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Genjibear @genjibear.bsky.social

Great. My son says he's feeling fine but my husband who is the only one who doesn't reliably wear a mask is not feeling well and everyone he works around has been getting covid so if he's sick I'm super worried it's covid and he'll give it to us again.

aug 30, 2025, 3:14 pm • 0 0

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Karen Wants The Orcas In Charge @riceboilsover.bsky.social

Oh no!! Fingers and toes crossed for you that he don’t have it or if he does, that he doesn’t give it to the rest of you!!! 🤞

aug 30, 2025, 3:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Genjibear @genjibear.bsky.social

I'm so freaking stressed right now. My parents are supposed to come visit next weekend, I have work. I've been working out and I'll probably have to stop that if we get covid again. The threat of long covid terrifies me. It took 2.5 months last time for me to feel normal.

aug 30, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Genjibear @genjibear.bsky.social

And the scary thing is the things that weren't normal were my breathing and my heart. For weeks I got out of breath just walking a few steps, and my heart would just race for no reason. I'd be sitting down working and it would be 120+ for an hour or more with no activity. I couldn't think right.

aug 30, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Genjibear @genjibear.bsky.social

I'm so scared to get it again and afraid of the damage it's doing and afraid it won't go away if it does happen again. And then there's the petty stuff like not being able to work out for weeks, figuring out how to work or what to do about the kids. I just want to cry but the kids are up.

aug 30, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Karen Wants The Orcas In Charge @riceboilsover.bsky.social

I wish I could do more than just cross my fingers and send you virtual hugs, but I’ll be thinking of you 💜 It’s not fair that this is the world we’re stuck in.

aug 30, 2025, 3:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Genjibear @genjibear.bsky.social

It doesn't help that everything was already stressful and I was feeling really bad before all of this. Work stuff, the whole CDC thing, worrying about my kids future, already had me trying not to break down, and now to add this. I'm just not up for this right now.

aug 30, 2025, 3:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Karen Wants The Orcas In Charge @riceboilsover.bsky.social

Yeah, none of this is sustainable. It’s so hard.

aug 30, 2025, 3:46 pm • 1 0 • view