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hellyeahsickaf · 3 months
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I found an extremely dope disability survival guide for those who are homebound, bedbound, in need of disability accommodations, or would otherwise like resources for how to manage your life as a disabled person. (Link is safe)
It has some great articles and resources and while written by people with ME/CFS, it keeps all disabilities in mind. A lot of it is specific to the USA but even if you're from somewhere else, there are many guides that can still help you. Some really good ones are:
How to live a great disabled life- A guide full of resources to make your life easier and probably the best place to start (including links to some of the below resources). Everything from applying for good quality affordable housing to getting free transportation, affordable medication, how to get enough food stamps, how to get a free phone that doesn't suck, how to find housemates and caregivers, how to be homebound, support groups and Facebook pages (including for specific illnesses), how to help with social change from home, and so many more.
Turning a "no" into a "yes"- A guide on what to say when denied for disability aid/accommodations of many types, particularly over the phone. "Never take no for an answer over the phone. If you have not been turned down in writing, you have not been turned down. Period."
How to be poor in America- A very expansive and helpful guide including things from a directory to find your nearest food bank to resources for getting free home modifications, how to get cheap or free eye and dental care, extremely cheap internet, and financial assistance with vet bills
How to be homebound- This is pretty helpful even if you're not homebound. It includes guides on how to save spoons, getting free and low cost transportation, disability resources in your area, home meals, how to have fun/keep busy while in bed, and a severe bedbound activity master list which includes a link to an audio version of the list on Soundcloud
Master List of Disability Accommodation Letters For Housing- Guides on how to request accommodations and housing as well as your rights, laws, and prewritten sample letters to help you get whatever you need. Includes information on how to request additional bedrooms, stop evictions, request meetings via phone, mail, and email if you can't in person, what you can do if a request is denied, and many other helpful guides
Special Laws to Help Domestic Violence Survivors (Vouchers & Low Income Housing)- Protections, laws, and housing rights for survivors of DV (any gender), and how to get support and protection under the VAWA laws to help you and/or loved ones receive housing and assistance
Dealing With Debt & Disability- Information to assist with debt including student loans, medical debt, how to deal with debt collectors as well as an article with a step by step guide that helped the author cut her overwhelming medical bills by 80%!
There are so many more articles, guides, and tools here that have helped a lot of people. And there are a lot of rights, resources, and protections that people don't know they have and guides that can help you manage your life as a disabled person regardless of income, energy levels, and other factors.
Please boost!
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transmalewife · 2 years
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you can make posts that are anti lawns and pro biodiversity without downplaying the real, terrible danger that ticks pose
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typhlonectes · 8 months
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Lizards may be protecting people from Lyme disease in the southeastern U.S.
The reptiles make poor hosts for transmitting the infection.
Lyme disease is one of the most devastating tick-borne infections in the United States, affecting more than 300,000 people each year. It's also one of the most mysterious: The creature that spreads it—the black-legged tick—lives throughout the country. Yet the northeastern United States is home to far more cases than anywhere else. Now, researchers have identified an unexpected reason: lizards. Black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, carry corkscrew-shaped bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks pick up the pathogens—spirochetes that belong to the genus Borrelia—when they suck the blood of animals like mice, deer, and lizards. In the next stage of their life cycle, the ticks may latch onto an unlucky human. But every host transmits the microbes differently. Reptiles are worse transmitters than mammals, so ticks that have lived on reptiles are less likely to make people sick. The north-south divide in Lyme cases is a fairly sharp line right along the border of Virginia and North Carolina. Researchers have hypothesized that disparity in cases stems from ticks feeding on different hosts in the two regions...
Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/lizards-may-be-protecting-people-lyme-disease-southeastern-united-states
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gayaest · 10 months
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His symptoms of his Lyme Disease are life-long, as they didn’t find the tick bite fast at all, and it raged on for a long while.
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mindblowingscience · 5 months
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Using a technique that has shown promise in targeting cancer tumors, researchers have found a way to deploy a molecular “warhead” that can annihilate the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Tested in cell cultures using the Borrelia burgdoferi bacterium, the approach holds the potential to target not only bacteria, but also fungi such as yeast and viruses. The findings appear in the journal Cell Chemical Biology. “This transport mechanism gets internalized in the bacterium and brings in a molecule that causes what we’ve described as a berserker reaction—a programmed death response,” says Timothy Haystead, professor in the pharmacology and cancer biology department at Duke University. “It wipes out the bacteria—sterilizes the culture with a single dose of light. And then when you look at what occurs with electron microscopy, you see the collapse of the chromosome.”
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chordsykat · 10 months
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PSA on Ticks
Guys, I'm gonna get right to it. The other day I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease.
As most of you may know, I live in a very wooded area, and the little asshole deer ticks have been exceptionally bad, this year. Here in my part of PA, we're also on the verge of a drought, so these idiots are looking for any opportunity they can find to get inside your house where you, your pets, and their next drink can be found.
If. You. Go. Outside. Check. Yourself. For. Ticks.
Every night.
I didn't. And here I am, with these nasty aches and a lymph node the size of a golfball on my leg which, honestly, 0 out of 10 on that guy. But I'm lucky. There's a very good chance I'll recover completely and have no leftover effects. But that's because I caught it early and was lucky enough to have "classic symptoms."
The best medicine for this stuff is prevention. Please take care of yourselves <3
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theecrybaby · 8 months
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Bringing back my F*CK Chronic Illness stickers on a made to order basis so that I can keep making new ones every day, for everybody. They have a graphic relating to the illness and the outline is the color of the awareness ribbon. (I also have POTS and Diabetes, which I had manufactured)
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Why Does Mummy Hurt?
Helping Children Cope With The Challenges Of Having A Caregiver With Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, or Autoimmune Disease
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The children of people with chronic illness and pain suffer quietly. "Why Does Mommy Hurt?" is a joyful, yet honest, portrayal of family life burdened with chronic illness. This is a delightful story told by a young boy learning to understand and cope with his mother's illness. The story creates natural opportunities for families to talk about both the symptoms of chronic illness, and how they affect family life. Even more importantly, the story puts power into the hands of the children. It also offers a helpful "Tips and Resources" section for parents! This book is appropriate for a wide-variety of illnesses associated with chronic pain, such as: Lupus, Lyme Disease, ME, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Autoimmune Disease, and many others. 
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I drew this cute little wolf spider the other night really quickly after reading WAY too many "kill it with fire" comments... sometimes they get tiresome. I'm sure many can relate.
I know this isnt my typical style but this was done quickly to convey an important message.
Stickers are available - www.grayghostcreations.etsy.com
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yourdailyqueer · 5 months
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Sini Anderson
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Queer/lesbian
DOB: 6 November 1969  
Ethnicity: White - American
Occupation: Director, producer, performance artist, activist, choreographer, dancer and poet
Note: Has Lyme Disease
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aromanticmara · 8 months
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reminder to check yourself and others for ticks if you’ve been outside in talk grasses or forests! lyme disease can become chronic and affects your nervous system, joints, and heart.
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catmat · 5 months
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This is Ren: an incredible artist and musician who is chronically ill and vocal about his struggles with both his physical and mental health. Recently, his record went to #1 in the UK with just independent promotion in between his medical treatments.
If you haven't already, listen to Ren's new album. You won't be disappointed!
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plaguedocboi · 1 year
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can leeches catch Lyme disease from you or are they ok?
(You mentioned you feed your leeches on yourself, and I assume Lyme is spread by blood because ticks bite? Correct me if I'm wrong)
This is something I was worried about, but based on the research I’ve done, leeches can’t catch or spread Lyme. Like, their gut bacteria will destroy it.
I haven’t fed them since my diagnosis (mostly because I was on various antibiotics and that wouldn’t have been good for them) but based on what I’ve read I think it will be safe to feed them now.
In theory, since I’ve finished the antibiotics, I shouldn’t have Lyme anymore (but I’ll probably have to get re-tested to make sure). The symptoms persist because the bacteria triggers an autoimmune response that messes up joint tissue, and that can take a while to resolve. Either way, leeches shouldn’t be able to catch it!
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I walked for a whole 20 minutes on the treadmill at the gym at a reasonable walk!! Big accomplishments happening!
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drafthorsemath · 4 months
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Life update on me and Hudson
Hudson is nearing the end of his treatment for Lymes and he's going to be done his treatment for EPM just before Christmas. The worrying thing is that he can start to get worse again once the drugs stop and then we need to figure out what else to do. There's one other drug we could try. I hope that he will at least maintain where he's at now. We're trying a supplement that may or may not help, but we think it at least won't hurt.
I am waiting to hear back from my doctor about scheduling a biopsy, and was told the biopsy itself may not happen until after the new year. I've started having worse and more frequent pain, but other symptoms are a little more bearable and closer to my "normal" simply by stopping the progesterone.
If you find me reblogging things from way back on your blog, it's because it's a great distraction and makes me happy. I'm also trying to get a fic written on the better days when I have energy. I really want to get it finished. Crosshair deserves it.
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mindblowingscience · 5 months
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Scientists at Tufts University School of Medicine have developed a genome-scale metabolic model or "subway map" of key metabolic activities of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Using this map, they have successfully identified two compounds that selectively target routes only used by Lyme disease to infect a host. Their research was published October 19 in the journal mSystems. While neither medication is a viable treatment for Lyme because they have numerous side effects, the successful use of the computational "subway map" to predict drug targets and possible existing treatments demonstrates that it may be possible to develop micro-substances that only block Lyme disease while leaving other helpful bacteria untouched
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