Audrey E. @audrey@toot.cat

I like plants

My doctor continues to be puzzled by what's going on, so I have a referral to a pulmonologist -- who can't see me until the end of May. I'm getting some walking in, which I badly needed, but it sucks to have to stick to flat/downhill options. I have strong feelings about chronic illness and the lack of medical support that allows things to continue. It's frustrating.

Conference rooms, ranked by which type of tissues are available:

I'm already having decision fatigue about meals. I picked my Airbnb this time for the bathtub but next time I might have to look for a full kitchen. But maybe I'll have more default preferences by then? Most of the recommendations I've gotten involve a bit of travel.

I'm working on site in Oakland this week, and my main goal before I go home Friday is to figure out how to use the office bathroom hand soap dispenser

We have a dishwasher! after only a year of working around the old one having a broken soap compartment and other annoyances

I had the idea that I’d spend the end of the year with some fun downtime, but instead I got to buy new kitchen fixtures to replace things that failed, schedule contractors, have some medical tests, and still not know why my lungs aren’t working. At least I could stay home and sleep?

I just want to breathe, damnit. It's like being trapped in that part at the end of the flu where your lungs aren't back to normal yet. I was doing a little better for a couple of days but now I'm tapering off the steroid so I have side-effects and not much else. I went outside for the first time in a couple of days and ran out of air trying to talk and walk at the same time.

TFW you get the first test failing for the 'right' reasons

Having ruled out mono and some other infectious possibilities, we're now trying a steroid pack which I've been warned will make me 'cranky, hungry, and bad around people'. Cheers! But if I can wake up tomorrow without my lungs burning, that would be stellar.