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Okay, I feel like I’m losing it—I cannot find this sapphic romcom I read quite awhile ago!

It was set at a cooking or baking reality competition show and the romance was between one of the contestants and the host (or maybe a judge?) who had kind of a rebel reputation? I seem to recall they were sequestered in the same hotel and maybe had some run-ins at the hotel gym…

This isn’t a super recent book—I probably read it in the late 2010s, although it’s possible it was the early 2020s.

Anyone have any idea what I’m talking about??

Whenever I’m experiencing PEM, and sometimes even a few hours before it starts, our dog won’t come near me. When someone cajoles her over to me, she sniffs me a few times and flees. It seems to really freak her out.

Has anyone else had this experience? Just curious because I know dogs can detect a lot of health issues with scent but this is new to me!

Has anyone taken (and liked) a cell phone photography class around here?

I want to surprise my wife with one—she’s already naturally quite gifted with this but has said she wishes she could be more purposeful about it. But soooo many google results popped up and it’s hard to tell what will be quality and what won’t, especially since I’m the furthest thing from a good photographer myself.

Bonus if it’s queer, funky, and/or chill, but any recs welcome!

Thanks!

Hi all, i’m taking a very big leap by posting here. I’m relatively newly disabled by chronic illness. Recently, my chronic fatigue syndrome has become severe enough that I have been mostly bedbound. I’m aware that if I had a chair, I might be able to occasionally get out of the house.

However, I’m 275 pounds, and absolutely wouldn’t feel comfortable asking anyone to push me. I sustained a major back injury when I was able bodied from pushing my sister in her chair on a vacation, and I’m absolutely terrified of causing anyone else the same problem.

I’m a real beginner at this, but would appreciate any suggestions about power chairs I could look into as someone with wide hips and a big butt who really doesn’t know very much about this market yet other than that, they’re really expensive. Normally, I would do a ton of research before posting something like this, but I’m feeling overwhelmed and decided to take a leap and just ask for help.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Does anyone know of any good onesheets that might already exist with basics about ME/CFS including definitions?

No matter how many times I explain things to my parents, it’s not sticking. My mom loooooooves a printout, though, that she can refer to over and over. I thought I’d be able to make something myself, but ironically, I don’t have capacity for that right now.

Is there an existing resource like this that explains what this is, and defines things like baseline, PEM, etc?

I was diagnosed with Celiac 2 years ago and have been diligently gluten free ever since, and every single day is a struggle. Everyone said I’d get used to it and eventually stop even remembering what gluten was like compared to the gf alternatives.

The thing is, I’m autistic, and food texture is a maaaaassssssive factor for me. It’s very likely I also have ARFID (looking for somewhere that evaluates adults for this—it’s hard to find, but regardless of whether I qualify to be diagnosed, getting food in at all is incredibly hard for me).

There are still days I break down sobbing because I just can’t get gluten-free alternatives in my mouth because of the texture and almost no naturally-gf foods are part of my safe foods. I am so exhausted and so unsatisfied by everything I force myself to eat.

For those of you with Autism for whom eating/textures has never been easy, did you ever get used to this? Did it ever start feeling manageable?

For those who experienced elevated heart rate after injection, how many days until it evened back out? I did my first Zepbound injection yesterday (not my first try with a glp1, just my first zepbound) and my heart rate is up about 10-15 bpm and it’s both uncomfortable and stressful, not to mention a detriment to chronic illness conditions.

How soon might it level back out?

What pillows/supports do you use to sit up or be inclined up in bed? I think I’m well enough that I can do some hobbies in bed maybe an hour a day, but I also have fibromyalgia and am in so much pain and I can’t find a comfortable way to sit up without being at a desk/table. I also occasionally have zoom meetings (doctors appts, occasional other things) that I’d like to do from bed but I can’t find a good way to be propped up or sitting up.

Have you found any good products for back support in various positions in bed? Would love recommendations!