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[plarnston]

this pride month let's not forget intersex people, transneutral & transandrogynous people, cistrans/tris people, detrans people, aro/ace people, and everyone with complex, misunderstood, uncommon &or contradictory identities!

[plarnywarny]

binkie has holes in it send ambulance

[plarnston]

hating men is not just harmful to cis and trans men, but also to transfeminine people who are closeted or for whatever reason still view themselves as men or male, and to bigender or otherwise nonbinary transfeminine (or just amab) people who identify partly as men &or male. just so we're clear. if you want to be transfeminist hating men is not the way to go

[plarnston]

Does anybody else have experience with developing chronic widespread severe joint and muscle pain after contracting COVID?

More information below the cut:

My husband @gatorenthusiast got COVID in May or June of 2025, he was unvaccinated (not by choice). He got very sick and was unable to work for about a month, but even though symptoms improved and the respiratory symptoms faded, he's been developing more and more severe pain. For the past few months he's been experiencing daily full body pain, fatigue, muscle knots, stiffness, joint pain, joint stiffness, joint inflammation, chronic fatigue, sleeping 12+ hours a day but never feeling rested, and he throws up at least twice a week. It seems to be getting worse. Our doctor thought he had gout, but after 2 months of treatment and lifestyle changes, doing everything we can for his pain and inflammation, the doctor doesn't seem to think it's gout as the symptoms have not improved whatsoever. He was referred to a rheumatologist, but that's about a month out.

If anybody has any ideas on what this could be, experience seeing a rheumatologist, or having long covid, please DM me, send an ask, or comment! Please do not hesitate to reach out, and feel free to reblog if you think that would help get us answers and advice.

[plarnston]

in my heart i am a hyrax

[plarnston]

trying not to crash out while sewing on a button but why is it SO HARD to tie off a stitch :( i literally cannot do it. my fingers are way too fat and I can't bring the knot down low enough. somebody PLEASE help me

[plarnston]

My partner was just fired from their job. We have hardly any food, we ran out of their ADHD medication, their arthritis pain medication, and they are having to ration their antidepressants - we will run out in less than a week. We are also low on gas so we will have to take more money out of savings just to go DoorDashing to try and make money. I am also needing my birth control shot in just 2 days but we are not able to afford it. I am deathly afraid of becoming pregnant.

We have $1.03 in our direct deposit account and $284.38 in our savings set aside for rent.

Our expenses are as follows:

Rent - $699

Renter's insurance - $15

Utilities - $89.73

Electric - $96.61

Partner's Medications (GoodRx estimates) - $44.91, $9.21, and $56.42 = $110.54

Birth Control - $50

We are also out of:

milk, paper towels, toilet paper, spaghetti noodles, breakfast cereal, bread, cheese,

The grocery cart I put together online comes out to $23.44 with these items that are necessary for our household. I find the absolute cheapest and best prices for everything and use coupons when I can.

All in all, in order to pay our rent, utilities, electric, and buy our medications and some groceries, we would need $1084.32

This doesn't include gas, my partner's phone bill every 3 months, OTC pain medication, or any further groceries outside of what I listed above.

If we do not have to take any more money out of savings, we will have $704.38 to put towards our rent, that is including my partners final paycheck of $420.

That still leaves us with $379.94 worth of responsibilities and needs that we cannot afford to address. If we lose our apartment we will end up on the streets. No family on either side will take us in despite knowing our situation.

If you want to help prevent two trans, autistic, disabled DID systems living in Texas from becoming homeless and living/dying on the streets, our information is as follows:

Venmo: @plarnston

Cashapp: $plarn

We also have PayPal which I can provide if you DM me.

Please, I have no other options. DoorDashing and cat sitting won't prevent us from becoming homeless. Please if you have the money to spare, just send a dollar my way. Thank you :(

$0/$380

[plarnston]

i think i might have an ovarian cyst 😭 it hurts