As an immigrant, I waited years for the right to vote and the chance to have a say in the country I worked so hard to become part of. I watched my own homeland get destroyed by open borders, emotion-driven voting, and globalists whose agenda keeps them in power while the people lose control of their own lives. Now my family there is drowning under the taxes and policies that followed. I have watched Christianity be attacked and made harder to practice openly and fairly. Ordinary people have become expendable while the elite reap the rewards. Morality is treated like a relic. Safety is reserved for those the system chooses to let flood in without regard for who they are, what they stand for, or what they actually contribute. It is power and greed dressed up as compassion. My own mother is rotting in an understaffed facility while illegals are given lodging and food. I now provide her care so she does not fall through the cracks while she continues to support the very people who allowed this to happen to her. We were told we could sit this one out. We were made to feel evil for refusing to open the doors without question. The media never stopped branding anyone who pushed back as the problem. Trump is hated by 90% of my family. Some of them believe he kills gay people. I am not kidding. The media is controlled, and you are forced to consume whatever the people in charge allow. You think it cannot happen here. It already has. Influencers chasing money have fallen. Politicians with something to hide or power to gain have been bought. I do not have a long time left. Most of the policies they are pushing will not touch me. But I will not let what happened to my country happen here. America gave me a home when mine left me dry. She is worth fighting for this one last time. I am voting Red down the ballot. Not because the Republicans have earned it. Because the Democrats have to be stopped and kept out of power until they dig the rot out of their own party. I will not see another country destroyed.

But it doesn't happen. 🤦

Good morning, everyone. Today even my fingers are stiff so ignore any typos. I’m hurting, so I’m keeping this one focused and factual. Diffuse scleroderma isn’t just what you see on the skin. For me it has already rewritten how my gut, heart, vessels, and muscles work, and it’s still going Three surgeries and multiple injuries in the last three years have been directly tied to the muscle and tendon damage this disease causes. That is not coincidence. Here’s what the internal side actually looks like when diffuse systemic sclerosis is active: -Gastrointestinal Nearly 90% of us deal with some level of GI involvement. In my case the lower esophageal sphincter has loosened and esophageal motility is impaired, so reflux is constant, food sticks, and aspiration is a real risk. The same fibrosis and smooth-muscle dysfunction can slow the rest of the gut, producing bloating, bacterial overgrowth, and unpredictable motility. -Heart Fibrosis can stiffen the heart muscle, impair diastolic function, and contribute to arrhythmias or reduced pumping efficiency. Shortness of breath and fatigue from the heart often overlap with lung symptoms, which makes them easy to underestimate until testing shows the damage. -Vessels Vasculopathy and Raynaud’s affect circulation everywhere. Digital ulcers, poor healing, and venous issues are part of the same process that narrows and damages small and medium vessels. -Muscles, tendons, and joints This is the part that forced the surgeries. Diffuse scleroderma can cause myopathy (inflammation or direct fibrosis inside the muscle fibers), leading to weakness and atrophy, especially around the shoulders and hips. Tendons thicken and lose their ability to glide, so they transmit force poorly and become prone to tears or chronic inflammation. Skin tightening and joint fibrosis change how you move; the body compensates by overloading other areas. Chronic fatigue and reduced activity then decondition the muscles further, dropping joint stability. The result is a cascade of strains, contractures, and structural injuries that healthy tissue would have shrugged off. For me that has already meant multiple procedures and a recovery that is slower and more painful because the fibrotic tissue does not behave like normal muscle. There is no cure. Management is surveillance (PFTs, echoes, endoscopy, labs), immunosuppression when indicated, physical therapy that respects the compromised tissue, reflux control, and treating each complication as it appears. Early monitoring matters because serious organ and musculoskeletal damage often declares itself in the first few years of diffuse disease. I share this so the invisible part is clearer. This is progressive, multi-system, and already altering daily function for a lot of us. Awareness helps.

Elon nailed it and at least he has the balls to say it.

Happy Monday; I will be back later today. Last night was a rough one, and I need to get some sleep.

When you body is having symptoms all night and you just want to go to sleep. Very rough night!

😂😂😁

True.

Busy day; hope everyone had a great day. See you tomorrow.