I have a form of cystic fibrosis. I was homeless for nearly six years while openly participating here.

I'm probably the highest ranked woman on here in terms of karma accrued. I'm probably the only woman to have ever spent time on the leader board and I can't get any real traction on any of my projects and I get routinely attacked and dismissed for trying to talk about anything health related.

I'm drug free and have been for years. If you have any idea what CF is, that should say enough right there.

I'm not actually interested in discussing it further here on HN. It's always drama and I get really amazingly shitty replies from a lot of people.

I chose to post it here because it's going to get a lot more exposure here than via any of my blogs and I think there are people here who do remember me and do know what I'm talking about.

My hope is that people who are in a position to understand what I'm saying and act on it will read it and it will somehow make a difference. If you have no idea what on earth I'm talking about, that is probably not you.

I don't actually expect it to make a difference. I already said that. But I feel obligated to try, though I'm quite sure it's absolutely pointless and there's nothing at all I can do about that. I'm the wrong gender and don't have enough money and so forth.

Call it a desperate act due to being surrounded by the current insanity of the world and move on.

Thank you.