Kittybard
@kittybard.bsky.social
Neurospicy, ace, quiet on socials, writing NB/queer fantasy (Pen name TBA)
Managing chronic illness is a full-time job
Can't count, can prob[stats] math?
Prefer no 3rd person pronouns OR ze|zir|zem/zeir/zeirself (they/them/themself okay)
Managing chronic illness is a full-time job
Can't count, can prob[stats] math?
Prefer no 3rd person pronouns OR ze|zir|zem/zeir/zeirself (they/them/themself okay)
So ~1.5 days later, I can confirm that I am ow
Also, I looked back at timestamps and it was more like 2 hrs of laughter (no wonder my everything feels like I got hit by a bus)
It was very much needed
I could just go for a wee bit less pain (both achiness and myalgia) + fatigue on the back end
Also, I looked back at timestamps and it was more like 2 hrs of laughter (no wonder my everything feels like I got hit by a bus)
It was very much needed
I could just go for a wee bit less pain (both achiness and myalgia) + fatigue on the back end
Was hanging out with friends in a voice call
Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much
I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much
I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
So ~1.5 days later, I can confirm that I am ow
Also, I looked back at timestamps and it was more like 2 hrs of laughter (no wonder my everything feels like I got hit by a bus)
It was very much needed
I could just go for a wee bit less pain (both achiness and myalgia) + fatigue on the back end
Also, I looked back at timestamps and it was more like 2 hrs of laughter (no wonder my everything feels like I got hit by a bus)
It was very much needed
I could just go for a wee bit less pain (both achiness and myalgia) + fatigue on the back end
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The whistle plates are feeling temperamental in this unexpected Alabama freeze, so instead of the cracking videos, enjoy 40 seconds of pretty colored whistles falling from the sky. 😂
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January 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The whistle plates are feeling temperamental in this unexpected Alabama freeze, so instead of the cracking videos, enjoy 40 seconds of pretty colored whistles falling from the sky. 😂
174,765 shipped since mid December. ❤️
Get whistles/support us at linktree.ee/3Dwhistles 💕
174,765 shipped since mid December. ❤️
Get whistles/support us at linktree.ee/3Dwhistles 💕
Was hanging out with friends in a voice call
Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much
I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much
I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
January 26, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Was hanging out with friends in a voice call
Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much
I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much
I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
This is such an excellent example of the kind of energy that helps holds the darkness at bay for a little while
Feels like society’s really broken down in the US in a way that’s deeply traumatic.
But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
This is such an excellent example of the kind of energy that helps holds the darkness at bay for a little while
Curled up and cozy as this 'Snowpocalypse' envelops Pittsburgh
It's the perfect day to sip a warm drink while implementing one of the last rounds of feedback/edit notes for Book 1
Also, I finally 100% sorted funds for my cover art, so I can get that ball back in motion again!
It's the perfect day to sip a warm drink while implementing one of the last rounds of feedback/edit notes for Book 1
Also, I finally 100% sorted funds for my cover art, so I can get that ball back in motion again!
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Curled up and cozy as this 'Snowpocalypse' envelops Pittsburgh
It's the perfect day to sip a warm drink while implementing one of the last rounds of feedback/edit notes for Book 1
Also, I finally 100% sorted funds for my cover art, so I can get that ball back in motion again!
It's the perfect day to sip a warm drink while implementing one of the last rounds of feedback/edit notes for Book 1
Also, I finally 100% sorted funds for my cover art, so I can get that ball back in motion again!
We love a responsive doc!
He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!
(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!
(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
Insurance refuses to be bullied about the Zepbound XP
And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option
So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option
So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
Back on my bullshit (bullying insurance)
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We love a responsive doc!
He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!
(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!
(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
Turns out failing off a med is doing wonders for today's productivity XP
(I 100% understand why; brain decided to try and ignore the MCAS rxn and other strange/unhappy sensations by picking a dozen little action items and powering through them)
(I 100% understand why; brain decided to try and ignore the MCAS rxn and other strange/unhappy sensations by picking a dozen little action items and powering through them)
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Turns out failing off a med is doing wonders for today's productivity XP
(I 100% understand why; brain decided to try and ignore the MCAS rxn and other strange/unhappy sensations by picking a dozen little action items and powering through them)
(I 100% understand why; brain decided to try and ignore the MCAS rxn and other strange/unhappy sensations by picking a dozen little action items and powering through them)
Insurance refuses to be bullied about the Zepbound XP
And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option
So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option
So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
Back on my bullshit (bullying insurance)
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Insurance has now called me twice, oh so helpfully telling me my Prior Auth has been denied, without ever indicating which thing was, y'know, denied :P
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Insurance refuses to be bullied about the Zepbound XP
And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option
So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option
So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
The quoted interaction reminds me of this Xkcd comic in the best kind of way
Congrats on being one of the lucky ones! And thank you to *everyone* who writes solid alt text!
Congrats on being one of the lucky ones! And thank you to *everyone* who writes solid alt text!
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The quoted interaction reminds me of this Xkcd comic in the best kind of way
Congrats on being one of the lucky ones! And thank you to *everyone* who writes solid alt text!
Congrats on being one of the lucky ones! And thank you to *everyone* who writes solid alt text!
So I got a pregnancy pillow last year for sleeping support to ease many pains
It's mostly been quite successful
However
My two cattos have decided during this winter weather spell that the space between the pillow and my body makes for a top-tier cat bed
My brain loves this, but my body is ow
It's mostly been quite successful
However
My two cattos have decided during this winter weather spell that the space between the pillow and my body makes for a top-tier cat bed
My brain loves this, but my body is ow
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM
So I got a pregnancy pillow last year for sleeping support to ease many pains
It's mostly been quite successful
However
My two cattos have decided during this winter weather spell that the space between the pillow and my body makes for a top-tier cat bed
My brain loves this, but my body is ow
It's mostly been quite successful
However
My two cattos have decided during this winter weather spell that the space between the pillow and my body makes for a top-tier cat bed
My brain loves this, but my body is ow
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today my therapist was talking about how adhd and ptsd can set each other off because it’s harder to regulate trauma responses when you’re already disregulated because you’ve forgotten to eat or drink all day so like idk who else needs to hear this but go drink a glass of water
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
today my therapist was talking about how adhd and ptsd can set each other off because it’s harder to regulate trauma responses when you’re already disregulated because you’ve forgotten to eat or drink all day so like idk who else needs to hear this but go drink a glass of water
Time to go poke my doc again about switching the GLP-1 script from Zepbound to something from the PDL
Then moar fixing the start of book 2 (I've edited ~13.5k of 22.5k words, more on that in a sec)
Then moar fixing the start of book 2 (I've edited ~13.5k of 22.5k words, more on that in a sec)
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Time to go poke my doc again about switching the GLP-1 script from Zepbound to something from the PDL
Then moar fixing the start of book 2 (I've edited ~13.5k of 22.5k words, more on that in a sec)
Then moar fixing the start of book 2 (I've edited ~13.5k of 22.5k words, more on that in a sec)
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when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
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damn it my ace ass has lived this
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 AM
damn it my ace ass has lived this
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Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
Back on my bullshit (bullying insurance)
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Insurance has now called me twice, oh so helpfully telling me my Prior Auth has been denied, without ever indicating which thing was, y'know, denied :P
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Oooooh, pharmacy notifications indicate the cromolyn prior auth made it through <.<
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Back on my bullshit (bullying insurance)
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL
Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
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We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
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Charlie has figured out how to make the printer print test pages and now it’s all he wants to do.
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Charlie has figured out how to make the printer print test pages and now it’s all he wants to do.
Got home around noon, immediately went and napped in my own goddamned bed and have been mostly curled up with two very cuddly cattos since then
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Got home around noon, immediately went and napped in my own goddamned bed and have been mostly curled up with two very cuddly cattos since then
Insurance has now called me twice, oh so helpfully telling me my Prior Auth has been denied, without ever indicating which thing was, y'know, denied :P
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Oooooh, pharmacy notifications indicate the cromolyn prior auth made it through <.<
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
Well my bet (option 1) was wrong
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
January 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Insurance has now called me twice, oh so helpfully telling me my Prior Auth has been denied, without ever indicating which thing was, y'know, denied :P
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
Wtf Bluesky
I keep trying to like posts, it registers, then like 5-10 secs later it undoes the like?
I keep trying to like posts, it registers, then like 5-10 secs later it undoes the like?
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Wtf Bluesky
I keep trying to like posts, it registers, then like 5-10 secs later it undoes the like?
I keep trying to like posts, it registers, then like 5-10 secs later it undoes the like?
Oooooh, pharmacy notifications indicate the cromolyn prior auth made it through <.<
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
Well my bet (option 1) was wrong
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
So I guess start the betting pool for which one of these four made it:
1. GLP-1 med
2. Low dose of T
3. BP med
4. Cromolyn nasal spray
1. GLP-1 med
2. Low dose of T
3. BP med
4. Cromolyn nasal spray
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Oooooh, pharmacy notifications indicate the cromolyn prior auth made it through <.<
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
So two to go, GLP-1 and T (I honestly think what's most likely with the GLP-1 is they reject the one my doc prescribed and make me trial a different one first, but so long as one gets covered I'm not too fussy)
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Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
Kingdom Hearts 1
Pokemon Emerald
Final Fantasy X
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Pokemon Emerald
Final Fantasy X
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Kingdom Hearts 1
Pokemon Emerald
Final Fantasy X
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Pokemon Emerald
Final Fantasy X
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Well my bet (option 1) was wrong
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
So I guess start the betting pool for which one of these four made it:
1. GLP-1 med
2. Low dose of T
3. BP med
4. Cromolyn nasal spray
1. GLP-1 med
2. Low dose of T
3. BP med
4. Cromolyn nasal spray
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Well my bet (option 1) was wrong
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs
Option 3 won!
Y'know, the BP med that is in no way a first-line pick :P
Anywho, I've armed my doc with more documentation, and am aggregating literature (largely compiled by @rahaeli.bsky.social) to bludgeon insurance with when they reject the PA reqs