My Autoimmunelife

missgingerlee: I’m one of those people that loves dandelions....

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:19:06 -0500

I’m one of those people that loves dandelions. Always have.

"Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So..."

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:16:08 -0500

“Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So victims of heart attacks on TV are *always* male. Did you know that a woman having a heart attack is more likely to have back or jaw pain than chest or left arm pain? I didn’t - because I’ve never seen a woman having a heart attack. I’ve been trained in CPR and Advanced First Aid by the Red Cross over 15 times in my life, the videos and booklets always have a guy and say the same thing about clutching his chest and/or bicep.

And people laugh when I tell them women are still invisible in this world.”

- distractedbyshinyobjects

re: feministing - for women, heart attacks look different

(via cuntcastle)

Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me! |...

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:13:06 -0500

Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me! | Monsters, Inc. OST

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Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:58:26 -0500

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Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:52:29 -0500

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Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:50:32 -0500

I'm back!

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:46:00 -0500

I have no idea how consistent I’ll be, just so you all know, but I am back for the moment at least!

I’m off the haldol (It caused some scary shit that is mostly cleared up now and wasn’t all in the paperwork they give you, I’ll go into more detail when I can get to my journal), and on Abilify.
Not sure it’s doing anything for me yet, what I’m feeling may just be the result of going off the haldol.

Side effects from the abilify have included nausea/vomiting, sleep problems (which are clearing up now) and restlessness.

If it works for my bipolar I can deal with it!

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On the lupus front – not so good. I’ve got to get a rheumatologist again. Nothing new, just lots of pain from the weather, and a need for more aggressive treatment so it doesn’t get worse. In the same boat with fibro.

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Endo – my ovary is waking back up from it’s 2 to 3 month nap due to the haldol (I didn’t ovulate while on it) and is making me hurt pretty badly.

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Grief – here’s the big one. I’ve acheived peace most days. I’m still sad, I still miss her, I always will, but there is a calmness about it all..

the-girl-that-waits: Again.. how cool is my friends sister xD...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:49:31 -0500

the-girl-that-waits:

Again.. how cool is my friends sister xD omg

The MI GOP had a comment form! Leave them vagina comments!

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:15:44 -0400

The MI GOP had a comment form! Leave them vagina comments! :

keepyourbsoutofmyuterus:

nefariousnewt:

iamateenagefeminist:

The MI GOP banned Rep. Lisa Brown from speaking on the House floor after saying the word “vagina” in a debate about abortion. They think it’s okay to regulate women’s reproductive organs, but not okay to talk about them.

We are tweeting @MIHouseGOP with the word “vagina”, but if you don’t have a twitter or want to do more, you can! The link above leads to a GOP comment form, leave them some lovely vagina comments!

SIGNAL BOOST!

Also, the dude who thinks the word “vagina” is offensive, Michigan Rep Mike Callton, has an easy contact form. In case you want to leave any (VAGINA!) comments.

[NB: More people than just cis women have vaginas.]

thedailywhat: Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Tony...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:14:33 -0400

thedailywhat:

Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Tony Nicklinson suffered a massive stroke in 2005 that left him with locked-in syndrome — he is completely paralyzed and unable to speak, but his mind was unharmed.

Now, the 57-year-old has become the first person to tweet using only the movement of his eyes:

Hello world, I am tony nicklinson, I have locked-in syndrome and this is my first ever tweet.

Nicklinson, who lives in the U.K., will ask the high court Monday to argue that a doctor should be allowed lawfully to end his life. He says his current state is “dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified and intolerable.”

Follow him @TonyNicklinson. (Loving husband and father. Rugby fan. Twitter novice with locked-in syndrome.)

[gizmodo]

If you say that a woman wearing revealing clothes deserves to be sexually assaulted, you are saying that a woman's body is inherently deserving of rape. That women are inherently deserving of rape. That women have to make sure their body is hidden in order not to deserve to be raped. That is misogyny in its purest form.

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:27:04 -0400

danathepaina: sapphire1707: seacliff sea lion by Shane Venem...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:05:46 -0400

danathepaina:

sapphire1707:

seacliff sea lion by Shane Venem on Flickr.

Gorgeous photo. This is just down the street from my house. I’m lucky.

So beautiful, I love that beach. I grew up going to it!

couragehopestrength: missmarymax: SUCH A BIG HAPPY

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:04:23 -0400

couragehopestrength:

missmarymax:

SUCH A BIG HAPPY

That costume looks just wrong….

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:10:37 -0400

That costume looks just wrong….

photojojo: Jan Kriwol’s photographs are a...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:08:06 -0400

photojojo:

Jan Kriwol’s photographs are a perfect reference point when using digital manipulation! There’s a seamless division between the real world and the digitally altered, creating these amazing prints.

Pixel Manipulation by Jan Kriwol

via Beautiful Decay

I'm awake, I'm alive....

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:56:00 -0400

I’ve not been posting because I’ve not had updates, and I’ve been taking (or trying to take) a break from so much internet time.

I also haven’t had much to say that would go on here….. most of it goes in my private journals as it pertains to my ex and other non-chronically ill things…

However, here’s a picture of Mischief and I from yesterday. He and Johnny have been keeping me as sane as is possible.

duessa replied to your photo: I also have pink hair now. Unfortunately this dye… Use Punky....

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:30:02 -0400

duessa replied to your photo: I also have pink hair now. Unfortunately this dye…

Use Punky. It smells super good and it’s completely a veggie dye.

Will keep that in mind for the future…. for now, I’m using what a friend was awesome enough to give to me. And not meaning my comments there about it as complaints, because, it was free, and given out of the kindness of one’s heart, just trying to warn people.

I also have pink hair now. Unfortunately this dye is not as...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:52:51 -0400

I also have pink hair now.

Unfortunately this dye is not as chemically safe as the others, as I found out when I smelled a ton of chemicals vs. Manic Panic which barely had any smell at all, though it was a bit perfumey…

I used Raw for the pink btw…

Just a warning for my chemically sensitive friends.

I'm still alive and around....

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:50:44 -0400

Med reactions and migraines and things, but I’m alive… I just haven’t had an update to post and haven’t wanted to reblog as much as I used to.

esquenta: Fixing hydrogen

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:03:25 -0400

esquenta:

Fixing hydrogen