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30-ish // she/they // various chronic illnesses

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Finally Got To Order Wigs!!!

Finally got to order wigs!!!

I’m so excited!!!

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1 year ago

“if you take medication for that, you’ll be taking medication all your life!!” yeah, and?? bud, i already put on my glasses every morning. it’s like. a condition of mine, not a side hobby i’m pursuing irresponsibly. 


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1 year ago
ALL OF THESE REQUIRE GETTING OUT OF BED

ALL OF THESE REQUIRE GETTING OUT OF BED


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1 year ago

At this point, the patches of hair that are still thick are the areas that look like they shouldn’t be on my head


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1 year ago
A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles
NPR
Long COVID patients can experience severe energy crashes after physical exertion. New research provides clear evidence that there's a biolog

Full Transcript at the link; 3-minute listen.

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By taking biopsies from long COVID patients before and after exercising, scientists in the Netherlands constructed a startling picture of widespread abnormalities in muscle tissue that may explain this severe reaction to physical activity.

Among the most striking findings were clear signs that the cellular power plants, the mitochondria, are compromised and the tissue starved for energy.

"We saw this immediately and it's very profound," says Braeden Charlton, one of the study's authors at Vrije University in Amsterdam.

The tissue samples from long COVID patients also revealed severe muscle damage, a disturbed immune response, and a buildup of microclots.

"This is a very real disease," says Charlton. "We see this at basically every parameter that we measure."


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1 year ago

- runs hand across scalp -

- hand is now littered with hairs -

Me: Have I really been masturbating that much?


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