have AIDS.

[ahomeforheadmates]

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

DONT BE A HERO

TAKE THE HEADACHE MEDICINE YOU MOTHER FUCKER

Lookin at you Oliver

-Rayne 🦈🌕

[wheelie-sick]

shout out to my rheumatologists office for continuing to be covid safe!!!! all the love for my rheumatologist (who also has an autoimmune disease and is on immunosuppressants)

[exeggcute]

went to the dermatologist today for a mole check (I passed) and got told that this ouchie spot on my ear is a type of infection that they "usually see in toddlers"

[idkwhyimhere5462]

Finally off for a break and I haven’t actually gotten sick in a couple weeks, so of course I need to get sick during my break. About to go visit family too :/

[coolbeesbro]

Enough Black Cat Slander!!

I'm convinced that people who have said that black cats are bad luck and are mean have never interacted with a black cat in their life. I have one, and he is a big dumb stupid baby boy who wants nothing more than to be held and be given kisses all over his big dumb stupid silly face. You could spend hours annoying him and he wont growl or hiss or ANYTHING! He only knows be silly, and be cute and friendly.

If I'm going to do something, that becomes a group activity because he HAS to be there. If I leave the room after like 5 minutes and he can't follow, he starts to yell until I return. He loves to be picked up and carried everywhere, and if I had one of those baby slings I think he would simply die of happiness. I'll be working on a project, and he'll slowly inch his way onto my lap and push it away, and if I relocate him because I need to get work done, he just does it again until I give in and give him the snuggles he wants.

Statistically black cats are usually the hardest cat to get adopted from a shelter, and some shelters will flat out refuse to take in black cats because of their low adoption rate. Meaning, a black cat is statistically more likely to spend their entire life in a shelter, and are more likely to be euthanized because of that fact. That's not even taking into account that because of their reputation they are more likely to be abused and killed by others who are superstitious of them.

Outside of their unfair treatment, here are additional reasons to adopt them!

Research has shown they are less likely to get sick, and have a stronger resistance to viruses like Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (Commonly referred to as FIV) which is permanent, contagious, and can be deadly since it slowly destroys their immune system.

You have a miniature house panther.

You'll save a life (theirs).

So next time you go to adopt a cat from a shelter or pick one from a litter of kittens, please consider adopting a black cat.

I got this baby from a catch and release shelter I volunteered for a bit at back in 2016, and bringing him home has been one of the best decisions of my life. Dipper is just so good, and every other black cat I've ever been around has been the biggest sweetheart ever. Think of silly orange cat brain power mixed with an incredibly cuddly and loving baby. He has 2 younger sisters, and has accepted them each the second they enter the house, even defending them (especially the youngest who is blind) right out the gate if they start to get spicy with the other sister.

Anyways, this has been my TedTalk on why black cats are the best and deserve a better reputation than they have.

[catominor]

wails.... lfc....... im thinkig about himso much. like yes he sucks but he's also been through a lot... it's like. he doesn't really have much of a framework to fit his limitations into; his whole life has been basically pushing himself into roles he isn't fit for, and performing a certain kind of life, because he sees no alternative way to live, because of the values that were instilled into him and which he now holds and guards. so he ends up taking out his stress and frustration that he can't really name onto the people in his household who can't push back on it because he has authority over them.