Post #3882762
2026-07-17 10:21 UTC
@grimalkina@mastodon.social Individually packaged foods intended to be packed into lunches for small children are also good: you can get 5 or 10 tiny bags of potato chips or popcorn or cookies in one big outside bag. Chemo massively amplifies all the weird shit people think about food but normally keep hidden: including not “wasting” food by opening a big bag of chips when you can only eat a small amount.
A restaurant style speed-peeler and an apple corer is about $5 on Amazon and will make it a lot easier to keep small ziploc bags of freshly cut fruit and veges in the fridge.
Normally you wouldn’t care about the effort required but extended close proximity fuels small resentments, especially if you’re tired. Throw some money at making your life easier, so you will be more gracious in turn.
You can try arguing with patients about all of this food stuff and get nowhere. Pave the cowpaths instead and just make the accommodations easier.
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@rmi@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-17 10:28
@grimalkina@mastodon.social At least one person involved in their care can probably tell you tricks to buy Ensure or other supplemented foods at medical supplier prices instead of the retail gouging you’ll get as a civilian. And most importantly: I know you’re not an idiot and I’m not trying to be patronising, but self-care is freedom 0. Put on your own mask before helping others. Buy a crappy Android tablet so you can watch superhero movies late at night when you can’t sleep and you’re trying not to cry. Go for a walk once a day. If you fuck up looking after you, you will definitely fuck up looking after someone else, so deal with that BEFORE you’re exhausted and miserable and making bad choices.