It’s ok, we’re not being strung along. She’s had some inflammatory issues with her bowel which caused absorption issues, so she’s not absorbing as much as she needs

These ones are pretty good and the closest. Why?

Ok - this isn’t for everyone but I kind of break up where the linen is stored into the rooms where the cloth is used.

The clean tea towels and cloths for wiping the bench get folded into a kitchen drawer. They are NOT being stored in the bathroom.

The bath towels get folded and stacked on top of the freestanding over-toilet unit (which also holds a small tub for hand towels and cleaning rags, tp and cleaning products). Yes, I hate it but no real choice. I keep them right at the top and always put the lid down to flush but if you want to put the towels inside a plastic tub with a lid to avoid germs go for it. I might actually do that.

Another option is a narrow vertical corner shelving unit or drawers. I’d suggest storing them above the washer (there are freestanding over-washer shelves) but sounds like your washer is enclosed.

Storing towels in the bathroom does risk mould but you know. No linen press. All I can do is consistently use the fan when showering and keep an eye on the situation, for now they remain clean and dry. It’s been years so fingers crossed. I don’t have many so they all frequently get used and washed.

The pillowcases sheets and doona covers get folded or rolled small and stored in those cloth shoe shelves that hang from the bar in your wardrobe or from a clothing rail. (Bulkier blankets or doonas go in airline carrier bags or space saver bags at the top shelf of the wardrobe.) It really depends if you have a spare wardrobe or enough leftover space in the main one. I have only 2-3 bedding changes for space but keep more pillowcases as they take less room and need to be changed more often.

You can also buy a bed with drawers underneath, buy under-bed cubes or those long flat rectangular tubs on wheels, or put bricks under the legs of your bed to raise it enough that standard storage tubs can easily fit underneath.

I used to like to keep my kitchen linens separate from clothing or bedding for hygiene reasons, but I don’t have room for another hamper so everything goes in the same large hamper. But each category gets washed carefully as its own load.

Ah good luck, hope your breathing is ok

Thanks, that’s good info

My knees really hurt. I’ve done something to them but don’t know what

That’s ok. The place where you live is a really important component of wellbeing.

I’ve got a strategy for lack of linen cupboard if you want it. Or a few. Depends on what you’re working with. A lot of these tips are about being flexible with what you have.

Make sure you leave enough space at the back of the fridge if you can! Top and sides I think is less important (I think) but it needs the air gap at the back for ventilation or could overheat.

The clothes could be shrunk down flat in space saver bags but it depends on the quality. Cheap ones reinflate themselves even when well sealed, saving no space -_-

And yeah. Hate to say it but if things aren’t in a condition anyone would take them they might have to go to landfill.

I’m really sorry. I know how it is to live somewhere you hate.

Re the fridge, I used to live somewhere the kitchen was so small it didn’t account for a fridge (literally no place for even a bar fridge - not built to accommodate one) so I kept my fridge nearby in the lounge. If it turns out that the fridge just doesn’t fit you can get creative or you could use a buy nothing/swap site to get a smaller one just to last you for the 6 months.

(If you have the money you can be a little lenient on convenience/tinned/fast foods just until you get out of there, or cook one pot food. Snacks help greatly.)

I’m sure Givit would take the big fridge, and perhaps the drawers(?). You might get a tax discount for the donations too.

This might not be legal in Australia bc food safety but in Slav countries the washing machine is in the kitchen with hot plates sitting on top because of space and also that’s where the plumbing allows it to be.

And this is hypocritical because I am a packrat/clutterbug when space allows - but I definitely did have ways of storing things/things I would cook or ways of doing things that helped me manage in a small place. Hit me up if you want some tips.

Just focus on survival for now, you’re in a great position to move in with family and save up for a strong return. It’s a lot easier to tolerate a bad situation if there’s an end date in sight.

Edit: I also know that Diabetes Victoria does pickups of clothes and other stuff, and there was a thing I used where you could download a prepaid postage label and mail donations to the Iconic.

However if it’s too much hassle or you don’t have time just do whatever you have to do. I should have thought to tell you this stuff earlier

The sad part is that reactions to vaccines are vanishingly rare but real. I’m wondering if this lady’s immune system had an unusually strong response and left her with some kind of autoimmune disease as a result. Fibromyalgia can be triggered after being sick with a virus and has been confirmed to be autoimmune.

But it is much better for vaccines to be mandatory to keep herd immunity for those that can’t have them and keep smallpox or polio from coming back. On the balance you just can’t afford to have it be optional.

Ironically the symptoms she’s describing sound like long covid which also gets ignored and denied support. It makes me wonder if her body did massively overreact to even the attenuated virus

I think I need to spend less time scrolling… it just sucks that Outside is hostile

I feel like the internet has turned really shit and at some point it’ll be so user unfriendly that it’s barely usable. I miss past eras of it (well the ones I’m old enough to have known) and the niches I like of current day are the ones most similar to that. I want to go back.

Lemmy is like a cosy comforting old school forum.

This is seriously concerning. What would have happened if it hadn’t made the news? Also squinting at the conscientious objection