I think I need to cancel my trip to #fosdem, my body just isn't behaving this week & my cough has been inducing anxiety attacks and near vomiting.
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@chillicampari I can barely manage eating atm, because every time i eat I have a coughing fit that nearly makes me puke, along with my body temperature going haywire. I'd rather get the cancellation done & get the refund. As it was it was a very short trip: in Friday night, out sunday afternoon
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Johanna, CanCon variantreplied to Emelia 👸🏻 last edited by
@thisismissem you’re stable on HRT, right? Sorry if I’m overstepping as you’re not asking, but damn, when perimeno + insulin dependence piled on top of not-yet-figured-out ADHD and a whole effin’ pandemic it was a trip. I am SO SENSITIVE still to insulin bouncing around, that I will both freak out and relapse into “asthma” before my forebrain clocks that there’s a blood sugar and/or monthly mishap in play. Stupid brain/body soup.
It’s rare but sometimes a vial of insulin is “off”.
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@johannab my HRT may actually be off, my last test in December showed a weird drop in certain levels, and I've gotta go back in for a new test as we adjusted meds — but this cough is something I've had for 6 years, basically something causes my body to over produce mucus, spike temperatures on the forehead, and triggers coughing continuously because I can't breath properly. It's kinda an anaphylactic shock type thing but not quite. Most likely is some form of rhinitis.
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Johanna, CanCon variantreplied to Emelia 👸🏻 last edited by
@thisismissem oh, yikes. That sounds similar to MCAS which is so fucking hard to pin down, and I wonder if it’s much more common than thought but just at “sub-clinical” levels that get women dismissed as “tired” or “anxious”. And ANY hormone being out of whack won’t help. Hope you can get some rest and relief.
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@johannab I don't think it's MCAS, because it came on during a really bad flu in 2019; but non-allergic rhinitis can be triggered by colds & flus, like you don't have it before getting sick and then have it afterwards. For the past few months, an ice pack to the forehead & temples and angling my head so mucus doesn't run down my throat has helped, but recently I've had episodes that haven't calmed from that. Like I hit some of the symptoms for MCAS but could also be explained by non-allergic rhinitis and anxiety disorders (I have memory issues too)
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@johannab actually even had to get tested for TB after a doctor thought it could be that.. was only suggested last year after 5 years with this condition. Came back negative but was hella stressful
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@julian was really looking forward to meeting everybody there, but yeah, my cough is too bad at the moment.
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@thisismissem most important thing is to stay safe and look after $self, so that is almost certainly the best plan.
