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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 7h

Amazing news! Oh I so hope it works out!!!!

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Not necessarily, but you do need access to one. Some people may have extra boards to loan out.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If any local (PEI) women who paddleboard (and have access to one) wish to take part in an epic event next weekend, DM me. More details to come but for now think: paddleboarding, celebrating the Halloween season, and praising the matriarchy.

Photo shows a paddleboard in water, oar on the board, blue lifejacket attached, water in background

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Gorgeous day to go for a bike ride. I’m so grateful we bought e-bikes last year and took advantage of the rebate program. Having an e-bike means I can ride and not exasperate my chronic pain.

Photo shows 2 evokes standing next to each other. The one of the left is red and is sideways facing; the one on the right is Tiffany blue and is facing forward. In the background is a PEI beach scape water view.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I hope you can find those needed glimmers. ✨

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Even tho my evening was awful, it’s still worth it for me to up any protection against covid. That pain lasted 12 hrs, not the 2 weeks I dealt with when I had the virus. PSA that covid affects people differently. To some, it doesn’t feel like “just a cold.” For me, it was agony.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I ended up having a bad (really bad) pain flare yesterday. Took me a bit to realize it was from the vaccine. When I had Covid, my pain symptom was extreme pain. Vaccines expose you to a small amount of the virus so it tracks that I would have pain. It was 9/10 for me, someone used to chronic pain.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ah, gotcha. Given how many people opt not to get vaccinated, it's too bad they can't just roll it out for everyone. Fingers crossed you stay safe and well!

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Have you checked Sobeys/Loblaws? Public health here is offering them starting November, but the pharmacies have them much earlier. Fingers crossed you can find one offering to the general population soon.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Most pharmacies across PEI are able to offer both flu and covid vaccines now. I got mine today, via the Superstore (walk-in, no appt needed), which is significantly better than the Nov 5 date public health was offering...

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yes there are so many horror stories of people waiting too long at the ER. In emergency situations, we can still access good care and today I am so damn grateful for that.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A family member had a medical emergency today and went to the qeh via ambulance. While our healthcare system is certainly broken, we received excellent care from everyone involved: paramedics, nurses, and the er doc we saw. They’ll be ok and we are all home now, after being there less than 5 hrs.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hanging out in North Rustico this afternoon, taking in two of the Cavendish Literary Festival events: Sharon Bala and Donna Morrissey.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m tired of complaining about being tired. Been awake for 2 hours now, and I have a full day tomorrow of things that cannot be rescheduled. Excellent.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chronic pain adventures: Trying yet another new pillow arrangement to see if it helps my sleep. Yes, it’s a pregnancy pillow. No, I’m def not pregnant. Yes, I’m tired.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hope today brings all the things that gift smiles (and yay for a sunny day!).

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cheers! I’ll see if the library has a copy. It’s pretty humbling to need to learn how to do things your body should just do automatically...

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There’s a direct relationship between breath and pain tho so I am eager to try to learn this skill. (Hypermobile people often shallow breathe and we hold our breath a lot, both actions that cause our ribs to brace, leading to pain in ribs, back, and neck. Good times.)

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today’s physio session involved my physiotherapist teaching me how to breathe. Apparently I need supervision to breathe properly. While I’m grateful always for her guidance, sometimes living with EDS makes you feel like you can’t “human” correctly. It’s humbling.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ve been having some real heart connections lately with people. It’s nice. ❤️

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I missed summer deck season, so I’m embracing fall deck season.

Photo of a section of my deck. In the middle is a fire pit table. Around the table are 3 chairs, one wooden chair and 2 patio-style ones. On the 4th side of the table is a patio-style love seat. I have flowers all over the deck to add pops of colour.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The sun is shining! It’s the first day of a new dance season in out famiky, and I have plans for a fairy hike with a friend. Happy Saturday, friends! ♥️ ☀️

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I encourage all parents to opt out. Kids need to learn critical thinking skills before they learn AI. Other countries are banning AI in schools for this reason. So, aside from the environmental harm AI causes, do a solid for your child’s brain and allow them to develop these essential skills first.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

PEI parents of kids in the K-12 school system: Just an FYI that you can opt out of your kid’s use of AI via the IT forms we have to sign every year. That form requires 2 signatures—one for AI (that you can opt out of) and one for general tech. So you can allow your kid to use computers, but no AI.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My husband and I are huge fans of yours, and we've been cheering you on (from PEI) since your Jeopardy debut. You represented Canada so well; you should be proud.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Resharing for any followers I have who are looking for a better option than Goodreads.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Unsure of your schedule, but the tides at Canoe Cove tend to be faster than other places, perhaps giving some more flexibility with timings?

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oldest teen started university today...younger teen opted for blue hair...and I received some promising (fingers crossed) news on the ol' job front. Large day.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Day after intense acupuncture and I only woke twice in the night (this is progress). 💕

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also the string of hearts’ neighbour? Yeah that be my poor string of pearls that I….don’t think will make it.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

lol I like to show appreciation where it is deserved. 😘

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also, thanks to @moesmixtapes.bsky.social I have some new plant family members to fawn over.

Photo shows wooden ledge with multiple plants.The main plant is a string of hearts in a round planter.

Photo shows a Monstera plant in a terra cotta planter

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Acupuncture this morning focused on calming down my poor broken, out of control. nervous system. I’m at the point where I jump when someone sneezes.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ha ha ha yeah....truth. If I hit any goldmines in this search, I shall share, promise.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Also, the records are super important in my case, too, because pain conditions aren’t often believed/treated with respect. Right now, I’m at the mercy of ONE doctor’s notes. That…can be subjective. But THREE doctors shows a pattern…I cannot access the records of two of these three doctors.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Exactly! NOBODY seems to know. My latest lead? A random doctor at the Friendly Pharmacy clinic might have them. I’ll try, but not holding my breath b/c why would my records go there? I’ve never been a patient at the Friendly Pharmacy or of this other doctor and is it all just a huge scavenger hunt?

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ve applied already (Resource Abilities are amazing with this, for free, in case you didn’t know), but I fully expect a denial. They take forever to decide, so I’m working on trying to get my info ready re: appeal. I figure I’ll need it; I didn’t think it would be this hard to track down tho!

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m in similar situation, despite the timeframe, re: DTC info. I’m trying for chronic pain, and since there is no chronic pain category, I need to show longevity (to rule out acute pain stuff); right now, I only have 2020 onwards, but I’ve lived in pain since 1991.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yeah, it’s frustrating, and since nobody knows, I’m just getting met with apathy or irritation. I replied to one person and cc’d all (since they did), acknowledging their suggestion but explaining I’d already tried that…another staff curtly replied that staff #1 already answered my question.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Right? Passing me from one office to another and getting irritated with the person who is simply trying to track down personal (and private, I might add) info that could have a huge impact on her life is … not an effective strategy.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ve had 5 GPs in my life (1 in NL, 1 in ON, 3 here). I’m pretty confident the only records my current GP has are his. So a huge chunk of my medical history is just…not available? I find this so bizarre.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I currently have one department referring me to another department, who only tells me to contact the first department. Both are getting irritated with me…and I am no closer to answers.

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Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I mean….Should I issue a PSA for people to search basements and attics for boxes? Like…where would they go?

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