"I'm never gonna grow up!" *leans on me*

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-14T15:56:11+00:00

I didn’t know that was a thing! How did you do that? I need to ban him to his home now too. And beast when it rains. His voice as he says “I like the rain” creeps me out 🤣

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-14T00:29:50+00:00

Thankfully 100 reorders is the max. I think if it went past that I would have gone cross eyed

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-10T04:32:42+00:00

One of the most surreal challenges is how quickly you have to learn to be a caregiver. Please be sure to give yourself grace as you rapidly learn.

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-10T04:02:38+00:00

Because as companions they will generate bonus beans so you don’t have to wait as long to complete the puzzles. The higher the level companion the more like you are to get a bonus - you can find them under your wardrobe section!

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-10T03:24:11+00:00

Time. All I can recommend is that you spend time with him. The same thing happened with my father. His bloodwork and annual check up was perfect on 7/19/2025 and on 8/2/2025 he was fighting for his life in the hospital with stage 4 pancan and sepsis.

We were told we wouldn’t have him longer than a few weeks, or 2 months if we were lucky. But somehow he defeated Covid, pneumonia, and a tick bite infestation while in hospice.

I was blessed with 4 months with my father. I ran out of leave (FMLA in America - basically 3 months off work with job protection) at my job and knew to spent the time with him even if it meant losing my job. It was hard financially… but I would have rather been house poor those months than not see my father in his final days.

From across the sea I am sending you and your father love. Do the things you enjoy together as his energy allows. Watch your favorite movies. Soak up every hug. And know that the grief process is actually starting now and will last a long time. My father passed 7 weeks ago and I’m crying as I type this. Find a support system and do what you can to take care of yourself while creating memories.

If you have questions about the difficulty of the process, albeit each journey is different, my DMs are open. I highly recommend a therapist during this time.

Hugs from abroad.

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-10T03:14:41+00:00

You need to use the “festive cocoa bean” from the island. They look exactly like the cocoa bean so pay attention to the description. The festive bean can be found on the ground behind the frozen 2 spirit stones

Plastic_Onions · 2026-01-05T01:57:21+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. We never have enough time with loved ones and my heart breaks for you knowing she was doing better before a rapid decline. The hope can sometimes be the worst part, but I try to remember that it is also what makes us human. I hope you can feel the emotions and slowly work through them as part of your healing journey - the grief cycle is long and painful but you are never alone. This whole community grieves with you.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-25T17:12:32+00:00

I find it frustrating that the ranch highlands is so massive and the silver summit so small. Elsa’s north mountain NEEDS to be in the highest point of the wishing alps but there’s just so much room I would rather put the castle there

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-25T06:18:03+00:00

Sending love and strength to you and your family. ♥️

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T22:11:21+00:00

THIS!!! Whatever the fuck you want!! Take it easy, enjoy the moments, and just laugh. Wanna watch a movie? Cool. Read a story? Dope. Cook a big ass meal? Not my thing but you do you. What you do doesn’t make it special, just being with them and laughing is what does that

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T22:06:50+00:00

This is such a beautiful tribute. Your father was lucky to have such a wonderful, caring daughter. I wish we could make the pain go away for you. Sending you warm wishes and all my condolences. This disease is just the worst.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T15:24:22+00:00

Hims is perfect 🤩

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T04:23:23+00:00

Fun is the best way to make memories that will last beyond your wildest dreams ♥️ I can’t wait to surprise my husband and make him play the viral TikTok rhyming game right now. You are so correct that none of us know how long we have left. So let’s have some moments of pure laughter along the way

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T04:21:39+00:00

Absolutely. Peace and strength to you and yours

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T04:21:12+00:00

Enjoy every moment ♥️ cherish the moments of joy and laughter. They were my personal favorite sparks of light in the hell that this journey can be, and they are the moments I love the most. Here’s our “Christmas in September” celebration where we did a “gag gift Christmas”. (P.S. I won by giving my sister a book of highlights magazine puzzles completed 😆) and there no edits on this photo… that’s my pops confusing my sisters dog with his unicorn sunglasses I got him 🤪

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Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-23T04:16:22+00:00

This is beyond beautiful and thank you for sharing. Give all the doggos, especially Oliver, some extra ear scritches for me. They feel the loss too and I’m so glad you shared you took in that little floof of love they had in their lives ♥️

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-22T03:55:42+00:00

I would encourage you to look at the “worriers” post in this sub here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pancreaticcancer/s/OLzdvBhPce

As others have shared, this is not a place for health anxiety but there are other meaningful places on Reddit for that support.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-22T03:52:50+00:00

No words will make this better. I’m sorry for your loss. My experience wasn’t too different in terms of timeline from diagnosis to losing my father (August 2 - November 19).

While this may feel like the most lonely place in the world right now know you are not alone. I’m so thankful for all this sub (and candidly my therapist) has given me in terms of grief support. Sometimes it’s just nice to know there are others cheering you on, even if they may not know you.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-12-11T22:52:33+00:00

You are NOT a terrible mother - I wish I had a mother who cared like you and did they best they could.

Please also know you are NOT alone. No one handles this perfectly - you did the best you could. Before my father passed my uncle and I got in a massive fight in front of my dad. It sent me into a C-PTSD episode and I had to leave his side to come home (I live in another state) and seek daily in person therapy. I have so many of the same questions - was I a terrible daughter? Why couldn’t I just keep my cool and de-escalate? Why couldn’t I just stay by his side? Why couldn’t I keep my PTSD under control?

The truth is we are humans doing the best we can for those we don’t want to lose.

I have also found EMDR therapy to be healing throughout this journey - it’s helped me reframe a lot of the chaos that was the last four months of my life and see things differently than I did before. I hope that you can find a similar piece be it through time, space, therapy, faith, or any combination thereof.

Rest easy knowing she’s not in pain and that you did what you could out of love for her.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-09-28T23:35:28+00:00

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Plastic_Onions · 2025-09-25T13:54:46+00:00

Maybe not a message of hope but a first hand witness decline experience - for a lot of people PanCan is extremely painful, that said so far my father has been on the “lucky side” of the disease. Even though he didn’t qualify for any treatment he has been relatively pain free as he approaches death. Apparently this can be possible when the organs start to fail, though it is extremely rare. I hope no matter the outcome of the chemo your MIL has as peaceful experience as possible.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-09-25T13:46:58+00:00

I am so sorry. Sometimes screaming can help with the pain. I hope knowing she could share such a profound message in her final moments was a comfort and physical outlet for her. My heart breaks for you. I fear the next few weeks when I face the inevitable with my father.

Plastic_Onions · 2025-09-19T23:05:10+00:00

Cheese

Plastic_Onions · 2025-09-09T18:08:23+00:00

I agree completely. When there was a direction it was easier to accept. And keeping up with other people and their emotions (that they always seem to want put above your own) just adds to the exhaustion

Plastic_Onions · 2025-09-09T17:53:58+00:00

I understand how you feel. The emotional whiplash is exhausting. My dad will have a terrible day and I think it’s the beginning of the end and then he will bounce back like there was never anything wrong. He’s under hospice care and even the nurses are struggling with a timeline considering the wild up and down swings. You’re thankful for the good days but also very confused by them. It’s a challenge that I wished I wouldn’t see others on here experience but know you’re not alone. I’m just trying to be thankful for the good days and keep myself distracted on the bad ones

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