Keeping on the windy side of care

Start taking a daily antihistamine, it can help. Neti pot saline nasal rinse twice a day (please twice boil water and let it cool before using it inside your nose) this can help reduce the viral load in your sinuses if it's present there. Also gargling the same kind of rinse for reducing load in your throat. If you are the type to be sick for longer than others it's worth trying to get paxlovid, although current research is showing it's not as effective as it was previously in 2024 (bc of new mutations).

The biggest thing to help you avoid getting Long COVID is 1) try to access metformin if you can, it reduces your chances of LC by 50% (doesn't do anything if you already have LC tho) 2) practice radical rest for at least a month post acute phase. And please take it super seriously. Absolutely no cardio or anything that makes your heart rate high for a long time. No exercise, no weight lifting, no running.

The biggest thing to help you avoid getting Long COVID is 1) try to access metformin if you can, it reduces your chances of LC by 50% (doesn't do anything if you already have LC tho) 2) practice radical rest for at least a month post acute phase. And please take it super seriously. Absolutely no cardio or anything that makes your heart rate high for a long time. No exercise, no weight lifting, no running.

Treat your body like as if you already have MECFS and rest more than you think is necessary. This is the biggest factor that can determine if you end up with LC or not.

Reason to take antihistamine (H1 and H2 blockers) https:// pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9903129/

Ran into my fifth grade teacher, recently retired. Fifth grade was an important year for our little private school. It was filled with hands-on activities and several large, memorable projects. One was an essay event that culminated in a fancy multi-course meal where students read their projects to each other. I know it sounds a little weird out of context. But trust me, it's one of the Core Memories of students who go through the curriculum.

My old fifth grade teacher happily informed me she'd been using my essay as an example all the way up until she retired.

I must have given permission back in the day that she could use it as an example. I'm sure I did. I didn't remember I did that. My present self had no idea this had been happening. I wrote that thing in 2004. But I was suddenly confronted with the reality that, for twenty years, my essay had been the golden standard to every crop of students who went through this Core Memory of elementary. And people had been seeing my name, for twenty years, attached with it.

‘you’re not always nice, but you’re kind. and you’re not perfect, but you’re good’

look at the poster I made for my friend’s film about transgender vampires yes yes

I can't shake the feeling that this piece's conclusion is why.