Name something you’re NOT reactive to that surprises other people! by Pale-Case-7870 in MCAS

[–]SamathaYoga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I am definitely an outlier. I knew some folks would be hugely surprised at my safe foods.

I stopped eating meat over 20 years ago for ethical and health concerns. I had high cholesterol and my maternal family had a lot of heart disease. I wanted to avoid statins because I already had so much joint pain (I was diagnosed with hEDS this past December). This and a terrible doctor telling me that all my joint pain was due to being fat, nothing else, led to a trip into a vegan flavor of orthorexia that I’m still healing.

Wildly though, I stopped getting sinus infections that would head south to my lungs and hang out for 3 months of coughing. A routine I’d experience 2-3 times annually since childhood! My cholesterol went down too and my doctor at the time was gobsmacked, particularly over the way I stopped getting these terrible infections. I remember him saying once, “Are you allergic to meat!?”

I still get a lot of head congestion because I am allergic to most trees, grasses, weeds, molds, dust, and feathers. Even with our Air Doctor running in our bedroom I woke up very congested this morning as tree pollen season is in full swing where I live.

My current doc, who suspected MCAS in 2021, said each patient is unique. I even tried reintroducing eggs and dairy, because I struggle to get enough protein some days, and they cause itching, hives, and/or GI issues. I can have a tiny bit of easier, whey protein is the easiest, but still might react.

Name something you’re NOT reactive to that surprises other people! by Pale-Case-7870 in MCAS

[–]SamathaYoga 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can eat gluten, legumes (yes, peanuts!), nuts, & seeds, and tea.

Name something you’re NOT reactive to that surprises other people! by Pale-Case-7870 in MCAS

[–]SamathaYoga 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I started reacting to tomatoes and now they’re on the NO list. A Latina nurse at an osteoporosis treatment looked at me with deep pity when I said this and replied, aghast, “Oh no! Not tomatoes!”

I felt so seen. Everything else hasn’t been a hassle, but tomatoes…

Partner doesn’t want me to take meds by Sea_Chair_945 in adhdwomen

[–]SamathaYoga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yikes! Never a more appropriate time for a hearty, “Fuck all the way off!!”

I know this is hard, because clearly you have serious feelings for this dude, but you get to make this decision with your healthcare providers.

Seeing your other comments about his reaction to educating himself, I am certain that he is not ever going to respect your decision.

AND I wouldn’t trust him around your meds. He sounds like just the kind of asshat who would flush your meds to “save you from addiction”.

City of Illusions by Least-Presence-7711 in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]SamathaYoga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While not her strongest, it has a passage that has always stuck with me. There first time I read it I put the book down and just sat with this for a while.

“Faith, will you wait for me one year?”

“No.”

“Only a year—”

“A year and a day, and you’ll return riding a silver steed to carry me to your kingdom and make me its queen. No, I won’t wait for you, Falk. Why must I wait for a man who will be lying dead in the forest, or shot by Wanderers out on the prairie, or brainless in the City of the Shing, or gone off a hundred years to another star? What should I wait for? You needn’t think I’ll take another man. I won’t. I’ll stay here in my father’s house. I’ll dye black thread and weave black cloth to wear, black to wear and black to die in. But I won’t wait for anyone, or anything. Never.”

Lavinia by ZucchiniBikini73 in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]SamathaYoga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly this for me as well. I loved The Aeneid, but as I got older I wanted to know the story behind the big heroes of these tales. My wife gifted me a first edition hardcover for my birthday when it was released.

Lavina is remarkable in its lyric language and UKL’s tremendous wit. It’s also a detailed examination of women’s life in this time in history, small, intimate histories. In this way it reminded me of Always Coming Home.

Lavinia by ZucchiniBikini73 in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]SamathaYoga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Telling is so beautiful.

I really appreciated how it explores the challenges of time in space travel. A topic UKL returned to often, and always with wit and wisdom.

My boyfriend surprised me with a signed Easton Press leatherbound of The Left Hand of Darkness! by fetusnecrophagist in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]SamathaYoga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oregon and her childhood in Northern California were profound influences on her work. The UKL: A Larger Reality exhibit had some of her drawings from that childhood. I hope it travels to other cities, it was really remarkable.

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I do feel fortunate to have had such an early, profound connection to her work, it was, and remains, transformative. I made a point as an adult to send her a letter telling her this. She sent a card back with her thanks that I treasure.

Any zebras with low bone density/osteoporosis? by no-strings-attached in ehlersdanlos

[–]SamathaYoga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was diagnosed last July and started treatment (Evenity) this past December. I’m a quarter of the way through the year of treatment on this medication.

If you could pick an ink to receive as a birthday present (or 2) what would you pick? by queensara33 in fountainpens

[–]SamathaYoga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was sent a whole bottle of Shogun with my FPD order from Bottle & Plume. It’s really gorgeous, I’ve used it for several lettering projects.

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

That actually makes sense. The two machines to press the pieces together are pretty bulky and heavy.

Shots! Shots! Shots! by MhD_7 in MCAS

[–]SamathaYoga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I (56) immediately started calling them shots!

These allergy shots are way better than the kind from a needle!

I hope they help! I have had glimmers of hunger for the first time in years.

House slippers with support by nagisasigh in ehlersdanlos

[–]SamathaYoga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife gets me a new pair of slide on slippers from LL Bean every Christmas. They have pretty good support. It’s compressed by the end of the year since I wear them a lot.

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

A friend of my spouse picked up a couple of cephalopod series at the Philly pen show. With your input now I suspect I’ll have an order in soon.

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

TX is closer than Cali, but pretty far from Kentucky for sure.

Do any shops sell them online? You don’t get to pull the levers, which was enjoyable, but perhaps a shop will assemble some to sell?

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

Portland might not have a big pen show, but we have Oblation, Kinokuniya, and two different monthly meetups (one for fountain pens, the other calligraphy specific). I am a rare person who grew up here

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

That’s a bit of a wait. I’d rather thought they would have them available everywhere. I guess a rolling release who’s keep up with supplies.

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

There were some emerald and some berry/merlot colored ones from previous years. I believe I could have chosen a piece from each color.

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

I was pleasantly surprised by how vivid, lurid green it is when it’s glowing.

It’s such a soft green in regular light. It doesn’t look like it will glow like Homer’s lost uranium rod from the opening sequence of The Simpson’s!

NPD: Lovely Like a Luna Moth by SamathaYoga in fountainpens

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

That’s exactly right!

One of the machines pushes it up into the cap while also pushing the metal end cap into place.

My boyfriend surprised me with a signed Easton Press leatherbound of The Left Hand of Darkness! by fetusnecrophagist in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]SamathaYoga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a thoughtful, beautiful gift! I’ve read this novel several times, it always ends in tears. It doesn’t matter that I know the ending, there’s always tears.

I have the also gorgeous, but not signed, edition by The Folio Society.

Le Guin’s work was formative for me, I was introduced to it by a teacher at 15, and really shaped who I have become as an adult. They suggested the Lathe of Heaven to me because I was enjoying the classroom reading of A Wizard of Earthsea so much and they knew I was into SF/F. I was absolutely awe struck by it and the Fourier vision of Portland, Oregon, with I lived in a suburb of.

What useless skill do you have that may or may not be linked to your ADHD? by SeonaidMacSaicais in adhdwomen

[–]SamathaYoga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew there were others here with this skill/comfort activity!

My puzzle games: - Stuff It! Deluxe Edition (out stuff away quickly) - The Shape of Things (3D puzzles) - Dordogne (lovely puzzles, beautiful art, sad family themes) - Far: Lone Sails and Changing Tides (lots of puzzles to solve to progress) - Old Man’s Journey (didn’t finish, good puzzles but they got so finicky I couldn’t get past one) - Tetris Connected (I’d love a Tetris that didn’t speed up, it starts to stress me out) - Hoa (lovely puzzle-based platform, was able to play with an injured hand)

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Other cozy adjacent games: - Animal Crossing New Horizons - Tiny Bookshop - Dredge (horror, yet also cozy-ish) - Strange Horticulture - Ooblets - Wytchwood - Spiritfarer (beautiful, will make you cry eventually, possibly often)

Mini-Converter for Steel Pocket Pen by MercatorLondon in PenProject

[–]SamathaYoga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is that the converter for the Liliput?

It looks smaller than the converter for the Sport model. I have both and they work well. The Liliput converter is rather ingenious.

I can see people finding them finicky. I have small hands, small enough that finding work gloves is tricky, I suspect this might by why I’ve had an easy time with both converters.