I was chatting with a friend the other day who was afraid they have "long COVID" and, based on her symptoms and her doctor's opinion, it's probably the case. We talked at length about the similarities between my own symptoms living with mastocytosis and hers, as well as the recommended treatments, and marveled at how …
My stubbornness knows no bounds it seems, and it was particularly kicked into high gear this morning as I set out to do what I wanted to do yesterday. Which, if you remember, was to simply pick some of my lovely sunflowers to get some seeds and also a few to put in a vase …
I decided to get a bit adventurous for a change after thinking it over last night. I usually just melt and pour the bulk soap I buy into the molds without adding anything (just to be safe!) but I am so freaking tired of playing it safe with everything and wanted to spice them up …
Since we can't risk me having heat-induced anaphylaxis too far from home, we can't go do our usual summer things like dry mushing or camping until this infernal heat wave breaks. So in order to stave off cabin fever in July we've been trying to get out locally as much as we can which means …
As you may or may not know, like most people living with mastocytosis, I am deathly allergic to bees, wasps and other Hymenopterans. I nearly died a few years ago from a wasp sting and it was actually what led me to getting my diagnosis (but that's a different post for a different day). I …
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