#protein pills

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all! Another weird question for you: How long do you have to fast for a blood sugar reading to count as a fasting blood sugar measurement? Also, does drinking soda (like, full sugar soda) slowly over the time before the blood test count as not-fasting? Asking because I keep testing* in the fasting blood sugar range when I am pretty sure I am not supposed to. Like, two hours after eating a meal when I've been slowly drinking soda the whole intervening time, or half an hour after drinking a whole full-sugar gatorade *with the home blood sugar test thing, not like doctor's office tests. though I test in the fasting range there too? I do know the word for the tester thing but I am brain fogged at the moment

[lazulisong]

i guess i should clarify the surgery timeline a bit (and also link the amazon list haha)

Nov 9 is the in person appointment with my surgeon, where i will get to ask fun questions about Pain Management and Weight Restrictions and answer even more fun questions about How I Want to Look (rn those answers are: idgaf as long as these fucking glands are off and that the idea of having cut and paste nipples causes me acute revulsion)! i'm taking the day off despite working at the same campus as the surgeons office because i will probably be taking the full amount of xanax im prescribed in the morning.

Nov 27 is the pre op appointment which will be over the phone with one of the PAs.

My leave starts as of Dec 8; i will return to work on Jan 2

sharon arrives dec 10, ??? i somehow get myself over to the rental which may involve sharon picking me up as she goes from the airport. (also i get groceries delivered to the rental because there is no way i'm going to the store when i expect to be wound up anyway)

if i don't have to go haring all over Portland for medications on Dec 11 (i'm going to campaign hard for getting them released on Friday since the pharmacy i go to is also on this campus), sharon and i will drive down south to pick up Mom and see the dog.

dec 12 at 8:30 i check in at the hospital (ALSO on the same campus and the one where amy had brain surgery) and juli arrives to be emotional support / be contact point for friends

surgery is scheduled for 10:30 and i should be out of the OR by 2:30 so i expect to be back to the rental by 3:30 or 4:00.

Mom stays until i'm off the good pills and can stay by myself, sharon drives her back (im not driving two hours with drains in, thanks)

dec 18 i have my first post op, and on dec 26 i will have the last one except presumably any follow ups i get scheduled later.

i might go south after my second post op but i have been repeatedly, reliably assured that i can expect an acute stage of depression d/t you know, being knocked unconscious, carved up, and then having drains for a week so that's going to be a big "i'll let you know the week before, mom"

i've been blessed with an amazing amount of support but if you would like to contribute i'm about 500$ shy of my overall goal of $4000:

and i also have an amazon list of assorted necessities and comforts:

but i also really need a lot of good thoughts because wow my anxiety is through the roof. and maybe some kindle unlimited suggestions for while im on painkillers.

thank you for your support!

[slugandthorn]

The coolest gender thing in the 2009 Japanese video game persona 3 100% how hard they coded shinjiro as the dead mom

[vampyroteuthid]

just woke up from a rather intense 3 hour long late afternoon nap. surely this will have no consequences later

[mo-ondial]

You can tell how good I am at keeping things sterile in the lab cause I only just found out I'm allergic to almost everything there

[famewolf]

it's been such a pain finding stuff to eat recently. everything sounds bad all the time and I barely have an appetite

[vampireknitting]

Here I thought I was being super lazy and silly for not doing anything since the 4th. But today I had to stop the t3s because night terrors during naps are horrible. It wasn’t until today’s nap that I realized why I kept waking up shaking. I don’t process codeine well is all this means. Oh well.

I can eat soft things so I’ve reached the point of healing where I’m just doing better. And now I’m not so hungry. Even though I’ve been chugging the extra calorie ensures (350 each 4 times a day) and drinking as much apple sauce as I want it. I’ve been hungry. I’ll keep drinking them till the stitches all fall out so I don’t push it but I know this is the fibromyalgia making the healing annoying.

But my goodness I didn’t leave or do much than step out for a smoke and i almost fainted.. twice. So no smoking, only edibles and the safe non nightmare inducing painkillers so I can heal without feeling insane. It would be nice if I could have a some what normal healing experience though

[tj-crochets]

Went to the doctor just for a check up and he basically just told me "your body just processes sugar very well! :) :) :) It's a good thing! :) :) :) It can't possibly be the source of your symptoms even though eating fixes it :) :) :)" But there was also a moment when talking about my iron deficiency that is possibly one of the funniest things a doctor has ever said to me, up with the cardiologist who said "you're a medical mystery": He was going over my blood test results, and said "Your iron levels haven't gone up at all, they are still extremely low, but you're not anemic anymore" And I was like how am I not anemic anymore??? And he said "Your hemoglobin levels have gone up...somehow..." while frowning at the blood test results on his computer. It was very "somehow, palpatine has returned" lol

[chicago-geniza]

Hm. Learned about respirable fiberglass in a mutual's post. The year I missed like 6 months of school from "chronic bronchitis" in 2nd grade was also when we lived in a house with an exposed fiberglass wall. Correlation doesn't equal causation but I am once again grateful to be living somewhere that isn't killing me softy with mold spores or airborne insulation materials or whatever

[meticulous-tendencies]

did the bare minimum and at least put a bunch of shit into the crockpot today. trying to make more meals and incorporate more chicken + veggies. marking this down as a success despite the godawful start to the day that I had

[edwardslostalchemy]

Unpopular opinion but I refuse to believe Dabi is ripped. That guy is barely alive.

[pangur-and-grim]

a lot of you probably knows Belphie's story, but I'll summarize just in case.

Devon Rex cats are better for people with allergies (less shed fur + less Fel d1 protein in their saliva), so on February 16, 2024, I went the breeder route and put down a deposit. before Belphie even opened his eyes, he was mine!

every Friday, the breeder sent me a new photo. I had a broken leg, and was basically rotting in bed at that point, so it was the best part of my week. then, at 12 weeks old, I BROUGHT HIM HOME!

at first, he was so alive! like a wind-up monkey that never shut off. he dangled from the wall-hangings, savaged my feet as I walked, and used my elderly cats as jumping poles to do cool acrobatics over. but all this gradually faded.

first, he stopped playing. then he stopped climbing. then he stopped moving much at all. my vet ran tests on him and found multiple pathogens (calcivrius + mycoplasma), but the medication didn't help - he kept declining.

on September 17th, I woke up to find him swollen like a balloon. we finally had an answer: he had Feline infectious Peritonitis, aka FIP. before 2017, this would've been a death sentence. he would've kept bloating until he drowned in his own fluids. and before 2024, I would've been forced to inject him with black market drugs. but thankfully, South Tower Animal Hospital in Fergus, Ontario was doing a study on the oral medication! we drove two hours, enrolled him, and left with the GS-441524 pills.

and he went from those photos above.....to this:

I thought Belphie would die as a kitten. I'd accepted that he would never grow up. but now he gets to LIVE!

and all for the low cost of $7,553.....ahhhahaha........god.

that + a recent home disaster has wiped out my savings, but I still need to pay for Belphie's medication. to remain in this study, I need to do bloodwork monthly until Feb 2025, and he'll need daily pills until March 2025.

I've put a risograph print + enamel pin set up at greerstothers.shop. I hate asking for help, but if you'd like to support Belphie's continued treatment, please consider checking them out!

[emodanascully]

for me the hardest part of the neurodivergent experience is eating properly like apparently a person needs to eat quite a lot in a day and i simply never feel hungry (or don't recognize the feeling of hunger as the professionals put it) and i hate the feeling of being full. my whole adult life i've just looked at the clock to see when it's time to eat and then eaten a bit of something i've felt like eating and now i'm deficient in pretty much everything. just had to take strong iron supplement for a year and now i'm not getting enough protein and i have to eat all the time!! and i keep forgetting to cos i'm currently super immersed in a knitting project

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 7, day 14

Sand texture rendering finished and I also made the sphere jar! :D Also resized the candlestick bc it was looking big huge, but I think I can shrink it a bit more and be fine. It is supposed to hold a pretty thicc candle, though... Hmm. We'll see after I model the candle.

[nivq87]

What a Weird way to find out i was low on electrolytes!