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Otherwise known as @KoparaFallsKid.bsky.social
Movement As Medicine advocate. Follow my writing on Limberation.com
Rheumatoid Arthritis patient. Previously diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis patient. Probably both. Two titantium knees.
Movement As Medicine advocate. Follow my writing on Limberation.com
Rheumatoid Arthritis patient. Previously diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis patient. Probably both. Two titantium knees.
Pinned
UPDATE on the ankle fusion! What a day!
Returned knee scooter
Got cast removed
Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray
Back across to see surgeon
Surgeon happy with x-ray
OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches
Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital).
Got home, am zonked!
Returned knee scooter
Got cast removed
Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray
Back across to see surgeon
Surgeon happy with x-ray
OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches
Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital).
Got home, am zonked!
Don’t ‘over-engage your core muscles’ and other tips for looking after your pelvic floor
Don’t ‘over-engage your core muscles’ and other tips for looking after your pelvic floor
From not treating your rectum as a storage facility to lifting weights, experts offer advice on how to maintain a healthy pelvic floor for longer
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Don’t ‘over-engage your core muscles’ and other tips for looking after your pelvic floor
#disability #accessibility #design #architecture
It can be difficult for physically able bodied people to fully understand accessibility issues. Yes, I am a #chronicIllness person, but physically I'm fine - until I have surgery.
Yesterday I had my first ever experience driving a wheelchair.
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It can be difficult for physically able bodied people to fully understand accessibility issues. Yes, I am a #chronicIllness person, but physically I'm fine - until I have surgery.
Yesterday I had my first ever experience driving a wheelchair.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:21 AM
#disability #accessibility #design #architecture
It can be difficult for physically able bodied people to fully understand accessibility issues. Yes, I am a #chronicIllness person, but physically I'm fine - until I have surgery.
Yesterday I had my first ever experience driving a wheelchair.
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It can be difficult for physically able bodied people to fully understand accessibility issues. Yes, I am a #chronicIllness person, but physically I'm fine - until I have surgery.
Yesterday I had my first ever experience driving a wheelchair.
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Oh the bliss of being in bed with a naked leg!!!
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Oh the bliss of being in bed with a naked leg!!!
UPDATE on the ankle fusion! What a day!
Returned knee scooter
Got cast removed
Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray
Back across to see surgeon
Surgeon happy with x-ray
OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches
Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital).
Got home, am zonked!
Returned knee scooter
Got cast removed
Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray
Back across to see surgeon
Surgeon happy with x-ray
OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches
Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital).
Got home, am zonked!
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 AM
UPDATE on the ankle fusion! What a day!
Returned knee scooter
Got cast removed
Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray
Back across to see surgeon
Surgeon happy with x-ray
OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches
Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital).
Got home, am zonked!
Returned knee scooter
Got cast removed
Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray
Back across to see surgeon
Surgeon happy with x-ray
OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches
Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital).
Got home, am zonked!
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“The Nobel Prize was awarded for identifying regulatory #Tcells ..& their role in #immune tolerance, w/o knowing what triggers them..Now we know the #erythropoietin ..signaling pathway in a subset of dendritic #cells ..is what triggers them.": buff.ly/yTXogfS
via @stanford.bsky.social
#Autoimmune
via @stanford.bsky.social
#Autoimmune
Study uncovers immune switch for cancer and autoimmunity
Researchers found that a key molecule involved in red blood cell production governs whether the immune system attacks or tolerates cells, revealing potential treatments for autoimmune diseases and…
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“The Nobel Prize was awarded for identifying regulatory #Tcells ..& their role in #immune tolerance, w/o knowing what triggers them..Now we know the #erythropoietin ..signaling pathway in a subset of dendritic #cells ..is what triggers them.": buff.ly/yTXogfS
via @stanford.bsky.social
#Autoimmune
via @stanford.bsky.social
#Autoimmune
Very interesting!
Boy 'less nervous' about Tourette's after film debut
Boy 'less nervous' about Tourette's after film debut
Boy 'less nervous' about Tourette's after debut in film I Swear
A teenager from Sale say he got to meet others with the condition while filming 2025 film 'I Swear'.
www.bbc.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Very interesting!
Boy 'less nervous' about Tourette's after film debut
Boy 'less nervous' about Tourette's after film debut
2 sleeps to go until I say goodbye cast and hello moon boot.
Girlfriend had a hip replaced today, so will visit her once I'm in the moon boot - the same hospital I went to, so just across the road from my surgeon's rooms.
And I'll get an x-ray!! See if it is exactly the same as the left one!
Girlfriend had a hip replaced today, so will visit her once I'm in the moon boot - the same hospital I went to, so just across the road from my surgeon's rooms.
And I'll get an x-ray!! See if it is exactly the same as the left one!
January 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
2 sleeps to go until I say goodbye cast and hello moon boot.
Girlfriend had a hip replaced today, so will visit her once I'm in the moon boot - the same hospital I went to, so just across the road from my surgeon's rooms.
And I'll get an x-ray!! See if it is exactly the same as the left one!
Girlfriend had a hip replaced today, so will visit her once I'm in the moon boot - the same hospital I went to, so just across the road from my surgeon's rooms.
And I'll get an x-ray!! See if it is exactly the same as the left one!
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick: As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now
#health #chronicIllness #disability - it will be bad for our communities
#health #chronicIllness #disability - it will be bad for our communities
As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick: As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now
#health #chronicIllness #disability - it will be bad for our communities
#health #chronicIllness #disability - it will be bad for our communities
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EMERGENCY WARNING - GRASS FIRE - Evacuate Immediately
Incident Location: Yalla-Y-Poora Rd, Streatham
Issue Date: Friday 09 January 2026, 02:46 pm
Next Update: Friday 09 January 2026, 04:50 pm
More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
#VicFires
Incident Location: Yalla-Y-Poora Rd, Streatham
Issue Date: Friday 09 January 2026, 02:46 pm
Next Update: Friday 09 January 2026, 04:50 pm
More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
#VicFires
Incidents and Warnings - VicEmergency
Victoria's combined source of emergency information and warnings, helping the community to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies across the state.
emergency.vic.gov.au
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
EMERGENCY WARNING - GRASS FIRE - Evacuate Immediately
Incident Location: Yalla-Y-Poora Rd, Streatham
Issue Date: Friday 09 January 2026, 02:46 pm
Next Update: Friday 09 January 2026, 04:50 pm
More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
#VicFires
Incident Location: Yalla-Y-Poora Rd, Streatham
Issue Date: Friday 09 January 2026, 02:46 pm
Next Update: Friday 09 January 2026, 04:50 pm
More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
#VicFires
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‘Toughest conditions imaginable’: Victorians urged to shelter inside from heatwave as tropical cyclone heads for Queensland
‘Toughest conditions imaginable’: Victorians urged to shelter inside from heatwave as tropical cyclone heads for Queensland
Heatwave warnings in place for nearly all states and territories as Sydney braces for 43C forecast on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
‘Toughest conditions imaginable’: Victorians urged to shelter inside from heatwave as tropical cyclone heads for Queensland
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I’ve always slept better with a cool, even cold bedroom. My bedroom window is open all winter. I might need a doona and a wheat bag at my feet, but the room has to be cold. The alternative is having a fan on.
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I’ve always slept better with a cool, even cold bedroom. My bedroom window is open all winter. I might need a doona and a wheat bag at my feet, but the room has to be cold. The alternative is having a fan on.
This is intetesting because when I did the Chronic Pain Management Program in 2017, we were instructed the best temps for sleeping were <= 15⁰ C.
New research finds keeping room temperature at 24 degrees or below could reduce sleep stress for older Australians
New research finds keeping room temperature at 24 degrees or below could reduce sleep stress for older Australians
Study finds link between room temperature and sleep stress for elderly
The study by Griffith University in Brisbane finds that a room temperature while sleeping of more than 24 degrees Celsius increases heart rate variability and physiological stress.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This is intetesting because when I did the Chronic Pain Management Program in 2017, we were instructed the best temps for sleeping were <= 15⁰ C.
New research finds keeping room temperature at 24 degrees or below could reduce sleep stress for older Australians
New research finds keeping room temperature at 24 degrees or below could reduce sleep stress for older Australians
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I don't often publicly recommend allied health providers: making an exception!
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
Health in Balance, Elsternwick | Melbourne Exercise Physiologists, Allied Health Professionals delivering safe & effective clinical exercise, lifestyle & behavior modification programs for prevention,...
www.healthinbalance.com.au
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I don't often publicly recommend allied health providers: making an exception!
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
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Thomas is actually doing a home visit to help me during this post-op period. 😊 I'm very grateful.
Yes, EPs can be covered by My Aged Care Plans, or CHMPs from the GP, or PHI or NDIS.
Yes, EPs can be covered by My Aged Care Plans, or CHMPs from the GP, or PHI or NDIS.
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Thomas is actually doing a home visit to help me during this post-op period. 😊 I'm very grateful.
Yes, EPs can be covered by My Aged Care Plans, or CHMPs from the GP, or PHI or NDIS.
Yes, EPs can be covered by My Aged Care Plans, or CHMPs from the GP, or PHI or NDIS.
I am by nature a barefoot person.
I knocked my little toe on a wheel of the knee scooter and now have a rather dirty looking bruise.
This is a toe I have a screw in (where don't I have screws?🤷🏻♀️) so I hope I haven't damaged anything. *sigh*.
I broke the nail (scooter again) a couple of days ago.
I knocked my little toe on a wheel of the knee scooter and now have a rather dirty looking bruise.
This is a toe I have a screw in (where don't I have screws?🤷🏻♀️) so I hope I haven't damaged anything. *sigh*.
I broke the nail (scooter again) a couple of days ago.
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 AM
I am by nature a barefoot person.
I knocked my little toe on a wheel of the knee scooter and now have a rather dirty looking bruise.
This is a toe I have a screw in (where don't I have screws?🤷🏻♀️) so I hope I haven't damaged anything. *sigh*.
I broke the nail (scooter again) a couple of days ago.
I knocked my little toe on a wheel of the knee scooter and now have a rather dirty looking bruise.
This is a toe I have a screw in (where don't I have screws?🤷🏻♀️) so I hope I haven't damaged anything. *sigh*.
I broke the nail (scooter again) a couple of days ago.
I don't often publicly recommend allied health providers: making an exception!
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
Health in Balance, Elsternwick | Melbourne Exercise Physiologists, Allied Health Professionals delivering safe & effective clinical exercise, lifestyle & behavior modification programs for prevention,...
www.healthinbalance.com.au
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I don't often publicly recommend allied health providers: making an exception!
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
If you live in or near Melbourne and could use the services of an exercise physiologist I highly recommend Health in Balance.
If you are not sure what EPs are/do, ask me, happy to answer!
#ChronicIllness #Disability
Just done the shower process again, which is smiliar but different.
Once I was FINALLY dressed, I reckoned I burn more calories doing these things, over a day, that I do during a gym workout!
The effort is very tiring.
I feel very much for those for whom such situations are permanent. 🫂
Once I was FINALLY dressed, I reckoned I burn more calories doing these things, over a day, that I do during a gym workout!
The effort is very tiring.
I feel very much for those for whom such situations are permanent. 🫂
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I posted this yesterday and then deleted it when my tone was perceived to be sarcastic. I was trying to illustrate to healthy family, friends & colleagues of #ChronicIllness and #disability people what we face, sometimes temporarily, in other cases permanently. I deleted the thread yesterday
I posted this yesterday and then deleted it when my tone was perceived to be sarcastic. I was trying to illustrate to healthy family, friends & colleagues of #ChronicIllness and #disability people what we face, sometimes temporarily, in other cases permanently. I deleted the thread yesterday
January 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Just done the shower process again, which is smiliar but different.
Once I was FINALLY dressed, I reckoned I burn more calories doing these things, over a day, that I do during a gym workout!
The effort is very tiring.
I feel very much for those for whom such situations are permanent. 🫂
Once I was FINALLY dressed, I reckoned I burn more calories doing these things, over a day, that I do during a gym workout!
The effort is very tiring.
I feel very much for those for whom such situations are permanent. 🫂
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Read the full article by David Brasure: whn.global/six-years-an...
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #MasksWork #PublicHealth #Prevention #HealthEquity #COVID #MaskUp #InfectionPrevention
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #MasksWork #PublicHealth #Prevention #HealthEquity #COVID #MaskUp #InfectionPrevention
Six Years and Six Winters Without Getting Sick - WHN
This is the ninth of a series of posts on Long COVID by David Brasure. See parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. I haven’t been sick since 2018. No flu. No colds. No COVID. Nothing. Same for my wife. Same...
whn.global
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Read the full article by David Brasure: whn.global/six-years-an...
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #MasksWork #PublicHealth #Prevention #HealthEquity #COVID #MaskUp #InfectionPrevention
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #MasksWork #PublicHealth #Prevention #HealthEquity #COVID #MaskUp #InfectionPrevention
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Don't be an illness vector #StopTheSpread #MaskUp_N95orBetter
"Six years without getting sick isn’t a miracle. It’s what happens when airborne problems are met with airborne solutions.
Respirators work quietly, consistently, and without spectacle...."
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"Six years without getting sick isn’t a miracle. It’s what happens when airborne problems are met with airborne solutions.
Respirators work quietly, consistently, and without spectacle...."
www.facebook.com/share/p/1E3J...
January 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Don't be an illness vector #StopTheSpread #MaskUp_N95orBetter
"Six years without getting sick isn’t a miracle. It’s what happens when airborne problems are met with airborne solutions.
Respirators work quietly, consistently, and without spectacle...."
www.facebook.com/share/p/1E3J...
"Six years without getting sick isn’t a miracle. It’s what happens when airborne problems are met with airborne solutions.
Respirators work quietly, consistently, and without spectacle...."
www.facebook.com/share/p/1E3J...
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I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis/#ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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January 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis/#ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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I get same question, as I’m the lone masker in the family. Sadly, this *is* the new normal. 😷 Until treatment and/or cure found, ALL should wear N95 in public, get vaccinated, open window, etc. #COVIDIsAirborne #COVIDKills #COVIDDisables #LongCOVIDSux #CleanIndoorAir #COVIDIsAMOFO
January 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I get same question, as I’m the lone masker in the family. Sadly, this *is* the new normal. 😷 Until treatment and/or cure found, ALL should wear N95 in public, get vaccinated, open window, etc. #COVIDIsAirborne #COVIDKills #COVIDDisables #LongCOVIDSux #CleanIndoorAir #COVIDIsAMOFO
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It's a derailing. Playing whack-a-mole with #cancer can make it tough to #write, to read, to do much of anything. But ... maybe I'll be of use to SCIENCE! #writesky
oaklandhillsfarm.com/tmi-part-2/
oaklandhillsfarm.com/tmi-part-2/
TMI, Part 2 - M Turville Heitz
I’m somehow, potentially, making a difference. It kind of makes the misery a tiny bit more palatable. A tiny bit.
oaklandhillsfarm.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:44 AM
It's a derailing. Playing whack-a-mole with #cancer can make it tough to #write, to read, to do much of anything. But ... maybe I'll be of use to SCIENCE! #writesky
oaklandhillsfarm.com/tmi-part-2/
oaklandhillsfarm.com/tmi-part-2/
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Glad to join these incredible speakers to talk about #LongCOVID and what we’ve learned from reporting on it @thesicktimes.org! 😷🙏🏼
LC Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5pm-8pm EST features:
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Glad to join these incredible speakers to talk about #LongCOVID and what we’ve learned from reporting on it @thesicktimes.org! 😷🙏🏼
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“Maybe they will think since you are on #benefits you should have no capacity to move, think or blink. No hobbies. No laughter. That u should wallow in in the misery that is your existence.”: buff.ly/HAufTU0
by @chronicallynikki.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #stigma #disability
by @chronicallynikki.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #stigma #disability
Stigma: The Disability word
I used to despise the disability word. I wasn’t disabled. I was chronically ill struggling to function in a world I just couldn’t quite fit into. That wouldn’t quite accommodate m…
buff.ly
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
“Maybe they will think since you are on #benefits you should have no capacity to move, think or blink. No hobbies. No laughter. That u should wallow in in the misery that is your existence.”: buff.ly/HAufTU0
by @chronicallynikki.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #stigma #disability
by @chronicallynikki.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #stigma #disability