just as an example, say one income range is 50-60k and then the next range for the same type of apartment is 65-75k. What happens if you make 61k, are you just not eligible to apply for that lottery?
most of the chronic illnesses groups i’ve been in tend to skew towards older people, so I’m curious if anyone around my age would be interested in connecting
it’s becoming increasingly hard to keep up with my other friends, so I’d love to connect with people who actually understand what it’s like to be chronically ill
long story short, I had a couple chocolate covered cashews, fully knowing that I’m allergic to chocolate and now finding out that i’m even more allergic to cashews, but just took a zyrtec/ famotidine and assumed it’d be fine like usual since it wasn’t a lot.
anyway, I started feeling a little sick after that and got mild versions of my usual mcas symptoms (hives, heart racing, itching, a little shortness of breath, etc) but nothing too bad. I ended up going to a concert about a half hour later and felt pretty ok for the whole show, and then as soon as it ended, the full GI mcas flare hit me bad (for some reason, I don’t usually have throat swelling for my severe mcas reactions, but i do get intense gi flares that almost mimic food poisoning?). anyway, I’m curious if the adrenaline during the concert could have essentially delayed my mcas flare or if that’s just a coincidence?
Does anyone else experience this? I’ve had this my entire life and just thought it was normal until my friends thought i was crazy for saying this. It’s like a warm coating that lines your entire mouth but especially the throat and happens no matter what type of sugar I eat. my body temperature also rises and i start sweating a little bit
Can’t tell if it’s due to my candida, sibo, mcas (or an allergy independent of my mcas), or something else (i’ve got a lot of health issues so could really be anything😂)
and, yes, I’ve been heavily screened for both types of diabetes and am negative for all tests
they’re low fodmap but curious if anyone reacts to them anyway. cooked carrots make me nauseous for some unknown reason, but I can’t tell how I tolerate raw carrots, sometimes I have symptoms and sometimes I don’t. so I’m curious if you generally tolerate or avoid carrots, and if there’s a difference between raw and cooked carrots in terms of sibo (i have methane sibo/ imo if that makes a difference)
i see conflicting info about whether or not to include carrots. cooked carrots make me nauseous for some unknown reason, but I can’t tell how I tolerate raw carrots, sometimes I have symptoms and sometimes I don’t. so I’m curious if you generally tolerate or avoid carrots, and if there’s a difference between raw and cooked carrots in terms of candida
I’m working as a consultant right now on a 4 day/ 32 hour work week schedule due to several different chronic illnesses that don’t allow me to work a full time 40 hours schedule (even 32 is rough on me a lot of the time) but the billable hours emphasis in consulting is starting to also take a toll on my health, so I’m considering a return to public service
However, I’d need to continue working at my reduced schedule, which is why I’m wondering if you/ any coworkers you know of have successfully obtained an accommodation similar to this (for reduced salary of course)
Is this something I should bring up during the interview process to make sure it’d be a possibility within the scope of that role/team? I’m not in any rush to leave my current job, so if this hurts my chances, I’m able to wait for the right opportunity. And roles that are already listed as part time are very few and tend to be temp positions
my PT is eds aware but is primarily a schroth pt for my scoliosis. her general philosophy is to teach proper form/ technique and not limit the activities you can or can’t do and generally live your life without restriction, which makes sense to an extent but i’m not sure I fully agree with that if you’re causing permanent damage for the long term. regardless, I’m in between insurances so I can’t get her opinion at the moment but I do remember her once making an offhand comment about how she generally doesn’t advise her eds patients to run unless they are very passionate about it
I can’t do long distance running because of mcas but tolerate shorter distances up to a mile (mcas wise at least). Would running shorter distances (at a fast pace) be better or worse on an EDS body compared to distance running? Or are both discouraged? Would love to hear anyone’s PT’s opinion on this too
I’m not super passionate about running so it’s not the end of the world if I’m better off avoiding it altogether. I just miss the runners high after fast running a mile lol but my body is more important given I have 3 different connective tissue disorders 🫠