heather
@heatherfeather.bsky.social
heather 🍂
saskatoon
single sick&disabled (me/cfs) trans lesbian
30
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i am sometimes too sick to post alt text
i'm a former "essential worker" dealing with long covid caught in 2020. if you feel like helping a broke bitch, https://paypal.me/gaaaaay
saskatoon
single sick&disabled (me/cfs) trans lesbian
30
- - -
i am sometimes too sick to post alt text
i'm a former "essential worker" dealing with long covid caught in 2020. if you feel like helping a broke bitch, https://paypal.me/gaaaaay
today i found out one of the most prominent ME/CFS researchers (one of the few to actually have funding) is hanging out on twitter responding to mild criticism of his survey design with this
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
today i found out one of the most prominent ME/CFS researchers (one of the few to actually have funding) is hanging out on twitter responding to mild criticism of his survey design with this
a self-perpetuating cycle that includes damage to the mitochondria and necrosis (cell death) of muscle tissue.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
![Several mechanisms triggered by an infection can result in circulatory disturbance and hypoperfusion of muscles including autoantibodies [41], inflammation [22], sympathetic overactivity [10], endothelial dysfunction [42], impaired red blood cell deformability [43] and diminished preload [10]. Upon exertion, hypoperfusion of skeletal muscles leads to rise in protons, intracellular sodium and calcium [12], muscle necrosis [9], mitochondrial damage and enhanced production of reactive oxygens [13, 22]. In ME/CFS, the activation of the sodium pump (Na+/K+‐ATPase) upon exertion may be diminished due to low ATP and dysfunctional ß2AdR and CGRP. At a certain level of intracellular sodium, the sodium‐calcium‐exchanger NCX changes its transport mode from calcium export to calcium import causing calcium overload that causes mitochondrial and myocyte damage. As a result, low ATP and ROS production further impair the sodium pump. ROS also impairs vascular function and perfusion. A vicious circle arises.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxlg4ooqbhefhfa4gv373dtm/bafkreifycc6dml5ny5hliatsgyru3emlhjrfn3erh3luyzj72obceooag4@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
a self-perpetuating cycle that includes damage to the mitochondria and necrosis (cell death) of muscle tissue.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
hey. have you seen this?
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
hey. have you seen this?
it's weird but it's true
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
it's weird but it's true
hey. it's fucked up that there isn't a string tree here
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
hey. it's fucked up that there isn't a string tree here
have you tried taking mega-doses of fish oil? i find that taking 3 of these a day noticeably reduces my joint hyper-laxity including in my suspected CCI
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
have you tried taking mega-doses of fish oil? i find that taking 3 of these a day noticeably reduces my joint hyper-laxity including in my suspected CCI
going 🐓 chicken mode
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
going 🐓 chicken mode
hm. maybe something else. is happening. this is supposed to be control panel i think
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
hm. maybe something else. is happening. this is supposed to be control panel i think
ok so i think the windows search bar just Doesn't work anymore?
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok so i think the windows search bar just Doesn't work anymore?
three very polite patrons waiting for more snacks
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
three very polite patrons waiting for more snacks
happy halloweeeeeeeen
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
happy halloweeeeeeeen
the pringles can was empty
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
the pringles can was empty
fuzzy logic trial-and-error'd my way into hanging this hand mirror up on an angle (to see the back/top of my hair for bleaching) with no external attachment points and only twine
October 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
fuzzy logic trial-and-error'd my way into hanging this hand mirror up on an angle (to see the back/top of my hair for bleaching) with no external attachment points and only twine
!["First announced on August 16, 1993, Debian was founded by Ian Murdock, who initially named the system "the Debian Linux Release".[10][11] The word "Debian" was formed as a portmanteau of the first names of himself and his then-girlfriend (later ex-wife) Debra Lynn.[12] Before Debian's release, the Softlanding Linux System (SLS) had been a popular Linux distribution and the basis for Slackware.[13] "](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxlg4ooqbhefhfa4gv373dtm/bafkreicl42lzzhaux434wpaq3hcomykzhyhd7nyjot7hsj4elm6okxmao4@jpeg)
spent five hours playing this and got a game over at least five different times
October 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
spent five hours playing this and got a game over at least five different times
wikipedia subtly roasting the large-billed crow
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
wikipedia subtly roasting the large-billed crow
note: i'm not actually sure if this is a cow but i want to believe
October 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
note: i'm not actually sure if this is a cow but i want to believe
2025 sucks do we really have to be doing this
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
2025 sucks do we really have to be doing this
pretty sure these guys drink from the free dog water bowl way more than the actual dogs
September 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
pretty sure these guys drink from the free dog water bowl way more than the actual dogs