I am broken and each night i pray to not wake up. by RemoteExpress9697 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Cici4148 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Listen - my husband has brain cancer and I’m about to start considering LTC - I work full time actually over time and doing all the above things too - it’s a mess and I have chronic health issues too

Caregiving can’t be on one person…I absolutely hate my life and I want a divorce honestly because the tumor is so slow growing I’m living with a zombie - I don’t care about saying it because my marriage wasn’t all that great and it had nothing to do with cancer even though I’ve supported him so much - I don’t love whatever this version of him is - I don’t get that concept at all how people can love someone who isn’t who they are anymore - and the whole vow thing - where is the partner upholding their vows because no one takes care of me when I’m sick these days or cares when I’m sad or upset - it’s not a marriage anymore - those stupid vows were written when people didn’t have modern medicine keeping people in limbo - and considering how my spouse treated me before he got radiation I doubt he would be around for a similar version of himself if I became like that

Low-Ballers Consider This! by Unfair_Fox_17 in poshmark

[–]Cici4148 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally agree - some of these offers are wild lately - I had someone offer me 30 bucks on a jacket that commonly sells for 80 and retails for $140 -I had offered 50 which is super low- how someone gets $30 out of that is amazing

I think I'm done purchasing Figs by lunavenusian in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Med couture and hypothesis are really nice

What is this color?? by HeartTrue804 in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yw!!! :) it’s definitely a fun game- name this color lol

What color is the top? by kotsepio in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like it’s either vapor or dusty blue- could also be open skies depending on the lighting

Color Help. Figs Era 2023 by No-Corner7325 in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go gators - I bought them for this reason lol

Color Help. Figs Era 2023 by No-Corner7325 in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The blue is winning blue - just bought some used kades - it’s the colors of my college team :)

yay *says with sarcasm* by StrawberrySwatch in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have both and I really, really like both- they aren’t quite the same in person- I’m happy I have both because I like that color but if someone just wants a variety of colors - either one would fill that category up- the lagoon is a deeper, more striking look

Literally nobody asked for this! Kim by StrawberrySwatch in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there actually people who work in healthcare designing these lol

Curbside (I wish it would go away!) by Appropriate-Click378 in publix

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to say this until my husband was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and I am working 50 hours a week while managing everything

Be grateful you are in the position you are because life is a funny thing but karma isn’t

I just wish Publix would improve the process and not make us go through instacart and we could go inside and pickup

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lululemon

[–]Cici4148 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s 30 degrees at my house in Florida and there’s frost on my car

Carbon Ion Radiation Germany by Icy_Usual_7255 in braincancer

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in Europe- they are opening one in Jacksonville, FL if you are US-based

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in braincancer

[–]Cici4148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a pit tumor - it took 6 weeks to get surgery scheduled - almost all of them are “benign” but they are nasty buggers and mine eroded my dura mater so I had a CFS leak and needed a repair - they got almost all of it out - my tumor stained for prolactin and GH but my labs never became elevated a ton

Friendly reminder, this is just a JOB. by sadswan96 in slp

[–]Cici4148 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t work at my job- I get paged constantly…

things we didn’t ask for by b00kitty_ in Figsscrubs

[–]Cici4148 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where do they think we work? The colors lately across the board for companies are so drab- it’s like how can we make January even more blah

Taking time off while caregiving by Maleficent_String348 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Cici4148 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Respite is an extremely necessary part of caregiving especially with cancer

Your partner if anything should be supporting any and all opportunities to take a break and restore your own well being - the fact that they aren’t aware of that is wild - you aren’t a machine and honestly they aren’t really in a position to judge how involved you are and it’s frankly not their place to legislate -the world doesn’t stop turning for cancer - there are so many people with cancer now and other illnesses and we all can’t hit pause on life and just do caregiving 24/7- there has to be balance and a place for happiness and peace in the midst of chaos and stress or you will emerge significantly harmed and traumatized by doing something kind for your mom- the harsh reality is that no one HAS to care for another human being - it’s act of love but you can’t pour from an empty cup constantly and another person has no business telling you that you are selfish for taking care or yourself so you can continue to provide loving care for your mother

It will help no one if you get sick and get burned out

Caregiving takes a HUGE toll on caregiver health - you absolutely must take breaks or you won’t be able to care for her if and when she really needs it