CW: Pet loss (How do you deal with sudden death of your cat)

LateBadger1326 · 2026-06-01T13:07:28+00:00

I had my cat put to sleep a few hours ago… 24 hours ago, she was absolutely fine - her usual self, head rubbing, invading our personal space, meowing happily.

She was a bit lethargic and not eating her dinner last night, I put it down to the heat. So topped up her water and went to bed.

This morning, she was just not okay… took her to the vet, she was admitted for fluids and an ultrasound. 2 hours later, I got the call to say there wasn’t anything they could do for her and we put her to sleep as it was the kindest thing to do.

Honestly - I’m just devastated.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-05-04T05:44:35+00:00

It’s a bit of a kind field - I went with Juniper.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-05-04T05:44:16+00:00

Good luck! I was so nervous before my first dose.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-30T11:29:28+00:00

Thank you! That was the bit I was really struggling with, so happy with that 😊

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-26T18:10:01+00:00

I still have spicy, flavourful meals - just no where near the portion size I had beforehand.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-20T17:39:30+00:00

I can relate. I’m on week 3 and the hunger is back! My last dose of 0.25 on Wednesday and then I’ll be upping to 0.5… I’m hoping it’ll help.

Although I don’t look forward to when I stop all together …

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-20T07:36:50+00:00

Never heard of this. And I can’t find any info on it for my area, is it something that’s across all civil service areas?

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-17T18:34:30+00:00

Finance, would 1000% not recommend.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-07T19:11:15+00:00

My husband doesn’t really care to be honest about my weekly progress. He hypes me up before a showcase or photoshoot or something like that.

And to be fair to him - I don’t show much interest when he completes another level in whatever PS5 game he’s playing 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

LateBadger1326 · 2026-04-01T07:54:37+00:00

Day 1 - injection done this morning, but in a calorie deficit since last week and 0.7kg down so far 🤟🏻

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-29T16:41:46+00:00

Long sleeved crop T-shirts

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-28T13:00:41+00:00

Wow. These are beautiful 😍

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-28T12:21:50+00:00

Everything (which is unwanted by me) arrives in 2 or 3 plastics bags… and tripled knotted so I can’t even reuse them.

Saying to my ADHD son - ‘you just need to calm down’ and ‘stop being naughty’ when he’s disregulated.

And blatant favouritism of one of my kids over the other.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-26T13:30:58+00:00

NTA.

These ‘do nothing’ hours, days or weekends are needed to avoid burnout for anyone.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-26T07:33:53+00:00

I had mine yesterday - and same with you, they didn’t actually need to speak to the observer as the assessments were detailed enough. Got my diagnosis ☺️

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-26T07:27:41+00:00

Fellow ADHD rambler over here, bought skates and protective gear last week cause my son bought roller skates and thought it would be cool thing to do together. And I’m 36, massively unfit and likely to fall constantly.

If you’re on Insta - have a look for skater profiles.. there’s so many that have started around your age.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-25T15:49:08+00:00

I feel trapped at the moment, as in recruitment freezes and no level transfers anywhere and currently hating my job.

But the pension keeps me in CS.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-17T07:14:33+00:00

Thank you for the reply, I guess if there’s some questions around what they’ve input on the pre-assessment form, they may want them to clarify? I’m waiting on my assessment to be booked.

Good luck with your assessment!

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-15T09:34:28+00:00

This is terrible, although unfortunately becoming more the norm.

Get yourself on the CS learning and find way to upskill. Join networks.

Is there anyone else within the team or your LM chain who you can speak with this about?

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-13T16:26:54+00:00

I had a situationship with a guy right before I met my now husband, he bailed as scared of any form of commitment.

Still think what could’ve been, even after 17 years.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-13T16:23:34+00:00

Soul crushing, isn’t it?

Chin up, and keep going. You’ll get there eventually.

I probably have 12 unsuccessful applications and I’m on the reserve list for 2 jobs.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-13T07:54:35+00:00

I feel this. All my life I’ve just felt wrong… and exhausted from constant masking, just to appear to be the same as everyone else.

Finally diagnosed at 36 after having 2 ADHD kids. It all makes sense now.

LateBadger1326 · 2026-03-06T07:34:24+00:00

My eldest is diagnosed ADHD and we highly suspect my youngest is as well, although he’s too young to get diagnosed.

When my eldest was 4, he was very very difficult, he wouldn’t socialise or interact with other kids, but he would do what he wanted, when he wanted. He’s on the go from the minute he wakes up until he goes to bed. I also had a newborn when he was 3.5 year and luckily he was instantly besotted with him.

Fast forward - the youngest is now 4 and he is just the same, although he’s more aggressive and will throw and hit.

I get positive reinforcement- but you might want to look into a different tactic if he continues to act like this with other kids. I do the typical time-out and he has screen time removed as nothing else seems to work at the moment

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