EwanCroft

atomicpoet, 6 months ago to random

If you ever find yourself thinking that Windows is the absolute worst operating system, a quick encounter with ChromeOS will definitely change your mind.

It's like Linux with a touch of the Marquis de Sade's creativity.

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

I want to talk about Women's Pain. I've never had "good" periods, not since I was a teenager, but as I aged they got worse and worse. I was basically bedridden three days out of the month, and popping ibuprofen for a while after that too. I even got a prescription for Marijuana, because I knew the ibuprofen wasn't good for my stomach, and I needed something to ease the pain. Despite all of this, I just assumed that this was what it was like for most women.

I've always had a lot of anxiety about doctors, but it had ramped up since childhood. My Mom has been in and out of hospitals her whole life, and has had some pretty traumatic experiences. I watched my Dad die in an ER in front of me. But my best friend died suddenly of a preventable illness, and I decided I had to do better, regular Doctor visits was the top of the list, since I had only been going when I absolutely needed to. I casually mentioned to the doctor increased pain during periods and he (like a very good doctor) ordered an ultrasound just in case. This started months and months of tests and doctor visits, 4 ultrasounds, birth control pills that made me sick, an MRI, two different specialists, one of which let me know that I was a mess inside, but I would need surgery to find out exactly how, basically a nightmare. I was so ready to be done with it that when they said surgery I said Yes, immediately, I was so ready to be done. My surgeon was fantastic, but basically said they wouldn't know what the end result was be until they were in there could be just cyst removal, could be a total hysterectomy. In the end, they had to remove my right fallopian tube, right ovary, and some cysts, they also put in a Mirena IUD. I had endometriosis for years, and didn't realize it.

I tell this story, because in a way, I was lucky, my doctor believed me about my pain, but there are thousands more stories where Women's pain gets ignored by the medical establishment, they tell them they are just stressed and hysterical. The average endometriosis diagnosis takes about 7 years, because of this. Men get better care than women, period, and if you're a woman of color or LGBTQ, watch out, the stats are even worse for you. Men get treatment and pain management far more often and far quicker than women. And to top it all off, women are just told pain is normal and part of life from the time they are small children, your period will hurt, so will sex, pregnancy, menopause. We are expected to live in and accept pain our whole lives. Women don't have a higher pain tolerance than men, we are just expected to grin and bear it in a way Men simply are not.

So, final message, if something feels wrong, don't wait, go to the doctor, don't take no for an answer, if your doctor denies you, get another doctor. You know your body better than any other person, you deserve the best care for it, love yourself!

If you have any other advice for women, and dealing with the medical establishment, or just want to share a story, please feel free!

cliffwade, 6 months ago to fediverse

Happy Friday to the #Fediverse today!

Let's start our day with our #MorningMoments and find out what everyone has planned for the day and the weekend ahead.

For me, it's work stuff and dealing with this headache that I've had since I woke up before 5am this morning. I think it might be from the Covid booster a couple of days ago, but not sure. Hoping it goes away soon.

Work stuff as usual as well and then video games if I feel like it.

#GoodMorning #HappyFriday #Weekend

moshtodon, 6 months ago to spain Spanish

This is fucking scary.

Why #Spain is turning into a desert #ecology #España #eco #water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aR-gqd6l_U

EwanCroft, 6 months ago to fediverse

Anyone found any interesting PeerTube accounts?

#PeerTube

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

When I first watched this, I was sure this was a joke, apparently it's not! The Conservatives are just parodying themselves at this point. Imagine your masculinity being that fragile!

https://youtu.be/ww5Lf97hXQM?si=FMRoIJP-hJIwh4Jo

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

If you restarted your life from scratch, would you end up in the same place? Would you change anything, if so what, if not why?

EwanCroft, 7 months ago to tv

If I’m being honest, the whole plot point of Stiles getting literally deleted from reality was scary as fuck to me.

Psychological horror is more terrifying than body horror to me purely because my mental health is complete shit right now.

#MTVTeenWolf #TeenWolf #TV #Horror

EwanCroft, 7 months ago to twitter

Opened a Bluesky account but I'm basically lurking. Seems like Twitter again... too much like Twitter again because there feels like a disconnect between the platform and I. It feels gamified.

#Twitter #Bluesky #Corporate #SocialMedia

RickiTarr, 7 months ago to random

HAPPY ART SHOW SUNDAY!

Drop a picture, video, link or toot of something you created, in the comments section. Anything goes, just have fun with it!

#ArtShowSunday

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.
Vincent Van Gogh

A pumpkin patch with bright orange pumpkins
A pumpkin next to a pumpkin flower

EwanCroft, 7 months ago to gaming

I'm done, after a lot of swearing at my monitor, I can gawk at myself riding a motorcycle now. 😎

@gaming

EwanCroft, 7 months ago to disabled

It is very important for me to be able to perform tasks one handed because of my hemiplegia (cerebral palsy 😕)

Yes I have two hands, but my entire right half of my body has been partially paralysed practically my entire life. It is a miracle I can even talk or walk as good as I can.

That being said, add accessibility to your apps.

I am so sick of the lack of consideration making us disabled feel like second class citizens.

#CerebralPalsy #Disabled #Disability #A11Y #Accessibility #Technology

cstross, 7 months ago to random

As someone on Bluesky noted, "Mona Lisa but with bigger titties" is the reductio ad absudam of AI "art" generators.

noellemitchell, 7 months ago to random

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RickiTarr, 7 months ago to random

Who do you think is one of the most attractive celebrities, that is the same sex as you?

noellemitchell, 7 months ago to mastodon

The Mastodon Migration WordPress blog added my @noelleification.wordpress.com@noelleification.wordpress.com blog as a blog to follow on here! 😵 You can see the post below:

#Mastodon #fediverse #blogs #FollowFriday

https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2023/10/13/wordpress-blog-fediverse-accounts/

EwanCroft, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to memes

Makes sense.

@memes

liztai, 1 year ago to mastodon

I think one of the nicest things someone on #Mastodon said to me was, "I usually look at a person's feed to see if I should follow them. I looked at yours & scrolled 40 posts and can't see a common topic in any of them so I decided to follow you"

Lol, this is the best way to write an #introduction for myself on Masto - Hi, I'm Liz, I promise you if you follow me you'll get completely RANDO thoughts from non-connecting topics from me all day.