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2025 has wound up being a rough rune year. awful and stressful circumstances at mickey's dick smasher have had me stuck here since early 2025 with no break, and a lot of people in my life are going through hell, myself included. it is wearing me down, I am much sicker here than I need to be and in a lot of unnecessary pain every day, but having transportation and some friendly company online have made a mountain of difference.
I am going to keep doing my best. thanks for being here with me. I cannot respond to everyone but I always enjoy hearing about fun things going on in other people's lives. someday I will be able to move somewhere safer, for good. I know I will. you hang in there too! live as hard as you can, as well as you can! please!
if you want to help support my quest towards financial independence from an abusive situation that is seriously jeopardizing my health, you can still toss some spare coins to my ko-fi!
all of my checkmarks were gifts. I am very ill. they are like flowers to me.
why did you change your pinned post?
there are a lot of people asking me for advice for their medical emergencies. I appreciate that you think so highly of me and I am not mad at anyone for being scared. but I am not a doctor, I am not an EMT, I am not a medical helpline, I am not trained to handle this much grief, I am a terminally ill person who tells jokes online.
hey I have a new and sudden heart thing/chest pain/fluttery feeling/heart weirdness going on. what should I do?
heart disease is the most common cause of death in the world. the only way to know if your life is in immediate danger is by being checked out using specialized hospital equipment. minutes can be the difference between life or death. go to the emergency room.
should I ask for your opinion on whether or not I should go to the emergency room?
no. just go to the emergency room. you will get a free bracelet
I have an urgent medical question! should I ask you about it?
no. I am not a doctor. see if there are any nurse hotlines or insurance advice hotlines near you that may be able to give you advice.
you are cool and funny and I am financially stable and will not hurt from sending you some cash, where can I send some hot dollars?
fuck yeah I love money as high fived to me by people who will not hurt as a result. here is my ko-fi
I also have a health amazon wishlist and a non-health amazon wishlist! these go to me and are addressed to john as in, john doe.
I have an urgent medical question! should I ask you about it?
no. I am not a doctor. see if there are any nurse hotlines or insurance advice hotlines near you that may be able to give you advice.
why are people sending you urgent medical questions?
in the process of staying alive this long, I have had to learn a lot about a lot of medical things. I have also posted a lot about the medical things that have kept me alive, and I try to raise awareness about some medical things that can make life better for other people. that makes me the only person a LOT of people can think of when they have an immediate urgent health thing happening. people panic and ask me for time-sensitive help and that makes me panic because I am not online all the time, I am not able to respond promptly all the time due to my health, I am not a doctor, and it freaks me out to have someone put their life in my hands. which is not great while being terminally ill. I am really struggling with balancing helping people in one way or another and not making myself sicker as a result. I have not yet found that balance. this pinned post is a step forwards
who is the character in your avatar?
mamoru from megaman battle network 3
are you roleplaying mamoru from megaman battle network 3?
no, I am rune. call me rune. I am terminally ill in real life. mamoru is just one of my blorbos. he is a great blorbo. play megaman battle network 3
are you cool with me venting about how I have given up on medical treatment?
no, my doctors have instructed me to avoid as much stress as possible. I am not even supposed to be watching live news.
are you cool with me venting to you about my medical trauma?
no, see above
are you cool with me sending you a fundraiser?
no, see above and above above
are you cool with me telling you about how your blog has helped me get medical treatment/live better/saved my life/get diagnosed with dysautonomia?
ABSOLUTELY YES. I always want to hear about this. I will never get tired of getting messages about how me swearing on the internet has been able to help people.
I had covid-19 and now I feel like shit months later. what are the chances that I am chronically ill now?
30%-50% of all people who get covid-19 will become chronically ill or get worse if they already were chronically ill. even if you had a mild or asymptomatic case of covid-19. the united states has authorized over a billion dollars of federal funding towards studying chronic illness from covid-19. pro tip: most of it involves post-viral dysautonomia. going to doctors recommended by dysautonomia patients is generally a good start
longcovidresearchfund.org/whatweknow <- source
my doctors are shit but I need treatment. what should I do?
unfortunately, many medical conditions are only adequately treatable by prescription medication. if at all possible, make sure you are going to doctors recommended by other patients who have the conditions or genre of conditions you want to be evaluated and treated for. when in doubt you can just google “[genre of condition] support group [your region]” and that is where you can find the best gossip about good doctors. it is better to have a doctor that listens and is willing to learn than to have a doctor that makes you feel unheard.
I have had heart scans and blood work but my doctors cannot find anything wrong with me even though I am miserable and in pain. when I stand up fast or for long periods of time my heart rate spikes/my heart rank tanks/my chest hurts/I get dizzy/my vision goes dim/I feel like I might pass out/I do pass out/I feel like shit in general. and this gets a little better when laying down and way worse when showering. what should I do?
orthostatic intolerance means conditions that get worse when upright and better when laying down. there are a lot of them and they are some of the most common conditions in the world. you may have heart of things like POTS, orthostatic hypotension, orthostatic hypertension. they are diagnosed with a tilt table test. I recommend going to doctors recommended by other patients. see above
dysautonomiainternational.org/
can I thank you publicly on medical groups?
NO. PLEASE no. PLEASE do not EVER talk about me on any public medical group or support groups or anything. do not mention mamoru, do not mention rune, do not mention me at all. I am not a doctor. I am not a support group. I do not want to run a support group. I am not trying to be a fancy sponsored influencer here or anything. I am just a patient and I am overwhelmed already. :(
why do you swear so much?
lowers the property value. I want my posts to stay on tumblr.
who should I contact if I want to send letters or cool exciting packages to your PO box?
if you are a follower of mine, please contact @kawaiijohn to send me something in the mail. I love getting mail, whether it is something big or small, something hand made or something ordered online, something intricate or just a postcard. for letters, I want to hear about what parts of your life make you happy, no matter how obscure. tell me about cool facts about life where you are, maybe something about your pets, or even a cool cloud you may have seen. please print and do not use cursive if at all possible.
I can not respond to letters because my life is very busy trying to manage my health and every new weird circumstance that keeps popping up. so do send me things with that in mind. but thank you so, so much, for bringing any part of your world to mine. after a while of not being able to leave home, screens meld together. it makes me happier to get a short postcard than a long internet message. because it is a physical part of someone else who remembers I have lived. and when I mostly only see my own walls or the inside of hospitals for years now, it just. hits way different
every time I think, "wow, this truly is some of the highest gamer scores in my family fucking me over"
they find new creative ways to be cruel and unusual, to me and to those trying to protect me
my grandest adversaries materializing my worst fears for sport
every day you chisel out another piece of me. it sloughs off and shatters on the floor. and in its place grows an even stronger, more capable rune. one you have never known
you rejected my invitations to change and I refuse to seek your permission to do the same. I will move forward, with growing muscles and pride, no matter how hard you try and yank me back.
so I guess my iceberg lettuce explosive diarrhea parasite recall post is delayed due to the fact that
the FDA's cyclospora test on the taylor farms iceberg lettuce was a false positive and has now been removed (CAN ANYONE SPEAK FOR WHAT RHE HELL HAPPENED THERE...was someone in the lab infected, and then did not wash their hands, and then got their own shit on the test somehow? or did a reference cyclospora sample contaminate something? how does this work )
the contaminated vegetation for outbreak #1390 has not been confirmed through testing and it may still be on shelves
although the recall is still in effect, readers of my recall posts often assume that a recall reflects the comprehensive withdrawal of every possible (and testing-confirmed) contaminated food, and that no outbreak-involved contaminated food remains on the market
the above is completely false, and despite a lot of stuff coming off the shelves right now, I do not want anyone thinking this is actually over and then eating something that can possibly disable or kill them because of me. especially considering how complicated it is to get tested, diagnosed, and treated for a cyclospora infection in the US right now
there will hopefully be more information starting tomorrow
Thousands have been sickened in the outbreak and Taylor Farms continues to recall its shredded iceberg lettuce and salad kits containing ice
hey what do you mean the cyclospora (exploding diarrhea parasite) lettuce test was a false positive
Do not eat recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.
As of July 19, 2026, there are no confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora.
so. despite the recalls
nothing investigated across the five ongoing US cyclosporiasis outbreaks. has actually tested positive yet?????
investigating taylor farms is always a good start with their deadly track record and dogshit food safety practices. and given the recall they seem to have reason to believe that their iceberg lettuce, at minimum (if not iceberg lettuce sold by other companies, or other products sold by taylor farms), is contaminated with human shit
some farms water their crops with untreated human sewage. which can get extremely bad, because human poop is pretty dangerous.
but anyway, this whole deal does not cancel the current iceberg lettuce recall but this does mean that. hooo boy, something went very ultra-fucked here, and the shit-contaminated plants have not actually necessarily been
comprehensively identified or recalled. for any of the ongoing US cyclospora investigations. of which, again, there are five. and this specific outbreak (#1390) began in may
cyclospora is transmitted through human feces and is most reliably killed by cooking to 158f. it is resistant to washing, disinfecting, and freezing.
right now is a great time for 🦅🇺🇸americans🇺🇸🦅 especially to get less weird and more compassionate about butts and diapers and pants-shitting with the cyclospora outbreak. everyone should, but 🫡taylor farms🫡 is at it again
gastrointestinal symptoms and diseases are on the rise, and they are some of the deadliest around. and a lot of that is due to delay in treatment from stigma and, at times, inability to physically get to a doctor due to not wanting to wear a diaper. or being too embarrassed to fart in public.
a lot of people in my life, myself included, have almost died of gut diseases. the worst I have ever felt in my life was from gut symptoms. gas pain hurts more than surgery. I was abused for how bad I smelled even though my organs were shutting down and I was in agony every day
be compassionate to others and also to yourself. if you have a gastrointestinal disease that makes you unable to seek medical treatment without risking smelling horrible or shitting yourself, there is no secret cure that happens out of your disease not wanting to humiliate you.
you remain sick, possibly become disabled for life, and possibly die as a result of not getting prompt treatment.
recalls have begun for the Explosive Diarrhea lettuce
taylor fucking farms again. fork found in kitchen. parasite found in ass
bigger post upcoming hopefully in the near future but my family is being awful and also I got injured. have yet to figure out the time or strength or an accessible typing setup without making it worse
Taylor Farms de Mexico of Guanajuato, Mexico is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the U.S. market, b
some highlights:
no product images
no mention of "explosive diarrhea"
no list of which restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc used the food service lettuce
no list of which retail stores were selling the retail list
no acknowledgement that the lettuce may have been distributed to every state in the US (and possibly canada)
no mention that thousands of people have been sickened
no mention that the contamination is literally human shit. there is literally parasitic human poop in the lettuce
the FDA case count is thousands of cases outdated
no estimation of how many undiagnosed cases there are. for salmonella for every 1 diagnosed case there are 29 undiagnosed, estimated
I think the main thing is that: there are probably tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people sick right now, taylor farms fucking sucks, and they have probably just gotten away with murdering more people because cyclospora is barely testable, treatable, or disinfectantable
FAQ:
"rune if you were me would you eat this salad" no I would throw it out
"what if I wash it" no I would throw it out
"what if this food only has some lettuce in it" I would throw it out
"what if this food is from a food establishment that also carries lettuce" I would throw it out
"what if I wash it with vinegar" I would throw it out
"what if I already ate some" I would throw it out and stock up on waterproof sheets, soap, toilet paper, diapers, bed pads, buckets, towels, electrolytes, laundry detergent, laundry sanitizer, waterproof car seat covers, disposable gloves, and new clothes. and possibly a bidet, ass cream, toilet paper gel, stuff anticipating butthole injury. it can take weeks after eating shit to make you shit for weeks. if you intend to prepare, prepare now. even if you never get sick from this, rest assured taylor farms will endanger you again.
cyclospora infection is bad and the testing is bad (mail your explosive poop to a lab once or a few times and wait a week or two except the tests are backlogged) sanitizing it is nearly impossible other than heating it to 158f and the one singular available treatment is bad and can itself harm and kill people. a lot of people can not take the antibiotic and wind up sick for a month or more. sometimes they get sick a few weeks, feel better a few days, then explosive shit suddenly again
in the US barely any doctors are actually experienced with treating this beyond the one terrible antibiotic, or treating or monitoring its long term disabling effects on the body. because the CDC basically went, "well this infection usually only happens to people who travel so why bother figuring out how to treat or monitor or disinfect it"
there are also hundreds to thousands more infections from this one outbreak than most places in the US see in an entire year
ok ok ok if you really wanted to have a 🇺🇸food poisoning luncheon🇺🇸 and maximize those 🦅american🦅 food poisoning gains 💪💪💪you would probably want to plan something like:
lettuce and spring mix and spinach salad with raw sprouts (any kind), enoki mushrooms, cucumbers, raw milk cheese, snap peas
fruit bowl with raspberries, cantaloupe, netted melon, peaches
smoothie made with frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, frozen blackberries, unpasteurized juice
deli meat sandwich with soft cheese, fresh basil, fresh cilantro
rare or medium rare hamburger with raw onions and runny yolk egg
a few people have asked me: hey rune, has the 🇺🇸cyclospora-contaminated produce🇺🇸 been recalled yet? is it safe to eat raw vegetables, berries, salads, salad greens, onions, herbs, and other relevant uncooked cyclospora-prone plants again in these afflicted states without worrying about this specific human-shitborne parasite outbreak giving me explosive diarrhea for a month or more?
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the exact contaminated produce has still not been identified (although some investigators believe possibly some form of leafy/salad greens) (and allegedly taylor farms is "assisting"), and zero recalls have been issued about it!
the mystery poop parasite produce is likely still being sold! washing or sanitizing raw produce cannot thoroughly protect you from it and freezing cannot guarantee it it dies.
it can take weeks after eating contaminated food to make you sick, diagnosis (if you can find somewhere to get tested) means getting your poop tested and it can take a week or more for results, treatment is basically this one single antibiotic that really sucks, and cyclospora mostly gets killed off by being cooked to 158F or higher.
Breaking news about food recalls, food-related disease outbreaks and policies and products designed to make the food supply safe for everyon
a leafy salad is one of the riskiest things you can eat in the US.
really good time to get into canned produce, if you ask me. watch out for dented cans though. those can contain botulism
sorry to be brave on the internet but I think food labels should list every single ingredient and that there should be harsher penalties for mislabeling and deceptive labeling
I had another successful plasma infusion! it went really well today.
I do however have something between a plasma headache, a migraine, and aseptic meningitis. basically really really bad infusion headache. lot of shenanigans have been occurring with very little sleep so this was expected
pain is a bastard I have beaten into the ground many times before and I shall continue as many times as it takes
listening to: katamari on the swing SEXY SYNTHESIZER remix
sometimes the PTSD hits so hard it feels like a seizure is coming on
it really helps to have a king bed.
I want to dress it in the finest blankets and linens but my washing machine says 15lb dry load limit...does that mean no 20lb weighted blanket or does that mean 20lb weighted blanket every now and then as a treat
edit: ok I am extremely sleep deprived and really confused by the responses here. really really doing my best here and trying to understand and be clear
a lot of people are telling me either my weighted blankets are not machine washable or my washing machine±dryer cannot handle weighted blankets within their load capacity.
I only buy machine washable weighted blankets, and the dry load limit on my washing machine is 16 pounds (my bad remembered wrong). I have done several loads of up to 15 pound weighted blankets without issue. then the washing machine was inspected for an unrelated thing, and they said the rest of it was perfectly fine. no damaged bearings or anything.
if my weighted blankets are not machine washable in my washing machine for any reason, then I 100% need to replace them ASAP. <- non-negotiable. a duvet cover does not make an unwashable blanket safe. blankets are not hard smooth objects and duvet covers are not thick plastic bags, they both have pores and pick up spores that accumulate on floors
I was trying to ask about washing machines and having so many people immediately tell me I need to replace the bedding I already bought is really throwing me off here
so blanket question (heho) to anyone who thinks I need to replace several hundred dollars worth of bedding, could you please give me some kind of parameters under which I would 100% definitely actually need to replace my bedding due to it being absolutely objectively 100% incompatible with my laundry machines? or are you saying that every single 15 pound (and possibly lighter?) weighted blanket on the marker is incompatible with every single 16 pound load washer on the market with unacceptably dangerous consequences?
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