The Saltiest Spoon

The saltiest spoon you ever did see. Ready to throw hands since 1999.

Disabled / EDS / POTS / MCAS / MECFS

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

This is me, no content yet, but I expect I'll be screaming into the void on Tumblr soon https://t.co/GVmwH4hT4S

[Chiamaka Nwakalor-Egemba @chef_amakaa]

We have spent years being told it is “just a period problem” while our skin, our weight, our mood, and our energy were all falling apart. Today, the medical world finally admitted you were right.
PCOS is now PMOS.

[PZ *ME Lobbyist* @pzneedsrest]

Doctors bitching about "over diagnosis" and "self diagnosis" of neglected conditions that primarily affect women is just misogyny. 🤷‍♀️

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

One thing about me, I'm a slut for sharp cheese

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

@DiaryofaSickGrl He was a nurse before he'd gone back to school to be an educator and he was the one who'd taught me to take my blood pressure like he knew of my illnesses but it hadn't occurred to him I was pushing myself at all times

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

@DiaryofaSickGrl One time, I shocked my college advisor, whom I'd known since childhood, by informing him during a meeting I had an active migraine. I had to break it to him most days in class, I was actively battling medication-resistant pain, and he just had the Pikachu surprise face

[@TheRealMcCoy aka Meghan @RipperMD41]

I did 2 telehealth appointments with a well respected dysautonomia specialist.

I stopped seeing them because it was clear they didn’t understand the severe end of #MECFS and weren’t listening to me.

After seeing this..it makes sense

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

I've realized a primordial need for 40 more years of @GastronautsShow . It has the refreshing, engaging, comforting vibes of Alton Brown's Good Eats, but as a competition show. It's evoking the same experience in me as the ones that made Good Eats my all-time favorite show

[Pat Sajak @patsajak]

Noticed I was trending. Thought I had passed away. Turns out I’m fine.

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

I'm wearing compression socks. I stepped in toothpaste that had glooped out of the tube on the floor. God has forsaken me.

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

I'd like to return my bones. God can have them back. They don't stay where they're supposed to, and I'm getting tired of it. #EDS

[Avery Edison @aedison]

“don’t use q-tips to clean your ears, you’ll just push the wax in further!!” well, yeah, sure, except for my special technique. if I use my special technique then it’s fine.

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

@DiaryofaSickGrl I mentioned to my allergist once that the lobby of the next department over smelled like cucumber melon air freshener, and she looked visibly dismayed.

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

@DiaryofaSickGrl I also used to treat it this way and my allergist was also horrified... I now only need maybe 50 to 500 per WEEK.

[Claire E. Aubin? @ceaubin]

Truly do believe migraines are one of the stupidest possible illnesses to suffer from. What do you mean the weather is making me blind in one eye

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

Fun fact of the day: if you have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, you can give yourself whiplash from sleeping incorrectly #EDS #ChronicIllness #DontFallAsleepOnTheFloor

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

if the goal of the pro-life movement was to reduce abortions it would support policies that have been proven to reduce abortions. but it’s simply about criminalizing people who get abortions

[Dr. Kevin M. Young @kevinmyoung]

TIMES WHEN CHRISTIANS CARED WHO RECREATED THE LAST SUPPER:
Once… because, drag queens

TIMES WHEN THEY COULDN’T HAVE CARED LESS:

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

@DiaryofaSickGrl KS, US!

[The Saltiest Spoon @SaltiestSpoon]

As it turns out, if you keep pushing yourself with an energy-limiting illness, even if you take intentional day or week long radical rest periods, you're still gonna wind up pushing yourself too hard and crashing if those rest days don't get you back to baseline. #MECFS