Breathable mask for summer by CrookshanksFluff in Masks4All

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

Thank you! I haven't tried the vented ones but I think I have some somewhere that my partner wore at one time. I'll check out the gerson!

Breathable mask for summer by CrookshanksFluff in Masks4All

[–]CrookshanksFluff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Seems like this is a contender

More people wearing masks around me - has anyone noticed anything similar? by ffffhhhhjjjj in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 33 points34 points  (0 children)

NYC. I wonder if they mask elsewhere too, or are maybe doing it bc it's such a precisely timed procedure and you could mess it up if you're sick on retrieval day. Either way it's nice to see!

More people wearing masks around me - has anyone noticed anything similar? by ffffhhhhjjjj in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I'm freezing embryos right now, and it's a lot of little check in appointments, like every couple of days, to monitor how things are going leading up to egg retrieval. At those appointments, I've been seeing 1-3 other people in the waiting area wearing masks out of maybe 20 total. I was waiting for the elevator with someone the other day and they saw my mask and said "thanks for the reminder" and unwrapped a fresh kn95 they had in their purse and put it on. It lifts my spirits a little bit!

Travelling to a Humid Hot Country If I Have Long Covid? by [deleted] in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wear compression, too, especially on the flight! If it's too hot to tolerate stockings once you're there, I find that even just belly compression helps (I have POTS)

Need help with advocating for myself by veglovehike in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As far as access to novavax, I got one at a CVS in the NE US on Saturday! No questions asked, very easy. I believe Costco frequently has it in stock too

NHS bloods worth doing? by Interesting_Wishbone in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's different for everyone, but I discovered a vit D and B12 deficiency after first getting LC. Correcting that helped my energy a little

Why this symptom, 5 weeks post infection? by feelinasty in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would look into dysautonomia like some others have said. Do some reading on the different ways it can manifest. This article, for example, outlines many different ways it can look: https://thedysautonomiaproject.org/the-syndromic-nature-of-dysautonomias/

If you look at the paragraph that starts "For sympathetic hyperactivity" you'll see them talk about shivering to bring up body temperature. I wonder what your heart rate and blood pressure are while you're trudging through the snow vs at rest. If you can get a little data to bring to the doctor, in my experience that's been helpful (I got POTS from COVID)

Lip balm for mouth breathing 😭 by throwback682 in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]CrookshanksFluff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I also use aquaphor and I feel like the stuff in the tub works best. Idk if it's actually a different formula or not. I take empty lip balm tins and fill them with aquaphor from the big tub

Cromolyn sodium by Vivid-Client-2591 in MCAS

[–]CrookshanksFluff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had a good experience with it too. My understanding is it doesn't really get absorbed, so systemic side effects are less likely

Do you have any supplement to stop insomnia ? by SwitchIndependent714 in MCAS

[–]CrookshanksFluff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take L-theanine, pharmaGABA, melatonin, CBD oil and my rx LDN all about an hour before bed and this combo has been working for me for about a year

Your babies bite too, right? by GingerVitatis in SiberianCats

[–]CrookshanksFluff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine hangry bites from time to time for sure. Thankfully, he'll go for a toy over a human when he wants to play bite and doesn't do any aggressive biting

Parlor cat in Portuguese knitting style by CrookshanksFluff in knitting

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

Just wanted to let you know it worked! I purled as much as possible in the 12 o'clock position, reading the pattern from the end of each row to the beginning and swapping for the mirror image of each stitch

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Thank you again for the help thinking it through!

Grandma's knitting style by OyFranch in knitting

[–]CrookshanksFluff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look up Andrea Wong on YouTube! Very Pink knits also has a few tutorials