#can diabetes cause seizures

[beatodiabtesapp]

A seizure can be quite serious and can be a scary experience for not just the person experiencing it but for the people around them. While seizures are caused due to many reasons, one of the prime reasons for a seizure to occur is when people have epilepsy. Among the different types of seizures, diabetic seizures can sometimes turn into an emergency quite quickly. Proven to be fatal in nature, a diabetic seizure is a serious medical condition that is caused due to extremely low levels of blood sugar.  Read more: https://www.beatoapp.com/blog/diabetic-seizures-what-are-they-symptoms-causes-treatments/

[jimmy-wilson]

You know. I'm really starting to understand why they guess lupus in every fucking episode bc every single time some weird medical thing pops up i look it up and the cause is always Always Fucking Lupus

[wosoamazing]

Sick Days

Blurt/One-Shot | Diabetes & Love Warnings: Sickness (vomiting), Sever low blood sugar, passing out, mentions of seizures, hospitals, ambulances. This is probably crap but yeah.... wrote it and decide just to post it...

You were flopped against your Mum’s body as she held you whilst also trying to carry everything else, she stopped at the door to the gym, knocking before sticking her head in, 

“Hey Leah, I’m so sorry, I know we were meant to spend the night hanging out and I was taking you home but she is really sick and so I think it's best I take her home, hopefully then no one else will get it either,” Leah saw the way you looked slightly green and decided your Mum was going to need help, this was the first time you had been sick since your diagnosis and it looked like it wasn’t going to be pretty.

“I’ll still come if you want, help you with y/n and keep you entertained while you’re cooped up in the house,” Leah offered.

“Yeah okay. I’ll meet you in the car?” your Mum said, gaining a nod from Leah.

-

“You’re going with Russo right?” Viv asked as Leah entered the locker room.

“Yeah,” Leah said as she started frantically packing her things.

“Good, we were worried, y/n looks really sick,” Katie said “Keep us updated?” The Irish woman was pretty sure Leah sent her a nod of confirmation.

“Leah if either of you guys need anything just call, and I’ll be straight over,”

“Will do, thank you all, sorry for leaving so abruptly,” Leah told everyone as she walked out the room.

It had been a few hours since you got home and you kept vomiting, Alessia was getting worried and Leah was nervous that she would soon need another set of hands to help her, so she called kim. Your Mum was looking more green by the minute and seemed to be sweating a lot more than she should have. Leah was also pretty sure she heard your Mum coughing one of the times she went to the bathroom.

“Leah, can you call an ambulance?” Alessia asked just as Kim arrived at the front door.

“Okay, so it is bad, Leah you good calling the ambulance?” The older of the pair nodded at their captain as she was already dialling 111, “What do you need Alessia?” “Can you put some towels down beside her, she’s most likely going to vomit once I do this,” your Mum asked and Kim nodded before quickly running off and returning with some towels. She placed them in front of you and your Mum quickly gave you the glucagon injection, causing you to cry, before suddenly you had thrown up again, but you barely had the energy to do that, your cries were so weak and everyone in that room hoped the paramedics would be there soon. Your Mum was rubbing your back, trying her hardest not to cry yet, she didn’t want to scare you.

“I know bubba, I’m sorry, the ambulance should be here to help soon, I’m so sorry, I love you so much.”

Just as the paramedics walked into the kitchen, you were throwing up again and your Mum and Kim quickly stood up letting them get to work, Leah having told them everything they needed to know already.

You Mum stood up and immediately was pulled into Leah’s arms, where she just started sobbing violently, and Leah had to hold her tightly to make sure she didn’t collapse.

“We’re going to take her to Watford, they may then want to transfer her to one of the bigger paediatric centres, but it's best we get her stabilised first, unfortunately only two of you can travel with us, and they most likely will only let two of you in with her anyway at any one time,” The paramedics told the three women but mainly it was aimed at Leah and Kim, with your Mum being so out of it now.

“I’ll stay here and clean up, you go with them, Leah, just keep me updated,” Kim told Leah who nodded.

“You can sit in the back with them both if you want,” One of the paramedics told Leah who nodded before grabbing your Mum’s phone, and her keys before grabbing her own phone, and going to sit next to Alessia in the ambulance, who held onto Leah's hand like a lifeline.

You were wheeled ahead as your Mum and Leah, well more Leah were left to do some paperwork, Alessia felt a panic surge through her body when she saw your body start seizing, immediately you were surrounded by doctors, she started swaying slightly, accidentally bumping into Leah as her feet became unsteady, “Less, you okay? Less” Leah said just before Alessia passed out, “Shit, Less,” Leah dropped the clipboard and pen to catch her before lowering her on the ground, positioning her on her side.

“Why didn’t you tell us you weren’t feeling well,” Leah asked your Mum sternly who was now sat in a hospital bed.

“I ah-” “Is that what you were doing every time you went to the bathroom? Throwing up?”

“I’m sorry,” Alessia mumbled before beginning to cry, causing Leah to climb into the bed next to her, pulling her into her chest.

“We’re all here for you Less, you just need to let us be there for you,” “I just, I didn’t want to feel like a burden, and I just, I’m a single Mum, it’s just me,” “But it’s not just you Less, we are all here for you, her diagnosis has changed nothing, we will look after both of you, just like we always have. Would it make you feel better if I made everyone do a professional diabetes class rather than just going off what you have taught us? I mean I already have but I would be happy to sit through another one and force everyone else to do one too, I'm sure they would all be just as happy to learn so they could help out though. Does that sound good?” Leah felt Alessia nod into her shoulder before they both started to doze off.

[buddierecs]

chronic pain/illness buddie fics

this list has different rated fics, so please look at the rating (none are explicit tho) make sure to kudos/comment on these amazing works :)

featherlight by: rogerzsteven "1 time buck tends to eddie's shoulder pain and 1 time eddie tends to buck's leg pain." word count: 5.2k rating: general audience important tags: chronic pain, hurt/comfort, taking care of each other, whump cause i will be your safety by: rogerzsteven "buck has a leg cramp. eddie helps him as he can." word count: 2.2k rating: general audience important tags: chronic pain, hurt/comfort, sharing a bed, eddie diaz taking care of evan buckley

life ain't always beautiful by: ficoracle "5 times buck dealt with his chronic pain...and one time he doesn't have to deal with it alone." word count: 15k rating: teen and up important tags: chronic pain, 5+1 things, hurt/comfort, whump i keep you in my locket by: lizzybizzyzzz "eddie takes care of buck's chronic pain on their three month anniversary" word count: 3.1k rating: teen and up important tags: chronic pain, established relationship, hurt/comfort, idiots in love buddha's arrow by: kristen999 "how buck helps eddie learn to cope with chronic pain." word count: 3.6k rating: general audience important tags: chronic pain, hurt/comfort, injury recovery sweet as sugar by: tizniz "buck gets diagnosed as diabetic." word count: 8.5k rating: general audience important tags: chronic illness, worried!eddie diaz, protective!eddie diaz, friends to lovers

the legacy of a bowling ball by: rosefield "it starts with a headache. it starts with a headache. and it ends as he falls to the ground, lock jawed, the world fading away." word count: 10k rating: teen and up important tags: chronic illness, concussions, seizures, disassociation, hurt/comfort, getting together maybe one day by: honestlydarkprincess "eddie has a migraine, christopher convinces him to call buck, and buck takes care of his boys." word count: 1.1k rating: teen and up important tags: chronic illness, migraines, sick!eddie diaz, pining, evan buckley taking care of eddie diaz, sharing a bed, cuddles shelter my eyes from the sun (and wait for the birds to fly by) by: lizzybizzyzzz "an evan buckley character study" word count: 25k rating: mature important tags: TW: implied/referenced self harm, suicidal thoughts, implied/referenced sexual assault, childhood trauma, abandonment issues, chronic pain, ptsd, getting together, love confessions

[talkethtothehandeth]

Here is a video that talks about the reality of living with Long COVID. This is another reminder that this virus is still prevalent and just as deadly, if not more. COVID has killed nearly seven million (documented cases) people worldwide. You are not immune, you are not invincible, and this is something you should still be taking seriously. It’s not in the past, it is still spreading and mutating and harming and disabling and killing.

Wear your masks, get the vaccines if you can.

Video Length: 1m 16s

Transcription:

"Hi, my name is Hannah, and COVID took my life from me. I was 23 when I got sick in August of 2020, and I'm turning 27 this month. I was an athlete for 10 years, and I had straight A's all through high school. I graduated with honors, multiple scholarships, and I was years in the school for my PsyD. I loved going on adventures, traveling, reading, painting, drawing, I even loved having a job. I even had a healthy immune system, and that was all until I got COVID." - "I've been diagnosed with epilepsy, and the back to back seizures have caused brain damage; it has caused dementia type symptoms, spelling problems, mood changes, POTS, which haused caused me to be hospitalized multiple times with concussions and injuries. I'm on IV infusions and medications for that." - "I have to use a wheelchair, I can no longer legally drive; diabetes, an autoimmune disease, chronic and debilitating fatigue, vision deterioration, had to have my thyroid removed, lost half my hair. I still have a hard time breathing and have low oxygen at points-- chronic pain, muscle aches, tooth decay, increased mental health issues and ideations. I had to quit my job, withdraw from school, and I never see anyone but my family and doctors I can longer draw, travel, and I really struggle with reading, which is my favorite thing." - "My loved ones are terrified to leave me home alone, and I'm scared to even sleep at night because I'm afraid that I won't wake up. I spend my days alone in bed because life has to go on without me. This is the reality of it [long covid]. And 1 in 5 infections cause long COVID. I promise you, you are not invincible."

[greenwitchcrafts]

Sage

Salvia officinalis

Known as: Common sage, green sage, garden sage, meadow sage, culinary sage & true sage

Related plants: A member of the of the mint family Lamiaceae that includes plants such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender & perilla as well as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga & oriental motherwort.

Parts used: Leaves & stems

Habitat and cultivation: This evergreen subshrub is native to the Mediterranean region with it's mild to cool, rainy winters & warm to hot, dry summers.

Plant type: Perennial

Region: Zone 5-8 your sage will grow as a hardy perennial. However in the humid climates of zones 9 & farther south, sage is usually an annual, as it does not easily tolerate summer heat & humidity.

Harvest: Harvest lightly in the first year to ensure the plant grows fully. After the first year, be sure to leave a few stalks so that the plant can rejuvenate in the future & If fully established, one plant can be harvested up to three times in one season.

Planting tips: Plant in full sun & plants should be two feet apart. Sage should be planted in well draining soil like a sandy or loamy soil with good drainage. Wet soils can cause rot and be fatal to the plant. The easiest and best way to start sage is from a small plant, but you can also sow seeds up to two weeks before the last frost date.

Medicinal information: Taking sage by mouth seems to improve memory and thinking skills in healthy adults & taking it for four weeks can improve menopause symptoms. One study found that drinking tea made from sage both raised antioxidant defenses and lowered LDL or “bad” cholesterol. It also could be used for pain after surgery, lung cancer, sore throat, sunburn, and many other conditions. Sage leaves have been used in traditional medicine as a treatment for diabetes.

Cautions: Sage is possibly unsafe when taken in high doses or for a long time due to a chemical called thujone. Too much thujone can cause seizures and damage the liver and nervous system. Thujone can also bring on a menstrual period, which could cause a miscarriage so taking sage during pregnancy is not advised. It may also reduce milk production while chest feeding.

Magickal properties

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Jupiter

Element: Air

Deities: Chiron, Consus, Jupiter, Obatala & Zeus

Magickal uses:

• Use the leaves for tea for communion of Jupiter or in any workings involved with the planet & grounding

• Burn to find clarity & wisdom while asking difficult questions

• Write a wish on Sage leaf and burn it to release your intention

• Place a Sage leaf in your wallet to attract money

• Include in feminine fertility spells to boost your chances of success

• Add Sage oil incense or herbs to any spell to temper the results with wisdom

• Burn during a funeral & memorial to facilitate healthy grief and bonding with the spirits of those who passed on

• Use spells to alleviate grief & steady emotions

• Put in a satchet to carry from protection from negative energies & influences

• Burn to cleanse your home, clear negative energies & increase your intuition

• Rub sage on your forehead before divination to increase the accuracy of your results

• Pick twelve leaves at midnight on Christmas Eve to see a vision of your future husband(without damaging the bush)

• Write your desire on a sage leafe & place it under your pillow for three days. If you dream of your desire, it will soon materialize. If not, bury the sage.

[seven-oomen]

A few of the potential physical effects of PTSD on the body:

Chronic pain (like fibromyalgia, crps, myofascial pain syndrome)

Chronic fatigue

Autoimmune diseases

Diabetes

Arthritis

Neurological disorders like FND (Paralysation is a possibility with FND, so yes, PTSD could potentially mean you would need a wheelchair).

Non epileptic seizures in the form of dissociations.

Gastrointestinal disorders like IBS

Dysautonomic disorders like POTS

That's not to say that PTSD always cause these problems, or these issues can only be caused by PTSD. It is however a potential.

(Still a good doctor should rule out other physical causes first before jumping on the PTSD/ "psychosomatic" bandwagon).

Also note, that just because PTSD might be causing your problems, that doesn't mean that they're not real. They are. But instead of a hardware problem, it's a software problem. Still very real, still not something that you're making up. The cause of it, is a sick brain in that case.

[rederiswrites]

So ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and fibromyalgia are two syndromes (collections of symptoms often found together, with unknown causative mechanisms) with largely overlapping symptoms. They're currently classified as different diagnoses, but there are plenty of people who aren't convinced that they're actually different things. The biggest diagnostic difference seems to be whether the pain or the fatigue is the biggest problem.

I'm sure there are plenty of people who, like me, couldn't possibly say which of those is ruining my life more. I, like many, fulfill all the diagnostic criteria for both. I have the specific patterns of pain and inflammation characteristic of fibro, but I also have the postural orthostatic problems (Stand Up Feel Real Bad disorder) and extreme fatigue of ME/CFS. There's no test; diagnosis is an inherently subjective thing.

This is just gonna keep being about medical problems, so have a cut.

I also have problems that may be related or may be separate or may be part of the constellation of physical issues associated with ADHD, like loose tendons that lead to terrible core strength and janky joints. So while generally the pain spots for fibromyalgia are considered to have no actual material cause, I am pretty sure that my right hip and shoulder are in fact fucked up, and fibro is just making it experientially worse. I've also got a rib that spends more than half its time in just slightly the wrong goddamn place. I have multiple friends who have hypermobility problems that make mine look like a papercut, but combining them with fibro isn't a lot of fun.

A few months back, at my bestie's prompting and with his help, I started eating keto, which is essentially just restricting carbohydrates so harshly that they represent less than 20% (or less than 10%, this seems to be bioindividual) of your diet, at which point your body begins building energy transport molecules out of fat (ketones) instead of glucose. This has a history of treating several conditions (originally, seizures, but now also diabetes and inflammatory conditions), well before it became popular for weight loss.

It was an experiment. Believe me, I have mixed feelings about the fact that it worked. At first, it worked really, really well. I went from mostly bedbound to up and working full days outside. I've started to hit diminishing returns and having to nap more often, but it's still a radical improvement. I just forget how bad it was too fast. I hate how fast we forget how far we've come.

I haven't talking about it though, because I am so conflicted about restrictive diets as a thing. This started as an experiment, and as an experiment I could sell myself on no apples no potatoes no rice no crackers no no no no etc for a few weeks. After a few weeks I could decide whether it was worth it. And now here we are and it works.

But I've gone through So Much food restriction, starting when Phantom was two and we discovered that gluten fucks us both up. Then the Boy was sensitive to so many things as a baby that I cut out the entire Top Eight allergens (let's see, can I remember? Milk, eggs, peanuts, gluten, corn, soy, uhh....others...) for a year while he was nursing. Once you've cut wheat AND eggs AND corn out there is almost no commercial product you can eat and you have to prepare everything from scratch. With a toddler and a baby. I was literally starving. I used a calorie tracker for a while and found that I was nearly a thousand calories short per day, on average. I could barely think.

It's become a huge depression trigger for me. I tell people that my last major depressive episode was triggered by not being able to eat dairy, and I'm not kidding. I'm struggling with it now, too. Most of the time I'm good, but still, despite medication, I get very low and I just want to be able to fucking eat something tasty and comforting and EASY. I just want...cheese and crackers. A whole piece of fruit. A baked potato. Rice with my stir fry. But then I eat too much fucking watermelon and I can tell the difference in my wellbeing the next day.

Food becomes a minefield. Every meal becomes a struggle. You question every bite, every symptom. At least once a day the whole thing is just too annoying and I decide to just not eat, because fuck it. I dunno if it reaches eating disorder levels, but it's certainly maladaptive. I hate that I've gotten here because what you eat actually DOES matter. it's like the question of how you talk yourself out of anxiety when the world is objectively falling apart.

But I can do the things I love. I owe all this garden progress to not having had a glass of juice or a bowl of pasta in four months. Not to mention the abrupt cessation of all my dermatitis problems, frequent "silent" heartburn, a ton of digestive problems, migraines, most headaches, and more. "Nothing is worth risking depression" but is it though?

I'm holding on to the hope that these changes will allow me to heal. That I'll be able to make long-term progress, as many people say they have, and reintroduce restricted foods gradually. That I'll be able to cement the opportunity diet gave me with regular movement and conditioning and slowly claw my way up the spiral.

But on days when I feel like shit anyway, and I can't have some fucking chips about it....yeah. It's not great.

[ask-the-nine-links]

There is no use in hiding four, Zelda already knows where you are, and she will continue to know where you are, she’s the reincarnation of hylia after all just like every Zelda

Don’t underestimate her with your stubbornness and cockiness

Lack of sleep is dangerous to your health as it can cause powerful hallucinations, seizures, strokes,diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, high blood pressure and difficulty to focus and think, hurts your bodies ability to fight off diseases and infections,

You become less alert, you lose motivation, your memory becomes awful, your attention span becomes shorter and your ability to make decisions and judgement becomes reduced, there’s also more errors in communication

It will also cause depression

Given how long you have been awake? You must already be feeling these symptoms..and the longer you stay awake? The worse it will get and you can die from lack of sleep

Yes

You can die from lack of sleep

So please do your loved ones a favor, do not give them any reason to pin you down and tie you to a bed because you are being a stubborn little bitch baby thinking you are different and will be Just Fine when in reality you need sleep just like EVERYONE ELSE

So for the love of all fucks…stop pretending your Superman, and go to sleep, and save everyone the inevitable grief and heart attacks that you will give them from your stubborn behavior

Everyone is being like this because they love you and at this point your spitting in their faces, including your best friend and family..go to sleep Four if not for your sake? Do it for them..

Four: ...Dammnit.

Sky: Wait, does that mean-

Four: Five hours a night for the next two weeks. After that I hold no promises.

Sky: Seven hours?

Four: Six. And no more.

Sky: :D

[rosen-dovecote]

Appointment went well.

Today's edition of "I taught my GP something new": She also didn't know that a rare side effect of Naproxen 500 was bluing of the fingernails, skin, and lips. So that was news to her, too. She double checked it just to make sure, and we both got a good laugh out of it. Needless to say, however, that she's very happy to be aware of that fact now, because she has 2 other patients who're on Naproxen 500 as well, who're currently being evaluated for atypical Sjogren's presentations because of abnormal bluing just like what I was experiencing. So chances are very good they're also just having the same rare reaction to the Naproxen that I did.

But anyways. In good news, she's happy with my response to us upping my Thyroid medication, so we're probably not going to up my dosage the second time like we spoke about. We've still got 2 weeks until labs, however. So we'll wait to formally reevaluate until the next appointment in October, after my Labs are back and we see where my levels are at on the new dose.

In bad news, she panicked at my DexCom results 🤣🙏 I'm apparently so Hypoglycemic that I broke the chart she printed out; direct quote "you hit so low at one point, our monitors wouldn't even read you". Which is not a good thing.

Apparently when you get that low, Hypoglycemia can start causing things like brain swelling, seizures, slurred speach, confusion, whole personality changes, migraines, and a bunch of other problems. And that's especially dangerous for me because I'm asymptomatic. And I've just been living like this for ... Only God knows how long at this point, honestly.

So basically wearing the monitor for the week+ showed that I'm not Diabetic (hooray). But it does look like my body is unnecessarily overproducing Insulin on a massive scale for some reason, and that's causing chronic extreme Hypoglycemia (not hooray!). Which could, sadly, actually lead to my developing Diabetes down the road if my Pancreas winds up burning itself out (yikes!). So we really need to get my blood sugar issues under control ... So that's a fun new problem added to the list!

I told my GP about the "Alphabet Soup" joke, and she joked back about taking it as a challenge to find diagnoses that started with X, Y, and Z for me. Then she praised me for having such a good sense of humor about my body being so broken at such a young age; I'm still her favorite patient.

Based on the readouts, and us going over my food logs and how I was eating at what points while wearing the DexCom- plus factoring in the new info about my exhaustion for the last 8+ months seeming to have been linked to the Protein defficiency- she wants me to alter my diet. So I've now been ordered onto a Low Carb / High Protein diet, with strict orders to eat every 2 hours. And she's largely rescinded the advice to watch my Sugar intake (though she does want me to watch my sugar sources). She's also put in an authorization request with Insurance to get me DexCom full time, hopefully, since my Hypoglycemia is so severe, so that I can better monitor it; she thinks insurance may cover it now that I have a legitimate issue. But we'll see!

Time to go figure out wtf Low Carb means, I guess. And go scream into a pillow about still trying to figure out how on Earth to get enough Protein 😩

[aressida]

Wrote a long one cos the in law family wanted him to take the flu shot, I said no.

"Dear Family, Friends, and Medical Professionals,

I am writing to share some thoughts and questions about vaccines, particularly in light of recent developments.

Do we believe that vaccines are the ultimate solution in medicine?

It is commonly known that influenza vaccines are reformulated each season due to the virus’s constant mutation, making it challenging to predict and protect against new strains accurately.

Is it true that these vaccines bypass the liver’s natural filtration system, potentially causing a shock to our bodies?

How should we classify these ingredients—as toxic or benign?

Here are just some vaccine ingredients, and these are being injected into your body and into your children’s bodies if you choose to vaccinate:

– Formaldehyde/Formalin – Highly toxic systemic poison and carcinogen.

– Betapropiolactone – Toxic chemical and carcinogen. May cause death or permanent injury after very short exposure to small quantities. Corrosive chemical.

– Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide – May cause damage to the liver, cardiovascular system, and central nervous system. May cause reproductive effects and birth defects.

– Aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, and aluminum salts – Neurotoxin. Carries risk for long-term brain inflammation/swelling, neurological disorders, autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and autism. It penetrates the brain where it persists indefinitely.

– Thimerosal (mercury) – Neurotoxin. Induces cellular damage, reduces oxidation-reduction activity, cellular degeneration, and cell death. Linked to neurological disorders, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and autism.

– Polysorbate 80 & 20 – Trespasses the blood-brain barrier and carries with it aluminum, thimerosal, and viruses; allowing them to enter the brain.

– Glutaraldehyde – Toxic chemical used as a disinfectant for heat-sensitive medical equipment.

– Fetal Bovine Serum – Harvested from bovine (cow) fetuses taken from pregnant cows before slaughter.

– Human Diploid Fibroblast Cells – Aborted fetal cells. Foreign DNA has the ability to interact with our own.

– African Green Monkey Kidney Cells – Can carry the SV-40 cancer-causing virus that has already tainted about 30 million Americans.

– Acetone – Can cause kidney, liver, and nerve damage.

– E. Coli – Yes, you read that right.

– DNA from porcine (pig) Circovirus type-1

– Human embryonic lung cell cultures (from aborted fetuses)

You can view all of these ingredients on the CDC’s website. I encourage everyone to do their own research. Look up the MSDS on these chemicals. Read the thousands of peer-reviewed studies that have evaluated the biological consequences these chemicals can have on the body, especially when being injected.

Injecting foreign substances directly into the bloodstream—viruses, toxins, and proteins—has been linked to various diseases and disorders. These include conditions like atypical measles, cancer, leukemia, multiple sclerosis, and even SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

Conditions like Addison’s disease, anaphylactic shock, arthritis, asthma, asymptomatic COVID-19, Crohn’s disease, epilepsy, facial paralysis, fibromyalgia, fetal distress syndrome, foreign body embolism, genital herpes, hepatitis, hyperthyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, jugular vein embolism, lung abscess, lupus, meningitis, MERS-CoV test positive, migraine-triggered seizures, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, multiple sclerosis, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, pneumonia, stiff leg syndrome, stiff person syndrome, stillbirth, sudden heart attack, sudden respiratory failure, type 1 diabetes, uterine rupture, viral bronchitis—and much more.

This does not mean everyone will experience these reactions, but a significant number of test subjects have experienced one or more.

It is more than enough evidence to show that vaccine mandates are completely anti-scientific.

How can you make an informed decision if you do not have all the information?

We have also seen a shift where flu vaccines are now mRNA-based. But does a "vaccine" really prevent a virus or its recurrence as we expect it to?

The annual flu shot is, at best, a partial defense, aimed at last year’s strain. Does it truly help against the ever-mutating new flu, or is it just a temporary fix?

My concern is that this mindset—that a vaccine is a quick fix for everything—is flawed. The immune system may struggle to handle these types of agents, leading to breakthrough infections and potentially higher mortality rates.

For those who are vaccinated, I respect your choice. I simply ask for the same respect in return for my decision not to vaccinate. My reasons are personal and grounded in a belief that the government should not dictate my health choices and my family's.

Have you heard about Pfizer’s side effects?

Have you read the Pfizer documentation? Ask yourself if a drug with 32 pages of side effects is right for you.

The list of potential vaccine side effects released by Pfizer is alarming, ranging from autoimmune disorders to serious conditions like multiple organ dysfunction and sudden respiratory failure. Yet, this information was kept under wraps and only recently made public. Shouldn’t we be informed of the risks?

Do we even know the medium- or long-term effects of these vaccines?

Are they still in clinical trials? Is there a control group? What about Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) – has it been adequately tested? And why are ingredients like formaldehyde and mercury, known toxins, included in these vaccines?

Do you truly think this vaccine is 100% safe?

Transparency is crucial.

How can we make informed decisions if we are not given all the information?

We must ask ourselves, do we trust the pharmaceutical companies and their relationships with organizations like the CDC and FDA?

The FDA requested 75 years to release data on the Pfizer vaccine—why? Why did it take only 108 days to approve this vaccine, yet it supposedly requires decades to fully understand its effects?

Do you believe that SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated?

How well-informed are you about the CDC, FDA, pharmaceutical companies, and their donors? Do you think their qualifications are reliable?

These are important questions that deserve honest discussions. And, I believe it is crucial to acknowledge the existence of these alternative perspectives and engage in open discussions to gain a more comprehensive understanding.

Our health and freedom are at stake, and I urge everyone to think critically and seek out all the information before making decisions.

Thank you for taking the time to consider these points."

[anonymouslydisabled]

super simple ways to be a (better) disability ally!

If you have any friends or family who are disabled or have some sort of medical issue, do your research on it! Learn the causes, affects, and if you too are close ask how it affects them personally and how you can best support them.

Research dynamic disability!

Learn how to support people during medical episodes. Some research ideas are autistic overloads, anxiety/panic attacks, allergic reactions, diabetic emergencies, fainting, seizures, etc.

Learn the basics about commonly misunderstood things. Ambulatory wheelchair users, tourette's and tics, nonepileptic and/or nonconvulsive seizures, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, invisible disabilities, etc.

Learn basic ASL from deaf people. There are lots of different resources to learn it free online, by deaf teachers.

Learn what words people use about disability are actually slurs. Stop saying them completely and call others out when they do.

Include any disabled people at your school or workplace. Don't treat them poorly or other them because of their disability. If you know what their disability is learn the basics about it, if you don't then don't ask.

Don't ask strangers about their mobility aid, scars, medical device, disability aid, medical condition, etc. unless it's actively directly affecting you or they've said you can ask them questions about it.

Follow the stories of disabled people in your interest areas! For example read a book with good disability representation, follow a disabled beauty influencer, or learn about paraolympians.

Call out ableism within your friend groups when you see it. Misusing psychological terms, using slurs, using disabled people as the butt of their jokes, excluding disabled people, being rude to disabled people, etc.

If you have any more ideas please comment or reblog w/ them!

And always remember the most basic part of being a disability ally is just listening to disabled voices.

[justkidneying]

Okay so magic as something the body sees as a threat/danger to the body...

And this ask may return in varying levels as I refine it and get a better understanding of the subject

What if the body had a low-level immune response to using magic--like it isn't at an autoimmune disorder (yet, possibly)? Would there be a fever to try and purge whatever it is (that the body can't find)? Or would it immediately start escalating to an auto-immune response?

Okay, I love this question. So to answer it, I'm gonna have to 1) explain the immune system and how autoimmune disprders work, and 2) figure out how magic can be physical in a way for the immune system to respond to it.

So first off, your immune system has two main parts: innate (you're born with this) and adaptive (you develop this). Adaptive is the important one here. It deals with B cells, T cells, antibodies, stuff like that. It is specific, regulated, and has a memory. It also has to have tolerance. Tolerance is when these immune cells recognize the self and don't attack. Autoimmune disorders are the failure of this ability. Cells can't distinguish the self from the non-self, so they develop an immune response to your own cells. So to answer the first part, any attack on the self is an autoimmune disorder. There's not really an in-between.

The reason behind autoimmunity is largely unknown and too grand for this tumblr post (it's a lot of genetics stuff, as well as environment), so we're gonna fast foward a bit to what happens when your immune system attacks you. I will note though, that autoimmune disorders are most common in young adult females (probably something to do with hormones at that age, like estrogen).

ANYWAYS, so...what's going to happen is that the immune cells start attacking your cells and killing them. If the beta cells of the pancreas are killed, thats Type 1 Diabetes. If the joints are attacked, that's Rheumatoid Arthritis. There's also Lupus, Scleroderma, Sjögren, etc. I'm not going to get into all of this here, but you get the point: DISEASE.

What are some symptoms related to autoimmune disorders? That's complicated because there are so many and they act on so many types of cells, that the symptoms are specific to each disease. But, I like Systemic Lupus Erthematosus because it has a lot of systemic symptoms due to the body attacking your DNA. These include: a rash on the cheeks (malar rash), arthritis, inflammation of serosal surfaces (like oral mucosa), kidney injury, psychosis, seizures, oral ulcers, and a decrease in cell types (like RBCs and WBCs). This can cause a low grade fever, photosensitivity, fatigue, muscle aches, loss of appetite, inflammation of the heart and lungs, and poor circulation to the fingers and toes.

Now onto the next part: magic autoimmune disorder. So we're going to assume that using magic goes along with having a certain type of cell. We'll call this a magicyte. We can say this cell type is increased in the blood when the user is doing magic stuff.

In our hypothetical, the immune system can no longer recognize magicytes as self and begins to attack and kill these cells. This will probably lead to a decreased ability or even an inability to do magic (like how people with DM1 can't make insulin). We can also say that there may be a low-grade fever due to immune system activation. Remember how I said adaptive immunity is specific? Well, that's good because it probably won't do much else. Lupus is really bad because DNA is attacked, so that fucks with a lot of cells. As long as magicytes are the only targets of this response, the person will probably only lose their ability to do magic. Systemic stuff like fever will probably appear after they attempt to use magic (thus increasing the number of those cells and increasing immune response).

I hope this answered your question, and thanks for the ask :))

[minimarvelh]

Hi, this is the anon who sent you about BAMF peter, thank you for wishing me have nice day, you too I hope!!

I just want to say, I really like it when peter have chronic illness (not like like, i know it's a heavy topic but yk) like having diabetes or yk the one that could cause you seizure because imbalance chemical in your brain but I forgot what they call

But Peter never tell Tony until he found it out by accidentally like movie nights with avenger or something and Tony like "FRIDAY find me everything I need to know about this and this"

KSKSKW

aww thank you so much!! 🥹❤️

honestly, I relate to it😭if course, I don’t romanticise any chronic illness, nor I wish this to anyone, I’m sorry if someone get to deal with that, I know that it must me really tough 🥺❤️

But I myself am autistic (I know that it’s not comparable to have diabetes, epilepsy etc.) and I really love to read fics where Peter has meltdown and Tony comforting him..or other fics, where Tony caring about Peter and I think it’s really amazing that someone writes fics about Peter having a chronic illness or disability, because there is not much representation in media and this could be a really good resource for people to get to know about disability or relate to Peter.

Plus with Peter having a chronic illness there can be a lot of angst and caring Tony and I relate to you, that I really love to read that because of Tony who is constantly caring about Peter🥺❤️

[silvakristiina]

Kinda announcement, more like a rant. Propably will change my mind eventually and delete this post.

I think I might be finally done with the Sims and it's continuos problems. I have no time (though I have nothing but time), energy or mental capacity to fix things anymore, and I can't afford to use the computer. I'm currently on a long sick leave with zero income until my maternity leave. I was just diagnosed with pregnancy diabetes, I can hardly move and have gained almost 20kg (I used to be under 50kg, so that's a lot!). And there's still three months to due date 😱 To top that, they do medical examinations in case I have some sort of epilepsy, and Topi the dog has just gotten two seizures, wich means he likely has Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome like his two uncles.

I just don't know how to fix the game anymore, I have lost all basic skills being away from the computer for one and a half year. I uninstalled and reinstalled the games because the effing EA App wouldn't open nor let me play, and I was sick of EIG not working. But now the game won't start (my only hint is the code 0x0175dcbb), and for some reason I'm missing my Seasons disk, like I haven't cherished them for a decade! So I'm done for now.

I would still like to lurk around here, cause I enjoy watching your posts, but atm it feels like rubbing salt in my wounds. And I have plenty of them in my finger tips right now, testing sugar levels six times a day from someone who practically has no bloodflow in the extremes results in plenty of unnecessary stings. Anyway, with this kinda mental and physical health I ought to stay away from the computer and try to exercice 🙈 Better leave this with a joke, don't know what else to say. But have a nice Spring 💗 The next night should be the last below zero in here, and I have dozens of tulips planted in the front yard waiting for the ground to melt 😁

Edit: So I broke my Steam games too while at it, so I had no reason to use the whole PC again. Currently reinstalling Windows. I hope I backed up everything... A friend of mine found her copy of Seasons... 😏

Edit: An unexpected error occured. Windows can not be installed.

Edit: At least the computer is working

[primamchorus]

a cross-post update from my dad following one of his hospital visits

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Hello, all! Quick update. The Nephrologist told me that he's about 85% certain that he can do a partial Nephrectomy on my right kidney successfully. I asked him about whether or not the 'growth' or tumor was cancerous and he made this sort of guarded face and said, "Well, it looks a lot like it. About 95% of the time, in my experience, these tumors are cancerous." He then explained to me that doing a biopsy on these particular tumors on kidneys is quite risky in that, if they ARE cancerous, there's a large risk that a biopsy will cause a bit of that tumor to break off and spread to other parts of my body. We definitely don't want THAT. I was fairly confident in this doctor's assessment on the whole. Now, however, I have to also go see a Cardiologist as this doctor wishes to be sure my heart is strong enough to deal with such a long surgery (he said it will last 3 to 4 hours JUST for the actual surgery, meaning I will be pretty much involved with this for most of a working day including pre-op and post-op ministrations). Now that means I have a bit more legwork and driving around before I can even schedule the surgery, which the doctor says I should have sooner rather than later. Funny thing about all this: If I hadn't had the seizures from my ketoacidotic diabetic spiral that landed me in the hospital, I wouldn't have known about all this. I would have gone blithely unaware that I was in such 'bad' shape until something worse happened, I suppose. I really have appreciated the help and support I have received so far, however it's not over yet by a fair amount. Again, this is the part I dislike due to my general nature -- asking for help to get through this financially. I've had a pretty hard life in many ways. I even was homeless for a short while back in my early days and I've always managed to 'boot strap' my self up and out of bad situations -- of which I have had way more than I care to discuss. I was taught self-reliance and to be proud of it. Well, I am proud of the ways I've managed to improve my situations over the years. That said, I realized a few years ago that getting help is NOT a bad thing and I had to learn to deal with being overly proud to be able to accept that others were out there, willing to help -- if I let them. I'm in allowance of receiving help from wherever it comes. Last thing: The scan showed my tumor and it sort of looks like a flower in shape. It's 5cm wide (2 inches) and has these 'petals' spreading out from the center. The doctor said it was very different from what he's used to seeing. Well, that's me for you -- different. In homage to the shape of my tumor (which I can't show you that image), I thought I'd share with you another image from my gallery of wildflower photos. Thank you, all, for helping me and, if you can, please share this to give it more exposure (little photography reference) for me. Thanks and God Bless! (and I hope you enjoy the photos(s))

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