#my joints are almost not painful

[vellichorvaults]

I'm snuggled into bed, newly acquired electric blanket on, reading and eating my favourite snack (sweet/salty pretzels I can only get at christmas). This is the vibe for 2025. Cozy hedonism. I feel like a hibernating bear.

[milkweedman]

It is interesting how much math comes into even the most basic of like. Making things. Making almost anything. And often not numbers necessarily but proportions and geometry. I think all the time about how castles were built with geometry at the heart of it. And I use the same kind of proportional math to make socks fit. And none of my pieces are ever knit with a prime number of stitches--because you use factors to make neat colorwork and ribbing and different stitches. Idk ! I remember constantly thinking 'how the hell is THIS gonna come in useful ?' But it always does. Math is at the heart of everything, and knowing how to apply it is a tool of critical importance to Thinking Up A Shape And Making It.

[im-secretly-a-frog]

me when my disability disables me:

[uncanny-tranny]

I think more people ought to accept the idea that mobility aids do not always look like they're specifically "for disabled people." An aid is, at the core, something that helps to empower disabled people to live more comfortably, more easily, more pain-less/pain-free, maintain quality of life, or anything else.

A disability aid might not be obvious to you. It might even seem silly to call some things "disability aids," but that doesn't change the fact that they are helping that person live more comfortably and freely. Not every disabled person will have aids that are "not standard," but for the disabled people who do have non-standard aids, we ought to treat them well and include them in spaces. We can accommodate a vast array of disabled people, and the effort to include them is worth the time it takes.

[actualaster]

Fun things about being a repeat patient at PT for neck, back, and shoulder pain is nobody even suspects I got top surgery for gender reasons because I legit had some of my chronic pain almost entitely fixed nearly instantly by it so everybody just figures I did it for pain relief

(I mean, that was also a reason, but it was secondary)

[cassiefisherdrake]

Pros of getting my COVID booster:

Immunity boost! Yay!

Cons of getting my COVID booster:

Feel like absolute shit for 24-48hrs after

[faggling]

quick let me sexualize my disability and make everyone uncomfortable

[youngpettyqueen]

ive had a week to grapple with this but nope brain still whirring over the idea of "you might need to actually get a cane"

[wollfling]

Needlepoint choker I made that says "wolfling"!

[medicinemane]

Should make a pain killer that actually kills (or even touches) pain

[clownaura]

i’ve been having dull cramps since my period ended over a week ago…like it usually stops until ovulation at least, but i’ve had cramps every fucking day.

[ourceliumnetwork]

dry swallowing pills is my stupidest flex. i'm not even showing off anymore i'm just impatient

[an--artistic--autistic]

i just made the connection that the reason I've always hated computer mice is because the joints in my hands are underdeveloped

I've never successfully used a mouse without pain or discomfort

since my first laptop in 2011 i have always preferred to use the trackpads, even buying the fancy apple bluetooth one last year to use on the desktop computers at work and school

[squeakadeeks]

im very quickly learning that im double jointed/hypermobile in all my joints, including my hips and knees. as ive been losing the ability to stop them from hyperextending, when i walk i have to take a significant amount of care to keep my legs from willy nilly rotating about my hip and knee sockets. its incredibly bizarre and becoming notably visible if i dont try to stop it.

thats basically a long winded way of saying my life is now a living hell where i have to constantly expend energy to avoid walking about like this:

[dilfsisko]

Why do doctors never acknowledge cases where losing weight actually actively makes you feel worse lmao

[lazyfox411]

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