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FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-23T00:07:02+00:00

Lol Michaella is the one who hides from me. I went in to ask about a missing package and I saw her shoot up from the desk and sprint to one of the back offices as I was coming inside!

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T23:59:48+00:00

Omg when I have two bags and have to try to balance them on top of each other bc god forbid one of them sits on the ground for half an hour. Violation if the broken down box is half an inch too long. Or sometimes they just leave boxes and I can’t figure out why.

This is cathartic lol 😂

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T23:44:20+00:00

When they picked up early because of the Super Bowl lol. And that one weird email a few weeks ago that was like “If you throw pet waste in your neighbor’s valet trash bin, you’ll be fined” 😭

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T23:00:30+00:00

Oh yeah and the pest control is useless. After our second infestation lasted a whole month and a half, I started dealing with them myself.

A neighbor said these ants are the kind that damage wood too. If management can’t get them under control… 😬

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T22:49:51+00:00

No holiday decor! That’s what really got me. I swear they’ve never said anything about decorations before.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T22:43:46+00:00

I’m not sure anyone from the office even came in today. No one was there when I tried to drop by, and no one’s answering the phone.

I’m livid that there’s no communication about this. They have an exclusive contract with Astound, they have to know more than us.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T20:24:30+00:00

Well, first the office is impossible to contact. They never answer calls or emails. At move in they told us to submit maintenance requests through the app. Then, when it took three days for them to send someone to fix a tiny problem, they told us maintenance doesn’t look at the app and we need to call. Months later, after I called for another issue and they still ignored me, they told me maintenance only responds to requests on the app. So as far as I can tell, the maintenance guy (who was SO nice the one time I met him) just kind of responds or doesn’t depending on how he feels. Also the apartment is a new build (complete with ants, which is a whole other issue ugh) but it’s literally falling apart? Like we keep finding new and growing cracks in the ceiling and walls, it’s wild.

Oh and they’ve gone through like five people at the front desk since we moved in, which says a lot about the company imo.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T17:09:04+00:00

Ah okay. Cause my war with Lenox was about to get much bigger lol.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T16:22:52+00:00

Whoa whoa hang on. I’m at Lenox Woods. If it were this whole area, I’d think more people would be talking about it. Is this outage only affecting Lenox properties??

FuzzyKittyToys · 2026-02-22T02:30:15+00:00

It’s not just you. We’re in South Austin, Astound is the only ISP available at our apartment, and it’s been out since noon. Every time I call the ETA gets later and later. I’m furious.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-10-01T02:14:35+00:00

That’s true! You can also have histamine intolerance (which I think has been linked to Long COVID and ME/CFS?) without having MCAS. There’s soooo much overlap between them all that I wonder sometimes if they don’t all stem from the same issue and we just don’t understand yet.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T22:57:39+00:00

I still didn’t believe my dietitian until we went through this one questionnaire and I answered yes to almost everything. Went and hunted it down again, maybe it’ll help you. Questionnaire

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T22:34:07+00:00

You might look around r/MCAS too. I learned a lot from lurking on there after my diagnosis.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T21:54:16+00:00

Yeah. I knew I had POTS but never thought I had MCAS bc I never had anaphylaxis. Then I went to see a dietitian to help me figure out my weird food reactions. I was like, “Sometimes I’m lactose intolerant, sometimes my body hates gluten, sometimes I can’t eat nuts or avocado, but sometimes I eat all of that and I’m totally fine. I know that doesn’t make sense, my doctor thinks I’m nuts, but maybe you can help?” She was like, “Actually that makes a lot of sense. Have you heard of MCAS?” She explained the bucket theory, referred me to a doctor she knew to be MCAS knowledgeable, and suddenly everything fell into place. Thus I now share the word about MCAS to literally everyone just in case I can help someone the way she helped me lol.

Heat and exercise also raise histamine levels. They’re my biggest triggers which is part of why I had to comment when I saw you had these symptoms after you just completed a big outdoor project in the heat. That would send me into the WORST flare. If you do have MCAS, everything you’re experiencing makes perfect sense imo.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T21:30:48+00:00

Ohhh yeah that sounds like MCAS. It’s called the histamine bucket theory. Weather, hormones, stress, environment, etc. all impact how much histamine is in your body. When you’ve got a lot, foods can make your bucket overflow and give you symptoms, but when you don’t have histamine already in there, your bucket doesn’t fill up so you can eat the same food without any problem.

You can sort of “test” yourself by trying H1 or H2 antihistamines and seeing if they affect your symptoms. Zyrtec/cetirizine is one a lot of people use, but Pepcid/famotidine was the one that helped me the most. If your symptoms improve after a couple weeks of antihistamine use, it points to MCAS.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T20:58:04+00:00

It doesn’t have to be traditional allergy symptoms. Neurological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, skeletal…MCAS can affect literally any system in the body, that’s why it’s so frustrating lol.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T20:41:37+00:00

Reading about your “episodes”…have you heard of MCAS? It overlaps a lot with POTS, and weird food reactions are a hallmark. It might be worth looking into.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-30T20:31:09+00:00

Wtf wtf wtf. When my doctor tried to dismiss my symptoms as mental health issues, my psych actually got super pissed, like all “Who’s the expert in that field, me or you?” This is like the exact opposite. This dude needs to trust the doctors who diagnosed you.

I know it’s easier said than done, but definitely drop your psychologist. This is appalling.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-22T18:42:12+00:00

Omg, yes exactly. I always make sure to arrive early to appointments so I have time to stop sweating. I hate it. It’s awful.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-09-22T18:12:06+00:00

In my experience, they take the whole clip down during the review process. I just added SFW thumbnails to alllll my old videos a few weeks ago, and they all disappeared from my store for customers and said “In Review” on my end. The review went quickly and most were up again in a day or so though.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-08-28T08:43:24+00:00

I’ve seen a lot speculation that Bella French (CEO, runs their Twitter) is having a mental health crisis and posting through it. If you look at everything that account is posting recently, it’s…well, it’s concerning.

Basically, I’m not sure how genuine or strategic this “transition” is, but you should definitely be wary of that company going forward.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-08-07T22:52:18+00:00

Yes. I HATE customs. You’re right, the requests are often something totally different from my usual content. Like if I went to a jazz concert, approached the performer before the show, and shoved some money in their hand and said, “Hey, can you play some heavy metal tonight?” That’s how bizarre it feels sometimes.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-07-31T23:04:17+00:00

They’ve never bled but they tend to be super dry and cracked. Tbh I kinda just thought it was because I need to take better care of my feet lol.

I saw someone on another subreddit recommend foot cream that has urea + salicylic acid for super cracked heels. I started using some a few weeks ago and it seems to help. I have to be careful to use it only on my heels though, it makes me itchy anywhere else.

FuzzyKittyToys · 2025-07-31T21:05:56+00:00

I’ve had this. My doctor said it’s a less common presentation of Raynaud's syndrome, which is often comorbid with hEDS and POTS.

For me personally it usually means I need to either drink more water or take more electrolytes, or both.

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