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Questions answered on the Live stream

Hey everyone! Here is a cut down of all the patreon questions Kyle answered on the Live stream. That way you guy's don't have to sift through 11 hours off footage to find them.

Again, thank you so much for the questions! We wanted to let you know that we're sorry not all questions could have been answered. Kyle got to as many as he could. He said honestly that the questions were so good, he could have filled the whole stream with them. Thank you so much for participating, Kyle said the...

Live stream success! Share your favorite moments!

(Levi typing)

Hey everyone! The Live stream was a huge success! Kyle and Dianna really wanted to thank you guys for the questions you asked here on Patreon. They were very thoughtful and intelligent. Kyle was very thankful at how your questions helped guide the stream.

Thank you so much!

Next, we want to hear about what your favorite moments were! We're hoping to cut and share some of the Live stream's best moments, or most educational moments, for everyone to see. What...

We want your questions for the live stream!

This Saturday we will be live-streaming a day in Dianna’s life, showing what it’s like for someone suffering from ME/CFS.

We want your questions!

Many of you have a lot of questions about what Dianna is going through, and this is your chance to get those questions answered DURING THE LIVESTREAM! Feel free to ask about anything - her health, her journey, what treatments are available, the latest research, whatever you want. The only thing we will not answer are what specific me...

Dianna shaves her head.

Dianna decided to shave her head to make it easier on herself for her journey with long COVID and ME/CFS. Many people struggling with this disease choose to do this if bed-bound for extended periods of time, like Dianna has been.

Hopefully she can avoid crashes, and reduce the amount of energy it takes to wash and maintain her hair every week. Millions of people are suffering from this quiet and deadly disease.

Thank you everyone.

Dianna get's an MRI - Health Update

Hey everyone,

We took some footage of Dianna on the day she had to get her MRI. This is the first time in a year and a half that Dianna has left her apartment. The risk for crashing felt high. She is home now and stable, so all went well. But we wanted to give you guys a look into what Dianna's life is like as a patient with severe ME/CFS.

This is the most active thing Dianna has done since she's been bed-bound in January of 2023. And even here you can see the amount of work an...

Dianna's Every Day - A time-lapse.

(Levi typing)
Hey everyone,

Here is a time-lapse of one of Dianna's days. This is just a short 1 minute video of what Dianna's day looks like every day. When people hear she is in her room all day, they often think she is watching T.V., reading books, or conversing with friends. The reality of what this disease takes from someone's life is so much worse. It's taken her whole life.

Dianna has been in this room, in this bed for the past year and a half. I mentioned in a previo...

Dianna's early 2024 struggles - Kyle's post

Hey everyone, (Levi typing)

I'm going to share Kyle's Instagram post from yesterday here. Dianna's birthday was recent and she's been struggling hard lately with the crashes. I'm going to share an update with you guys next week on her current meals and some of the changes being made. I'm happy we're finally able to give her food she enjoys (she says it's the best part of her day). But it's also important to remember the real struggles of what it's like to be in bed for years.

T...

The April Eclipse!

Dianna - "I know I need to be resting more...but...there's an eclipse!"

We got to help Dianna see the eclipse today. Yes, she had to explain to us how to do it as we cut holes in paper and shined it on the wall. Witnessing an astronomical event with Dianna while she whispered "That's so cool" felt very close to the old days.

We've all been taking it MUCH easier here, slowly, and patiently, allowing Dianna to rest rest rest. Sharing the eclipse with Dianna for a moment of wonder ...

Dianna's Health - April 2024

(Levi typing) Hey everyone, Kyle just posted on Facebook, and I'll link it below.

I don't have a whole lot else to say outside of what Kyle posted. It's still difficult weekly to be honest. But in the recent 2 months I've been able to see Dianna more. A few waves a week, a couple of sentence exchanges back and forth, and the occasional laugh. A few things she's been able to add in her diet have helped the foods taste a little better than bland, so she's been at least enjoying those mor...

Small update - Dianna tried Salmon

Dianna wrote to you patrons on her pad she communicates with. - 

"I meant to answer more questions, but we’ve been trying to expand my diet and I tried salmon. It did not go well…I had a strong MCAS reaction (kind of like allergies). I journaled the symptoms: “Extremely tired, leg and head pains, abdom. cramps, auditory hallucinations, strange thoughts, like half asleep, thoughts in other people’s voices, noise & light bother me.” And then I had symptoms for days afte...

Fun Q's - Dianna Answers - #1

PATRON - dox - asked: "me and my partner are getting a cat next month, and i would love to get a name suggestion from you!! :D"

Thanks for the questions guys! She'll answer them as often as she can. 

Dianna soliciting questions from you patrons!

Hey everyone, as you can see from Dianna’s request she feels maybe up for answering a question from patrons every few days! (As a heads up, might be more spaced out than every few days).

She’s looking to answer any and all questions you would have for her. Obviously right now she might not be able to answer some of the deepest questions of our universe, and she won’t be doing any research, but she’d be happy to take a shot at anything you'd like to know.

She’ll answ...

January 2024 - Dianna says thank you.

(Levi, Dianna's editor typing) Kyle sent this to me today. Dianna wanted to thank everyone on Patreon for helping her through this.

I go to Dianna and Kyle's place every week to make some of Dianna meals and help Kyle with anything he needs. I have not spoken to Dianna in a few months due to her being weak. I come in the room, drop off her food, we give each other a little wave, and then I leave.

Summer of 2023, we were definitely speaking with Dianna more. I felt like I was able ...

Detailed Health Update from Kyle - December 2023

(From Kyle, Dianna's husband)
          Huge thanks to Destin from Smarter Everyday for making a great video about Dianna’s journey, and his visit to see us earlier this year. I hope you all had a chance to watch it here [https://youtu.be/xbcjf-hrOAs]

As most of you know, Dianna has been diagnosed with ME/CFS and Long Covid (which many - but not all - experts agr...

Health Update - November 2023

Hey everyone, this video was taken this past week of Dianna cutting her hair again. Dianna still hasn’t gotten out of bed and it’s been long enough that her hair has grown out again.

Health Update —

For the past 2 or more months, Dianna has been dealing with a very heavy crash. As we know, these crashes keep her physically restricted, but equally as painful is the brain fog she experiences from the mental fatigue. From what we understand working with her doctor, these crashe...

Health Update October - Also Dianna wants to share something

Hello everyone,

Small update on Dianna. Her crash extended for a fairly long time and there hasn’t been any significant improvements in the last few months. It’s been a roller coaster of her making small gains, and then having set backs. It’s been difficult and discouraging. But her doctor and others are working hard to help her combat the disease. Unfortunately the news is that she still can’t get out of bed or do any mindful activity. At this point she is resting diligently an...

New Results in Science! And B.T.S. - Dianna talks to Elisa about Antimatter

Hello everyone! This is something fun Dianna wanted me to share with you guys. Years ago we did a video visiting the Antimatter factory at CERN and Elise had discussed how they try to test and see how antimatter reacts to gravity.

And just a few years later, physicists confirmed the theory! Read about it here - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03043-0

The video above is the moment ...

BTS/Blooper - Physics Girl thumbnail and title meeting

Dianna recorded her and the team coming up with title and thumbnail ideas for the video about Time Crystals. Dianna loved open brainstorming sessions around coming up with titles for videos. She started recording this one because we were having fun, and she always wanted to share more parts of her process with her followers.

In this specific instance Dianna was laughing really hard and clearly enjoyed teasing Kyle about his ideas. I think this video is funny, but also an insight into ho...

Dianna singing 17 years ago.

Because a lot of you pointed out Dianna's singing in a recent post, she wanted to share with you guys that it's always been a passion of hers. Dianna's mom dug this video up of Dianna at age 17(half her age now, 34) singing and playing the piano. She wanted to share it here with you guys.

Small Health Update - Dianna has been coming out of a crash for the past few weeks. She thinks this crash has set back her recovery by months. She still looks better than she used to, but the crash fr...