Special thanks to one of our patrons for sending Dianna fresh and delicious pecans! As you know Dianna's diet is very limited right now, so these tasty pecans are some of the highlights of her meals!
Dianna appreciates the support from you guys so much, and it's really great to see her with a smile on her face. Thanks everyone!
(Dianna's editor posting) Dianna is currently suffering from a multi-week crash. It's been over a year since she got sick and she will still crash from any minor mental or physical stress. These crashes are the result from her severe MCAS and ME/CFS.
I started helping Kyle and Dianna full-time here a couple months ago, and it's surreal to see her state. I think when you're not around it,...
Thank you Eric Sheide for taking Dianna's vocals and making a song! This is hilarious. It made Dianna laugh really hard!
We wanted to share it here to let the rest of the patrons enjoy. Thanks again Eric!
2023-08-07 23:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostDianna's diet is still super limited, we've tried to add carbs, but it hasn't gone very well. Her nutritionist said a variety of foods is good for your gut health. So she keeps having to just add more different types of nuts to her diet. She made this song in their honor. And there's definitely no inappropriate innuendos whatsoever. You won't find that here.
Dianna has found making up son...
2023-07-27 23:26:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here is the next set of Dianna's Bloopers. This is from a video in which we filmed, but never finished because Dianna got sick. We hope some day to use this un-aired footage, but for now it sits in the archive. We had a lot of fun that day talking about black holes.
As you know, Dianna is no longer recording new videos. So finding bloopers is becoming more scarce since there...
2023-07-18 19:55:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. In this video you will get a small update on Dianna's PICC line. It is used to give her medications and fluids for hydration without her having an adverse reaction to it.
OVERALL HEALTH - Dianna is still daily bed ridden, barely able to move. For the past month or so, she has had her ups and downs. Dianna continues to have short windows of time where she can talk for a cou...
2023-06-22 20:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostOne of you, a patron in the comments, requested BTS from CERN for the next behind the scenes look at Physics Girl. Enjoy some minutes of Dianna behind the scenes at CERN having a blast exploring the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.
CERN video series -
Antimatter- 2023-06-01 17:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, over the past few months Dianna has developed a large series of allergies and reactions to any stimulation or food. In this video, Kyle explains a little bit about what MCAS is and what is going on with her.
Dianna is on an extreme elimination diet and is working with an excellent specialist who is helping a lot. Dianna and Kyle have received more help this month. And it may...
2023-05-27 00:27:50 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here is a 1 minute update on the list of foods Dianna can currently have.
Dianna has had a very rough couple months, though as of last week we saw some progress. A more detailed health update will be posted later in the week describing Dianna's condition. In short, she has an extensive variety of allergies and her (PEM), post-exertional malaise, is still being triggered by ...
Here are the out-takes from Dianna's video on the Ballistic Ping Pong Cannon. Enjoy!
Full video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk-6wHimbUs
Hey guys, it's Dianna's birthday. Above is the video we posted to her socials. I wish I could give more health updates at this time, but there isn't much more to tell. Dianna's sister was able to visit last week and hang out with Dianna a minimal amount. For the most part Dianna still has to avoid any stimulation to avoid crashing. We will have more of an update next week.
In the meantime...
2023-05-05 06:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This month, the Physics Girl office was officially closed down. Here are some images from not only it's original beautiful setup, but also after it's been packed up and moved.
Dianna loved the office, and we loved doing the "explain to my editor" series in the smaller part. It was really sad to move it all out. We'll see what the future holds. I took the fun photos the day before the move...
2023-04-21 22:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostI went over to visit Kyle and Dianna yesterday. Unfortunately, she was in a crash again, so I couldn't see her. I got an update regarding her health. There are some more details Ill be posting later, but for right now I figured it would be good to give a small update.
Kyle goes over a simple "road to recovery" for Dianna's health. It's a long road ahead, but feeling hopeful as usual.
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Hey everyone. Dianna started to crash late last week and she's still in the thick of it, so I wasn't able to film anything this week. Hoping to get to check up on her soon. Right now there's no real health updates other than that. I think Kyle might be starting to hire some help soon.
Her office is officially closed down and the company has entered it's new era. It was sad to see it all ...
Here is this month's behind the scenes. This is some of the extra footage from when we went to Death Valley to investigate the Sailing Stones. There's a lot of fun science and Dianna moments that don't make it into the Youtube videos.
Remember that a lot of this content is cut out by our final product. So it's long, and I find it fun to maybe have on in audio form while doing other thing...
Hey everyone, here are this months bloopers from Dianna's most viewed video. There weren't as many mess-ups as usual, but I hope you enjoy!
The full video is awesome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFFhD5HeByM&ab_channel=PhysicsGirl
2023-03-27 23:27:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It's easy to forget just how many things we need to do as a person to stay healthy and clean. And when someone is bed-ridden or disabled, that all becomes much more difficult.
This is how Kyle has to wash Dianna's hair.
Hey guys, small mid-March update. Dianna is not needing to go to the E.R. at the moment. But she is still crashing heavily and is bed-ridden 24/7 as usual.
I filmed this a couple days ago. Dianna's hair was hard for her to maintain in her current state. So to our surprise she cut a good chunk off while I was there.
Hey everyone, first off we'd like to address and thank everyone for your support here on Patreon. We can't believe how much support is coming in, and we know it will really help Dianna and Kyle during this time.
Dianna is still crashing from the smallest of activities, so she is not allowed to read things online anymore. But once a day, a family member has picked up the task of reading D...
(Levi typing) Hey everyone, just what the title says. An anchor in Denver did a story on Dianna and her sister Alicia. It's good to see that long COVID is getting exposure and hopefully being taken more seriously.
(Fun fact) Dianna and I(Levi) met because of her sister. Alicia and I were close friends in college. About 6 years later I had the dream job of a lifetime when her sister, Dian...
Hey guys, here are the bloopers for this month. I forgot how funny it was to try to do a one take Youtube video in 2020 when the world was shut down. We were still in partnership with PBS at the time and I remember one of them saying "this is the 1917 of Youtube videos" which I thought was funny.
Enjoy!
Hello everyone, this is Dianna’s family speaking.
First off we want to thank you so much for your generous donations. As of right now, Dianna is still in a very perilous situation. Last week she was rushed back to the hospital, where doctors found a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in her lungs). She is back home and safe but still in a really bad state. Due to her severe ME/CFS s...
Hey everyone,
Though this is a picture taken a couple days ago of her going into the E.R. for the second time. She's actually home and doing better as of yesterday. She's not declining, which is a good sign. She's nowhere near out of this. But I'm glad she is home.
Her mom and Kyle are always coming up with ways to help her recovery and pain during this time. She's somewhat stable...
2023-02-24 00:39:02 +0000 UTC View Post(Levi typing) Hey everyone,
This footage was taken in September 2021, during the filming of her 2 videos from Mammoth. She kind of explained a lot of these questions in the videos, but I thought you guys would still like this. We have lots of stuff like this that didn't make it out to the public over the years due to our busy schedule. I will be releasing more of it here on Patreon. I hop...
2023-02-23 21:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post
(Levi, Dianna's editor typing)
Hey guys, so we are going to post something like this soon. But I wanted to give you guys a "sneak peek" if you will. We're still figuring out how we want to word everything and present it to the public so we appreciate if you don't show this elsewhere and let us release it when we are ready.
But I'm putting it here to keep you guys updated on ...
(Levi, Dianna's editor typing)
Hey guys, so we are going to post something like this soon. But I wanted to give you guys the rough cut or "sneak peek" if you will. We're still figuring out how we want to word everything and present it to the public so we appreciate if you don't show this elsewhere and let us release it when we are ready.
But I'm putting it here to keep you guys up...
In regards to Dianna's inability to pronounce "mirror" like a normal person, we'd like to ask - How do you guys pronounce "mirror"?
(See previous "spoon riddle" bloopers to get caught up on the controversy.)
Here are some bloopers/funny moments from Dianna's spoon riddle video.
2023-02-02 20:18:20 +0000 UTC View Post
(Levi typing) Hey guys, small BTS post here. I feel like not cutting as much or having a ton of b-roll, you guys get to see a little bit more of the candid process as we do these "explain to Levi" videos. I actually do learn all the science on the spot, and we usually record for too many HOURS because we can't stop talking about it. Anyways, hope you enjoy us chatting about the Aurora, an...
2023-02-02 01:24:52 +0000 UTC View Post(Levi typing) I captured this footage about a month ago. I just made this Facebook post today helping her audience keep up with what is going on.
Honestly she is doing way better here than she has been. You can see we are still like...trying to make videos. Feels like a different world now. The following 3-4 weeks were really brutal on her. Thanks for all the suppoort guys.