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Sinking ship
I feel like my ship is sinking! I can’t do anything right. Everything I cook for my husband, he takes one bite and in the garbage it goes. Yesterday he wanted hashbrowns and two fried eggs…one bite and in the garbage. Mac and cheese in the garbage. Peaches in the garbage. I don’t say anything, but on to the next meal I stand at the stove wondering why I’m wasting my time. This morning I made him a little pancake and he requested pineapple….in the garbage.
Yesterday he was snappy at me. I walked away and tears rolled down my face. Normally, he would apologize. No apology.
Between him and other life stressors I’m gonna bounce off the walls. I was talked to about self care….hmmmm what exactly is that?
He says, what are we gonna do today and I say, “I don’t know”….he usually sits, watches TV, goes to sleep, same pattern different day.
He’s either freezing or too hot! Me….what day is it? We started this journey December 13, 2024. Some times I seriously don’t know what day or month it is….the other day I was thinking of Valentine’s Day and laughed to myself …. Christmas….everything is a fog…
Sorry, but I gotta let it out some people I’m sure have gone thru the same thing!
My phone rings constantly….How’s Ron doing? Then I realize that I didn’t even comb my hair today…..am I going crazy? 🤪
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Might this be an appropriate case for medical marijuana? Along with being an appetite stimulant, it might also improve his mood. One trick I heard for reducing the metallic taste somewhat was to use plastic utensils instead of metal silverware.
My "hats off" and sincere thanks to all our caregivers.
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1 ReactionYes, everything tasted like metal to me and I read about using plastic utensils. I am currently on chemo and the plastic utensils help a lot. Many food items still taste strange but I notice many of them taste better than before.
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