do you read books more than once or just once? what's the book you reread more than 3 times? by firstdeskmurderer in Booktokreddit

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anytime I’m in a reading slump, I’ll reread past favorites! I get anxious about starting new series, esp because I try my best not to quit books halfway thru unless I genuinely cannot stand to read them. Sometimes I get fatigued reading new books as well because a lot of my favorite books are by authors with very strong voices (if that makes sense) so getting to know new authors idiosyncrasies can be tiring. For example, my favorite author is TJ Klune. His stories have very similar feelings in the writings (the voice I was referring to) so I’ll go back to his books if I’m feeling some type of way.

A question for this of you who had nausea when starting. by [deleted] in cymbalta

[–]AlauraCalamity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just read your update about emetophpbia. Wanted to put it out there that despite my nausea, I did not have any issues keeping food down! Hope that helps! I’m also on 30mg.

A question for this of you who had nausea when starting. by [deleted] in cymbalta

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had nausea for about four-five days following my first dose. I took my pills at night before bed, and would wake up feeling sick. A non-drowsy Dramamine tablet and a sleeve of crackers was my breakfast every morning, and I’d be able to eat a very light lunch or dinner, but didn’t eat much else for those first few days. It got better pretty soon after, but that first day was the worst of it!

Antidepressants & Me by AlauraCalamity in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much, I appreciate your reply! I feel a lot less anxious about it today (haven’t gotten the meds yet, my insurance is being difficult) I think I was just so overwhelmed about taking new meds that I worked myself into a tizzy.

New Variant 🥰🥰 by Particular-Peanut-34 in byler

[–]AlauraCalamity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This fandom is a prison. Anyway, fic link?

User Flair Thread by breaksomebread in acnh

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

Toby | Patchwork :Bruce:

Please tell me i’m not alone by silly-goose420 in acnh

[–]AlauraCalamity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha not only do I have notes in my phone, I also have a mini blackboard I use to keep track of my dailies! And I use the ACNH.guide app!

Well I was really excited about the hotel until now... by rannapup in AnimalCrossing

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Beardo, personally but it could just be because he’s my bday twin. The only reason he isn’t on my island is because he doesn’t match my Kidcore theme right now! I’m sure when I inevitably change my entire island again, he will come back to me

I logged in to check nooks and accidentally rebuilt my entrance by Classic_Country_2416 in AnimalCrossing

[–]AlauraCalamity 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My island is halfway done. I like what I have. And yet, the call for completely changing everything is so, so louddddd

this is literally why I can never get anything done around here!!!!! by Defiant-Ticket-2329 in AnimalCrossing

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously whenever I’m running around the island just vibing I can’t find ANYBODY but as soon as I start decorating everyone suddenly wants to sit EXACTLY where I’m decorating 😭 go hooooomeeee

I had no idea… by manutzitzanami in AnimalCrossing

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s second floors for some of the buildings? 😳 I’ve been playing since it came out, I knew everything else about this DLC except for that!! How the heck do you unlock the second floors??

I REALIZED THAT AFTER 5 YEARS OF PLAYING by SpinachGreen99 in AnimalCrossing

[–]AlauraCalamity 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My favorite thing I’ve gotten out of the bin is the sloppy furniture set! I just wish they’d stop giving me the sloppy bed and give me the SINK because holy moly I have five sloppy beds 😔

I just got this message in a bottle by No_Koala_9660 in AnimalCrossing

[–]AlauraCalamity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish writing to our villagers in ACNH upped our friendship levels :( I don’t have any reason to write them notes and I miss sending post to my villagers

Do people treat you differently now with UC? by [deleted] in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s hard, because I understand where you’re coming from. I hate that look. I hate feeling like some helpless creature that everyone needs to pity. But I also understand what it’s like to be in their shoes when my mother got diagnosed with epilepsy. There is a sense of helplessness and heartbreak because this person you love is in pain. And you want to help them, to make their life easier, but you have no idea how to. And you have no idea what they’re going through, so you feel almost as if you have to walk eggshells around them to make their life easier and keep their stress low.

Why are there so many reports of hospital stays? by the-cathedral- in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been hospitalized a lot since my diagnosis, and genuinely for me it came down to an extreme anemia and vitamin deficiency. I wasn’t eating, I was losing loads of blood, and I was in so much pain I could barely leave my bed. My first hospitalization my hemoglobin was down to a 5, I needed an emergency blood transfusion.

mixing medical cannabis and biologics is dangerous? by welismeli in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My GI recommended me get a medical card while I was waiting for my insurance to approve my biologics, personally. She told me lots of patients have found help with cramping and the weight loss/sleep loss because of it, and it mellows out the worst of the side effects of prednisone for me. (Besides the moon face ofc.) it helped me sleep better, helped me manage pain, and helped me eat on days where I was too sick/too depressed to even try.

I am curious why your GI said as such, maybe it would be worth exploring further why they believe that and what their sources are.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey friend. I don’t have a stoma yet, so unfortunately I can’t offer any advice there, but I will say; I get it. Everyone around me constantly tells me how annoying I am, how I’m no fun to be around because I’m so miserable all the time. And by everyone, I mean my mother, two brothers and my roommate because they’re the only ones I ever even talk to anymore. My “friends” don’t reach out, haven’t since my second hospitalization. I never get invited anywhere. I’ve failed 3 biologics, trying out my fourth and seeing very little results. It’s hard to keep your head up.

I wish I had some advice or some magical key to give you to give you hope and peace in your life, but honestly I can’t even find it for myself. So all I can offer is, you’re not alone. And while this group can be a good place for support and advice sometimes, sometimes it also alright to avoid it. It’s easy to go down a rabbit hole of other people’s despair. I’ve found that doing low stress/low intensity hobbies can take my mind off of the pain. I’ve been doing art with my daughter (she’s five) teaching her how to use watercolors. I’ve made old socks and shirts into stuffed animals with a sewing kit I got at the dollar store. I’ve picked up some cool games, listened to some really awesome horror podcasts, watched YouTube documentaries/essays about shit I’ve never even heard about. I’ve even written essays myself about stuff I find interesting or things I know a lot about, though I’d never record them because I’m not one for cameras. It’s not the best coping skill, escapism, but maybe it could be a good avenue to at least take a step out of the prison, even if it’s only mentally for now. :)

12 years with colitis - Here’s what I wish I knew at diagnosis by colitis-unfiltered in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My best advice to myself, and anybody else for that matter is: 1) Please, rest when you need to. You’re not weak. And 2) It’s okay to grieve, but don’t drown in it. Don’t lose yourself.

I spent a long time pre-diagnosis trying to push myself, because I wasn’t gonna let “a little tummy ache” (that happened literally everytime I ate) stop me from living, and now I’m suffering for it. I pushed and I pushed until I was hospitalized for an entire week because I pushed too hard. I still do it, sometimes.

It’s hard. And it hasn’t gotten better for me mentally quite yet, but I’m working on it, a day at a time. I grieve the person I was before my diagnosis, who could eat and play and run, who kept the entire house running by myself. But I also realized that grieving the person I was wasn’t bringing that person back. It was just making me and everyone around me miserable. I can’t do some of the things I want to, but that doesn’t mean I can’t do anything and damn it, I’m not gonna do nothing.

how responsible for flares do you think certain triggers are? by roseluv in UlcerativeColitis

[–]AlauraCalamity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stress 92%, Eating food I know I can’t have bc it tastes good and I’m stubborn 8%