Multipurpose nerd. Engineering manager currently waylaid by a complex illness. On a mission to watch every Katharine Hepburn movie. 🏳️‍🌈 they (🇬🇧), elle (🇫🇷) Currently in Portland OR. Always a Mainer. ✍️ www.kateviolette.com 📊 @healthlog.kateviolette.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqpro5mads2vThere are really not enough doctors engaging with this increasingly widespread issue: many of us patient experts have to actually allow ourselves to be physically harmed first to be listened to by a doctor. This is not a niche thing! I've experienced it too! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpro5mads2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqpnybqxfc2vThis is super sad, and depending on which side of Alcatraz they were on (east or west) that probably changes the math quite a lot. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpnybqxfc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqox4yoibc2fSignal boosting this at an hour I am not usually awake! I used almost every good brain hour I had for two months to put together this ask for help. I need to be able to focus on my medical care and recovery again for a while. Can you chip in, or you can simply repost and help get the word out? 💜 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqox4yoibc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqowfk5ywc2f you WOULDN'T steal a CAR *touches earpiece* nope, wait, I'm getting word that stealing one car is a crime to be severely punished but stealing every car on the planet is just good business [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqowfk5ywc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqniicldvc2nhaving a day where lots of little things going wrong have accumulated (most recently: spilling almond milk on myself) and I started singing "fuck this, fuck this!" to the tune of Jack singing "what's this, what's this!" in The Nightmare Before Christmas15 Jul 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqniicldvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqmt74z2ys24A very big thank you from me also to everyone who has donated already! 💜 I hope to write an update in the GFM soon, but know that your help has gotten me through my first month! My friend Nick will be matching donations today; reposts appreciated to help get his post in front of new eyeballs! :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmt74z2ys24https://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqkhcwcufs25fucking ICE can all go to hell13 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkhcwcufs25https://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqkesmtyl225Healthy ppl discovering United health ins is The Actual Worst...file another thing under "Things Sick People Could Have Told You If You'd Listen To Us" 😮‍💨 I would love for us to be able to collectively do something about healthcare in this country without *everyone* having to find out the hard way13 Jul 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkesmtyl225https://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqkdybhti225It's like no one has ever read a goddamn fairy tale This will not end well! It's like narrative physics; this sort of thing is invariably guaranteed to come back to bite you [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkdybhti225https://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqglfkxo7s2sreally feels like a dry run tonight on the timeline for It happening12 Jul 2026 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqglfkxo7s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqfiifjy5s2cNot many people have had the repeat experience of lying curled up in bed with 911 pre-dialed on their phone, taking terrifying symptoms one breath at a time and hoping that, among other things, you don't pass out and are unable to call for help (Not experiencing this right now, just reflecting)11 Jul 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfiifjy5s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqd3t4untk2grealizing belatedly that I increased my cryptolepis dose a couple days ago and probably should have been prepared for The Sads (tm) (cryptolepis kills all three Bs, but most notably babesia, which can give some *intense* sadness/hopelessness neuropsych stuff) [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd3t4untk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqcwiliu522vman I am really struggling with depression today being ill in an "illness is a full-time job" sort of way is so socially isolating illness doesn't have to be socially isolating necessarily, but that's how we've constructed our society, sooo10 Jul 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcwiliu522vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kateviolette.com/post/3mqcu5nzhms2vI'm so tired of businesses thinking we're just not gonna notice shitty AI art I would rather go to a smoothie cart with cheap hand-drawn menus than this slick faux art vomit [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:45bbhtctnvig34ilidfglwli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcu5nzhms2v