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So my MCAS got triggered during a horrible alcohol bender last summer in July. Ever since then I’ve been having these symptoms and I relapsed seven months ago, but I’ve been clean since then and ever since that’s happened. It seems like around my period. My thigh is inflammation gets even worse and worse and worse. It feels like I am being rewarded with being clean with horrible fluid during my period and it’s absolutely insane. My thigh size has tripled overnight. And there’s nothing I can do about it and nothing that works.

I picked up the second and third book from a thrift store. I can’t really afford to buy the first book but I do know the second book has a synopsis. Is it ok to just start reading the second one?

Bike ride
I just want to bike ride
Let me bike ride
Let me FUCKING bike ride
I hate this illness SO MUCH. I can’t have beans or eggs, which are two staples I had before this fucking stupid disease got unmasked. All I wanna do is just be able to go bike ride like I did whenever I was in high school and I’m scared that it’s gonna end up triggering my MCAS.
Why did god curse me with this STUPID body
Just let me go fucking bike riding!

My doctor prescribed it to me to help with body aches. But I do know that pain/inflammation from MCAS can result in fluid retention. Could it unintentionally help with reducing that? Probably a stupid question, but just wondering.

I worked as a medical assistant for some time, and I thought for the longest time I would be a nurse. The reason why I didn’t transition into baking earlier on is because I didn’t think I’d make a lucrative living off of it.

And then I realized that I would rather be making less money working in a bakery than working in a clinic making more money. The environment is just so sterile, and although I don’t mind working in a stressful environment, I just don’t like working in an environment that I felt like I couldn’t fit into and that I was also extremely unhappy in.

I’m an artistic person and I really enjoy working with my hands. And my goal is to one day open up my own bakery. So, I’m really just pursuing my passions and goals. And I really don’t care about the pay cut because I’d rather be doing something that I enjoy than doing something that I don’t enjoy.

Is it dumb for me to think that this pertains to slow living? I feel like slow living also just means doing the things that you enjoy doing and not having to work in a sterile environment. Working in healthcare is just so freaking stressful and even though I know, I’ll deal with the stress working in a bakery, it’s the kind of stress that I could at least see myself enduring.

I eat sandwich cookies that are laden with sugar, gluten, and processed materials. But God forbid I have any garbanzo or black beans and I flare the next day. ?????

I’m sorry if this is an insanely inane question, but I have a prayer corner I’m investing in. Would it be OK if I put my sloth plush there? It has significance to me.

Hi, guys. Due to poor mental health reasons, I recently had to quit my job. I’m just asking for help in finding a new one. I don’t want to get far behind on my rent.

God bless

Asking for prayer. I will be praying the rosary. It’s been a rough night and I’ve been crying. I feel like I’ve lost everything.

I mostly have a background in healthcare. And for about 4 1/2 months, I worked as a medical assistant.

I routinely dealt with a coworker who was just such a mean girl and I never understood why. She always had an attitude with me. One day, as she was grabbing a chart out of the tray behind me, she grabbed it so hard that it made a loud scraping noise. Instinctively, I turned around and looked at her and then when she saw me looking at her for about .2 seconds, she asked me quite abrasively, “can I help you?!”

She literally never talked to *anyone* else like that. She was practically best buddies with everyone in the office except for me. I normally wouldn’t really care that badly if she might favor other people more than others, or me, but this woman deliberately went out of her way to make me feel shitty about myself. And the worst part is that I worked literally feet away from her in our little cubicle area. It was basically unavoidable to deal with her, and there was nothing I could do to get away from her.

One time, she and another coworker were talking to each other in our little cubicle area. And because I have issues with air hunger and shortness of breath, I pulled out my albuterol inhaler and shook it, which is what you’re supposed to do with an inhaler before you use it. That’s how you prime it to make it work better! Well, I did that and I guess she thought it was amusing because she let out a little laugh. The girl next to her asked her “what’s so funny?” And then the rude coworker gestured towards me and said “her“. It is kind of ironic for someone who works in healthcare to have such little empathy for someone, and to think that them having breathing problems is a joke. Mind you, this woman is old enough to be my mother.

There was another time I walked into our area and I grabbed a few pieces of pita bread from our break room since we had catering that day (which we had a lot at that job) and mind you, that same coworker went inside of the break room and grabbed more pieces of pita bread than I did. When I walked back into our area she gave me a disgusted look as I took the pieces of the pita bread to eat at my workstation. She would get annoyed for absolutely no reason other than to just make me feel like shit about myself. I would literally go into the bathroom, lock the door, sit on the floor, and cry because of how horrible she made me feel about myself.

She did just about everything, from giving me dirty looks, to laughing at me when I walked around the corner as she saw me approaching her with a patient, and even something as benign as *existing and doing my job* was enough to irritate her. Never mind the fact that one day as I had just clocked in, another coworker caught her looking sad. When that coworker asked the rude coworker why she looked sad, that coworker said “because *she’s* here” and gestured towards me.

I would say that I am a kind person, and that I am not very outspoken. I would assume that being kind is a good trait to have when you’re working in healthcare and working around vulnerable people. I don’t understand why I would have to pay the price for that (as I have been told that people prey on people like that), and why people think it’s OK to bully me. Now that I come to think of it, I felt extremely alienated at that job by just about *everyone* and I felt left out. Maybe it was because I was the new girl, but I felt as if the entire time that I was employed there that I was completely overlooked. And I felt like I couldn’t say anything about the rude coworker to our boss because it was my word against hers and I was the fresh meat.

I have many chronic health problems and I would wake up every single morning in physical pain and feeling fatigued and not very well rested. I also have MCAS that got flared really easily (and which also gets worse with stress) because I realized that I had to deal with her that day. I eventually had to leave that job and seek employment elsewhere, as dealing with her was continuing to make me sick. Not to mention that it was causing my autoimmune disease to flare up, too.

Anyway, I guess I just wanted to vent or maybe just to try to get some perspective from everyone, as I truly do not understand why people like this work in healthcare and why people do these things (bullying) in general. And I am aware that I’m on the spectrum and that I’m a little different than everyone else is, but that doesn’t give someone the right to treat me horribly. I wish I wasn’t so sensitive, but that’s just the way it is. *shrugs*

Thank you guys.

It happens to me all the time. I didn’t know if this was a normal occurrence or not but I did notice I get overall way more anxious around my period.

Mods, please don’t delete this.

I was wanting to get your guys’ perspective on this. As someone who is practicing eastern Catholicism, I am really drawn to world building, character reaction (like dnd), fantasy, hagiographies, and being immersed in history. I bought the game of thrones book series because I heard good things about it but wanted to get your input on it as I’ve heard mixed opinions about the adult subject matter in it. Is it good for a Catholic woman to read this? Is it not? My roommate said that the show is good, but I am very interested about the books.

Hi, everyone. I’m really just wanted to have a full overhaul of having bad habits and becoming a better woman/catholic/person. I have been falling into the bad habit of engaging in sloth, scrolling gossip pages, and overall engaging in arguments. I want to stop using my phone as much and actually connect with God and engage in hobbies. Do any of you ladies have any advice?

Hi, everyone. I just wanted to make a post about my struggles. I’ve suffered from alcoholism since I was in my early twenties (I am nearly 26) and although I’ve been confirmed and have been doing better in my life, I’ve been wanting to drink again. I can’t drink anymore because of potentially having a lymphatic disorder(s) and autoimmune issues as well as POTS, MCAS, and hEDS. It has made me have to adapt to adhering to a strict diet.

There is this woman at my job (who is old enough to be my mom, btw) that is making my life miserable and has an attitude any time she interacts with me, but she gets along fine with everyone else. Maybe it’s because I just started working here, but I have no idea what I did to her. Not to mention the other stressors I’m going through right now.

I don’t even want to be sober anymore if I’m being quite honest, and wish I could drink, but don’t want to cause permanent damage to my body. My body will not snap back like it is doing right now since I last drank months ago, and I’d be left permanently physically deformed. I guess I’m just in need of prayer. I’m so tired and don’t want to have to keep fighting anymore.

Hi. My name is Oak. I’ve gone through a fair share of hardships lately. I tested borderline positive for lupus and have to go to a rheumatologist for more testing. I wake up daily in pain so bad I want to cry. I’m on many different medications. My dad is also dying of frontotemporal dementia and my brother’s liver is failing.

It has been really hard to see hope and knowing that God loves me. I just got confirmed barely even a month ago and I’ve been feeling discouraged.

I feel like I’ve been noticing our Lady of Guadalupe more lately. I also feel like she has been trying to tell me to keep praying to the Lord and to keep leaning on Him. Someone gave me a Guadalupe card a few weeks ago. I felt moved to order a rosary holder of her. I know she’s used as a symbol of hope and warmth when you don’t have it. I guess I want to ask, is it normal for Mary to reach out to you in ways like this? If so, this is all the more of a reason to believe the Catholic Church is the true Church.

Hi. I made a post about a month ago. I wanted to join a religious order and have been having a hard time finding one that can accept women with my many unique challenges. I got confirmed not too long ago and knew it would be too soon to join one. I also have a really hard time relating to other women and thought joining a cloister would help with that.

are there any things that nuns enjoy doing during their down time? I guess something that makes me feel like I’m sort of a part of an order? 😅

His parents knew that he was talking to Celeste the entire time that the knew each other. They were everywhere with David and even supervised his “here with me” music video