I’m happy to report I’m feeling infinitely more like a human today. I’m still having mild chest pain, congestion, and some light headedness. I haven’t actually tried any extensive walking yet, and I canceled both PT apts for this week, but I’m hoping to start again next week. 🤞
My resting heart rate doesn’t seem to have changed much, but I was already on medication to control my heart rate prior to the infection. (Still high for a normal person but lower than it was before the medication)
No clue what my walking and exercising HR will be like
I would honestly be surprised if I’m able to go right back to my normal exercise level for physical therapy next week.
My throat feels 1000x better than it did this time last week, but talking to my dad on the phone for ten minutes did start feeling rough at the end of the convo
Please take covid seriously. Remember “mild” just means you don’t need to be hospitalized. Like @ImaniKushan said, covid isn’t salsa. Mild doesn’t mean it’s easy to handle!!! This shit was fucking ROUGH.
New Years is fast approaching, & so it’s time for a new round of unholy Victorian era holiday cards—New Years edition! 🎉
We start as always with the least logical.
This dandy root man, and a half man, half robin—cursed with human arms leaving him unable to fly.
Buckle up.
As Christmas time wrapped up, the previously discussed sentient snow men became less violent and more melancholy. They knew their time would be up soon.
These two snow parents didn’t have the heart to tell their poor doomed snow child of their impending fate.
But they knew.
Santa would leave town and venture back to his hidden shack, deep in the woods. He knew that if he stayed around past Christmas Day, he ran the risk of being attacked by greedy children wanting more gifts.
This eventually led to him moving to the North Pole for year round safety
I think we have a serious misunderstanding of what mild means in relation to Covid. Remember, mild just means you don’t need to be hospitalized/it isn’t going to kill you. I have “mild” Covid and have been coughing up bloody phlegm for days.
I’m so sick of people acting like it’s just going to be a bad cold because of the vaccine. I’m vaccinated and boosted. It MIGHT be a bad cold for you. It might also be the sickest you’ve ever been in your life.
For two years I’ve had people treat me like I’ve been overreacting because of how cautious I’ve been. I’ve basically given up entirely on trying to tell friends when they are exhibiting outrageously dangerous behavior, because they’d just get mad and gave me shit for it.
It’s Christmas Day!! It’s time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. It’s the thing that I think we forget due to its commercialization:
CHRISTMAS . IS . HAUNTED
And with that, I bring you another round of cursed Victorian Christmas cards! 🎄
As mentioned in the previous thread, food coming to life was a common issue. The disposition of your dinner could vary greatly. Sometimes it was jolly and just wanted to dance and spread holiday cheer!
But more often than not, it wanted revenge. This last card shows one particularly brave slab of meat(?) being nighted after defeating a family of fifteen! Animals were known to join & fight on the side of Christmas dinner, knowing they could be the next dinner if they didn’t act.
I fucking live for unhinged Victorian Christmas cards. Some years I just share the terror with friends, and others I choose to spread the chaos. This year I pick the latter.
I figured we should start with the most chaotic before diving into themes. I genuinely can’t explain those four.
But fear not, I have the homogeny you crave. DEAD BIRDS FOR LUCK. (Wren day on the 26th was a good luck ritual where you killed a robin or wren bc… that’s lucky?)
Another favored tradition: snowmen with **deeply threatening auras**
Build the creature of your demise! I’m pretty sure that first one is going to kill that robin. Clearly he celebrates wren day.
Hey you, yes you reading this, have you gotten your booster yet? If not, please go do so ASAP. Efficacy of the two doses with omicron is 30-40%, but it goes up to 70-80% with the booster.
If not for yourself, do it for those of us who are more vulnerable to illness.
So many people I know have adopted a mentality of “getting Covid is inevitable” which 1. no it isn’t, and 2. Covid hasn’t become some minor inconvenience yet.
I know we are all tired, but we aren’t out of the woods, and there are very serious consequences for that mentality
(Also, I understand the concern over if the booster will take you out of commission given that we don’t live in a society that allows for easily taking the needed time off to be sick.
I’m teetering on the point of being afraid of going to my doctors appointments again, which isn’t exactly ideal when you need to go to said appointments to maintain human functioning.
This is also why a lot of us have been deeply disappointed and felt betrayed when watching our friends going to indoor events that allowed any kind of unmasking, be it for eating/drinking/or distanced photography.
I understand people want to feel a semblance of normality.
But also understand that engaging in large events results in your more vulnerable friends having to sacrifice things required to literally function. Consequences faced from a lack of treatment aren’t always reversible.