I'm really grateful that you showed up for us today even though you are not feeling well. I hope you feel completely well soon. I think the lowest level of fine is 'meh'.
We can feel crummy together -- I tested positive on Friday. My first bout with "the flu." It feels good to hang out on your porch for a few minutes. Rest well, friend.
I hope you feel better soon Claire! I just recently got a new therapist who specializes in asd and she believes I'm autistic. After a year of intensive research and looking back at my life, I can agree so hard and it's so nice to finally have an answer to everything. I'm only 23, but it's felt so bittersweet and wonderful. My fiance and I broke up and my grandpa died (not this past week but like...two months ago) so that's been crazy. I'm making a lot of art about it and going to parks to watch birds. I find your videos very comforting and am happy to know someone like you exists. Thank you for all that you do and for all that you are :)
Hey, there. Love the hair and so sorry for your illness! That sucks. More of the same on my end-taking care of kids and dogs and plants...Nothing new beyond more books and wrestling this curriculum thing into something managable. Blessings on your week and prayers for a speedy recovery from that ick!❤ Take good care of yourself, friend.
Hey it's a sick kid porch coffee! Cheers! 😂 ☕ 😭 I'm recovering still from the shingles. Man, it is the PITS. I feel mostly like myself again, thank goodness. Hope you heal up soon, too! 👋🏻
Hey Claire! If you want to hang out with community while you’re healing, I’m sending a link in mighty to you for the new discord for Karen’s autistic chat. Lots of love and support there. And fun.
My week was exhausting fighting first mowing and working on the house. Soooo exhausted. But feeling like day to day actually getting things done. Anyways that's where I am at and I so hope you and yours don't take long to recover. Have a great rest!!! Hydrate and get nutrition... It'll help you feel better. Breath to...
Hope you feel better soon ❤ it was my birthday this week and I had a great weekend with my wife and a friend came to stay. Good company and lots of laughs. Also a trip to my local conservation park seeing my favourite slender loris. They're amazing creatures and sadly taken from the wild for illegal pet trade. They do this thing as pets where they have their long arms above their head and folk think it's cute and that they're really relaxed but it's the OPPOSITE. it's their natural stress response, like playing dead 😢. I can really relate to that 😂 Being misunderstood that way when you're mirroring hard and people read your responses as having a good time but survival instinct has kicked in and really you cannot wait to just be home and in your PJs. I don't mean to belittle the poor Lorises. Them being endangered is no joke. Also no deliberate shade to anyone who has one as a pet and did not realise. But please, anyone considering getting one, please don't. Sorry if that ended up in a rant. Love to all xx
Last week was a mixed bag: on the positive side, my girlfriend is visiting; on the negative side, my car is broken, work is stressful, and my cat is dying of an incurable cancer.
I am sorry to hear about your cat. Losing a animal friend is the absolute worst. I've lost many throughout my lifetime. Their unconditional love is incomparable to anything else.
Oh nooo😢 that's horrible!!! My very beloved tomcat died on it very quick and unexpected in april (diagnose on one day and at home next day I let him die in my arms). I was so devastated, did not speak for days. Still am sad of cause, but as I am grieving since two years ago first parents died and it then went on I kinda get used to it. And his sister is still here, getting 16 in summer. If You want to talk about here, I have capacity today. If not of cause I understand. I am very sorry, take care.
@@katzenbekloppt_mf My buddy, Chance, is just 3 years old. He was diagnosed with an injection site sarcoma in his rear left leg in October, and he had a lumpectomy in November. The sarcoma recurred in January and had spread up to his pelvis. I have been feeding him an experimental anti-cancer supplementation regime which significantly suppressed tumor growth for a while. His appetite, however, has been so reduced that he has gotten very thin and even stopped eating entirely a few times; each time he stopped eating and taking his medicine, the main tumor had explosive growth. He has seen two surgical oncologists and 3 or 4 vets, and the recommended course of action is palliative care/euthanasia since I cannot afford the extensive surgical procedures that are likely to fail. He is quite uncomfortable at times but still clearly wants to live and explore and snuggle.
wow, i sleep in until 2:20pm & you got 99 comments already. 13K...Claire, your channel is taking off! Mug Club is growing! I love your golden flaxen hair. It came out great. Sorry, you've got the big C, dang it all. Hope you can heal up swiftly. Yesterday, I got to see old friends IRL that I haven't seen in 2 years. So, today I'm taking it easy on myself. hUgz from Ohio, Lee
I had a rough weekend. My 5 year old daughter plucked all the new buds off my African Violet. She was playing and making "soup". Her daddy was supposed to be watching her while I walked the dog. I was really really upset (meltdown). It probably shouldn't have been a big deal but it was to me. I am proud that I didn't get angry with her. I told her I was sad and upset but not mad at her. She was upset that I was upset, but we hugged, and later she insisted and coming to the store with me to pick out a new flower (so now I have a pink azalea to plant!) I was less generous with my husband because I felt he should have been paying more attention to what she was doing. 😢 Anyway, I hate it when things go wrong and I hate being angry with my husband. I'm not sure what the right thing to do is. 😢
As a fellow mom, gardener and dog lover I totally feel this 💚. You've waited a full year for these flowers! Kids still have to learn but parents should have each others back. That beeing said, could've happend to my husband too 🤷
@nessidoe8080 yes, I could have happened to me, honestly. Any time the kids are playing nicely or quietly and not indoors we give them free reign pretty much. So i likely wouldnt have noticed what she aas doing either. I had set the violet on our outdoor table in the sun because I i had about six buds about to open. Sigh.
Hi Claire! Just saw your video and had to say that I hope you will feel better soon! Take care of yourself, read a good book and just be a couch potato. Let your husband do all the chores. Isn't that what they are for? LOL I'm kidding. I'm sure he is taking care of you. I also wanted to tell you that I do really like your hair. 👱♀
Claire... please, please be diligent about resting. I'm a nurse and now have the long (and what appears to be permanent) version - it was my 4th infection last August that put me where I am now (got it from work - and of course now I'm unemployed and would be homeless with my sons if it wasn’t for my parents taking us in) -- though the reinfection I had last January complicated things as well. I see specialists at the research hospital (OHSU) as part of their ongoing special research clinic... but there aren't many providers, and there are more and more patients -- so appointments are few and far between. I've been told that there is a disproportionately high amount of autistics in my situation compared to neurotypicals - but they don't know why... and there's no actual studies in that direction... the focus is just trying to figure out all the things that can go wrong in general. I am still unable to drive safely due to ongoing dizziness and severe brainfog - along with the slow reaction times that normally come with severe fatigue... it often feels like I'm not quite inside my body. The nerve pain is managed by a little gabapentin.... I'm on an experimental regimen of low dose naltrexone which has somehow made my legs feel mostly like legs again instead of bags of water (heavy and unstable)... but I have little actual endurance - and if I overdo things (physically or mentally) I pay for it in pain and debilitation. The clinic stresses pacing as the way to manage and reach a higher level of functioning -- but I have terrible interoception as an autistic. You’re supposed to stop and rest before doing too much -- but I can't tell when I'm getting close to overdoing things... I don't get info like that from my body -- I can't even tell when I'm hungry... not that my digestion works properly anyway. All I know is when I'm suddenly in a blood pressure crash and can't keep my eyes open. I'm being seen by a neuro-opthamologist who found that my brain is behaving like someone who has had a major concussion -- only instead of being injured by a physical trauma, it was injured by the virus. It can no longer process information from my eyes properly (hence the dizziness) and is unable to get them to converge properly - so I ❤am in vision therapy to try to help my brain recover. All that to say -- please rest and don't push yourself too soon. The best chance of normal recovery is taking it seriously during the initial infectiom period. The gamble with the long version goes up with each added infection - so limiting the amount of times you get it is important, and if you have any ongoing symptoms after 4 weeks - or odd symtpoms begin in the months after - get in to a doc. Here's the link to the most recent study that was released on the 5th of June - the pdf is free and you can read it by chapter, or just skip down and read the conclusion: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27756/long-term-health-effects-of-covid-19-disability-and-function While the info isn't necessarily getting out to the public, we are learning more and more about what this virus actually does inside people... it's fascinating and of course upsetting. But the more we know, the better we can treat it. I just wish people understood that at this point, dying isn't the biggest danger -- and most people with the long version only had a "mild" infection. Please take resting during the 10 days you can spread it seriously... that's your best bet for getting back to normal and not ending up like me. ❤❤❤❤
I am sorry this has happened to you, and I really appreciate you sharing this. Also, you were really clear, you articulated things I had already heard and gave me some new insights too. I hope science can support you more and soon.
Get well sooner! We had it last fall and I'm glad apparently you are fairing much better. I couldn't stay awake more than an hour. Funny I actually got better rest than for years. In the end it was like I had a serious vacation. Long needed. But recovering took long to. Finally back to better now after 7months..
Bad luck with the ‘vid. Get well soon!! I’m also sick this week. Which is pretty predictable given I booked a couple of days off work. My hyper fixation for the week is….Tartan because I got invited to a wedding with a Scottish highland theme. That’s about as close to yarn as I can manage 😂.
Feel better soon! My partner got to come home from the hospital on Saturday. They’d been inpatient for all of June and were finally well enough to gtfo. It’d been a very long 2 weeks…. And now we have even less time to find a new place to move to. 🤷♀️ but it’s what it is! I’ve been enjoying making the grace blanket with mandala yarn.
I've been sick, too. Summer colds suck! My daughter starts kindercamp this week! I can't believe it! She hasn't even turned 4 yet, her birthday is next month. It's a half day program 3x a week for a month. I think she'll love it. She's really only been around her brother, and he's nonspeaking. I know they love each other, but I also know it's been hard for her. She loves to socialize, and I think she'll have a blast. Hope you feel better soon! Have a great week, Claire and friends! 💞
Sorry you have not been well Claire, I hope you are better very soon. Manic week ahead this week for us it's middle child's 13th Birthday tomorrow 🎉 and youngest child's 11th birthday on Friday. 🎉 And the usual daily chaos has started again this week. Get plenty of rest see you next week for porch coffee. 😊
I’m sorry to hear that you aren’t well! Hope you’re feeling better soon! I’ve been suffering from allergies again but other than that, it’s was a fairly good week. This next one will be somewhat busy but not as much as the last few. I overbooked myself with not much downtime in the last 3 weeks and I’m suffering the consequences but hopefully won’t do that again.
Unexpected events are a good thing, helps to keep life from getting stale. That is one way i slightly differ from most autistic ones, breaking the pattern is only slightly annoying and i found that the switch in the pattern was actually fun to try and 'conquer', i love a good challenge. Hope you are able to squash that virus like you think you will, being sick is a bit of a drag at the best of cases.
Feel better soon Claire! My week was filled with foster kittens, giving them meds, and cleaning up 💩, so that was fun! lol If you feel up to it, I have a short video out about getting them set up and they are so cute. I’ll be doing an update sometime this week.
Sorry you are sick. Covid really does make you feel exhausted on a whole other level. Personally, had a good weekend. Spent time with friends, saw a movie about whales at the IMAX theater (awesome), gardened, crocheted, and had good convos with my husband and son.
Take care of yourself! I got ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome, a post-viral disease) after getting sick during lockdown. I didn't have shortness of breath so I didn't qualify for a covid test, but I think that's what it was. And now I'm completely bedridden. Just take care of yourself and listen to your body. ❤❤❤❤❤
:( hope you feel better soon. (it's ok to be ill & whinge about. Being ill sucks. You're not taking anything away from anyone else who might be iller. Your health matters too.) Last wk was better for me. Pain wasn't limiting what I did much. Did more stuff. Was more energetic at gym class. There was a local Dr Who exhibit opened on Sat so went to that with my mate. It was good. There were (full size people inside) Daleks so had a chat with them. Did the charity shops after. Had a briefish conversation with some random young lady who just started talking to me in said shops. No anxiety or inability to speak, which surprised me. I even managed to keep it going. wtf. Went out to a local music gig with same friend in the evening (not done that in 30+ yrs) meeting up with a longtime old friend of his and managed to have some conversation with her on my own. wtf x10. A very busy Saturday. Jeez this reads like my old Diary I kept in the '80s. Had scan on Thursday. went OK but had some anxiety / flashback when they were putting in the cannula. That wasn't good then nor does it bode that good for later. Def picked up some fresh Trauma :( Have an appointment this PM to discuss results & what to do next. Not looking forward to that either. Hope it goes better previously (ie. they listen to me properly). P.S. Bought more Daleks on ebay...
Feel better Claire This week was a doozy. Nothing too interesting. I have been watching a lot of autistic creators (including you!) and it's given me a new perspective. I was diagnosed when I was 7, and there is a lot of recent research and nuances that have been helpful to learn about. Despite having it, there are many aspects that make a lot more sense when presented as a behavior of ASD vs. something about me.
There was a young autist named Claire, Who loved to make pretty knitwear. When 'the flu' got her down, Her friends gathered around, And commended her lovely blonde hair. idk... I guess I communicate via limerick now? 🤷🤣 Get well soon, Claire!
I went to a wedding, it was loud and I had some protection and a fidget with me. The quietest part was the groom saying yes. And it had to be repeated for the record. I could see his mouth move to form the word.
Really hope you're feeling much better very soon Claire. I'm actually off sick today with a heavy cold, although I'm now wondering if I possibly have the same thing! I'm sure everyone would be cool if you had not felt like posting a video, but it's always great to see you😊
Your hair looks amazing 😊💛 You will be ok. I got that nasty virus after one dose of the vaccine and again (!) after my second dose. Just tired, headaches and muscle aches. Rest, rest and more rest! Thanks for saying hi.
Not so strange after all! From a study last year, scientists estimate that over 20% of people who get infected with it never have any symptoms … but are still contagious. I hope you are all feeling better or on the mend! ✌🏼🌸
Nooo not Corvid!!! 😣 I had the OG version back in 2020, before the vaccine was out. Spent Thanksgiving alone in my apartment. I hope you feel better soon... Corvid sucks.
I had to spend Thanksgiving alone as well. I didn't have Covid but I had just been in the hospital for another reason and everyone was scared to come near me since it was the pandemic.
@Catlily5 Ugh I'm so sorry. That is no fun. (Unless, of course, you're someone who prefers not having to be around family during holidays. But still... being in the hospital sucks regardless.)
Poor Claire😢, get better soon! And there will always be someone that has "bigger" problems. But You are sick and don't feel good, so it's okay to complain about. Hair looks good😊
My hubby hd the illness last wk and cos I'm immunosuppressed he couldn't come home for a wk. It totally wiped him out, he slept most of the week. I hope you feel better soon. But please take it easy when you start to feel better bc it can take a while to build up your energy levels. Hair looks beautiful too!!
I believe there was an attempt to prevent misinformation, and so the word got flagged and censored for a bit. I believe it has been lifted, but many creators are still cautious.
Rest up as much as you can & just focus on getting better. ❤ You matter more than content. 😊 Drink lots of water. Sorry I haven’t been around for a long time. Ever since I got my new job late last year, I’ve been busier & more tired & don’t follow my peeps near as much as I used to. Take care & God Bless, Clare! Have a better & better week. 🌻
Oof... hope you bounce back soon! Glad you're taking it more easy this week. I am going to start responding to "how are you?" with "the lowest level of fine" because that's exactly how I feel most of the time 😂
So sorry you aren't feeling good. Hope you recover quickly! You're hair looks so pretty! My week was good. Just lots of summer projects in full swing and I feel glad at what so far is done at least.
I hope you feel better soon! I’m trying to get a job as a custodian, it will be a new line of work but I’m hoping it will be much less stressful than jobs and situations I’ve had in the past.
Your hair is beautiful, whatever colour you choose. Rest up - I hope you feel much better soon.Today I treated myself to a lovely wooden crochet hook. I just love the feel of these hooks and am slowly building a set of the sizes I use often. Now I need to decide on an inaugural project for it.
I hope you recover quickly from the illness that shall not be named. Sorry, I was busy yesterday and couldn't watch videos. I got my portable AC units installed... heatwave this week.
I hope you are feeling better. Last week I had a cold. Get lots of rest, in my opinion that's the most important thing when you're autistic and are sick. Rest, rest, rest. And hydrate. 😴💧
Hope you're feeling better soon. My gardens are looking good. The Ellen Willmott sweet peas are getting planted out today. I read two books on her in the last three weeks. She was an amazing plantswoman and contemporary of Gertrude Jeckyll. Such fun! Just a mini info dump for ya!
One of the few bonuses to being agoraphobic is that you rarely get sick. I hope that your recovery is swift and thorough. Sending good vibey movies and herbal peach tea.
I'm really grateful that you showed up for us today even though you are not feeling well. I hope you feel completely well soon. I think the lowest level of fine is 'meh'.
Good Morning!
We can feel crummy together -- I tested positive on Friday. My first bout with "the flu." It feels good to hang out on your porch for a few minutes. Rest well, friend.
Get well soon friend 🌸 I'm enjoying mug club in my heart☕ 🩷
I hope you feel better soon Claire! I just recently got a new therapist who specializes in asd and she believes I'm autistic. After a year of intensive research and looking back at my life, I can agree so hard and it's so nice to finally have an answer to everything. I'm only 23, but it's felt so bittersweet and wonderful. My fiance and I broke up and my grandpa died (not this past week but like...two months ago) so that's been crazy. I'm making a lot of art about it and going to parks to watch birds. I find your videos very comforting and am happy to know someone like you exists. Thank you for all that you do and for all that you are :)
I'm so sorry for your loss.That is a lot to go through all that at once 🙏 hang in there and take care of yourself 💕
@@courtney9212Thank y'all that means a lot! I shall try 💖🫧🛸
@@courtney9212Thank y'all, that means a lot. I'm tryin my best!
Hope you get all the rest you need and have a speedy recovery. Claire, your hair looks great!! Best wishes to everyone for a good week ✨
Hey, there. Love the hair and so sorry for your illness! That sucks. More of the same on my end-taking care of kids and dogs and plants...Nothing new beyond more books and wrestling this curriculum thing into something managable. Blessings on your week and prayers for a speedy recovery from that ick!❤ Take good care of yourself, friend.
Hey it's a sick kid porch coffee! Cheers! 😂 ☕ 😭 I'm recovering still from the shingles. Man, it is the PITS. I feel mostly like myself again, thank goodness. Hope you heal up soon, too! 👋🏻
I hope you feel better soon, Claire!
Sorry to hear you're unwell, get well soon
Hey Claire! If you want to hang out with community while you’re healing, I’m sending a link in mighty to you for the new discord for Karen’s autistic chat. Lots of love and support there. And fun.
My week was exhausting fighting first mowing and working on the house. Soooo exhausted. But feeling like day to day actually getting things done. Anyways that's where I am at and I so hope you and yours don't take long to recover. Have a great rest!!! Hydrate and get nutrition... It'll help you feel better. Breath to...
Hope you feel better soon ❤ it was my birthday this week and I had a great weekend with my wife and a friend came to stay. Good company and lots of laughs. Also a trip to my local conservation park seeing my favourite slender loris. They're amazing creatures and sadly taken from the wild for illegal pet trade. They do this thing as pets where they have their long arms above their head and folk think it's cute and that they're really relaxed but it's the OPPOSITE. it's their natural stress response, like playing dead 😢. I can really relate to that 😂 Being misunderstood that way when you're mirroring hard and people read your responses as having a good time but survival instinct has kicked in and really you cannot wait to just be home and in your PJs. I don't mean to belittle the poor Lorises. Them being endangered is no joke. Also no deliberate shade to anyone who has one as a pet and did not realise. But please, anyone considering getting one, please don't.
Sorry if that ended up in a rant. Love to all xx
😢 my vegan and AuDHD-heart can understand why You feel that way.
Late "happy birtday"- greetings😊
Sending love to you Claire, hope you feel better soon! Xxx
Get well soon Claire! Your hair looks lovely and really suits you Xx ❤
Hope you feel better soon.
Get Well Soon!
I hope you are well soon.
I hope you feel better soon.💜☕
I hope you feel better soon. I'm a fellow sicko, but haven't tested to see if that's what it is.
Feel better soon!
Last week was a mixed bag: on the positive side, my girlfriend is visiting; on the negative side, my car is broken, work is stressful, and my cat is dying of an incurable cancer.
That’s a lot!…thinking of you and hoping things even out soon!
@@T.T.M.60 thanks
I am sorry to hear about your cat. Losing a animal friend is the absolute worst. I've lost many throughout my lifetime. Their unconditional love is incomparable to anything else.
Oh nooo😢 that's horrible!!!
My very beloved tomcat died on it very quick and unexpected in april (diagnose on one day and at home next day I let him die in my arms).
I was so devastated, did not speak for days. Still am sad of cause, but as I am grieving since two years ago first parents died and it then went on I kinda get used to it.
And his sister is still here, getting 16 in summer.
If You want to talk about here, I have capacity today.
If not of cause I understand.
I am very sorry, take care.
@@katzenbekloppt_mf My buddy, Chance, is just 3 years old. He was diagnosed with an injection site sarcoma in his rear left leg in October, and he had a lumpectomy in November. The sarcoma recurred in January and had spread up to his pelvis. I have been feeding him an experimental anti-cancer supplementation regime which significantly suppressed tumor growth for a while. His appetite, however, has been so reduced that he has gotten very thin and even stopped eating entirely a few times; each time he stopped eating and taking his medicine, the main tumor had explosive growth. He has seen two surgical oncologists and 3 or 4 vets, and the recommended course of action is palliative care/euthanasia since I cannot afford the extensive surgical procedures that are likely to fail. He is quite uncomfortable at times but still clearly wants to live and explore and snuggle.
Heal fast, Claire!
Oh no! Hope you start feeling better soon 😊
*It's Monday!* 🙌
😔hope you're feeling better soon! 🐈
Feel better, Claire! I got it really bad back in 2020. Was bedridden for nearly a month. It really sucks.
Great porch coffee! hope you feel better soon😁
wow, i sleep in until 2:20pm & you got 99 comments already.
13K...Claire, your channel is taking off!
Mug Club is growing!
I love your golden flaxen hair. It came out great.
Sorry, you've got the big C, dang it all.
Hope you can heal up swiftly. Yesterday,
I got to see old friends IRL
that I haven't seen in 2 years.
So, today I'm taking it easy on myself.
hUgz from Ohio, Lee
Feel better soon! Thank you for popping in for porch coffee. ❤ ☕️
I hope you feel better soon 💚.
I got bit by my friend's cat (he needed to be moved to her new apartment and didn't want to go). I am on antibiotics.
I hope you will feel better soon!
Thank you I am feeling a lot better
I had a rough weekend. My 5 year old daughter plucked all the new buds off my African Violet. She was playing and making "soup". Her daddy was supposed to be watching her while I walked the dog. I was really really upset (meltdown). It probably shouldn't have been a big deal but it was to me. I am proud that I didn't get angry with her. I told her I was sad and upset but not mad at her. She was upset that I was upset, but we hugged, and later she insisted and coming to the store with me to pick out a new flower (so now I have a pink azalea to plant!) I was less generous with my husband because I felt he should have been paying more attention to what she was doing. 😢 Anyway, I hate it when things go wrong and I hate being angry with my husband. I'm not sure what the right thing to do is. 😢
As a fellow mom, gardener and dog lover I totally feel this 💚. You've waited a full year for these flowers! Kids still have to learn but parents should have each others back. That beeing said, could've happend to my husband too 🤷
@nessidoe8080 yes, I could have happened to me, honestly. Any time the kids are playing nicely or quietly and not indoors we give them free reign pretty much. So i likely wouldnt have noticed what she aas doing either. I had set the violet on our outdoor table in the sun because I i had about six buds about to open. Sigh.
Hi Claire! Just saw your video and had to say that I hope you will feel better soon! Take care of yourself, read a good book and just be a couch potato. Let your husband do all the chores. Isn't that what they are for? LOL I'm kidding. I'm sure he is taking care of you. I also wanted to tell you that I do really like your hair. 👱♀
Claire... please, please be diligent about resting. I'm a nurse and now have the long (and what appears to be permanent) version - it was my 4th infection last August that put me where I am now (got it from work - and of course now I'm unemployed and would be homeless with my sons if it wasn’t for my parents taking us in) -- though the reinfection I had last January complicated things as well. I see specialists at the research hospital (OHSU) as part of their ongoing special research clinic... but there aren't many providers, and there are more and more patients -- so appointments are few and far between. I've been told that there is a disproportionately high amount of autistics in my situation compared to neurotypicals - but they don't know why... and there's no actual studies in that direction... the focus is just trying to figure out all the things that can go wrong in general. I am still unable to drive safely due to ongoing dizziness and severe brainfog - along with the slow reaction times that normally come with severe fatigue... it often feels like I'm not quite inside my body. The nerve pain is managed by a little gabapentin.... I'm on an experimental regimen of low dose naltrexone which has somehow made my legs feel mostly like legs again instead of bags of water (heavy and unstable)... but I have little actual endurance - and if I overdo things (physically or mentally) I pay for it in pain and debilitation. The clinic stresses pacing as the way to manage and reach a higher level of functioning -- but I have terrible interoception as an autistic. You’re supposed to stop and rest before doing too much -- but I can't tell when I'm getting close to overdoing things... I don't get info like that from my body -- I can't even tell when I'm hungry... not that my digestion works properly anyway. All I know is when I'm suddenly in a blood pressure crash and can't keep my eyes open. I'm being seen by a neuro-opthamologist who found that my brain is behaving like someone who has had a major concussion -- only instead of being injured by a physical trauma, it was injured by the virus. It can no longer process information from my eyes properly (hence the dizziness) and is unable to get them to converge properly - so I ❤am in vision therapy to try to help my brain recover. All that to say -- please rest and don't push yourself too soon. The best chance of normal recovery is taking it seriously during the initial infectiom period. The gamble with the long version goes up with each added infection - so limiting the amount of times you get it is important, and if you have any ongoing symptoms after 4 weeks - or odd symtpoms begin in the months after - get in to a doc. Here's the link to the most recent study that was released on the 5th of June - the pdf is free and you can read it by chapter, or just skip down and read the conclusion: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27756/long-term-health-effects-of-covid-19-disability-and-function
While the info isn't necessarily getting out to the public, we are learning more and more about what this virus actually does inside people... it's fascinating and of course upsetting. But the more we know, the better we can treat it. I just wish people understood that at this point, dying isn't the biggest danger -- and most people with the long version only had a "mild" infection. Please take resting during the 10 days you can spread it seriously... that's your best bet for getting back to normal and not ending up like me. ❤❤❤❤
I am sorry this has happened to you, and I really appreciate you sharing this. Also, you were really clear, you articulated things I had already heard and gave me some new insights too. I hope science can support you more and soon.
We autistic people are prone to POTS after having a virus.
Take care of yourself Claire 💖
your hair looks fantastic! feel better that sucks!!
You look beautiful. No matter what color your hair is Claire. And I hope you feel better very soon Claire.
Sending lots of ❤ Claire, take care x
Get well soon Claire. Your hair looks good. I had a good week. Take care 🥰
Get well sooner! We had it last fall and I'm glad apparently you are fairing much better. I couldn't stay awake more than an hour. Funny I actually got better rest than for years. In the end it was like I had a serious vacation. Long needed. But recovering took long to. Finally back to better now after 7months..
Get well soon Claire.
Bad luck with the ‘vid. Get well soon!! I’m also sick this week. Which is pretty predictable given I booked a couple of days off work. My hyper fixation for the week is….Tartan because I got invited to a wedding with a Scottish highland theme. That’s about as close to yarn as I can manage 😂.
I hope you are able to get some rest and feel better soon!
Feel better soon!
My partner got to come home from the hospital on Saturday. They’d been inpatient for all of June and were finally well enough to gtfo. It’d been a very long 2 weeks…. And now we have even less time to find a new place to move to. 🤷♀️ but it’s what it is! I’ve been enjoying making the grace blanket with mandala yarn.
Feel well soon Claire!!
I've been sick, too. Summer colds suck! My daughter starts kindercamp this week! I can't believe it! She hasn't even turned 4 yet, her birthday is next month. It's a half day program 3x a week for a month. I think she'll love it. She's really only been around her brother, and he's nonspeaking. I know they love each other, but I also know it's been hard for her. She loves to socialize, and I think she'll have a blast. Hope you feel better soon! Have a great week, Claire and friends! 💞
Wow kindercamp sounds like fun and way less stressful than the traditional first day of school. Hope you get a little time to yourself out of it too💝
@@courtney9212 it does sound great! Thanks, I will definitely try! ❤️
Kids are little petri dishes! We got sick a dozen times last school year.
Hair looks fabulous! 🌈🦄🥔
Hi Claire, thank you for this porch coffee video. My assessment is still pending and I terminated my emdr path. Unfortunately, it was so useless.
Sorry you have not been well Claire, I hope you are better very soon. Manic week ahead this week for us it's middle child's 13th Birthday tomorrow 🎉 and youngest child's 11th birthday on Friday. 🎉 And the usual daily chaos has started again this week. Get plenty of rest see you next week for porch coffee. 😊
Get better soon!
I’m sorry to hear that you aren’t well! Hope you’re feeling better soon! I’ve been suffering from allergies again but other than that, it’s was a fairly good week. This next one will be somewhat busy but not as much as the last few. I overbooked myself with not much downtime in the last 3 weeks and I’m suffering the consequences but hopefully won’t do that again.
Feel better Claire
Unexpected events are a good thing, helps to keep life from getting stale. That is one way i slightly differ from most autistic ones, breaking the pattern is only slightly annoying and i found that the switch in the pattern was actually fun to try and 'conquer', i love a good challenge. Hope you are able to squash that virus like you think you will, being sick is a bit of a drag at the best of cases.
Feel better soon Claire!
My week was filled with foster kittens, giving them meds, and cleaning up 💩, so that was fun! lol
If you feel up to it, I have a short video out about getting them set up and they are so cute. I’ll be doing an update sometime this week.
Keep well ❤❤❤
Get well soon!
Sorry you are sick. Covid really does make you feel exhausted on a whole other level.
Personally, had a good weekend. Spent time with friends, saw a movie about whales at the IMAX theater (awesome), gardened, crocheted, and had good convos with my husband and son.
Take care of yourself! I got ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome, a post-viral disease) after getting sick during lockdown. I didn't have shortness of breath so I didn't qualify for a covid test, but I think that's what it was. And now I'm completely bedridden. Just take care of yourself and listen to your body. ❤❤❤❤❤
Look into POTS as well (if you haven't already). It can be caused by a virus as well.
@@Catlily5 I have a little orthostatic intolerance, but not full blown POTS, thank God! ❤️
@@CricketGirrl Either way chronic illness is difficult. I hope things go as well as possible for you!
May you get well soon, Claire. 😊
We love your NeW hairdo! 😍 you make a fabulous blonde! We have been rockn’ the Marilyn Monroe look this summer! (White blonde curly bob)
:( hope you feel better soon. (it's ok to be ill & whinge about. Being ill sucks. You're not taking anything away from anyone else who might be iller. Your health matters too.)
Last wk was better for me. Pain wasn't limiting what I did much. Did more stuff. Was more energetic at gym class. There was a local Dr Who exhibit opened on Sat so went to that with my mate. It was good. There were (full size people inside) Daleks so had a chat with them. Did the charity shops after. Had a briefish conversation with some random young lady who just started talking to me in said shops. No anxiety or inability to speak, which surprised me. I even managed to keep it going. wtf. Went out to a local music gig with same friend in the evening (not done that in 30+ yrs) meeting up with a longtime old friend of his and managed to have some conversation with her on my own. wtf x10. A very busy Saturday. Jeez this reads like my old Diary I kept in the '80s.
Had scan on Thursday. went OK but had some anxiety / flashback when they were putting in the cannula. That wasn't good then nor does it bode that good for later. Def picked up some fresh Trauma :( Have an appointment this PM to discuss results & what to do next. Not looking forward to that either. Hope it goes better previously (ie. they listen to me properly).
P.S. Bought more Daleks on ebay...
Feel better Claire
This week was a doozy. Nothing too interesting. I have been watching a lot of autistic creators (including you!) and it's given me a new perspective. I was diagnosed when I was 7, and there is a lot of recent research and nuances that have been helpful to learn about. Despite having it, there are many aspects that make a lot more sense when presented as a behavior of ASD vs. something about me.
There was a young autist named Claire,
Who loved to make pretty knitwear.
When 'the flu' got her down,
Her friends gathered around,
And commended her lovely blonde hair.
idk... I guess I communicate via limerick now? 🤷🤣 Get well soon, Claire!
Excellent!
Very impressive 👏 been a while since I heard a good limerick!
That was lovely☺
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I hope you are able to rest this week and to get well soon! The hair is a win btw 🤩
Feel better Claire, your hair looks amazing! 💚🔥
I went to a wedding, it was loud and I had some protection and a fidget with me. The quietest part was the groom saying yes. And it had to be repeated for the record. I could see his mouth move to form the word.
I hope you shared that about the groom because you find it amusing, because I certainly do😅! Bless him!
@@courtney9212 I told others, but we were also there as the bride's relatives
Really hope you're feeling much better very soon Claire.
I'm actually off sick today with a heavy cold, although I'm now wondering if I possibly have the same thing! I'm sure everyone would be cool if you had not felt like posting a video, but it's always great to see you😊
Get well soon Claire!
Your hair looks amazing 😊💛 You will be ok. I got that nasty virus after one dose of the vaccine and again (!) after my second dose. Just tired, headaches and muscle aches. Rest, rest and more rest! Thanks for saying hi.
Wishing you a speedy recovery Claire! 💚
No way !!! Wendy got the Rona from work i didn't get symptoms just a positive rat test. ❤❤❤❤ how strange is that
Not so strange after all! From a study last year, scientists estimate that over 20% of people who get infected with it never have any symptoms … but are still contagious. I hope you are all feeling better or on the mend! ✌🏼🌸
Feel better, friend!
Feel better Claire 💞🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💞. Lots fluids, rest …
Nooo not Corvid!!! 😣 I had the OG version back in 2020, before the vaccine was out. Spent Thanksgiving alone in my apartment. I hope you feel better soon... Corvid sucks.
I had to spend Thanksgiving alone as well. I didn't have Covid but I had just been in the hospital for another reason and everyone was scared to come near me since it was the pandemic.
@Catlily5 Ugh I'm so sorry. That is no fun. (Unless, of course, you're someone who prefers not having to be around family during holidays. But still... being in the hospital sucks regardless.)
@@Holly-tw6bt Sorry you had to go through that as well!
I don't need a bunch of people around for a holiday but being alone sucked.
Get some rest, Goldie Locks. We'll see you next week.
I hope you get to feeling better soon, Claire!
+woodshedtheory *Unexpected turn of events? To quote Raph from **_Turtles:_** Tell us something we **_don't_** know‽*
I hope you feel better soon...
You have no idea how many times I randomly sing 🎶 wooooddddshhhheeeeddddd theeeeeeoooooory 🎶
Poor Claire😢, get better soon!
And there will always be someone that has "bigger" problems.
But You are sick and don't feel good, so it's okay to complain about.
Hair looks good😊
My hubby hd the illness last wk and cos I'm immunosuppressed he couldn't come home for a wk. It totally wiped him out, he slept most of the week. I hope you feel better soon. But please take it easy when you start to feel better bc it can take a while to build up your energy levels. Hair looks beautiful too!!
Take care and listen to your body. We will be here when you feel better.
Get well soon Claire🙏. Why is it problematic to say you have COVID or talk about it🤔?
I believe there was an attempt to prevent misinformation, and so the word got flagged and censored for a bit. I believe it has been lifted, but many creators are still cautious.
That makes sens! Thank you Whitney🙂.
I hope you get well soon, Claire! Take care and rest well! 🤗
I hope you feel better soon, Claire! Love your new hair color!
Hope you feel better soon! Take good care of yourself, remember to hydrate!
Rest up as much as you can & just focus on getting better. ❤ You matter more than content. 😊 Drink lots of water.
Sorry I haven’t been around for a long time. Ever since I got my new job late last year, I’ve been busier & more tired & don’t follow my peeps near as much as I used to. Take care & God Bless, Clare! Have a better & better week. 🌻
Oof... hope you bounce back soon! Glad you're taking it more easy this week. I am going to start responding to "how are you?" with "the lowest level of fine" because that's exactly how I feel most of the time 😂
So sorry you aren't feeling good. Hope you recover quickly! You're hair looks so pretty!
My week was good. Just lots of summer projects in full swing and I feel glad at what so far is done at least.
I hope you feel better soon! I’m trying to get a job as a custodian, it will be a new line of work but I’m hoping it will be much less stressful than jobs and situations I’ve had in the past.
Good luck 😊
Your hair is beautiful, whatever colour you choose. Rest up - I hope you feel much better soon.Today I treated myself to a lovely wooden crochet hook. I just love the feel of these hooks and am slowly building a set of the sizes I use often. Now I need to decide on an inaugural project for it.
That was so nice of you to spend time with us even though you're sicky! I hope you feel better real soon! 🤖
Well that's a bummer! I hope you get better soon Claire. It was nice to see and hear from you for the porch coffee.
hope yo feel better soon lovely, please rest up💚 love the hair, looks great
Thank you!!
Rest, rest, rest! Be gentle with yourself, too. And be open to the loving healing energy that folks are sending. Rest into it. ✌🏼🌸🦉
Hope the symptoms are not too terrible ❤❤❤❤
Hi Claire ❤ Your hair looks great. Feel better hun.
I hope you recover quickly from the illness that shall not be named.
Sorry, I was busy yesterday and couldn't watch videos. I got my portable AC units installed... heatwave this week.
I hope you are feeling better. Last week I had a cold. Get lots of rest, in my opinion that's the most important thing when you're autistic and are sick. Rest, rest, rest. And hydrate. 😴💧
Hope you're feeling better soon. My gardens are looking good. The Ellen Willmott sweet peas are getting planted out today. I read two books on her in the last three weeks. She was an amazing plantswoman and contemporary of Gertrude Jeckyll. Such fun! Just a mini info dump for ya!
One of the few bonuses to being agoraphobic is that you rarely get sick. I hope that your recovery is swift and thorough. Sending good vibey movies and herbal peach tea.