Awake for 24+ hours - so, leftover shrimp with some rice and random sauces

I've been watching Law and Order: SVU for like 12 hours straight.

Anyway...

basmati rice I made last(?) night

my partner's leftover shrimp w/onion and spinach from 2(?) nights ago

drizzle of seemingly immortal garlic chili crunch

some scallion ginger "umami" sauce

last dribbles of my favorite dumpling sauce

splash of soy sauce

splooge of sweet and sour that didn't wanna come out of its jar

Oh, and butter ✌🏻

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 1 day ago

Is this fibro: my hands will become consumed by burning pain if I grip something for too long with too much effort/force

Such as: stirring a pot of Mac and cheese, folding a fitted sheet, or trying to fix something small and fiddly.

Basically, things that require my fingers to pinch to grip.

If it's something I can't stop doing as soon as it starts hurting (like needing to finish mixing my pot of food) then the pain quickly consumes my whole hand like fire and after relaxing my hands it takes a while for the pain to subside and my hands kinda become useless for a while.

Discussing this pain with my Dr is what caused her to put me on the amitriptyline since my joint pain has been helped a lot with the celecoxib and increased gabapentin. But, I was kinda expecting there to be a referral or additional testing like they do for carpel tunnel. So I'm questioning a little.

Is this kind of pain common for fibro?

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u/H0pefulUn1verse — 3 days ago

The last of my tomatoes

Frozen hunk of sourdough loaf defrosted by splitting and grilling in butter in a pan under a lid

Duke's mayo

The last end of my tomatoes

Salt

Pieces of a pre sliced mozzarella log

Balsamic glaze sloshes

Goodbye sweet tomatoes, I will miss you (until SNAP comes in and I can get more)

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 3 days ago

Just found this sub, is this the right place to gush about how much I adore Out There by Kate Folk???

I'm obsessed.

The themes of complicated self destructive women speak to me and I found the book during a significant part of my life and completely imprinted on it.

I've reread it a couple times now and I know it's going to be a book that basically goes to the grave with me.

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 4 days ago

Frozen taquitos that like to shit the inside of my air fryer, and homemade refried beans I keep frozen in cubes for emergencies like this (plus sour cream)

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 4 days ago

Is fibro the reason that sometimes just gentle pressure on my skin/muscles (usually the upper arms) can hurt like an S.O.B? That massage is painful?

A rheumatologist diagnosed me with fibro last year and I didn't really take it seriously because at the time it felt particularly dismissive as my main complaint was joint pain and I strongly suspected (still do) hEDS. He did some tests and basically said "if these come back negative we're just gonna say it's fibromyalgia".

Since then, as I've gotten some help with my joint pain, I've been able to start identifying and separating the rest of my body pain - I'm autistic and have historically struggled with recognizing what and where my body hurts so in my late 30s I'm finally figuring stuff out.

Got me thinking about how my muscles are often just super sore to the touch in a way I've mostly ignored but have thought it probably shouldn't be like that - is this a common experience in the fibromyalgia community?

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u/H0pefulUn1verse — 5 days ago

I thought she was just a tortico, but I think Punkin might belong here!

White chest and paws with tortiseshell coloring and calico patches - is this correct? Been trying to nail down what she is.

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 5 days ago

Gummies and "tacos"

The last of my green onion & garlic confit cream cheese, some shredded extra sharp cheddar, chicken nuggets, curly fries, inside grilled flour tortillas, and tostitos nacho cheese to dip in

I'm in heaven

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 6 days ago

I've stopped buying buns, but hotdogs are still one of my main foodgroups

Two cheap hotdogs microwaved, tucked in white bread with mayo, ketchup, and diced onions. Curly fries on the side.

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 7 days ago

S12E2 - Sick Day is such a great example of storytelling, performance, and character development

I love episodes where we get snapshots of their lives and how the job affects them. I really appreciate how JJ and Will interact in this one. Feels like a standout episode.

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 7 days ago
▲ 67 r/XFiles

Saw this on the shelves today!

Wanted to get it but 🤷🏻 whose got magazine money these days

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 7 days ago

Chaotic beginnings but delicious endings - egg salad on grilled wheat bread

My day started a bit chaotic and I need to go do stuff but I need to eat something a little more solid than cheezits on top of my meds so I decided to boil the 3 eggs that needed to be used and figure it out from there while I made my partners food.

I ended up grilling some frozen wheat bread in bacon fat and turned the eggs into egg salad.

Egg salad; eggs boiled for 8 1/2 minutes, mayo, Dijon mustard, diced onion, salt

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 7 days ago

Terrible photo, but after I ate the first one I had to share it

Chicken nuggets, curly fries, and mayo mixed with mild Taco Bell sauce, in a small soft flower tortilla

This tasted a million times better than I thought it might when I threw this together.

Highly recommend 🤤🙌🏻

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 9 days ago

Sammich with salted tomato ends on the side

When you have a candy bar for breakfast, following it up with something more filling for lunch is advised.

Sandwich:

- white bread grilled on the inside in bacon fat

- Duke's mayo and Dijon mustard

- thin sliced onions

- salami slices

- havarti cheese

- tomato slices

On the side: thick cuts of tomato ends that I either don't find suitable for putting in a sandwich or getting too mealy and just need to be eaten - covered in salt

Edit: this sandwich was so good I wish I had four more and an extra stomach.

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 9 days ago

My uterus demands chocolate for breakfast

Reeses sticks (gave a piece to my partner because I'm generous 💅🏻)

Blue raspberry electrolyte drink in a recycled Propel bottle

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 9 days ago

Summer means tomato sandwiches

I made a huge batch of green onion and confit garlic cream cheese at the beginning of the week and I'm determined to not let any of it go to waste

White bread

Cream cheese

Thicc tomato slice

Sprinkle of salt

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 11 days ago
▲ 507 r/KGATLW

I made these a few years ago, intending to make a poster, and am sharing them now because that never happened

I was inspired to make my own poster after the incredible 8(?) shows I got to attend during the '23 US tour. Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish and haven't been able to attend another show since.

I remembered these two pieces existed today and wanted to at least give them the opportunity to be seen and hopefully enjoyed.

(I also put them up on my RB shop, but I'm not sure if it's a problem to share the link)

And shout-out to my ex who introduced me to both AT and KGLW and the reason these exist at all ✌🏻

u/H0pefulUn1verse — 11 days ago