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Hi. Um, it's not Diana, obviously. My name is Simone. Diana is one of my best friends. And, um, people often get the two of us mixed up. So, maybe that's something. As you might know, last year Diana got CO and over the last couple of months, she's slowly gotten worse to the point where her condition has become potentially life-threatening. How you feeling? Good. So excited. Hey, I'm Diana and you're watching Physics Girl. What do I do with my hands? My head is not Sandy emergency. What is your emergency? My wife uh needs to go to the emergency room. Everything's so well. I just relaxing. So, I'm just somewhere in my mind.
I have you. Okay. I can't think. stay. Diana's health has spiraled down to the point where she can barely move. Like she can't feed herself. And in the past week, she has been to the ER twice. Diana has long COVID and that has triggered something called MECFs. It's a chronic fatigue syndrome that is extremely debilitating and Kyle, her husband, has become her full-time caretaker. Her mom visits and helps as much as she can, but her condition keeps her limited from seeing any other friends or family right now because it's too exhausting for her. So lately, the way her other friends and I have been staying in touch with her is that we send little updates about our day to her
husband Kyle and um then he reads them for her at night because she hasn't been well enough to read text messages by herself. So yeah, it's it's bad. And it looks like the road to recovery is going to be way longer than any of us ever expected. And um we have all just been scrambling to find ways to help in this kind of impossible situation. And I know that there are a lot of you who have followed her for a long time and who have been looking for ways to help too. And Diana has a Patreon page. And I also know that when I went through health problems of my own, Patreon was the only thing that kept me afloat during that time. Levi, who is her editor and videographer, is still posting some stuff on there,
including some health updates. And I just want to clarify that this is not something that Diana has asked me to do. Like, I've talked to her friends and family about it. And honestly, I'm excited for a time where she's well enough to maybe be upset with me for posting this. I'm just trying to help a friend. And Patreon is something that I know helped me a tremendous amount when I was ill. So, if you've been looking for a way to help, I think Patreon is your best option. I know that she really wishes that she could be here and I know that a lot of you are rooting for her and we are too, but right now she just has to focus on getting better. She hopefully is going to be treated at a longco specialist clinic soon and they're constantly developing new
treatment methods. So, we're all staying very hopeful. So, yeah. Um, that's the update. Happy physixing. I think that's it. Okay. Bye.
