Avatar
helplessduck
f766b971abee76c4578c62c0958568f33ef3b9dd8a9710e710afc2708c804184
Control issues and perfectionism are among my many neuroses. Twitter Diaspora. I swear a lot. I do drugs (the good kind). I'm a socialist. I studied art in school. Beyond that: US Politics, environmental conservation, mental health, organic gardening, and my employer Ramses, That Damn Cat. Sometimes I have really shitty takes. He/Him/Michael/Arrogant jackass. Header Image: Black Bar Avatar: Ridiculous DALL E generated artificial duck. Full #AltText description on pinned post.

nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac

Only a third?

Seems low.

Add more kerosene to the ball pit, zip tie it shut from the outside and light some candles. We need to get those numbers up.

Does anyone have any tips or heads-ups for making one of those vegan cashew/nut loaves?

I'm not a vegan, but my lil' ol mind is just awhirl with all the cool things that could be done with that. I really want to try one.

#Cooking #Food #Vegan #Recipe

nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac

Look on the bright side.

You can buy a flat-pack curio, a meatball sammich, abandon some kids, get a divorce, and take a nap. ALL IN THE SAME BUILDING.

Me: Laying on a picnic table, smoking a blunt, drinking party liquor straight from the bottle.

Father: Hands me a non-descript paper bag.

M: *coughing* The hell is this?

F: Beaming. Beside himself with pride. They're salsa bowls.

M: ...

F: cheezin

M: Plastic molcajete. Have you been stealing from El Cazador? That's my thing. Don't do that.

F: Beginning to look a little defeated. But... For salsa, right?

M: Yes, father. Salsa. I take it you want salsa.

F: If. You're not... otherwise occupied.

We gonna be makin' some Tabasco sauce up in heeeeeere.

Replying to Avatar TayFoNay, Sigh-D

Some things to know about iron deficiency:

The discussion on the linked toot below prompted me to share what I’ve learned about iron deficiency to try to help women with heavy periods, mostly, but for anyone with chronic fatigue.

I’ve had Crohn’s disease for 21 years and lived with bad fatigue for many years. Even when in remission. It wasn’t until I met with a hematologist while hospitalized for a weird drop in my immune system that I learned why.

She was like girl your ferritin is too low, are you fatigued?

Ferritin is the benchmark for symptoms from iron deficiency, not iron levels or even hemoglobin (Hgb). Iron and Hgb can be normal by standard reference ranges but you can totally be dragging ass.

Ferritin is what distributes iron so it can be used properly. She also said the standard range for lab tests puts the “low” end for ferritin too low. So people will report fatigue but are told they’re not anemic because technically they aren’t.

Once your ferritin drops below 50, you may start to feel effects, especially fatigue. Mine was in the low 20s at the time, so still technically normal and my hemoglobin was right on the line for low so I wasn’t considered anemic. But I was exhausted. I chalked it up to something I just had to live with.

Oral iron pills are really hard on your stomach and I can’t take them because of major nausea, so about every 18 months I get an iron infusion when my ferritin eventually drops under 50. My iron deficiency is also caused more by malabsorption than blood loss from Crohn’s. So oral supplements wouldn’t do as much in my case.

If you have heavy periods and have fatigue but are being told you’re not anemic, ask about ferritin and remember the number 50.

Iron infusions might be hard to get because they do come with risk for allergic reaction (and they’re expensive) but vitamin supplements or eating iron rich foods could help.

Hope this is helpful🫡

https://mastodon.social/@BethanyBlack/110886684776659288

nostr:npub1u3hqxl5dx6wvte285ymkz9cesuz4hknu058myv5dp6v66n4qdpms9gnu4y

It's also worth mentioning that knowing how to read those lab reports is crucial. Even when a physician isn't being careless, they're busy people and sometimes, like in this case, the standard ranges are not useful comparisons and wouldn't raise a flag.

Also, RE linked post: LAST WEEK?!?!

My expectations of you are far easier to manage when you're confusing my attention to detail for genuine kindness.

It's okay.

My sister bitches constantly because I'm always right, too. When she does it, it's hideous.

You ever wanted to go completely bonkers, bat-shit, recklessly insane on hundreds of tree frogs because you thought that would be marginally easier than trying to sleep through the cacophony that is their existence?

Someone will shout "LIES!" at me, I'm sure, but meeting your heroes can occasionally be pretty great.

You can't possibly believe this is the only illegal thing I plan to do today?

I used too much charcoal and the grill is still presenting much as a rational person would expect a giant, glowing ball of hydrogen trying to set into a pad of concrete would present. Five hours after we ate some really good steaks.

So, this is gonna be a super fun night.

nostr:npub1w003m9g4wl5s0pn9rk6vsqj6us95fzeewyjrazdy8xzukptprs0qdcp2va

Eeew. No. That sounds like a terrible idea. What's wrong with you?!

nostr:npub1yslas40hc8c7rawe5k4cvwr9y6pnpawvaltk94ks35whq2w5wz9sgrxdhd

It is a brilliant way to showcase all the best parts of summer. Cukes and tomato from my neighbors garden. Sweet pepper, onion, basil from mine. ☺️

The Farm Witch told me yesterday morning they're shutting down the Farm Stand for a month because it's too hot for them to grow anything until it's not when it's pouring rain and it's too expensive for them to have veggies brought in from as little as 85 miles away and the kids are about to start school and she's still mean and bitter that her husband and the goats died. Starting today.

If you were looking around for a crude gauge on how far up the creek we are, there you go.