I have a mirror of this on dreamwidth-- https://labyris13.dreamwidth.org/Read more... )

Ramya was living in New Mexico and went to the ER with chest pain and difficulty breathing on Saturday evening or night, not sure of the time ( Read more... )

YOU DON'T LOOK ANOREXIC"New research shows that our assumptions about eating disorders are often wrong - and that many larger-bodied people are starving themselves ( Read more... )

I'm going through certain entries here where everything has a tag, first, so I can make sure I tag it in the new journal--I imported the bulk of my entries some time ago and then tried to keep both updated in tandem. But the memories didn't transfer and the tags also didn't. So I'm going to work on organizing things again so I can find important ( Read more... )

It was the first time I've entered a store since the pandemic began. Masks are not required now but I wore one anyway.

Then I figured why not and went next door to a health food store and got some cut fruit. Living dangerously!

Maggie Stiefvater wrote:

I had to delete so many chapters of the Dreamer Trilogy, right up to the last book, because I was too angry ( Read more... )

Dave and I got our first COVID vaccination yesterday, took us nearly half the day because we drove to another town an hour away. Those were the first appointments we could register for online. We were also waiting thirty minutes after our shots by their request to be very sure I had no adverse reaction. Felt fine. Took a long nap when I got back ( Read more... )

Fat Patients’ Bias Epidemic: https://medium.com/@thefatshadow/the-bias-epidemic-8f27e79bd21c

Excerpt:

"Have you ever been misdiagnosed by a doctor due to your size? What were the repercussions of your misdiagnosis?” I asked on Twitter. I had become ( Read more... )

After a dramatic scene with my mom and grandma when Mom found my suitcases in her trunk during a trip to Keokuk, where I planned to catch a bus to the St. Louis temple, I was finally on my way. Grandma said she wouldn't give me my birthday government savings bonds she'd purchased for me every year if I left and I told her she could keep her money; ( Read more... )

Content Warning: abuse, neglect, poverty, insects, rodents, suicide, depression, dieting, body shaming and bullying ( Read more... )