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IzabelaKaramia

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trans woman, I write good poems, ADHD, autist, type 1 diabetic, love to study languages, dx exocrine pancreatic insufficiency Dec 2022. Runner not currently running because of years being undernourished. Now walking some and feeling better, convinced I will fulfill a promise I made in a poem The Pale Horse

Definitely a fan of Gruyère cheese.
You can never have enough elephants.
I'll close the door behind us, a tiny tap.
It's where museums tuck away the weird.

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Exciting ant queen collecting trip in AZ. Why does it feel like all the coolest ants are in the South and South West. It's not fair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV1CkkkKbOM

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Pica! Such a good kitty cat! She also resembles mine tabby markings with mittens and socks and cream filling.

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Classic. I sneezed and she froze. Milli is still sitting there like this, so angry, booty cleaning entirely forgotten.

My job here is done.

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I always apologize to my cat after I sneeze.

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Awake. I've had breakfast and fed Ginza hers. Yesterday was a solid 4 meal day and I was able to walk and cycle.

Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon and more sunshine than yesterday. We might reach 65F. I'd like to see the 70s again sometime, PNW. You ever heard of decent weather along those lines?

Dreamed last night I had moved to a new apartment and there were multiple cats in it but I couldn't find Ginza and I was getting upset. But when I woke up, she was sleeping

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in front of my thighs and I felt happy to know she was right beside me.

I definitely seem to be generating more body heat, though it wasn't quite enough yesterday to deal with the damp chill and temps in the low 50s much of the day, though it did warm up towards 60 in the late afternoon and there was actually steady sunshine so I took a short easy bike ride of 30 minutes to enjoy the feel of sunlight upon me.

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During the night one point when I was awake and falling back asleep I realized that it was about a year ago that I got Dinker Donkers as I bought him around the time I got the swimsuit for summer last year. I bought him because his stuffing has weighting to it and it gives him a more solid feel...

and I missed having Brinkley, aka Binker Bonkers, sleeping with me.

So he's part of the sleeping arrangement we now have with Ginza, Dinker Donkers, and me.

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Now heating up 2nd breakfast.

Something that people who aren't type 1 diabetics are likely not all that aware of is how much work and thinking there is for a type 1 diabetic who wants to do aerobic endurance activities. Although I think now there are some closed-loop insulin pump and CGM systems that are capable of handling things...

but I've never used an insulin pump and so I have to do a lot of thinking and plotting about when to eat, when to do things, all because

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of how fast I can burn through blood sugar when walking, running, cycling if I have too much insulin in me.

My basic rule is to avoid exercise when I still have bolus insulin remaining from meals. There are some minor exceptions and workarounds, but it's still more dangerous with risk of exercise induced hypoglycemia.

In that way, I sometimes feel like I never have the freedom many people have, to just go out and run. And I'm constantly making notes on paper and in my head about

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the difficulties that can occur.

But being able to run? It's so worth it to me to have pieced together the knowledge I have of myself and operating the pancreas in a manual simulation of its functions.

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In the past that extra work of working around food and meal bolus insulin sometimes made me skip meals...

There's something unfortunately on point on how I ended up with crushing fatigue that was apparently caused by nutritional deficiency, in particular magnesium deficiency.

Which is why now I often toot about getting food in me and how important it is. Super important because recovery only gets harder the older you get and I'm 54 years old. I sometimes feel like

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this might be the last chance I get to get myself running again, running well enough that it becomes a daily or near daily activity for me and that I will be able to run half-marathons again, my favorite racing distance for running.

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I turned to look at Ginza and smiled at how comfortable she looked sleeping on the bed. Then I grabbed the phone to take a photo or two. I like this one that shows while she is sleeping deeply, she has her fang ready.

I also figured I could post a photo from last evening showing the way how she will sometimes fold her paws in front of her chest instead of tucking them under in usual cat loaf form.

#CatsOfMastodon

Ginza is up on her cat tree and perched in a loafy position. She has her left paw folded in front of her right paw.

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If it gets sunny and proper warm this afternoon, I'll likely go for a 10 mile or so easy paced bike ride. Just go that dawdling pace, enjoy the sensation of warm sun on me and moving myself and bike through space. I don't know why it is, but the past month and a half has made it clear that movement and covering distance is an important thing to me. It was rather hard on me being crushed down by fatigue and not getting the enjoyment from the stimulation movement provides me.

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Ginza does amazing paw work. Look at her using her front paws to be a pillow for her head. #CatsOfMastodon

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I've woken up early.

Today is to have more sunshine earlier on than yesterday and temps will climb into low 60s. So I hope to take a good walk in the early afternoon and again maybe take a short bike ride and see how my legs do with that. The legs feel fine this morning and I hope that the exercise stimulus from yesterday will have good effect in time on circulation and strength.

Ginza is a bit annoyed that I'm not still in bed and sleeping together with her.

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I'm having some allergy troubles from grass pollen probably. Eyes are super itchy and nose is often ticklish.

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grumble grumble grumble that the skies were clear when I woke up and I could see the stars in the night sky, but as dawn approached clouds rolled in and so sunshine is off to a delayed start today

Ginza's not worried about it though. I can hear her snoring as she sleeps in her cat bed near the radiator.

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It's both a good sign in terms of weather and in terms of my own physical health that I spent time searching out one of my sport bras.

I'll be really happy if I can put them to more regular use and wear.

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Sunshine is finally breaking through and Ginza has moved atop the bed to catch herself some rays.

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Ginza is paying her respects to the sun god, Ra, this morning.

#CatsOfMastodon

futurebird , to random
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Reminder:

  • Pica does NOT run a fun "password guessing game" where "you can win prizes."

  • There is no "good reason" to give Pica your SS number or a copy of your tax return.

  • Pica is NOT friends with a "secret bitcoin whale-cat" and has no "secret inside information"

  • Pica can't help you improve your signature.

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can she bring me joy by being incredibly cute?

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