Amy Qualls (on medical leave for Icky Health Stuff)
@domesticat.bsky.social
I'm an internet rando lurking in the Portland, Oregon cityscape. Previously Alabama and Arkansas. Technical writer. Often seen cackling about something with @noahbrand.bsky.social.
Also, the cats want food. I should feed them.
Also, the cats want food. I should feed them.
Noah just posted a chemo update for me on CaringBridge. Requires logging in to read: www.caringbridge.org/site/9d3fef3...
Update: Saturday, December 13, 2025
We are using CaringBridge to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and…
www.caringbridge.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Noah just posted a chemo update for me on CaringBridge. Requires logging in to read: www.caringbridge.org/site/9d3fef3...
Tonight is a night of last-for-now: last movie, last sushi, last concert before chemo begins.
If anyone needs me, I'll be up in my feels. But hopefully full of sushi.
If anyone needs me, I'll be up in my feels. But hopefully full of sushi.
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tonight is a night of last-for-now: last movie, last sushi, last concert before chemo begins.
If anyone needs me, I'll be up in my feels. But hopefully full of sushi.
If anyone needs me, I'll be up in my feels. But hopefully full of sushi.
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
The first part of the path has been decided. We begin on Wednesday.
www.chemoexperts.com/dosedense-ac...
www.chemoexperts.com/dosedense-ac...
Dose-Dense AC + Weekly Taxol® for Breast Cancer | ChemoExperts
www.chemoexperts.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The first part of the path has been decided. We begin on Wednesday.
www.chemoexperts.com/dosedense-ac...
www.chemoexperts.com/dosedense-ac...
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Wu-Tang Clan
Nick Cave
Son Rompe Pera
Arooj Aftab
Saint Motel
Wu-Tang Clan
Nick Cave
Son Rompe Pera
Arooj Aftab
Saint Motel
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Milford Graves
Fugazi
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Oregon Symphony
Milford Graves
Fugazi
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Oregon Symphony
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (going to skip Phish, Dead, and Gizz since I always talk about those bands here)
Lovage
Stevie Wonder
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
The Roots
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lovage
Stevie Wonder
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
The Roots
Liquid Tension Experiment
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Wu-Tang Clan
Nick Cave
Son Rompe Pera
Arooj Aftab
Saint Motel
Wu-Tang Clan
Nick Cave
Son Rompe Pera
Arooj Aftab
Saint Motel
If you had 10 days to prepare your home and life for a major illness that would last for 6-9 months, what would you do?
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
If you had 10 days to prepare your home and life for a major illness that would last for 6-9 months, what would you do?
Latest cancer update is posted: www.caringbridge.org/site/9d3fef3...
Update: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
We are using CaringBridge to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and…
www.caringbridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Latest cancer update is posted: www.caringbridge.org/site/9d3fef3...
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
Hello, universe? If you force me into a mastectomy, let me be clear: I absolutely will reconstruct that breast and tattoo a great tit on it.
(because if you can't tattoo a dirty joke on a surgically reconstructed breast, what are tattoo artists even good for?)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit
(because if you can't tattoo a dirty joke on a surgically reconstructed breast, what are tattoo artists even good for?)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit
Great tit - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hello, universe? If you force me into a mastectomy, let me be clear: I absolutely will reconstruct that breast and tattoo a great tit on it.
(because if you can't tattoo a dirty joke on a surgically reconstructed breast, what are tattoo artists even good for?)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit
(because if you can't tattoo a dirty joke on a surgically reconstructed breast, what are tattoo artists even good for?)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit
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What? These? No! I need these. They’re my emotional support unanswered emails.
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
What? These? No! I need these. They’re my emotional support unanswered emails.
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Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
This week's lesson in unfortunate, awkward comedy gold is the combination of two things:
1) post-op heparin
2) perimenopausal (read: raging) menstrual cycle
I assume everything about the canc*r saga will play out in hysterically tragicomic ways, and so far, I'm right.
1) post-op heparin
2) perimenopausal (read: raging) menstrual cycle
I assume everything about the canc*r saga will play out in hysterically tragicomic ways, and so far, I'm right.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This week's lesson in unfortunate, awkward comedy gold is the combination of two things:
1) post-op heparin
2) perimenopausal (read: raging) menstrual cycle
I assume everything about the canc*r saga will play out in hysterically tragicomic ways, and so far, I'm right.
1) post-op heparin
2) perimenopausal (read: raging) menstrual cycle
I assume everything about the canc*r saga will play out in hysterically tragicomic ways, and so far, I'm right.
Reposted by Amy Qualls (on medical leave for Icky Health Stuff)
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
Today: putting my energy into finishing a linen waffle-weave housecoat for myself while listening to Antony Szmierek's new album.
Tomorrow kicks off the first (minor) surgery of the Cancer Saga. I don't know when I'll feel up to sewing again.
Tomorrow kicks off the first (minor) surgery of the Cancer Saga. I don't know when I'll feel up to sewing again.
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today: putting my energy into finishing a linen waffle-weave housecoat for myself while listening to Antony Szmierek's new album.
Tomorrow kicks off the first (minor) surgery of the Cancer Saga. I don't know when I'll feel up to sewing again.
Tomorrow kicks off the first (minor) surgery of the Cancer Saga. I don't know when I'll feel up to sewing again.
Reposted by Amy Qualls (on medical leave for Icky Health Stuff)
It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny
t.co/QhuKU9HCxA
t.co/QhuKU9HCxA
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny
t.co/QhuKU9HCxA
t.co/QhuKU9HCxA
I'd like the radioactive material for this test to be administered by spider instead of IV, please.
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'd like the radioactive material for this test to be administered by spider instead of IV, please.
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
Welp, time to say the words on social media: early stage 2, grade 1 breast cancer. It's slow-growing and estrogen-receptive, so it's very treatable.
My goal: to be like my mother and grandmother, who both survived breast cancer.
And yet: 🖕🤬
My goal: to be like my mother and grandmother, who both survived breast cancer.
And yet: 🖕🤬
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Welp, time to say the words on social media: early stage 2, grade 1 breast cancer. It's slow-growing and estrogen-receptive, so it's very treatable.
My goal: to be like my mother and grandmother, who both survived breast cancer.
And yet: 🖕🤬
My goal: to be like my mother and grandmother, who both survived breast cancer.
And yet: 🖕🤬
I have some health news that I don't want to gatekeep, but would prefer not to post about publicly just yet. If I should reach out to you, please message me.
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I have some health news that I don't want to gatekeep, but would prefer not to post about publicly just yet. If I should reach out to you, please message me.
That feeling when you look at a new-to-you medication and think,
"I hope this works."
"I hope this works."
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
That feeling when you look at a new-to-you medication and think,
"I hope this works."
"I hope this works."
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my buddy sent me this from nanning, which is presumably one of china’s most supple and moisturized cities
May 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
my buddy sent me this from nanning, which is presumably one of china’s most supple and moisturized cities
Following along for the month.
Happy first day of bullshit Sexy [insert concrete noun here] Costume Month, everyone! Let’s kick things off with that old classic, “sexy squirrel!”
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Following along for the month.
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I think people legitimately don’t understand how much Portland A: hates being told what to do and B: loves any excuse to get fucking weird about it
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I think people legitimately don’t understand how much Portland A: hates being told what to do and B: loves any excuse to get fucking weird about it
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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My alt text will suck, but this is going around now. Portland frog facing off ICE really has become a mascot here.
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My alt text will suck, but this is going around now. Portland frog facing off ICE really has become a mascot here.