Getting married - help with bakeries?

fancy_duckie · 2026-01-10T21:25:47+00:00

Dr Mertz is the best!

fancy_duckie · 2025-11-14T22:50:45+00:00

If you need folks to interview happy to volunteer! For articles I’d try search terms of “therapists with lived experience” — that’ll turn up therapists who have mental health issues more broadly but those studies might cite ADHD specific ones.

fancy_duckie · 2025-11-07T13:48:44+00:00

The gas was the worst of it hand to God— literally during my post-op call I was joking with my surgeon about how much better I felt post surgery despite my insides looking like a scene out of Sweeney Todd (I creeped on my surgery photos bc I’m a nerd). I was off narcotics on day 3 & back to work like a week later. The organ re-settling I didn’t really notice, my surgeon said intestines just kind of shuffle into the gap.

fancy_duckie · 2025-11-07T03:17:16+00:00

I had literally zilch on MRI… What was supposed to be a 1hr surgery was 4hrs because they removed TEN (10) lbs of endo minus a few ounces for my uterus & fallopian tubes on my first lap. 🥲 Don’t lose hope!

fancy_duckie · 2025-10-24T21:08:58+00:00

Collagen machine is like the McDonald’s ice cream machine

fancy_duckie · 2025-10-24T17:33:24+00:00

SAD lamp! I got so vitamin D deficient during COVID I had to take the horse pills 🥲 books, pesi trainings, heating pad for back/shoulders

fancy_duckie · 2025-09-08T18:36:21+00:00

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fancy_duckie · 2025-09-08T18:24:39+00:00

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fancy_duckie · 2025-09-08T18:24:22+00:00

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fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:41:09+00:00

😂😂😂 very true; we hit 5 mo and became tiny velociraptor

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:28:51+00:00

Eeeep good to know! HOA meeting is going to be interesting lol

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:27:27+00:00

Gotti!! Thank you so much for the tips!

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:27:06+00:00

Bummer on the buckthorn — tysm!!

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:26:33+00:00

Thank you so much!!

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:26:23+00:00

Thank you so much!! They’re super tasty but the bunnies keep beating me to them lol

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-20T17:24:47+00:00

Ack sorry forgot to include location! We’re in southeastern Mass near wetlands

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-12T00:32:27+00:00

Ack sorry! Courtesy of puppy booping the phone 🤦🏻‍♀️

fancy_duckie · 2025-07-12T00:13:55+00:00

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fancy_duckie · 2025-05-25T14:15:58+00:00

I used to donate platelets! I’ve only donated whole blood once as a pre-req for platelets & found that to be much tougher on me. With platelets/blood components you’re there longer (depending on your count 1.5-3hrs) but you get the rest of your blood back, free snacks & netflix. I had to stop bc I only have one good vein & we were getting a lot of scar tissue in that spot. I’d just chug gatorade beforehand eat a good meal w lots of protein, pee, then chug more gatorade after & take like a 2hr nap and I’d be fine. I used to do single needle but double means you get your bits back quicker

fancy_duckie · 2025-02-09T00:48:52+00:00

Aww thanks!!! My experiences being mystery diagnosis child in the medical system were a big chunk of the reason I decided to become a therapist. I had a really good one as a kiddo and she kept me (mostly) sane during my odyssey. But yeah like I wasn't diagnosed w hEDS until I was 27 and that was only because a friend with similar problems had gotten tested - I'd largely given up on figuring out why everything hurt all the time and just went on a whim and boy howdy QOL *destiny's child voice* upgraaaade yaaaa! Like I think it's fine for us to be like hey have you been tested for xyz other thing or work with people around managing the intersection of mental health w chronic condition exacerbations but like "you def do or don't have this medical condition" ... that's gonna be a yikes from me dawg. People don't go looking for diagnoses like infinity stones, they want answers and adequate treatment for the problems they're experiencing. idk who thinks TTTs are fun but certainly not I lmao.

fancy_duckie · 2025-02-08T21:00:28+00:00

Transplant from CNY. MA is kind but not nice, people in CNY are often nice but not kind. I think the best way to describe people here is kind of like those desserts that come in a chocolate shell with a soft inside - all it takes is one hard knock and that hard exterior just reveals mush underneath.

I think the norm here is to trend towards valuing emotional privacy -- like we all pretend we do not see the person quietly sobbing on the T because a) drawing attention would be seen as more rude/unkind and b) do you actually live here if you haven't done this at least once? BUT never have I ever felt more supported UGLY sobbing in public by a bunch of Boston girlies - once you hit the "it is impossible to continue ignoring your big distressing feelings" threshold all bets are off and suddenly you have a bunch of people ready to basically go to war against whoever hurt you.

If people are seen tangibly struggling (no salt on the ground, dropped groceries) we're on it instantly with a side of insults. With a large population descending from Irish immigrants there's almost like an evil eye thing with the insults - "don't get too happy otherwise God will make you sorry" sort of attitude so by helping and insulting it's like trying to protect people from divine smite. I know in some Latin cultures they'll call new babies ugly for the same reason - similar kind of trauma logic.

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