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
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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
i feel dehumanized from literally not having access to the human experience anymore
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
i feel dehumanized from literally not having access to the human experience anymore
that's total bs. do you know if they grew up upper middle class? sounds like some martyr complex misplaced atonement garbage
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
that's total bs. do you know if they grew up upper middle class? sounds like some martyr complex misplaced atonement garbage
it's total fucking garbage
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
it's total fucking garbage
looked at instagram and saw healthy people getting to exist as human beings
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
looked at instagram and saw healthy people getting to exist as human beings
that's huge 😊 congrats !!
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
that's huge 😊 congrats !!
oh my god fuck yeah
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
oh my god fuck yeah
the specifics of ME/CFS are not fully mapped out, so different scientific articles operate under slightly different hypotheses. but the overview is clear among all research: the machinery for producing energy in the body is fundamentally compromised, and abnormal cell damage occurs during activity
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
the specifics of ME/CFS are not fully mapped out, so different scientific articles operate under slightly different hypotheses. but the overview is clear among all research: the machinery for producing energy in the body is fundamentally compromised, and abnormal cell damage occurs during activity
some people with ME/CFS get lucky and find out they have it before their gap closes between "no activity" and "too much activity". those people can sometimes recover if given off-label pharmaceutical support, copious rest, and rigorous pacing. that is not most people in the ME/CFS patient group
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
some people with ME/CFS get lucky and find out they have it before their gap closes between "no activity" and "too much activity". those people can sometimes recover if given off-label pharmaceutical support, copious rest, and rigorous pacing. that is not most people in the ME/CFS patient group
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...
when you feel like shit with ME/CFS it's not just "ooh this sucks" it's "if i keep doing things i am committing widespread cellular damage to my body"
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
when you feel like shit with ME/CFS it's not just "ooh this sucks" it's "if i keep doing things i am committing widespread cellular damage to my body"
they know how to get a deal out of a relationship with a different species. it's part general intelligence and part who they are as a species. it's not like the crow is always "untouched nature" and the human is always "urban invader". there can be reciprocity
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
they know how to get a deal out of a relationship with a different species. it's part general intelligence and part who they are as a species. it's not like the crow is always "untouched nature" and the human is always "urban invader". there can be reciprocity