Seren Sterling
@artistaudh.bsky.social
Moving through mess. Dancing with dysfunction.
AuDHD. TBI. Vestibular migraine. Long covid. Hypermobility. MCAS. Dysautonomia. Endometriosis.
Pole dancer. Knitter.
AuDHD. TBI. Vestibular migraine. Long covid. Hypermobility. MCAS. Dysautonomia. Endometriosis.
Pole dancer. Knitter.
Pinned
This is going to be a long and convoluted thread, but I'm going to try to lay out what I'm pretty sure has happened to my body re the interactions between my endometriosis and covid that has presented as long covid symptoms in case it helps someone else. 1/?
Well, I think I managed to sleep through the worst of the migraine, so now I just have the postdrome hangover.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Well, I think I managed to sleep through the worst of the migraine, so now I just have the postdrome hangover.
Trying to figure out why I can't stop yawning before remembering that's a prodrome symptom. Usually indicating a particularly bad migraine is coming...
I clearly haven't had a severe one in a while.
I clearly haven't had a severe one in a while.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trying to figure out why I can't stop yawning before remembering that's a prodrome symptom. Usually indicating a particularly bad migraine is coming...
I clearly haven't had a severe one in a while.
I clearly haven't had a severe one in a while.
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I don't think my toe is healing, but my mom is leaving for two weeks tomorrow, and I cannot see any way of getting an x-ray before she gets back, so I guess I continue to rely on my lack of pain perception.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I don't think my toe is healing, but my mom is leaving for two weeks tomorrow, and I cannot see any way of getting an x-ray before she gets back, so I guess I continue to rely on my lack of pain perception.
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Having to identify oneself as disabled to access accommodations is, on its own, a huge barrier to getting many disabled people the accommodations they need.
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Having to identify oneself as disabled to access accommodations is, on its own, a huge barrier to getting many disabled people the accommodations they need.
So I've been weaning myself off of H2 blockers to see if I can use them only as rescue, and so far the major thing I've learned is that quercetin gives me heartburn.
So I'm off of that too I guess.
So I'm off of that too I guess.
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So I've been weaning myself off of H2 blockers to see if I can use them only as rescue, and so far the major thing I've learned is that quercetin gives me heartburn.
So I'm off of that too I guess.
So I'm off of that too I guess.
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Generally in my experience with accommodations, any accomodations that would be of benefit to everyone should really just be best practices.
Most things that don't fall into that category involve a trade off for me. Eg. It's actually more inconvenient to use my cane unless my dizziness requires it.
Most things that don't fall into that category involve a trade off for me. Eg. It's actually more inconvenient to use my cane unless my dizziness requires it.
I don’t think it’s that important? It’s more important to reduce the false constraints that make people feel such scarcity that these dynamics become a competition when they’re generally not actually in tension with one another. Let everyone have accommodation.
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Generally in my experience with accommodations, any accomodations that would be of benefit to everyone should really just be best practices.
Most things that don't fall into that category involve a trade off for me. Eg. It's actually more inconvenient to use my cane unless my dizziness requires it.
Most things that don't fall into that category involve a trade off for me. Eg. It's actually more inconvenient to use my cane unless my dizziness requires it.
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I'm not going to RT the fucking Atlantic but I do want to remind everyone that one in four U.S. adults is disabled, so one in five students accessing accommodations at their uni is among the most non-story stories ever penned.
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm not going to RT the fucking Atlantic but I do want to remind everyone that one in four U.S. adults is disabled, so one in five students accessing accommodations at their uni is among the most non-story stories ever penned.
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Honestly the most useful part of having official accommodations?
I used the form as a vibe check for my professors
If there was any kind of grumbling about laptops in class or reluctance or weirdness, I would simply drop the class and switch sections
I used the form as a vibe check for my professors
If there was any kind of grumbling about laptops in class or reluctance or weirdness, I would simply drop the class and switch sections
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Honestly the most useful part of having official accommodations?
I used the form as a vibe check for my professors
If there was any kind of grumbling about laptops in class or reluctance or weirdness, I would simply drop the class and switch sections
I used the form as a vibe check for my professors
If there was any kind of grumbling about laptops in class or reluctance or weirdness, I would simply drop the class and switch sections
Yep, I ended up not actually using most of the accommodations I have we approved for because of this.
And the professors who weren't passive aggressive assholes about actually accommodating me would usually just do so.
And the professors who weren't passive aggressive assholes about actually accommodating me would usually just do so.
I *did* get accommodations in college, and quickly found out that:
- many professors are passive aggressive assholes about actually accommodating you
- Disability Services wants you to work this out directly with your professor, and rarely intervenes on your behalf
- many professors are passive aggressive assholes about actually accommodating you
- Disability Services wants you to work this out directly with your professor, and rarely intervenes on your behalf
anyway; I haven't ever dealt with the process of getting accommodations myself but every person I've talked to about it and everything I've read about it suggests it's a bureaucratic nightmare at best.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Yep, I ended up not actually using most of the accommodations I have we approved for because of this.
And the professors who weren't passive aggressive assholes about actually accommodating me would usually just do so.
And the professors who weren't passive aggressive assholes about actually accommodating me would usually just do so.
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No one, including me, knows what the upper limit on how long I can hold a grudge is, because it hasn't been reached.
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No one, including me, knows what the upper limit on how long I can hold a grudge is, because it hasn't been reached.
I haven't knocked a rib out in a while, and I forgot how much it is the worst.
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I haven't knocked a rib out in a while, and I forgot how much it is the worst.
And Smeagol peed all over me when I picked him up to take him down the porch stairs. Today is already cancelled
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And Smeagol peed all over me when I picked him up to take him down the porch stairs. Today is already cancelled
I rolled over and either subluxated a rib or my shoulder blade. Embodiment was a mistake.
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I rolled over and either subluxated a rib or my shoulder blade. Embodiment was a mistake.
I'd either cut my hours back to the point where I can actually manage my chronic illnesses or hire help for every day tasks like cleaning that really trigger my dizziness and vertigo.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I'd either cut my hours back to the point where I can actually manage my chronic illnesses or hire help for every day tasks like cleaning that really trigger my dizziness and vertigo.
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Based on my years of reporting on this, we got here because the medical industrial complex did not give one single fuck about women, and still doesn’t, which trained women to not trust medical experts and then orgs like Goop swept in and made money off of that.
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Based on my years of reporting on this, we got here because the medical industrial complex did not give one single fuck about women, and still doesn’t, which trained women to not trust medical experts and then orgs like Goop swept in and made money off of that.
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So hey. Pez is the GOAT, and things aren't going so hot for her right now. She could use some of our help.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So hey. Pez is the GOAT, and things aren't going so hot for her right now. She could use some of our help.
www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
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It rules that every three months for the past 15 years, we've found new evidence how flat wages and the 1% hoarding wealth is bad for the economy, and we just don't do anything about it
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It rules that every three months for the past 15 years, we've found new evidence how flat wages and the 1% hoarding wealth is bad for the economy, and we just don't do anything about it
One of the problems with being too good at ignoring chronic pain is that I currently have no idea if my toe is healing or if I just got good at ignoring it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
One of the problems with being too good at ignoring chronic pain is that I currently have no idea if my toe is healing or if I just got good at ignoring it.
I'm finally almost back to a comfortable number of cast on projects (I need like... 5-7 so I can switch depending on my mood).
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I'm finally almost back to a comfortable number of cast on projects (I need like... 5-7 so I can switch depending on my mood).
I'm pretty sure that yesterday's crash out was at least somewhat influenced by my mast cells. Today I rallied and ordered a few more of my favourite workout pants that do fit me in fabrics that will read a little dressier and refuse to bow to the tyranny of standardized sizing.
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I'm pretty sure that yesterday's crash out was at least somewhat influenced by my mast cells. Today I rallied and ordered a few more of my favourite workout pants that do fit me in fabrics that will read a little dressier and refuse to bow to the tyranny of standardized sizing.
I'm losing the battle of compression vs. my mast cells.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm losing the battle of compression vs. my mast cells.
I've got to stop putting holds on audiobooks thinking that by the time they come up my brain will be accepting new material because it's not the case.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I've got to stop putting holds on audiobooks thinking that by the time they come up my brain will be accepting new material because it's not the case.
One of the ways we've given my sister her space while maintaining safety is having a camera so I can monitor her from my house that is 300ft away, but it always makes me feel like mall security 🤣.
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One of the ways we've given my sister her space while maintaining safety is having a camera so I can monitor her from my house that is 300ft away, but it always makes me feel like mall security 🤣.