#Cancer Control Month

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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#its sort of funny. i think my medication is working pretty well. i feel stable in a way i never really have before #is it the dopamine stablizer or is it my ion channels? whos to say. it doesn't matter. but it also doesnt change some things #the ways i think and react negativly to change. but it makes it easier to deal with. i still experience this strange dispaire on the #weekends or anytime im not working. i think the oddest thing is thst i dont think ive ever been this consistenly sad #not in a depressed sort of way. just a passing thoughts make me tear up sort of way. it doesnt feel out of control. it just feels like a #prelude to grief i guess. bc my mum is still in the hospital and its so hard to kno what that means from halfway across the country #my sisters are both home right now. they both live within 3hrs of where we grew up. one sister lives in the city my mom goes to for #treatment. so they have the opportunity to see her more than me. i dunno if they do tho. we dont really talk. i dont kno if they're as sad #as i am. if im overreacting bc i cant physically see what's happening. what the feeling is in the room. not that she would probably complain #shes the suffer in silence type. my dad keeps texting us pics of our shitty lil sunroom that hes redoing #to make my mum a lil sanctuary. he must be sad too. its his wife. hes staying with her in the hospital rn. i dunno its so weird #when i talk to my counselor she assumes i find out info thru calls or talk to my sisters abt it and i gotta b like nah we dont really talk #i get my info thru text. i havent talked to my parents on the phone in like a month. i dunno we just dont talk. so i dont kno how to reach #out and be like yo so whats up? shoulf i plan on coming home this summer for a bit?? like??? #this is the disadvantage of leaving thr place where you grew up. probably when i finish my phd i should move closer to home #somewhere in the Appalachian mountains maybe. somewere in the eastern deciduous forrest. somewhere with thunderstorms. #but thats years from now. who knows what ill b doing. for now im just sad and tired and i dont quite kno what to do in the short or long #term bc im feeling the weight of my mental limitations rather intensely. but maybe im just being self limiting #whatever. i dont have a dead mum yet. shes not even on hospice care. things are just uncertain and dont look so hot #i just dont see how it can get better from here when chemo gave her secondary blood cancer and shes still full of tumors #i dont think im being that dramatic. it just objectively seems not great for survival #unrelated

[ducktollers]

also why have we as a society not figured out a way to just stop periods. with no side effects or other issues. just get rid of it. who tf needs that.

#sorry im oversharing tonite I GUESS #i dont wanna be on birth control anymore cuz i have been since i was 14 #but a year off it fucked my shit up SO bad im scared to try again #kinda need to be on it for the suspected pcos shit like my period was sooooo irregular that year #everything SO fucked up #but also the pill only fixes the periods didnt help anything else #and i dont wanns be on the pill anymore cuz like. cancer risk and blood clots and i dont want More woman hormone in me :( #but also periods ruin a week of my life every month i cant fucking TAKE IT ANYMORE n the only way to stop it would be to stay on the pill #but i dont wanna. makes me dysphoric #but then periods make me dysphoric and put in sensory hell #GET ME OUT OF HEREEEEEEEEE I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE THERE IS NO SOLUTION IM TRAPPED IN HERE #👹👹👹👹👹👹👹 #x

[buriesitsteeth]

Hm.

#had a dream about ex-besties again #and when I said ‘I’m sorry hearing briefly about the ab*se I was being subjected to at home and my parent’s su*cide attempts were so #annoying and boring for you. you were my only people I could trust #to open up to in the moment while I was panicking and having to very much #confront the fact that my parent was going to die. #but I’m sorry it was irritating or whatever.’ #I was so right #I know friends do not exist as therapists but #I do not see how you can be all ‘oh my guy that’s awful but this this and this are ab*sive behaviours. you act this was because you are #traumatised here read this yeah yeah we need to get you out of there yeah’ #one day and then the next just #cut me out like I’m some sort of cancer #if at any point they’d said hey I don’t have the emotional bandwidth rn I’m sorry #I’d have been so understanding and shut the fuck up #genuinely! I get it! #but I don’t see how you can have a friend #who is going through so much and none of it is under their control #who still manages to be there for everyone else when they’re having problems at home including you #who just once every few months needs to go ‘oh shit I need someone to talk to if you’re not busy rn/if you can deal w that atm’ in a LITERAL #CRISIS where they have no one else to lean on #and who will need support if they’re going to eventually leave home #and go ‘meh whatever I’m going to end the friendship in the worst and most damaging way I can think of lol’???? #like?? everyone else around me is like oh just move on move on #but I’m just going over and over it in my head #How can you know the wounds and then drive the knife in anyway? #I don’t think people understand like I don’t let anyone close because this is what happens #and so to trust #more than you’ve ever trusted anyone ever #and have them suddenly disappear? without a word?

[beaversatemygrandma]

What the hell is going on with politics this week? It’s as if they’re trying to ban Safe Sex. Like. Are you trying to have another baby boom and overflow adoption agencies and cause literally everybody in the country to suffer through unwanted childbirth and the sheer lack of money that comes with it? We have enough problems with money without that. Not to mention that I’m personally terrified if all of this actually happens. (Birth control only to married couples, no safe sex options, no abortions, etc.) Bc birth control can be used for things other than preventing babies (ex, endometriosis like I do personally) and ya know, preventing them while knowing you wouldn’t be able to physically survive that feat of giving birth. I’m fucking terrified they’ll get their way with this. And I know I’m not alone here.

Not to mention, this even goes outside of the more liberal side of politics (which should just be gotten rid of. Fuck these parties.) Like, I’ve noticed my very conservative family members actually agree with me: This Is Scary. Like i can say my extremely liberal statement about this and they’ll be like “Yeah, I wholly agree. This is fucked up.” And I know I’m not alone in this fear that being forced to go through this could potentially lead to my death. Especially with how absurdly hard it is to get procedures like getting your tubes tied or a hysterectomy. If you’re under 35, have no kids, unmarried, GOOD LUCK GETTING THAT. Because with the ways things are already, even without the current laws getting overturned, it’s near impossible.

Less than 30% of the country supports this. The only people who support it are the ultra-christian conservatives who seem to think that a ball of cells (further known as a fetus) is a living breathing human. When it’s not. That this parasitic cell mass has more rights to life than the one hosting it in their body. And it’s fucked up. If you support overturning this, you better be ready to take care of many many unwanted children yourself. On your dime. With your home and resources. But that’s already what goes on in those heavily Christian communities. I’ve heard of families with 10+ kids, over half of them adopted, in, usually, Mormon communities and if the kids don’t conform to their lifestyles, they’re cast out or abused. Nobody needs that unnecessary pain in their lives, for the potential mothers and for the children who couldn’t have a safe life in the first place. Even outside of those communities, there are already too many children in poverty, abusive homes, and stuck in foster homes to even consider something like this to happen.

Then one of these people pushing for this to happen had the audacity to say “If they really want an abortion, they can just go to Canada to get one.” Like. Fuck you. You may have the ability to drop everything and go to another country for medical tourism (which is already so painfully common), but most people can’t. They have jobs and families they can’t leave for the amount of time it takes to do that. They may not have a passport and god knows how long it takes to get one of those. Hell, they might not even have the ability to get a passport, whether it be legally or due to the lack of money. It may be an easy feat for those who are right along the country border up north, those who are able to take day trips up to Canada and already have the passports needed bc of just how common it is. But what about those in the other 95% of the country? Most of the places actively banning this are in the SOUTH. Imagine you’re in TX, found out you’re 8 weeks pregnant and have two weeks left to get your hands on one of those pills before it becomes an invasive surgical procedure. Your doctors tell you, “Canada can help you.” Canada is over a 12 hour drive north. That’s a two-three day trip even without considering the other issues it would take to get there. Then there’s money, and if you’re American, you’re definitely feeling awful about having to even go to the doctor bc it’s like three days’ work worth of money just for an appointment. Let alone the price of gas to get to the second place, or the money for a plane ticket, or even the money for a passport to even get through customs. And all within Two Weeks.

This is an attack on the poor. The rich will be able to hop about countries to skip the inhumane laws. All they want are more kids to grow up and be their army fodder and minimum wage workers now that they’ve noticed a slightly lower birth rate. Yes. Millennials and Gen Z aren’t having kids. There’s a reason we aren’t. We can barely afford to take care of ourselves, let alone a child. Which would cost $40k just to go to the hospital to give birth to, then hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars to feed, clothe, entertain these kids who weren’t wanted in the first place. And if they weren’t wanted in the first place, it’s likely the kids will end up in an abusive situation. And trust me, nobody wants that.

And now knowing that the actual vote to overturn Roe V Wade isn’t for another couple months is even more horrifying. The wait will be excruciating and filled with outrage. All it will do is increase anger and violence. You’ll yet again be forced to find out just who is supportive of those around them and who isn’t. People will be cast out, hurt, and arrested. 

This isn’t okay. We aren’t okay.

#taks speaks #long post #yeah. im mad #and yep. I'm VERY SCARED #rant over tho #the only good news we've had was the FDA going ahead and saying 'k. these pills are available to mail out' #but the fact that even that would be illegal in some states #which would force you to go around acting as if you're ordering dangerous highly illegal drugs #when its necessary to have available #now comes my curiosity to see if i could qualify for a hysterectomy just by having an ovarian cyst #it's not cancerous or anything dangerous but it does cause endometriosis #which is fucking PAINFUL and causes my cycle to be chaotically unorganized even with the help of birth control pills #hell my period is a week late right NOW #and with the tracking on period tracker apps im nervous that might be something that could be used against me #like 'your period was a month and a half late around here so you had an abortion obviuosly' #when my cycle is literally just a fucking mess and sometimes i can go half a year without a period #funny thing is too that i haven't had sex since like last fuckin june #like yeah its late. there's evidence there. but how tf would i have even been pregnant #esp when i also use birth control paired with condoms which is like 99.9999% not gonna get pregnant #???? this is just??? ugh. #i need to find a tracker app that doesnt have fucking trackers #i have a feeling NC FL and the areas around here are next for these absurd laws to pass #not even the blue states are safe rn and being in an all swing state area with these atrocities in control is ugh #ik i always say i want to leave the country but leaving is so unconventional with the money i have and immigration requirements #as much as i want to leave i dont think i'll ever get the chance to with visa requirements #i can't even go across the country its so fucking big let alone another country #*sighs* this is just depressing man

[legzeppelin]

im listening to the Youre Wrong About mcdonalds hot coffee case episode again and i just have such a visceral depressing reaction to the story of the woman who told her doctor she was allergic to an ingredient in the contrast injection you get before a CT scan and the doctor was like "thats not real you'll be fine lol" and then injected her and it made her extremely sick and disabled her. FOR LIFE. and she tried to sue and everyone ignored her and threw her case out because her profession was that she was a medium or whatever.

like can you. fucking imagine. god i hope that doctor lost his job. and i hope she found a way to live comfortably

#it made her unable to concentrate without getting a splitting headache. which i can fucking relate to #it is no joke and it makes literally every avenue of earning an income impossible #anyway #reminds me of the time one of the women working in the billing department of my old therapists office went to a doctor because she was #having post menopausal bleeding and the doctor was like oh its nothing take some birth control #and then months later she finally got a second opinion and it was fucking late stage ovarian cancer. #i have no idea what happened to her but she probably died. because this stupid fucking waste of a doctor didnt know agod damn fucking thing #i #HATE #doctors

[awkward-teabag]

I am so beyond tired of this. I can't reasonably work/have a source of income without ADHD meds. I don't have a chance of getting on disability without a diagnosis (leaving out that two doctors would need to confirm it 'cause of course people would fake a disability to get... $1300 a month 🙄).

Except I can't get on meds without a diagnosis because ADHD meds are a controlled substance the same as benzos and opioids.

And I'm over 6 months waiting to see a psych and may need to wait another 18+.

And this assumes the psych will even diagnose me with ADHD because I'm an AFAB abuse victim so I can mask really well and a lot of the ADHD diagnostic criteria is based on 10 year old boys.

And in the meantime, I can't work (well I could but capitalism loves forcing people to work shitty hours and do several jobs at once; also there's the whole pandemic thing that's on-going) and I can't do any "gig" stuff to bring in money there because depression + ADHD means nothing gets done.

So everything is hinging on seeing a psych but who knows when that will be.

#this is why you get your kids tested/diagnosed when they're a kid #it tends to go faster for kids 'cause school grades and it being considered normal #to drug your kid to get them to perform better or so you don't have to parent them #it's a bitch as an adult because it's assumed you're faking or it's nbd 'cause 'you made it this far' #oh and because it's a controlled substance that means doctors not licensed in my province are not allowed to prescribe it either #not sure if nurse practitioners can prescribe it come to think of it #if not that means i absolutely need a psych in my city to give me meds #even if i could get diagnosed in a different one #and can i just say all this waiting is murder with adhd because of the whole forgetting thing? #ranting 'cause i'm pissed and the government just said it's not a big deal for people waiting for biopsies #to wait 3 months #when it could be an aggressive cancer and 3 months is the difference between recovery and hospice

[bitchapalooza]

Tomorrow is my orthopedics appointment so here’s to hoping it’s just simple trigger finger or arthritis, anything but carpal tunnel like my nurse practitioner from two years nearly misdiagnosed me with and put it in my head for a while that I did have it until I realized she was fucking stupid!

#instead of giving me recs to a specialist she looked at my hands herself #she heard me out in my worries of it being carpal tunnel #almost confidently said it was carpal tunnel #then quickly said I just needed to stop drawing and writing so much because the intense wrist pain #is just overuse and nothing else even tho I had literally not been drawing for a few weeks by the time that appointment came up #she’s also the one who ignore my family history of breast cancer and refused to see me when I called about #getting a physical bc that when the swelling and occasional pain started #and she just told me to go to the er didn’t help me set up an appointment for a mammogram or anything #oh and when she was the one who gave me the birth control yknow #which is what I think caused the swelling #immediately after the month and one week of nonstop bleeding which in turn made my iron levels pretty low #and all she said was to stop the medication #I think maybe she should have ordered blood work to check my iron levels and maybe put me on supplements to help bring it back up #y’all I’m sorry it’s just this bitch pissed me and still does #talkies

[aprazerhealth]

National Cancer Control Month - April 2023

April 2023 marks National Cancer Control Month, an important initiative to raise awareness and share information about cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Aprazer Healthcare is proud to join in this effort to fight cancer. During this month, Aprazer Healthcare will work to bring attention to the many resources available to those affected by cancer. To further enlighten people on the most current cancer therapies and technology, we will be offering educational opportunities to healthcare professionals, patients, and their families. Aprazer Healthcare also offers a variety of cancer-care services, including screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Our team of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare experts collaborate to give each patient individualized care.

Statistics

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Focused Areas

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Community Efforts

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Conclusion

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#Aprazer Healthcare #National Cancer Control Month

[rebirthgarments]

TW: Chemical w-rfare, Ab-rtion

Urgent Ask to evacuate Nara, a 🍉 disabled woman with MS who also has pancreatic cancer due to chemical w-rfare.

Support by financially contributing to her @FedUp4Palestine vetted funhnd-raizer (that I personally vetted): givebutter.com/NaraMedicalAid

+ resharing/ reposting this post!

I, Sky Cubacub- a Fed up 4 Palestine team member, have been in direct contact with Nara to get to know her and her story more over the past few days. We have become fast friends due to so many overlapping symptoms of our disabilities. Nara’s story caught my eye because I have post-viral ME/CFS which many times is a precursor to MS. I really want my disability community to show up for her to get this campaign funded that is so close to my heart so that she can continue medical treatment.

We have chatted extensively! During our chats, I found out from Nara that she had not previously had health issues until she was exposed in the white phosphorus attack in 2008. The long lasting damage and effects of phosphorus continue to compound and become more and more disabling to this day, even after 16 years.

Here is her story in her own words (edited for clarity):

“Hi I'm Nara,

I'm a cancer and multiple sclerosis patient. I need treatment, examinations, and follow-up on a regular basis, but the hospitals in which I used to follow up were bombed and the other one was turned into military barracks. All I need now is to leave Gaza for treatment, preserve my life, and live with my family in peace.

We're a family of 4, including my 12 and 7 year old children.

I had been diagnosed with a tumor in the pancreas as a result of inhaling phosphorus in a previous war. A couple years after being exposed to phosphorus, I became pregnant, and the fetus was pressing on the tumor, which drew the doctor’s attention to the cancer. My fetus was emergency aborted, and the spleen, 80% of the pancreas, and part of the small intestine were removed. I complained every now and then of a lot of pain as a result of the removal of part of the pancreas. I was having follow up care in the Turkish Friendship Hospital for hematology and tumors. But since the beginning of October, I have not been able to follow up because the hospital has turned into a military barracks.

The remaining part is talking about multiple sclerosis:

In 2018, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I had many complications, such as inflammation of the seventh nerve in the eye, the inability to walk with balance, movement with difficulty, and many symptoms. I was then required to take 12 injections every month and many medications and vitamins. I was following up at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, but unfortunately the hospital was out of service due to the war. So for a long time I have not received any injections. MS is truly difficult and it controls my life completely, and the attacks occur in many and varied ways.”

A note about her breathing apparatus:

Because people in displacement have to wait in long queues and pay to use the bathroom, Nara had started to restrict her water intake because of a UTI she never has been able to heal from. This has created a problem with raised levels of potassium, so doctors have placed her on oxygen for fear of the potassium affecting her heart.

Goals

she needs at least $15,000 to evacuate

2 adults at $5,000 each

2 children at $2,500 each

this price is subject to increase due to the cost of registration for evacuation continuing to go up

The other money will go to the cost of treatment and living costs.

Nara chooses to stay anonymous because she has had to mask her disabilities so much that only her family knows about her MS and Cancer, so we have not linked her instagram, but we are in direct contact with her and can verify that she is who she says she is! Because of this, she cannot promote her own fundraiser, so it is our job to collectively do it for her!

[Image Description: a digital illustration by @k8deciccio of Nara, a Pal-eh-stienian woman wearing a black hijab/outfit with purple highlights. She has a breathing apparatus that is bulbous that goes in her nose. Text Reads: Help Narawith Cancer and MS Treatment, She Must Evacuate with her family of 4. $30k goal givebutter.com/NaraMedicalAid . There is a QR code in the bottom right corner that goes to her support link. The @FedUp4Palestine logo is in the top left corner.]

#gaza genocide #gazaunderfire #stand with gaza #news on gaza #war on gaza #gaza strip #free gaza #gaza #gazaunderattack #save gaza #mutual aid #i personally vetted this fundraiser #disabled and cute #disabilityculture #disabilityarts #disabilityjustice #multiple sclerosis #cancer #pancreatic cancer

[blueside-hobi]

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#my friend has completely lost perspective over her fucking wedding #she has an aunt who just found out she has bone cancer and is progressed pretty badly and she is basically on her deathbed #my friend called me other day to complain about her mom which happens at least once a week #and during this call she talked about how her mom had put a couple things off #you know bc she just found out her aunt has cancer #and is dying #and my friend says to me 'it just sucks that it has to happen now because everyone is going to be upset at my wedding. i just hope she #doesn't pass away before my wedding day. I'm really not sure if i want her to be there because she might distract people' #like bitch #i can't fucking deal with this #like i should have told her months ago that she was being too controlling and needs to change her mindset #but now it's too late and she's fucking unhinged #and she just uses the excuse that 'it's her ONE day' #pretty sure it's been your fucking 2 years now #when this wedding is done I'm literally never doing anything else for her #i can only imagine how she'll be when she has kids #it's like i don't her anymore and it's terrifying #personal

[tarotwithavi]

When will you find love? And a little about your person.

How to choose a pile?

Close your eyes and take a deep breath and ask the angels to show you the right pile for you and open your eyes. The first pile that catches your attention is the right pile for you

Masterlist

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Pile 1

Alright pile 1! Welcome to your reading and the first message I'm getting is that you will find love when you start loving yourself The way You want to be loved. And it may be a long journey to be honest. However the love that will come to you between your journey is something you have dreamed of, and for some of you I am seeing that you may also attract your future spouse. Because I keep seeing a long committed relationship with the person that will come into your life when you start loving yourself. But I also want you to know that the universe will test you and will send you duplicate copies of your future spouse who are toxic so you may encounter some situations where you made out if this person is your future spouse or not and I want you to always choose yourself in such situations.

Now let's talk about that person, I see that for most of you this person could be a fire sign or an Earth sign. The person you are meant to be with is really mentally strong and embodies the traditional qualities of their gender. What I mean by that is if you are a woman attracted to men your person will embody all the qualities of a traditional man like being the caretaker, being the provider etc. women attracted to women then your person will embody all the qualities of a traditional woman like being supporting, being nurturing etc. and their qualities will not be toxic like how traditional man are viewed as controlling and lack of consideration etc. and I'm also getting that your person will spend their money on you and their love language maybe gifting. I also see that your person belongs to a really big family or a family that has a rich background like some sort of reality or respect that comes from being born in their family. I also see that your person has a really nice voice and whenever they speak it sounds soothing. For some of you their mother may have been a single mom or they may not have good relations with their father. I also see that your person requires a lot of rest because the work they do requires a lot of their energy and their work could be mentally draining.

Pile 2

How are you? Pile 2, first of all I have a good news for you, you are on the journey of finding love and I am saying that because I see that you have been putting a lot of work on yourself and you have been feeling full of love these days for some of you you can literally feel deep inside of you that you are about to meet someone whom you are going to fall in love with. I also see that some of you may have been invited to go somewhere or you will be invited in the near future and you may meet your person there. Some of you are about to find love within a month and some of you will find love in summer time. I also see that you are about to be asked out on a date and I want you to give this a chance because I feel positive Vibes from this pile (of course only accept if you feel like doing it)

Now let's talk about your person. I see that your person could be a fire or a water sign and Aries, Leo and cancer specifically. I see that this person has been through a lot and you can literally see it on their face or you may feel it when you meet them. I also see that you both share equal feelings for each other and this may be the person you are crushing on currently. They may be an artist or they may like to create beautiful things in their free time. Another message I'm picking upon is that they will give you handmade things like handwritten letters , DIY flowers etc because I see that they are someone who shows their Love by doing things for the person they love. I also see that on a side note they may suffer from anxiety or depression or they may have insomnia. However they will recover soon and they could be born in the month of April or April could be a significant month for you. I also see that they hide their pain and their sufferings from others. This person is really physically attractive and they always have something nice to say. They give great advice and the words that come out of their mouth are literally the words of wisdom. I also see that they may do charitable work or they may work in the medical field. Your person may be a bit different from you or from the way you were brought up. For some of you, they can have a fear of lizards or it can be the complete opposite. They may wear a hat or turban, it could be related to their culture.

Pile 3

Heyyyy pile 3! The first thing I'm getting is that this pile is divided into two groups. People who resonate more with group 1 will find love soon, like within 5 to 6 months and the people who resonate with group 2 will find love in , maybe 11 months to 14 months. Now I will be listing some things which will help you find your group. If you are a fire sign or you talk a lot or you talk really fast, walk fast, have a black round mole on your right hand or right side of your body, long fingers, wear glasses not contracts, have more than 8 friends who you talk to, or like pink then you are group 1. And if you are an Earth sign, wear baggy clothes, have a great balance, are or may have been a cheerleader, live near forest, droopy nose, long fingernails or are wearing a black top/hoodie currently then you are group 2. Of course, you can read if you don't resonate with any of these groups.

Okay so I see that some of you literally manifested this person. Within the past 9 months you may have done a ritual or made a wish about love and your wish is about to be granted. I also see that you may meet this person through a friend or your sibling. Because I see that you will get to know this person through a mutual friend or someone. Another message I'm getting is that your person is literally a dream come true for you however I also see that they may have a lot of passion (you know what I'm talking about 🌝👀) and I also see that they are really knowledgeable they may speak 3 to 4 languages and they may have a lot of friends that are different from them. Another thing I'm getting is that some of you share a past life connection with this person and in this lifetime you two are meant to be together so nothing can pull you apart. I also see that your person has a lot of responsibility on their shoulders and I also see that sometimes they get overwhelmed by taking care of everything. They also have a tendency to stress over things they cannot control. Your person could be an air sign or Earth sign. They already have a bright personality and a lot of people notice them. I also see that they know how to take care of things and situations but sometimes they just stress over nothing. They have good time management and hate people who are not punctual. They know what they are capable of and they know what they deserve. They are really sure about themselves and they will not second guess their choices. They require a lot of time alone to function properly, however that will not be a hurdle in your relationship because I see that you have this quality too.

Muah 💋

#tarot reading #tarot cards #pick a card #free readings #free tarot #tarot #pick a pile #tarotblr #pick a picture #pick a photo #tarotwithavi #tarot witch #tarotwisdom #tarotoftumblr #tarot readings #spiritual community #future lover #intuitive readings #psychic readings #fortune telling

[science-for-the-masses]

Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop Test

Joy Milne, 72, from Perth, Scotland, has a hyper-sensitive sense of smell, allowing her to be able to smell Parkinson’s disease, which progressively damages parts of the brain over many years.

She discovered her unusual ability when her late husband, Les, developed a different odour when he was 33. She described it as a ‘musky aroma’. That was 12 years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Les, who was a doctor, was determined to research the link between odour and Parkinson’s, and contacted Dr Tilo Kunath at the University of Edinburgh, who paired up with Professor Perdita Barran to begin the research. They determined that the reasons for a change in the scent of a person suffering the disease is due to a chemical change of the skin oil (sebum).

In the preliminary sessions, Milne was asked to smell T-shirts worn by people who had Parkinson’s and those who did not. She successfully identified all of the Parkinson’s patients, but told researchers that a member of the control group, a non-Parkinson’s patient, did smell like the disease. 8 months later, they were diagnosed with the disease.

Now, a team of researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a simple test involving a cotton bud swiped down the back of the neck that can identify those with Parkinson’s. The molecules on the cotton bud can be examined using mass spectrometry, which helps the diagnosis. This is a huge leap forward, as there is no definitive test for Parkinson’s, and a diagnosis is based on symptoms and medical history. Currently, there are no cures for Parkinson’s, but an early diagnosis can help begin the treatment early, lessening the speed of the deterioration.

Milne says she can sometimes smell that a person has Parkinson’s when walking down the street, but has been told by medical ethicists that she cannot tell them. She is continuing to work with scientists to see if she can smell other diseases, like cancer or TB, and hopes that one day her talent can be considered normal diagnosis.

Source: the Guardian, written by PA Media

#science #science communication #scicomm #stem #science education #biology #health #medical science #parkinson's disease

[beatrixstonehill2]

"Guys, I cannot believe my college talked me into signing up for unlimited clinical trials, like it was some noble thing I'd earn extra credit doing while supporting a good cause like medical research. This is totally out of control.... I was almost an A-Cup only eight months ago. I start college and immediately I'm sent into these trials. I'm seated next to a girl so pregnant she can hardly get out of her chair, taking selfies, giggling about bursting. And a trans girl with the biggest cock I've ever seen, inflated to the point that it couldn't possibly be used to penetrate anyone. She was sitting on her testicles like cushions, whispering to me that her cock produced three gallons of cum a day..... but the researchers overlooking her trial wanted to double that.

I got so nervous. I was sat in a room with a team of researchers, they said they were going to monitor the unimpeded growth of various cysts and tumors as a form of 'natural' breast growth, an alternative to implants and pharmaceuticals. The sample cysts and cancerous growths were surgically inserted into my breasts. They shot my breasts with radiation to help them grow and mutate. My team is very happy with my progress and want to increase my radiation dose. Look at these things! They're completely out of control already.....

I can actually feel the growths inside of them and I'm told not to worry about them. That everything is 'safe' despite them admitting this is a new breast expansion technique. But they're assuring me I'm extremely lucky since I get to test the technology and benefit from such immense levels of fast, 'safe' growth. I ask them how big my breasts will have to get before the test is over and they tell me each breast should weigh close to 200lbs by graduation. 200lbs!? Of pure cysts and tumors, growing and spreading, my breasts basically incapable of not getting bigger, so either I'll have to get them removed or endure breasts that never stop growing, despite the fact that I'll be bedbound long before I graduate... Going to class in a wheelchair probably, no clothes big enough to cover my boobs, so they'll be exposed for everyone to see. My poor boobs! I guess I have no choice but to watch helplessly as they each get so big they weigh twice as much as me a piece! God.... and I think I have back trouble now...."

#breast expansion #be #breast inflation #enormous breasts

[cupidlovesastro]

𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒮𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝒪𝒷𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝑒𝓈 ✽

✽ taurus mars can be slow to anger, but once they’re mad, they are mad

✽ virgo sun, moon, or mercuries can get stressed out when they feel like they’re losing control of their life or situations

✽ capricorn moons feel things deeply. they are ruled by saturn and saturn has over 100 moons orbiting it! saturn represents restriction though, which means expressing their feelings are not easy at all. capricorn is also opposite of cancer (cancer rules the moon) so this may not be the most comfortable placement

✽ virgo mercuries can ramble about a topic, or talk about a specific topic often

✽ taurus venus’s could end up with a partner who is a great cook, relaxed, and loves to spoil you/ be spoiled

✽ capricorn in the 6th house can mean that if you work out that you could push yourself to the limits. you could feel the need to discipline yourself in that way

✽ taurus in the 10th house can mean that you got popular from your beauty

✽ taurus risings tend to have bigger cheeks, long necks, smaller noses with short nose bridges , and prominent chins. women seems to have very feminine features, and considered to be conventionally attractive.

✽ virgo risings have pointer noses, long or short head shapes, down turned eyes, and the corner of their lips are pointy. also, many of them tend to look younger than their actual age

✽ capricorn risings have a square shape head, upturned or almond eyes, defined cheeks, and good teeth. i also noticed that people with this placement enjoy dressing in a high class way or modern

✽ juno in 6th house can mean that you want to feel useful to your partner in any way you can

✽ lie in 2nd house can mean you lie to your job or about your job. this can also indicate your lies hold value to people, they could be serious lies or one that’s just important for whatever reason

✽ pallas in 10th house can mean you find strength and courage through masculinity or your masculine side

✽ cupido in taurus can mean that you have crushes for a long amount of time. you also could get crushes quite slowly, like you have a crush every few months or even years

✽ being earth dominant can mean your stable, stubborn, calm, laid back, hardworking, critical, routine oriented, and materialistic

✽ lacking earth can indicate being flexible, free spirited, action oriented, in the moment, and going with the flow

#astro community #astro observations #astro placements #astro posts #astrology #zodiac shit #gemini #capricorn #aries #scorpio #taurus #virgo #astrology ask #astrology community #astrology notes #astrology aspects #astrology stuff #astro notes #astrology chart #natal astrology #astrology signs #astroblr

[reasonandempathy]

"You chose to have a kid"

A key point in framing is that almost every anti-choice idiot says, is that they always frame it as "the choice to have a kid". Specifically, in this case:

"You chose to have sex, so you have to deal with the kid"

Let's just...side-step the puritanical root of punishing people for having sex, and the actual, sincere belief that humans Not Having Sex is something we can actually achieve, which is stupid.

People explicitly make choices to not have kids when they have sex, too.

There are whole swaths of things that men and women do, hopefully overlapping, to not have kids.

None of them are 100% effective. Even Female and Male sterilization aren't 100% effective, other than a full blown hysterectomy.

Literally, a man and a woman can both go to a doctor, have actual surgeries performed so they don't have kids, have sex with one another, and still wind up pregnant. Especially if it's in the first few years after their surgeries are performed. Surgeries which have weeks to months of recovery time, planning, and costing thousands of dollars each.

I choose to go to work every day; punishing me for getting hit by a cab as a "potential outcome" of going to work is fucking ludicrous. People smoking are more likely to get a cancer, but we still treat them in hospitals. Getting AIDS from donating blood is a thing that can happen, but you're damn well going to sue the hospital or agency that gave you AIDS. I can play the lottery every day and eventually win a million dollars, but it's still "the stupid tax" and actually thinking it will happen is the literal Gold Standard for "not gonna happen".

Nowhere else in society do we accept bullshit like that except when we're talking about controlling women and their sex lives for doing things you don't want them to. And it's always, always from the same people who want the woman to deliver the baby (which itself has a high risk of just killing the mom outright, especially in the US) who don't want to feed the baby when it's delivered, who don't want to give it a home or clothes or healthcare.

Again, that's before we even get to:

#abortion #pro-choice #roe #roe v wade #birth control #healthcare #reproductive rights #bodily autonomy #original content

[modmad]

Hey Mod, I don't know what's going on that hurt you, I feel like I missed something that's happened, but I can tell from what I did see that it didn't just hurt you, but scared you and made you feel a Lot of doubt. I've also seen a lot of messages pouring in with support, and I want to share mine.

I have hypermobile type EDS, fibromyalgia, and a whole bucket's worth of faulty wiring in my brain. And I've always had stories to tell but I never felt I was good enough to share them. If it's because I can't focus enough to get through nanowrimo, or because I can't manage the focus and time towards drawing as a hobby, or the fact that an excessive amount of either for me leads to my hands wanting to shut down. But you? You *inspire* me. Your stories, all the ones I've seen, read, experienced in some way or another, they're so good. And you're open and honest with your fans about your own health, and of course, we support you and always would rather you rest and feel as best you can, instead of pushing out something and working yourself too hard. But all of this is to say that. I think I would have given up on my own stories if I hadn't found you and yours.

I hope whatever is going on sorts itself out, I hope you're able to keep telling your stories. At your own pace, in your own way. I think you deserve to be happy. If there's anything we (your fans, especially those of us too awkward to come off anon, whoops,) can do, to help in some way? Even if it's silly videos or cute cat pictures or whatever it is that could just help you smile. We're here. We love you.

woof. I woke up to so many messages I can't even read them all in one go I'm getting too emotional- I do feel I owe an explanation so I'll explain what happened under the cut but all you guys need to know is I'm okay, I got through it, I love you, and you're so important to me and I'm so grateful for all the messages that have asked me to stay.

tw for suicidal thoughts and all that

yeah so I have the bad morning of all mornings: was introduced to the fact there's this one character (Mr Puzzles) on a very popular youtube that. resembles RGB. incredibly strongly. like. I don't want to link to it just look if you want to. Anyway at the time I thought it had just dropped (seems to have been around for 6 months actually), and having commented on it I immediately got an inbox full of hate mail.

My website, meanwhile, had locked both me and my web designer out of it, and- already in a bad state of mind- I went into full on panic/paranoid spiral of 'they have hacked it, and they are going to delete any proof that I was here before them.' This of course wasn't true, and we have since recalimed control of the site (don't know what happened there but hey. it's fine???? haha. ha.)

On top of this my father has terminal cancer of the pancreas, which is horrible for everyone already but it means that- at some point this year- I am going to be the only person with an active income in my house. I am disabled, do not make a lot of money, and the cost of living is skyrocketing. Combine that with months of Despair at the world right now, with the multiple wars, genocide, corruption and AI and the loss of control any of us have over our IP or lives and I just decided it was time to end it all.

I somehow remembered this was a bad idea to act on immediately (hard during a period of entirely irrational thought) and instead went for a very long walk, crossed the bridge I could have jumped off and during that I came out of the worst of it. I then came back home to so much love online I felt deeply ashamed for ever contemplating it, and I cried a lot. My nose is still puffy and now my feet hurt! lmao

Anyway. Yeah. There's your context. I am not going to stop hoping, making, or living. I am prone to moments of weakness and this was one of the worst of them and I am still here, thanks in a large part to all of you. I might need you in the future to defend me against this, or people who take our ideas, but I hope you know that I will do the same for you. We need each other, and to be there for you I need to be here at all.

also fuck Mr Puzzles

#context for mod's little (massive) mental breakdown yesterday #you don't need to read it but I felt folks are due an explanation #tw suicide #ask to tag #mental health is wow!!!! a thing