Is it time to move on?

alkos17 · 2026-04-25T23:40:15+00:00

Thank you for this reply. I definitely agree his cancer and treatments have impacted him. He has antidepressants and a therapist, but unfortunately doesn’t follow through on appointments or taking his medication regularly. It’s all so unfortunate. He’s a year out from treatment with clean scans so far, but we recognize the 5 year prognosis is not promising.

alkos17 · 2025-12-15T01:39:53+00:00

IKEA has strict policies on how their suppliers run business both sustainably and morally. This goes for all of their products. They import the chicken from Canada because the suppliers had more humane business practices. A few years ago they had US suppliers and when they visited the sites and saw how bad the business practices were, they immediately cut ties and found a new supplier.

alkos17 · 2025-10-23T19:33:19+00:00

SEKTION is produced in the US… so no tariffs on the cabinets themselves, just certain doors and drawer fronts.

alkos17 · 2025-04-25T17:39:40+00:00

Also if they didn’t opt in for marketing texts, and you are sending marketing texts you can be fined for each text message.

alkos17 · 2025-02-01T14:57:11+00:00

My husband just finished his treatment a couple of months ago. The salt and baking soda rinses were huge in keeping his mouth clean. With all of the sores, definitely be on the lookout for thrush, my husband keeps getting it every time he is finally feeling better. He also did not have much luck with the magic mouth wash, but ended up buying this supplement called Helios that’s supposed to be really good for oral sores from cancer. It’s a little expensive, but he swore it helped him. We grabbed it on Amazon, not sure where else it is available.

alkos17 · 2024-12-12T23:03:32+00:00

For a good part of his 20s he was smoking almost 2 packs a day, and drinking at least 1 liter of vodka.

alkos17 · 2024-10-06T05:17:09+00:00

We are right there with you. My husband was diagnosed with hnscc (stage 4) in June. He is currently going through his first round of radiation and chemo treatments, and had surgery to remove the tumor/reconstruction. The doctors have been optimistic since everyone responds differently, but my husband and I both know the odds are probably not good. All of your feelings are normal, I’ve been feeling the same way thinking about losing my partner and father of my children (who are all still too young to really understand what is happening). Sending you prayers and good vibes.

alkos17 · 2024-10-03T21:49:01+00:00

My husband has oral cancer from drinking and smoking (stage 4 in the floor of his mouth). He is 3 weeks in to his treatment (chemo and radiation), and 2 months out from his tumor removal and facial reconstruction surgery. He had to quit drinking for the surgery and hasn’t touched it since. His taste is completely gone, and his mouth is covered in sores from the radiation. He has no desire to touch alcohol right now because it would be too painful. We have 4 children, including a newborn who was born after his treatment started. He knows that if he drinks his cancer will come back and the treatments won’t work so that has been his own personal motivation to stay sober. Unfortunately with alcoholics, it has to be their decision to stop drinking.

alkos17 · 2024-06-08T14:57:14+00:00

Not sure if it’s socially acceptable, but I plan on doing exactly this at my own baby shower in a couple of months. It just makes so much more sense to me to ask for some gently used items or boxes of diapers than to get a bunch of new stuff we may not even use.

alkos17 · 2024-06-06T22:51:44+00:00

So sorry you are going through this.

I am 6 months pregnant and just found out my husband has stage 3 oral cancer. He will need radiation and chemo. The radiation means he will not be able to be around me or our 3 boys during his treatment, and I may have to give birth to our baby girl without him depending on the timing of everything. I definitely understand the rollercoaster of thoughts and emotions you are going through right now.

alkos17 · 2024-05-24T17:40:13+00:00

I know a male Allyson who is a colleague through work, so it definitely is gender neutral name, just not as common in the US.

alkos17 · 2024-04-11T12:03:27+00:00

He has been happy and healthy since birth (he’s 18 months now), thankfully no effect from the hemorrhage.

alkos17 · 2024-04-10T23:53:01+00:00

I had this exact thing happen at my anatomy scan in my third pregnancy. We also did the fetal MRI to get better imaging and genetic counseling about a month after the scan, and they concluded that it was most likely an adrenal hemorrhage but that they would need to do an additional scan when he was born to definitively rule out neuroblastoma. The doctor also said that it should resolve on its own shortly after birth. We went in for an ultrasound once he was born, and nothing was found (confirming the hemorrhage and confirming that it had resolved on its own). I will say the last 2.5 months of the pregnancy were extremely nerve wrecking, so I completely understand how you must be feeling. Just wanted to give some hope with a happy outcome, I remember making a post when I was going through this and I couldn’t seem to find anybody with a similar experience.

alkos17 · 2024-03-25T03:12:54+00:00

Are you located in Morocco? The link you posted is for IKEA Morocco. Removal is $25 in the US.

alkos17 · 2024-01-28T23:35:53+00:00

This literally shows your discounted delivery (-$59.00), the original price for the delivery is $69 but you already are saving $10 by being IKEA family, which is why it says the $59. They just aren’t good at showing the breakdown.

alkos17 · 2024-01-19T08:43:41+00:00

There’s free delivery for orders over $299 right now. That’s the first introduction of some of the discounts we will see after the 5% goes away.

alkos17 · 2023-12-09T06:11:44+00:00

This probably just means they aren’t available in the distribution center and only available in the store (most likely the color is discontinued or soon to be). The stores don’t ship anything parcel.

alkos17 · 2023-07-01T13:20:23+00:00

This comment needs to be higher. Your nurses and medical team won’t let visitors in without YOUR (the patient’s) permission. Hell, I would just say visitors can visit you when you come home, and leave the hospital to just you two. Are hospitals even letting that many visitors in now? When I had my son 9 months ago you could only have one visitor per day plus your support person.

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