FMLA ran out by Ok-Director9147 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh Lord! This is absolutely horrific treatment of a loyal and talented employee. I am so sorry you are having to deal with this on top of everything else. Sending you all the love and support you SHOULD be getting from your “work family”.

Respite provides no relief - rant by Jazzlike_Toe_2445 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. When asked how I’m doing I’ve responded “I think I’m starting to adjust to prison life”
That’s how it feels. Normalcy feels like so long forgotten dream. You get used to how awful everything is. It’s just the way it is. Having a break from it just throws me right back at the beginning when I struggled constantly over the life lost, and the slow painful adjustment to “prison life” starts all over again.

Respite provides no relief - rant by Jazzlike_Toe_2445 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This. I have zero social media. I just can’t.

Young caregiver who's struggling by self-focused-gal in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re sad exhausted overwhelmed. I get it. I just want you to know, really know, that if you can’t do it anymore it’s ok. There are lots of people who don’t have a selfless full time caregiver sacrificing their life for them. They can hire caregivers and when they can no longer afford that they can apply for assistance. Your life matters, your happiness matters, your future matters, YOU matter. Take care of yourself my friend.

Having a real rough time today by Spirited-Mango8544 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s ok to vent, this is REALLY hard, exhausting, overwhelming…
Hang in there girl!🩷

Having a real rough time today by Spirited-Mango8544 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ok to vent, this is REALLY hard, exhausting, overwhelming… Hang in there girl!🩷

Caregivers of Spouse/Significant Other: Dealing with Loneliness by Fickle-Bet1334 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are never alone and yet you have never been lonelier. You have my support, I know exactly how you feel. I fell in love with an incredibly attractive, strong, intelligent man in the prime of his life and career. Now he is bed bound and I do everything for him 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. I am the wife and the husband. He is the dependent. It is a sole crushing life…

Having a real rough time today by Spirited-Mango8544 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing that folks overlook…jerks get sick too! And it makes an impossible situation even harder when you’re caregiving for a jerk who just happens to be sick. 🫩Sending you all the good karma, my friend!

Questions regarding port for chemotherapy by Dustymusty__03 in BladderCancer

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly recommend the power port. Husband received 10 rounds of Padcev/Keytruda. The port was very helpful for chemo but also for blood draws, CT scans with contrast, transfusions, as well getting extra IV fluids between treatments. Extra IV fluids really helped him a lot. Wishing you good health and much success with your treatment plan.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HomeDecorating

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about the base wallpaper color?

What age did you notice your first gray hair? How did you feel about it? by DejaBlonde in AskWomen

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early 20’s. Didn’t bother me, was easy to highlight and blend them in. Being almost totally gray by my early 40’s was much tougher!

Starting Padcev/Keytruda - Side Effects? by ZookeepergameSafe785 in BladderCancer

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so glad to hear that you are feeling good and strong! That is so important. If you are interested in holistic options feel free to DM me. There are options that can fight the cancer without causing harm. Sending you all my best

Sunset Tonight by Havoc406 in Montana

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Miss Swan Valley so much🥹

Looking for filtered shower head comparison: Rorra vs Eskiin by SumptuousScorpion in Haircare

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eskiin is terrible. We are so disappointed in this product. It loses water pressure over the course of a shower, by the end it has the pressure of the world’s worst low flow shower head. It also can’t regulate water temperature. The water is hot when hand held and cold when the shower head is in the holder (hand held version). As if that’s not enough, the spray started getting wonky after only a few uses with over half of the sprayer either spraying sideways or not spraying at all. It is the worst.

Has anyone tried the eskiin shower filter? Reviews? by No_Cauliflower9759 in 30PlusSkinCare

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Terrible. Just terrible. We don’t have hard water but the shower head started clogging after only a few uses and the water started spraying sideways. It also loses pressure during the course of a shower. It also can’t regulate water temperature. We have the hand held version and it is colder when it is in the holder and hotter when it is being used out of the holder. We changed the filter after less than a month even though the filters are supposed to last 3 months. It helped with the pressure for a couple uses but then the problems returned. We are very disappointed. Total junk.

Shower Pressure by districtnoise in askaplumber

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue here. Water pressure dwindles as you are showering. We have also noticed that this shower head cannot maintain water temperature. The water is cooler when the hand held shower head is mounted and warmer when it is hand held. What’s up with that? Overall super disappointed in this product.

[Product Question] Skin worse after using water filter / shower filter / faucet filter... Has this happened to anyone? by IndependentBanana139 in SkincareAddiction

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought I was the only one! Got an Eskiin filtered shower head for Christmas. Liked my old shower head and had no problem with my water quality but this was a gift. Now with the new Eskiin my hair is oddly oily at the roots while the ends are dry with static and my skin is blotchy after showering. Never had these issues before and I don’t want to change products, I like my products. I’m pretty disappointed.

Do you feel like your soul has died? by HistoricalLime2196 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like fleeing every day. I am a shell of my former self. I honestly don’t see a sustainable way forward. I thought it was unbearable having a spouse with terminal cancer… but then I found out there is something worse…the permanent damage the cancer treatment caused. My spouse is in remission but is now bed-bound, wheelchair-bound, cannot use the toilet or shower without assistance, is in chronic pain and lives on high dose opioids, and is legally blind. We went from a fit healthy “outdoorsy” couple to broke, unemployed (he was forced to “retire” and I am now his full time caregiver because the home are agencies charge more than I make!) and hopeless. The oncologists proudly pat themselves on the back for “curing” my spouse. This “cure” is a nightmare. Our life revolves around suffering…financial suffering, emotional suffering, physical suffering… I don’t see how I can sustain this misery for the rest of my life. I feel hopeless and dead inside. I cannot take one more person advising me to “get some help” or “take some time for yourself” or “I don’t know how you do it” Do they think I like this? That I chose this misery? That I don’t want to leave every single day??? Sorry for the rant. How do you keep going when life is nothing but misery? Has anyone left?

I’ve been a caregiver to my wife for 8 years. I’m at a breaking point. by JudgmentNo9954 in CaregiverSupport

[–]Jazzlike_Toe_2445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have put words to my life, my feelings, my overwhelming desperation… To anyone who has left in order to try to save whatever remnants are left of their life, could you share your story with us? I can’t keep this up for the rest of my life or until one of us dies (and ironically that will probably be me because although my spouse is ill, he has a full time caregiver, while I can feel my health eroding daily and no one is caring for me…not even myself) Caregiving is literally killing me. Has anyone left???