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Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by nozzlegear »

xyst wrote: post #140
dataengineer56 wrote: post #99

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I find it interesting that she's both kept her Patreon up during this time and has also become far more successful https://graphtreon.com/creator/physicsgirl , in spite of posting no content.

So patreon essentially acts as a health insurance and long term disability plan? I am unsure of “estimate earnings per month” accuracy given the wide range — “12K-147K” — but even at the low end that should be enough to get constantly seek treatments (traditional and non-orthodox) and still provide for basic necessities (food, rent, bills, …). American health system is a joke. Glad she’s making progress and has a ver…

> American health system is a joke.

I don't disagree, but having some kind of medical situation isn't a prerequisite for gaming the Patreon system. I used to be a monthly patreon subscriber to someone years ago who put out weekly asmr videos. One day they just stopped cold turkey with no announcement, yet years later their Patreon is still up and still taking monthly donations.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by teebSQAD9 »

armchairdweller wrote: post #138
teebSQAD9 wrote: post #103

I’ve had long covid for a couple of years now. It’s a really difficult disease, in part because different people react very differently, and there may even be multiple mechanisms so it’s not exactly a single disease. What has really helped me has been wearing a nicotine patch occasionally. I was never a smoker, but I came across this very small study [1] and thought it was worth a go because a) I was getting desperat…

That nicotine patches help with focus is no surprise if you have been naive to nicotine before. I have been using patches on and off (like years of no usage in-between) for focus, and 7mg is actually a lot. Is there anything indicating that it is not just the effect of nicotine, and truly helps against whatever lingers inside your body (the spike protein)? Given other people around me talking about treating their lon…

Good questions, and I don’t have great answers.

7mg was the weakest patch I could get at a pharmacy (in the UK), and as I understand it that’s the release over 24 hours; I wore them only during the day so it’s a lower dose. If it’s proportional it’s ~5mg, which is 2-3 cigarettes, but cigarettes deliver it much faster, I believe. I have since spoken to a doctor who suggested that if I relapse I should cut them in half to lower the dose. Did you do something like that?

The main reasons I think it had more than just a concentration-enhancing effect are a) the effect after 2 weeks of patches seems to be long-lasting (months, at least) and b) my post-exertional fatigue, which was fairly severe (going for a light jog would leave me partially bedridden for a couple of days) has also gone. But to be fair, if the fatigue is caused by nervous system dysregulation then perhaps that somehow accounts for it, and it’s equally possible both these effects will wear off in time.

I have not seen nattokinase mentioned before, thanks. Interesting that, aside from the effect on the spike protein, it’s also supposed to help prevent blood clots. A friend with long covid was enrolled in a study which treated micro blood clots and she saw significant improvement from that. But I was tested a couple of times for micro blood clots and it came back negative, so again I think the long covid mechanism is not consistent.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by qiine »

user568439 wrote: post #43

Long Covid (probably a form of ME/CFS triggered by Covid) is one of the worse diseases one can get. It invalidates you as a person physically and mentally and there are no solutions around. At the same time you are gaslighted by doctors and people because there is no clear diagnosis. My wife is already on her 3rd year and I just could witness first hand how shallow is the knowledge of most doctors, how they have zero…

model for the infrared light ?

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by lupusreal »

trompetenaccoun wrote: post #147
kvdveer wrote: post #80

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"Ignore your illness, and just keep working" is not a viable course of action, especially not with long-covid, speaking from experience here. In third-world countries without a socialized healthcare, this simply means these people work themselves to death, starve themselves to death, or need to rely on others for their survival. It is an absurd illusion that one can just ignore a serious health issue this way. Or, in…

I live in Kenya and have not heard of a single person who got "long covid", or knows someone who does. It has nothing to do with working oneself to death as you imagine, this is a phenomenon that does not exist outside a certain social bubble. You say you speak from experience. What exactly is your third world experience based on?

Post-viral fatigue definitely happens in Africa, but only very privileged people with the means to lay around doing nothing will allow it to knock them down so hard they literally don't stand up once in two years. Post-viral fatigue to this degree is a phenomenon of the idle upper class. It doesn't paralyze you, it just makes you tired and miserable. Normal people push through and carry on, because they must.

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Post by dylan604 »

qiine wrote: post #145
penjelly wrote: post #86

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Hi, I couldn't glean from the articles. But it sounds like you have breathing issues from long covid? it may sound ridiculous, but I developed gluten/lactose sensitivity during covid times. If I avoid gluten, lactose, canola oil I get far fewer symptoms. I know this likely isn't your issue but I do experience positive airway pressure, coughing, burping, chronic fatigue, exessive yawning. If that sounds like you maybe…

> "its in your head" insane that it's still so common...

Seems to me like that would be the number one offered advice when you get less than five minutes of time with a doctor under typical US doctor visits. Seems like a very convenient way to cycle patients through faster. The only downside is there's not really any scripts you can write which lowers your quota for which ever bigPharma the doctor has sold their soul

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Post by anonzzzies »

Sesse__ wrote: post #157
anonzzzies wrote: post #25

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It seems no doctor takes it seriously still: just you being a whiner and get over it. My mother had it in the 80s and it was really not a thing; must see a shrink, she did, didn't help of course etc etc. Never got any help besides 'well, just rest and don't worry too much'.

I am in the process of recovering from CFS (currently back to working 100%, though still not being where I want to be with everything else) and at no point my doctor has done anything but take it seriously. Of course, a doctor can only do so much with a disease as nebulous as this, but he (as well as work, family and other people around me) giving me breathing space and adapting to my situation has been crucial for m…

Good to hear, several people around me did not have that experience with covid, but sure there must be good doctors.

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Post by rtkwe »

theoreticalmal wrote: post #129
InDubioProRubio wrote: post #76

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Doesn’t the Bible specifically mention against this line of thinking?

Probably but that doesn't stop people from selectively reading or twisting the Bible to serve their own ends, bringing the weight of God behind their own desires and goals. They know most believers never actually read their own holy book on their own much less with a critical eye to how well it matches what they're being told.
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