#immunodeficient

[ahomeforheadmates]

My loves, I see you

I know you’re sick again, I know you’re missing school or work again

My darling, it is not your fault

I know you’re sick all the time, I know how shitty it feels, I know how condescending and annoying people are about it

But I also know it’s not your fault, I know you are way more annoyed than than the stupid complaining people are, and I know they have no right to complain

This is your body and I know how hard you try to take care of it

And I know it’s impossible to take care of your body properly sometimes and it’s infuriating and upsetting having to take so many precautions you shouldn’t have to take just to be safe, and I know sometimes you skip something and get hurt or sick but it’s not your fault

You are doing your best that is enough

Your best is different everyday

It’s not your fault that you get sick and/or are in pain all the time, it’s not your fault you can’t function

We love you

-Sunday and Rayne 🦈🌕

[wheelie-sick]

I'm so sick of the lateral ableism from disabled people with working immune systems. I fucking despise hearing about other disabled people are completely disregarding covid precautions. you might get to forget about it like all the ableds did but I don't.

you don't get to align yourself with disability activism in any way if you're choosing not to mask, or choosing not to stay updated on vaccines, or choosing to go to giant events with thousands of people in attendance

[purplemoths]

If anyone has any advice as to where to get an effective mask (especially FFP3 CE certified mask) in the UK please message me, and/or add a source to this post for other at risk individuals!

Masks are completely sold out or extremely expensive (£50> online) due to people panic bulk buying.

I'm immunocompromised and am under protective quarantine for the next 12 weeks. However I have no choice but to leave the house occasionally, and this is very risky for my health.

Even a reblog could help!

[fivesosxirwin]

Having an immunodeficiency in the middle of this pandemic gives me so much anxiety. I hate it here.

[spoonie-living]

[Image: Gryp, a small silicone sheet that rolls and locks into a sheath shape that covers pointer and middle fingers so you can touch things like door handles and ATM interfaces.]

Gryp Germaphobe's Keychain - $3 (4 for $9)

Really loving this clever tool for germ-sensitive folks! You can hang it from your keys (or someplace that picks up less germs, maybe), and use it to touch all those nasty surfaces without getting infected with *~*~whatever~*~*

Not perfect and definitely will take a little dexterity/lack of joint pain to use. But so, so handy.

Gryp is available on Etsy (Amazon, too, but, you know, evil overlords).

[guardianwinchester]

I’ve been quarantined for 41 days and still going strong

[sanscrux]

can’t wait to be immunocompromised because my body drank Dumb Bitch Juice and is attacking itself

[chronically-abbi]

Okay so with my immune system as fucking crappy as it is I am susceptible to like really weird illnesses that a normal human person my age should not be able to get (ex. I’m 15 and got Parvo which is only found in infants, toddlers, and dogs) or I get super sucky versions of things (ex. I almost died because of complications to the flu) and so I just broke down crying out of fear. I broke down because I have been in unholy amounts of pain that have left me unable to move or communicate and I (reasonably) never want to feel that ever again and in the back of my head I know that I almost definitely will. I know that I am young and that the worst thing I’ve ever been through so far in my life probably won’t be the worst thing I will ever have to experience. And that thought fucking terrifies me. The fear of being in more pain controls my entire life and I am so fucking done with it.

-Abbi (7.31.19)