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The Day After
Nov. 1st, 2024 04:26 pmThank you again to everyone who sent me such kind words and compliments about Kayla's outing yesterday. Given the amount of Transphobia out there (although the 'phobes claim they don't fear trans people; they just hate them and want them made illegal and hounded to death), it was very heartening.
Today was not a great day, however, but not directly because of yesterday. I got sick today, and ended up going to urgent care. If fact, I had to ask Lisa to take me there because I could barely sit. They had a look at me, did X-rays, and ended up suggesting that I try some magnesium citrate before the more extreme step of going to the ER in Sparks. We went to Walgreens, I got the goop, took it home and drank it and a lot of water, and took a half-day off and spent most of it in bed. This afternoon, Lisa made some watery chicken soup for me, to add more liquid to me, and after I post this, I'm going back to bed.
My guess is that I did not get enough liquids yesterday, and that's a bad thing because some of the medications I date are diuretics. There were some logistical reasons for keeping my fluid consumption down, starting with not wanting to have to use a public restroom in places with gendered toilets. Yes, I know this is something that trans people have to live with every day, not just on Halloween. I'm very sympathetic to this issue, which is why we designated some gender-neutral (and one single-occupancy) toilets at the Tonopah Convention Center during Westercon 74. I'm happy that when I asked our TCC representative about that, he said it was not a problem. I don't recall getting any negative feedback for doing so, either.
Today was not a great day, however, but not directly because of yesterday. I got sick today, and ended up going to urgent care. If fact, I had to ask Lisa to take me there because I could barely sit. They had a look at me, did X-rays, and ended up suggesting that I try some magnesium citrate before the more extreme step of going to the ER in Sparks. We went to Walgreens, I got the goop, took it home and drank it and a lot of water, and took a half-day off and spent most of it in bed. This afternoon, Lisa made some watery chicken soup for me, to add more liquid to me, and after I post this, I'm going back to bed.
My guess is that I did not get enough liquids yesterday, and that's a bad thing because some of the medications I date are diuretics. There were some logistical reasons for keeping my fluid consumption down, starting with not wanting to have to use a public restroom in places with gendered toilets. Yes, I know this is something that trans people have to live with every day, not just on Halloween. I'm very sympathetic to this issue, which is why we designated some gender-neutral (and one single-occupancy) toilets at the Tonopah Convention Center during Westercon 74. I'm happy that when I asked our TCC representative about that, he said it was not a problem. I don't recall getting any negative feedback for doing so, either.
