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Picture this: you reach for your pill organizer and it shakes so much the compartments open themselves. Congratulations — you just unlocked the “Coffee-Spill Shuffle” move. Cue dramatic jazz hands.
If life with a rare neuro-thing gives you tremors, spasms and wobbles, you might as well make it choreography.
Send us your best shaky-hand selfies or shaky-coffee videos. We’ll turn them into memes.

Reader Quote of the Month:

Q: “Why does my nerve-fiber act like a party guest who forgot when to leave?”
Dr. Neuro (not real name): “Great question. Sometimes nerves mis-fire, send wrong signals, or just ghost you. Your nervous system isn’t perfect—but it sure gets creative.”
Q: “Is it okay to blame the immune system when my body acts weird?”
Dr.: “Absolutely. It’s the usual scapegoat in neurology. Just don’t invite it to dessert.”

Imagine you hire a team (your nerves) to deliver messages: “Move hand”, “Sense cup”, “Think about tacos”. Now imagine some of those workers take extended lunch breaks, miss deliver the memo, or decide to do interpretive dance instead. That’s when your nervous system starts freelancing.

From tingles that feel like someone hit “vibrate” on your body to limbs that act like they’re in protest—if your nerve signals went on strike, you might still get a paycheck (of sorts) via therapy or meds.

We spoke to Goofy-Gus (not his real name) who says: “My foot took a vacation without telling me. When it came back it had a suntan and new arch support.”
Take-away: When your body misbehaves, maybe just call it “creative outsourcing”.

Good news: a pill you swallowed is now texting you at midnight about your life goals. Bad news: it still hasn’t fixed the tremor.
Regular meds say “take with food”, smart pills say, “Have you considered meditation? Also stop watching cat videos at 3 am.”
We’re not endorsing self-medicating with sass, but if your body’s a glitch machine—might as well get witty alerts.

Stage 1: Denial – “I can walk in a straight line. Certainly.”
Stage 2: Bargaining – “If I stand extra still, maybe it won’t wobble.”
Stage 3: Acceptance – “Okay, I’m doing the ‘lean on wall like giraffe’ pose to stay upright.”
Stage 4: Adaptation – “Weighted utensils. Voice-activated everything. If my arm doesn’t move, Alexa should.”
Stage 5: Humor – “My nervous system made a chart. It’s labeled: ‘Chaos – 100%’. But the sense of humour bar is full.”
Bonus Stage: Community – You find others who get your bugged-software body and share memes.

Insurance: “We need prior authorization for your life-saving medication.”
Patient: “Here’s my doctor’s note.”
Insurance: “We need a different doctor’s note.”
Patient: “Here’s that note.”
Insurance: “We need them to call us.”
Patient: “They called.”
Insurance: “We need them to fax us.”
Patient: screams into void
Insurance: “Sorry, screaming isn’t covered under your plan.”
Share your favorite insurance monster story and we’ll immortalize it in pixel art.

Hello Rare Riders,
If your nervous system feels like it’s running on Windows 95 in safe mode( I was going to say Windows 3.0 but that makes me, really old)—welcome home. This issue we’re leaning into those bizarre neurology-questions you secretly Doom scroll at 2 a.m after that weird hitch in your get-along, made you wonder if your body got the memo or decided to improvise.
From nerves that freeload, to meds that double as life coaches, it’s all part of the ride. We’re here to laugh, to cope, and to connect with others who know the glitch-life.
Stay rare, stay ridiculous.
— Kit Whimsley, Chief Debugging Officer

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