What's Bothering You?

JellyLu said:
It's time. My dog is so tired. I know he's ready but I'm not. I've helped multiple families send their babies across the rainbow bridge but I can't do it to mine. He's practically a child to me. I know it's selfish. I know I'll have to do it. But as soon as I sign the euthanasia consent form, sign his life away, I will fall apart. I have thrown every medication available to him and nothing works. I hate cancer. It takes everything from me.
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Sorry you're going through that
 
I'm extremely scared of the federal government cutting Medicaid and SNAP. Most of my life I haven't had to be on either, but since I moved, they have been lifesavers for me while I am in workforce training and not bringing in income.

If Medicaid didn't pick me up, I could be tens of thousands dollars in debt right now, as I had an emergency and the bills were extremely high.

Unfortunately, people for which money is not an issue (they just see it as something neat to collect more of) are in control of the government. These filthy rich jerks don't understand anything about anything, but especially not money and how it is to live when money is something you actually need, not just collect for fun.
 
Envy said:
If Medicaid didn't pick me up, I could be tens of thousands dollars in debt right now, as I had an emergency and the bills were extremely high.
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^ same boat 😭 i’ve always had some form of low-income health insurance/obamacare assistance, but now i’m on medicaid for the first time since moving to a new state with a higher cost of living where my income doesn’t even meet the minimum for obamacare. i’ve gotten so many services for free including a hospital stay, gender-affirming care, and now an outpatient mental health program. i literally don’t know what i’d do without it right now.

some states make it a super annoying and bureaucratic process to get on medicaid. my unemployed friend living in the south is facing so many barriers, and it’s making his life harder. they want him to have proof of employment or submit proof that he’s attempting to find employment, all the while, not having health insurance is making that difficult because of his physical + mental health problems that need treatment

all i had to do was submit my income & signed lease, and i had health insurance on day 1 of living here. it’s still a challenge getting certain services with medicaid, and often your choices in providers isn’t great, but i’m so so grateful



wbm today is that it’s my actual first day of my program, so my alarm was set for 5:30 to make the early commute and get there a bit early by bus and i’m tired & anxious

also, this commute has 3 transfers, none of which feel like enough time to pull out a book or animal crossing. so i’m kinda just idling…
 
I am dead. Woke-up this morning drained, still dealing with abdominal pain, and my wrist hurt like hell from physio. But it's project day so I had no choice but to get up and crack on. I was in early, took 4 minutes for my break, and powered on. Projects went to classrooms just in time, I sat down, and the exhaustion, pain, and dizziness hit me. Pain has spread up my arm to my shoulder by this point. Took painkillers. By lunch it had spread to my back and neck and people could tell something was wrong. I needed to be on hand for problems with projects, so took a 10 minute lunch break at my desk to stay near the phone. Got up and kept going, project periods finish, retrieve everything from the biology labs and then finally cave and call my boss and ask to go home. Means I lose 30 mins of pay, but oh well.

Time for an evening of alternating ice and heat therapy before I have to go back and do it all over again tomorrow for the third class! Hoping this helps as I've a dinner date tomorrow night and I want to be able to enjoy it.
 
Envy said:
I'm extremely scared of the federal government cutting Medicaid and SNAP. Most of my life I haven't had to be on either, but since I moved, they have been lifesavers for me while I am in workforce training and not bringing in income.
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I'm currently on both and they have been a tremendous help for me. has there been any recent news on this? I really hope it's not true 😥
 
Suguri said:
I was hoping to bake some cookies for the Valentine’s event, but there’s no way it can happen. I have low self-esteem when it comes to my cooking/baking skills and my mom has been growing so health-conscious (especially since something happened to my dad) that she won’t let me buy Oreos and BBQ chips anymore.

The whole time I was looking for mixes and stuff, I felt crushed; my mom’s stance on junk food must’ve gotten the best of me, because I kept looking at the nutrition facts for each package and thought, “That’s too much sugar. I’ll get diabetes over that.” I gave up after a while and bought shortbread cookies with 3g sugar. At least I don’t have to bake, which is good because the money needs to go to getting support for my dad instead of a bunch of ingredients I’ll probably just waste.
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Plus the price of eggs. Shortbread can be lower in sugar than some cookies.
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Suguri said:
I was hoping to bake some cookies for the Valentine’s event, but there’s no way it can happen. I have low self-esteem when it comes to my cooking/baking skills and my mom has been growing so health-conscious (especially since something happened to my dad) that she won’t let me buy Oreos and BBQ chips anymore.

The whole time I was looking for mixes and stuff, I felt crushed; my mom’s stance on junk food must’ve gotten the best of me, because I kept looking at the nutrition facts for each package and thought, “That’s too much sugar. I’ll get diabetes over that.” I gave up after a while and bought shortbread cookies with 3g sugar. At least I don’t have to bake, which is good because the money needs to go to getting support for my dad instead of a bunch of ingredients I’ll probably just waste.
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This looks easy.

 
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Do i “go” to zoom class today or nah. I’m leagues better than yesterday, but i’ve been dizzy and don’t feel up to it…on the other hand, i need to do something other than sleep and look at my phone, it’s getting boring and even depressing. I want to watch tv but i can’t because i don’t want to get my parents sick.
 
I've been thinking about my mom a lot recently (as in, every day) and it's really affecting me. With the five stages of grief, I feel like I'm permanently stuck on anger.

I was this close to being able to visit my mom freely as an adult and talk with her... But that opportunity was ripped away too soon. I won't be able to get any answers, or have any insight on my mom's life. I will never hear her say "I love you" or "I'm sorry" again.

She loved me and just didn't know how to show it, I think... But I'm not sure if the feeling is mutual now. How can you love someone who ruined your life?
 
ali.di.magix said:
Lots of stuff going on at work and in my head right now making me feel very unsettled...

I applied for a job in another town not expecting much of it, I didn't think I'd get that far with the application. Didn't hear back from them for ages, so just assumed that they found someone. Then they called me and I had a teams interview with them.

The interview went really well, they said I interviewed really well. I had already set my expectations really low, but now I'm trying not to get myself hyped up on the possibility that I might get somewhere with this.

It would be good for me financially if I got this job, but I'd also be much closer to family (which also saves money for me on travel costs). Not to mention it would be great for my career. So I can't help but feel really excited about it, disappointed that I don't get it, and just anxious in general!!
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Update: I didn't get the job :( kinda a sigh of relief, but disappointed. They had nothing but positive feedback for me, unfortunately they appointed someone within the region. Here we go on the rollercoaster of emotions and stages of loss I guess 🥲
 
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