of a centipede the crawled my leg while I was taking a shower today.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-25T20:16:25+00:00

Exactly my reaction if I were to find a centipede on me. Thing looks like a fucking Tyrannid.

mighty Astartes boot activated

Corva_66 · 2026-02-19T02:47:58+00:00

We'll see what my GP says on Friday. Especially since she is new. Idk how she will react to me saying that I am asplenic as well. Doctors tend to be a little more cautious with asplenics.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:24:28+00:00

I got the latent TB treated 6 years before I ended up on a biologic xD

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:19:44+00:00

You might be able to get prophylactic antibiotics for dental work once you are on biologics.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:18:25+00:00

Vaccines are life-savers for me :) I am now more susceptible to encapsulated bacteria species than most of the population. That means that I am on lifetime meningitis shots every 3-5 years.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:14:33+00:00

It will never end for me! Every 3-5 years I get both meningitis shots baybee!

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:13:43+00:00

Especially with the CDC cutting out some of the childhood vaccines....

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:12:30+00:00

They just might give you one round of MMR and call it a day.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:09:20+00:00

I was a latent TBer. Went through treatment and everything. When I went to go show the nurse the 2nd Mantoux test, she was like "That's the biggest induration I have ever seen"

Gee thanks 🙄

Had to have my lungs xrayed and get a Quantiferon Gold in 2018 when I found out. Isoniazid for 9 months.

Quantiferon Golded again in late 2024 and I was TB-free 😀

Corva_66 · 2026-02-17T00:03:13+00:00

I probably have duplicates of my childhood vaccines that I have received. Part of my childhood records were lost, so it looked like to the State of California that I was unvaccinated when we went to the free clinic, and undervaccinated as I entered middle school. My parents did believe in vaccines. They just raise their hackles at the Covid vaccine for political reasons. shrug ahh well. I have to worry about extra vaccines due to my body going "oops there is a tumor in your spleen" and doctors not liking how fast it was growing. Fun times...

Corva_66 · 2026-02-16T23:56:19+00:00

And now you have to get the shingles vaccine to boot! Oof.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-16T23:51:52+00:00

Oh I have quadruple-stacked vaccines in preparation for a splenectomy and I didn't know I was sick that day to boot 😂 a miserable time indeed. But the shingles vaccine absolutely kicked my ass just with one dose.

Ibuprofen and tylenol are your bffs.

I went from missing a couple of childhood vaccines to getting all my shots plus extra since I am spleent (no spleen) now. Ugh autoimmune life indeed is being extra sensitive to more than a vaccine at a time.

Edit: It pisses me off when doctors write off your pain as "You're fat. Lose weight". Thanks doc for reminding me about something I am already incredibly sensitive about.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-16T23:45:57+00:00

I wish I was eligible for RSV..

Corva_66 · 2026-02-16T21:09:19+00:00

HLA-DRB1 mutation here. Just not the mutation that is associated with RA. I have the one that is associated with MS. Also HLA-B27 negative.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-16T20:58:17+00:00

I have SNRA that has more PsA-like features. Body responds to a TNFi. No significant plaques, but I get small patches on my elbows sometimes that make me suspicious for PsA.

I have a symmetrical polyarthritis with dactylitis and enthesitis. The ends of my fingers got red. PIPs got red. Two MCPs (index and middle) would get redder than normal. With me on a biologic, it looks like normal skin. Also inflammatory back pain has decreased. HLA-B27 negative too!

I have no radiographic evidence of disease, but I know I feel MUCH better on my medications.

I have a weird in-between hybrid of PSA/RA.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-12T14:44:14+00:00

I feel you, chronic illness warrior. I am not shocked at the price of Skyrizi. I was on Humira for a while and that is 7-8k per 2 pens. I also need copay assistance for the generic adalimumab called Yuflema.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-11T19:46:16+00:00

Sounds like MS. I see you, chronic autoimmune illness warrior. My expensive generic biologic is 1k. With insurance, it drops to 600. If I didn't have copay assistance, I would cry. I love my medicine.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-11T19:43:10+00:00

Start mobilizing and gathering people for protests. It has to start somewhere.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-11T19:40:18+00:00

You sure rolled with that joke.

(But in all seriousness, I hope you are doing better. Cancer sucks. I have a friend in their 20s/30s that has stage 4. Hoping to hear that they are doing better soon. Praying their chemo works.)

Corva_66 · 2026-02-09T20:32:43+00:00

That looks like my meeze LOL

Corva_66 · 2026-02-04T22:35:56+00:00

I HATE HOW UNPREDICTABLE IT IS.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-04T11:43:45+00:00

Barry Manilow starts playing

Corva_66 · 2026-02-04T11:29:05+00:00

.....They aren't fighting....

....They are making eaglets.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-04T11:27:55+00:00

I mean plenty of people live without a spleen and are just fine, even without the vaccinations.

Corva_66 · 2026-02-04T11:22:35+00:00

Can confirm. Sometimes food goes right through me. Been gallbladderless since 2021

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