CJ • 🛌🩸✨ • ❄️☕️
@shortforcj.bsky.social
late 30s nerd • queer • nonbinary • they/them
disabled ♿️ • chronically ill ❤️🩹
managing bipolar disorder 🎭
blood donation recipient🩸✨
📍chowdah → MD → PA
½ 🍊 @philthycasualmedia.com
♡ 🐰 rabbits • うさぎ | sci-fi: Trek • Who
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disabled ♿️ • chronically ill ❤️🩹
managing bipolar disorder 🎭
blood donation recipient🩸✨
📍chowdah → MD → PA
½ 🍊 @philthycasualmedia.com
♡ 🐰 rabbits • うさぎ | sci-fi: Trek • Who
💬 en-US • es-US • ja • asl • more
i appreciate the odd number of crossed fingers. thank you. 🫶🏻
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
i appreciate the odd number of crossed fingers. thank you. 🫶🏻
that is exactly the problem: it wasn't staying inside. now i just need my body to make more of it (or, more of a component of it). as a student nurse described it, “[my] blood isn't blooding.”
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
that is exactly the problem: it wasn't staying inside. now i just need my body to make more of it (or, more of a component of it). as a student nurse described it, “[my] blood isn't blooding.”
those kind of thoughts don't follow reasons. i hope you have someone to talk to about it, and/or something(s) to do to ground yourself (not over a chasm!) and feel good.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
those kind of thoughts don't follow reasons. i hope you have someone to talk to about it, and/or something(s) to do to ground yourself (not over a chasm!) and feel good.
fair enough! i know i have seen mention of the IG-like app... i've heard good things and been considering it myself.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
fair enough! i know i have seen mention of the IG-like app... i've heard good things and been considering it myself.
would the Instagram-like bsky client (i can't remember name) + some curated feeds work? maybe not ideal because of front-loading, but... maybe?
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
would the Instagram-like bsky client (i can't remember name) + some curated feeds work? maybe not ideal because of front-loading, but... maybe?
last week i woke up in the hospital on the 28th anniversary of my mom's passing in hospice. i was 10; she was 39. i'm 38.
you will feel guilty at times, but you will learn not to. your grief will change to wistfulness & celebration in memory. you are stronger than you will ever know – but she knew.
you will feel guilty at times, but you will learn not to. your grief will change to wistfulness & celebration in memory. you are stronger than you will ever know – but she knew.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
last week i woke up in the hospital on the 28th anniversary of my mom's passing in hospice. i was 10; she was 39. i'm 38.
you will feel guilty at times, but you will learn not to. your grief will change to wistfulness & celebration in memory. you are stronger than you will ever know – but she knew.
you will feel guilty at times, but you will learn not to. your grief will change to wistfulness & celebration in memory. you are stronger than you will ever know – but she knew.
you have a lovely scalp and head shape. why “smdh”? 😛
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
you have a lovely scalp and head shape. why “smdh”? 😛
… but did you try "professional"? the only other close word is "brofessional". 🤭
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
… but did you try "professional"? the only other close word is "brofessional". 🤭
the poet is an artist. so: to show the truth.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the poet is an artist. so: to show the truth.
ああ！ すみません。 松ぼっくりはオーストラリアからなんです！アメリカ地域に表示されているのは、アメリカだけでなく日本にも発送しているからだと思います。
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
ああ！ すみません。 松ぼっくりはオーストラリアからなんです！アメリカ地域に表示されているのは、アメリカだけでなく日本にも発送しているからだと思います。
どうぞお気をつけて、早く回復されますように 🥹🛌🍲✅✨
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
どうぞお気をつけて、早く回復されますように 🥹🛌🍲✅✨
Reposted by CJ • 🛌🩸✨ • ❄️☕️
update:
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so far i've been stable. i'm hoping i've been resting, hydrating, and eating well enough to maintain my hemoglobin level and produce more.
i'm starting my period soon. hopefully this time won't be so intense.
i'll be requesting tests at my follow-ups this week for close monitoring.
🛌🩸✨
so far i've been stable. i'm hoping i've been resting, hydrating, and eating well enough to maintain my hemoglobin level and produce more.
i'm starting my period soon. hopefully this time won't be so intense.
i'll be requesting tests at my follow-ups this week for close monitoring.
update, after discharge:
🏥➡️🏘️
i'm home! 😮💨
i had a second transfusion for a total of four. my hemoglobin is much higher, but still lower than “normal”. i am feeling much better than the last few weeks.
going to keep resting and taking care of myself. i have follow-ups next week with providers. 👩🏼⚕️👩🏾⚕️👩🏼⚕️
🏥➡️🏘️
i'm home! 😮💨
i had a second transfusion for a total of four. my hemoglobin is much higher, but still lower than “normal”. i am feeling much better than the last few weeks.
going to keep resting and taking care of myself. i have follow-ups next week with providers. 👩🏼⚕️👩🏾⚕️👩🏼⚕️
update, after follow-up with PCP:
🏥🩸😞
yesterday i was told that my hemoglobin was even lower than last week before the blood transfusions and iron infusion. i was told to go back to the ER so i did.
i was admitted to the hospital. i am stable and receiving care. 1 unit of blood last night.
🏥🩸😞
yesterday i was told that my hemoglobin was even lower than last week before the blood transfusions and iron infusion. i was told to go back to the ER so i did.
i was admitted to the hospital. i am stable and receiving care. 1 unit of blood last night.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
update:
🛌🩸✨
so far i've been stable. i'm hoping i've been resting, hydrating, and eating well enough to maintain my hemoglobin level and produce more.
i'm starting my period soon. hopefully this time won't be so intense.
i'll be requesting tests at my follow-ups this week for close monitoring.
🛌🩸✨
so far i've been stable. i'm hoping i've been resting, hydrating, and eating well enough to maintain my hemoglobin level and produce more.
i'm starting my period soon. hopefully this time won't be so intense.
i'll be requesting tests at my follow-ups this week for close monitoring.