Rose Newell | codeword: creative

Yo. Please feed Palestine. People in Gaza are starving to death, hostages included.

I'd really like something to just protect me from reinfection so I don't have to mask everywhere... It's so limiting.

Yeah, I know someone in that situation, too. MCAS is sort of autoimmune adjacent, and we all end up with that. But that can be helped with the things I mentioned and there is hope. But auto-antibodies is a whole different pile of crap. Sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

I was then able to reduce drugs, travel to see my family, even hike on a good day. Now it's a waiting game to see if I'll make scientific history and fully recover from endothelial damage in time. I say that because it's complete no man's land. Nobody knows.

...in concert with midodrine and methylphenidate for blood pressure issues.

Vaccines (Biontech/Pfizer) always helped.

Andrographis was what turned the corner. Then about 6 months into taking andrographis, one vaccine just massively changed everything. Like it finally got the last bits.

That also helped a friend with LC and EDS. I think covid was in our bladders - viral reservoir - as our general symptoms also improved massively with that.

The main things that allowed me personally to clear it from reservoirs (based on symptoms) were doxycycline, curcumin, and andrographis...

So before covid, I did once have chronic bronchitis that just kept coming back.

We're also vulnerable to recurrent bladder infections and interstitial cystitis. Essentially self-diagnosed and treated my issue with that after covid - with doctor's involvement after I'd started. 6 weeks doxycycline.

It really just depends on our muscle tone and natural immune system quirks.

I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome on top, so my immune system is specifically weak to coronaviruses due to how they multiply based on collagen. Flu isn't like that. But EDS is also vulnerable to real, deep lung infections.

There's no relevant research or treatments. The only things I am on that help are ones I researched myself - things relating to NO:
Escitalopram
Nebivolol

Both reduce vascular inflammation via nitric oxide, something of a desired side effect more than the main method of action.

So I had basically retained the usual good reaction to flu in the respiratory system, but my vascular system - or to put it more accurately, the endothelial system and the associated mast cells, just couldn't cope.

To give you an example:
I used to be as good as immune to flu. It was some weird fluke with me. Only caught it properly once and it was bird/swine flu. Everyone was in bed for weeks. Me? 2 days.

Caught normal flu at the doctor's in Jan. Down for 3 or more weeks with vascular systems only. So odd.

Yep. And constant vulnerability to things.

Recarding the allergies, it's mast cell activation - at different levels. So yeah, immune system damage.

I had LC actively for 3.5 years - my airways never got that affected. Vascular system is still a mess, though, even years into recovery (first waver).

To be fair, I have a neighbour with a chronic dry cough. It's constant. I feel things like that are so much more common since 2019. It must be covid effects. Adults seem to cough more, too.

Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.

Long Covid has overtaken childhood Asthma in the US. There must be a similar picture globally in countries like the US who have pushed the natural immunity narrative. It’s not mild, there is at present no cure. Children have a chronic wet dry cough. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The many innocent civilians of the state of Palestine are still starving.

Ah yes, because everyone just loves AI art in games, and every game played by everyone ever involves AI.

A Monday reminder that Gaza is still starving.

Genocide is still happening.

Every nation that remains silent and failing to sanction Israel - even supplying support - is still complicit.

I got tagged in a tweet announcing an AI-generated adventure game, making some wild claims about how it’s fully voiced by a star-studded cast with orchestrated music (it’s all AI)

The worst part? It isn’t even original, it’s a knockoff of Maniac Mansion.

Please don’t do this, people.

And goalies that can deflect penalties...

This is an extremely good way to put it!

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

Israel is starving Gaza | Editorial ***

Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

Interesting! It feeeeeels like a lot of extra work just to use Elementor, though. It's comparatively easy to get 100/100/100/100 without all the effort in Oxygen or static. But kudos to you for showing it can be done!

Noticing a theme here.

Feed Palestine

Who cares about dead bad people, like Hulk Hogan or Epstein, when kids are starving to death in Gaza?

Hunger should never be a weapon. We must never do business with a state that thinks it is.

Feed, feed Palestine.

Feed Palestine

The problem is that goes against the standard default, globally. But I figure anyone with serious preferences will have set their preference specifically. Or alternatively, they can use the GUI to fix it. The only page without a GUI fix is the 404 page - that just uses global preferences.

My ADHD client the other day, who has as much trouble with me when it comes to light mode:

"Do we have to have light mode...?"

Unfortunately, yes, we do. Accessibility. But my code makes dark mode the default unless specified otherwise.

My dad: "Bah, neurodiversity. Whatever."

Also my dad:
"Oh, I always felt numbers had genders."
"I need to print a crossword to do while we watch our special TV programme."
"I can't stand light mode..."

#adhd #runsinthefamily

Ban X.