My body is more sensitive to my medications than normal because of my immune system and gut being decimated by a 5-day course of a strong antibiotic. This is frustrating because it feels like a loss of control.

After doing "service" for OVER 50% of the time I've been in recovery, I am officially retiring. My pension consists of the freedom to say 'fuck no' and the right to my own damn peace.

Had one of those sessions with my psychiatric provider where a single word suddenly explains years of your life. The official diagnosis is agoraphobia. It explains why leaving my house feels like a mission, but wow. Still trying to wrap my head around it. Didn't see that coming.

Mutual Aid Request: Medical bills are piling up. Rent is past due. Still recovering from emergency surgery. Any help is appreciated. 💖

Urgent: $35 needed to get Pedialyte to treat severe medicated induced dehydration. Unable to use electrolyte pills to rehydrate. Any amount helps. #HelpFolksLive2025 #MutualAid

Cardi's new album is playing against my will. It's only getting worse in quality.

First song I've heard on Am I The Drama, Hello...what the fuck is this shit?! Such a far cry from Invasion of Privacy, which was an excellent record. MY POOR EARS HURT

Urgent: $35 needed to get Pedialyte to treat severe medicated induced dehydration. Unable to use electrolyte pills to rehydrate. Any amount helps. #HelpFolksLive2025 #MutualAid

Nearly all of the incisions are healed up, one month following surgery. I wonder if they'll disappear.

UNLOCKED: Oliver discovered a body at the border! Who was it? Was it murder? www.catdetectivecase... #cats #writers #CatSky

Expecting a person with a restrictive eating disorder to eat a full breakfast in order to take a little pill is diabolical.

This guy, man #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky

The roommate in active addiction erroneously thinks that the first floor central air is also on the second floor. Dude, you have a window A/C unit. That's not even your problem. Don't touch my thermostat.

I ate just enough to avoid stomach upset. The medication caused nausea as a side effect long after it left my stomach.

"Take medicine with food" The enemy of restrictive eating disorders everywhere

Ugh I want a freaking cig so bad...exhausted, time to rest.

Short course of antibiotics. Thank goodness I got these probiotics months ago.

Benign issue according to test results. Thank goodness.

On call after hours medical provider triaged me and told me to go to the ER. 8/10 pain, lower right side of abdomen where appendix stump is, risk is a very rare complication of stump appendicitis that I doubt is the cause. Constant for over an hour, sharp, burning quality. This fucking hurts.

TIL that some American prisons make prisoners pay to be imprisoned. 👁️👄👁️ what

LMAO put too much conditioner on my head of baby hairs

My psychiatric provider has no idea how Clonidine erased hypomania in the middle of an ultradian cycle. Apparently this medication is used for a plethora of reasons, including ADHD. Originally it's a hypertension medication. #bipolar

My hair grows straight at the root and then curls after an inch or so. It's like I've got a head of baby hair right now. 😂

I was 29 the first time I heard myself saying “what are these kids wearing?” and promptly realized it was over for me lol

After you turn 30 you start to say shit like "kids these days", unironically.

Stellan goes CHOMP. Siblings are fun! #catsky #catsofbluesky #fosterkitten

Selfies with my cat #catsky #authorsky

This is goddamn ridiculous I am FOUR MONTHS OLD I'm basically an adult #kitten #cats #catsky

Even when you are loafing, you have to be aware of your surroundings! You never know where your brother, the Fluffster, could come from! Loaf on, furriends! #kittyloafmonday #catloafmonday #cat #cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #hedgewatch

After you turn 30 you start to say shit like "kids these days", unironically.

Got the comfy lounge pants! They're so soft, with pockets!

37 may seem like an arbitrary number, but it's not about the age. It's about finally reclaiming my birthday. That's why this year is different. Life is a precious gift.

I had an entire emotional breakdown last night. I got happy that it was almost my birthday, then the grief hit. Since my deceased mother couldn't be around for any of my birthdays. Got to be able to vent in a safe space, which really helped the mood. Now just dealing with the emotional "hangover".

IT'S MY MF'IN BIRTHDAY!

Mood more stable now. Get you some friends who will belt out happy birthday just to see you smile.

37 is almost here and I am not okay.

36 was a rough fucking year.

If I could not need surgery for the rest of my life that would be greaaaaatttt. Only one surgery wasn't entirely medically necessary, but it was personally imperative.

You know what's cool? I have a little-known and recently recognized eating disorder, and I found other people with the same illness on here! Thanks for helping me not feel alone in this ARFID struggle.

Sadness does not automatically mean depression. I am sad right now, sure, but I'm not depressed. And thank goodness for that.

The palazzo pants I got are the same as the ones I already have, but in different prints. They aren't tight around the belly - mandatory when healing a bellybutton wound - are very comfortable, loose, stretchy, and they have pockets!

I was able to get a present for myself! Some comfy, cute palazzo pants. Thank you so much!!! My birthday has a lot of heavy, dark events surrounding it. Receiving help for reclaiming it means the world to me.

Complex grief fucking sucks

It really stings never having a mother around for any of your birthdays. That's what's getting to me this year, a few weeks away from her death anniversary.

I'm ready basically at any time to help a DV victim. Where are we going and what do we need to do? Or do you need a person to vent to? I won't try to make you leave them. I know that doesn't work. Nor does shaming people - that makes it worse.

When you've been through enough, you realize almost everything is a trauma response. Every flinch, every weird habit, every coping mechanism. It's not just the big things; it's everything. Just navigating the echoes today.

Okay like the pre-menstrual cramps being so painful that they persist despite strong pain meds is not something I had on the bingo card.

My body's pre-period inflammation is now fighting my post-op nerve pain for attention and my uterus is a tiny, angry battlefield. This is fine. 🔥

OMG I've successfully turned an addict new in recovery towards an alternative addiction recovery program instead of the 12-step cults. Phew! I gotta lay down, shit. That was nerve-racking.

How the fuck do you suspect a post-op patient in acute *post-op pain* to be pain med seeking for recreational use, as the suregon??? Post-op pain care is half of your goddamn job! Maybe believe people in pain? I know, radical idea.