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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 8m

Side note, I know it's not a "detox", but that's a good shorthand that everyone should get to explain in 1 word something that should actually take 4 paragraphs to really explain.

This isn't pubmed, I can generalize.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 10m

Managed 6 hours of sleep. yay.

Now everything is blurry. And I know why. My body is "detoxing" from super-high blood glucose readings so this is expected.

Yes I made myself bleed and I checked the numbers, I'm "recovering" and not "dangerous low". But oof, this is gonna be a rough week.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 7h

Ok, so I've been up all night here, 'cuz I just feel way off. I'm essentially detoxing my blood glucose so I'm gonna feel wonky.

I may end up crashing here, and if I do I'm probably not gonna make a video cuz' I'll wake up WAY too late.

Oof.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 1d

Attaching an update to this video.

So my blood glucose is half what it was yesterday at this time. It's still "OMFG" high, but it's coming down slowly. Which is the plan. Not as much "shock the system" as much as "fall into the foam pit"

Hopefully this will prevent the crashing but who knows.

a yellow sign that says fingers crossed

ALT: a yellow sign that says fingers crossed

media.tenor.com

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 1d

I'll look into those, just tomorrow. Cuz right now I'm wiped out.

The short term plan is more of an immediate "any port in a storm" attitude. Once the immediate danger is gone, then we go into "ok, manage" mode.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

So... An update. Basically a video of the post I made earlier today.

Kind of makes this redundant I guess. But I'm posting it anyway because some people like seeing videos from me.

tl;DR My video production is probably going to be erratic for the next month as my body gets used to new meds.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

I just got back from my diabetic specialist appointment.

Things aren't good, but it's recoverable. It'll take a few months and I may feel like I'm dying through some of it, but it's recoverable.

So my next few months are really gonna suck, and MFF is gonna have it's difficulties, but I'll make it.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

Forgot to add the sauce.

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Circumcised boys more likely to be autistic, RFK Jr claims

US health secretary claims boys who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism

www.telegraph.co.uk

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

are...
you fucking...
kidding me...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

Side note, I'd LOVE to get a closer look at this costume, I traced it back to possibly part of a thing in the 1960's but I'd LOVE to know how they did the wings.

And why they decided to REALLY accentuate his maleness, 'cuz that's a choice...

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

Boomers : "BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE FURRIES! We didn't have people putting on animal costumes and showing off their private parts and walking around pretending to be something they're not! THAT'S NEW WOKE STUFF!"

Archived pictures : *politely coughs*

Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 2d

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not asking for it, not yet. There's a lot of people who need the help more than I do right now.

I've got this handled, for the moment. If it goes catawampus I'll let yall know.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, I lucked out, there's an opening to see a diabetic specialist tomorrow afternoon.

I have the money to go in, but I'm hoping I have the money to pay for whatever they tell me I need to get better. 'Cuz ICYMI, tariffs on meds is making them cost double or more.

Yay, American health care.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 2d

oof.

No sleep last night, crashed out hard, woke up late...

Yeah, I'm really not in a good way right now so no vid today and things are gonna get a lot more worrisome.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 3d

In the last video I made I gave a prediction about the orange tyrant not backing down. Called it.

I'm seriously thinking about renaming this character as Nostradamus.

Not that we all didn't see this coming like a freight train going through Nebraska, but someone has to say these things aloud.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 4d

So I was awake for like 30+ hours 'cuz my brain hates me. Laid down for a quick nap, and woke up at like 6 PM.

oops.

Let's see what happens but I'm seeing myself being awake 'till like noon tomorrow 'cuz my brain hates me.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 5d

And in "you don't mess with da machine" news, let's talk about that Chicago executive order today! Because I have a feeling it's going to end up being more important than we think when we look in history about this.

And weirdly, I haven't seen a lot of coverage about this.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago Mayor Johnson has signed an executive order creating "ICE free zones", stating that federal immigration officers may not use city owned properties for staging or processing.

Personally I hope the Lincoln Park Pirates come out of retirement now. (It's a Chicago thing, IYKYK)

www.chicago.gov

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

🎄🐭 "This hurts me deeply."

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

I appreciate the thought, but there's a LOT of furs worse off than I am right now. I'll keep going ok, I'll figure this out one way or another.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

Woke up at 4:30 AM, minimal sleep 'cuz "news raccoon hates knowing stuff".

Glanced in on TikTok and I got a community guidelines violation for posting a picture of me snowboarding.
...
Long story short I got it reversed, deleted it, and blocked the person who thinks I'm a popufur who reported it.

a cartoon llama holding a microphone with the words and that 's that

ALT: a cartoon llama holding a microphone with the words and that 's that

media.tenor.com

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, and I ran out of my meds like 3 months ago and I can't afford to get to my diabetic specialists with no insurance.

So yeah, things aren't great here. So we'll see what happens over this week as I take some drastic measures to at least get this down a little.

So what I'm saying is no vid today.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

So here's my choices.

I go into the ER, put myself into severe medical debt, and I get a temporary solution.

I go do a bike ride, which at these levels is VERY dangerous but somewhat effective.

I do nothing, power through it, get a video out, and still feel like trash.

Nothing is good here.

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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 6d

Ok 'yall, "real talk" here.

I'm T2D. I haven't been able to test my blood sugars 'cuz I ran out of strips (With my meter it's about $75 for 30 strips, not cheap) And I just found a couple I could test with.

right now my blood sugar is just under "This should kill me" levels.

Not good.

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