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Sparkly

(24,602 posts)
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 07:27 PM Jan 2025

This is all more difficult with the monster in power. [View all]

I remember bemoaning, in 2024, that if I lived to be 80, fully 10% of my life would have been under the presidency of George W. Bush! I couldn't imagine anything worse - not a more terrible president, with an even more misinformed electorate, nor a much shorter life span.

I envy those who have hope to see the cretin out of office in 4 years, and who can do something - anything! - in the meantime to shed light on who these people are and what they're doing. Messages of "have hope - there are elections to come!" don't apply to me.

You could say the consequences won't affect me, either. All I have is now; and right now, I am worried about the future for my daughter and granddaughter. It is extremely difficult to know I can't help as the years go forward. I can only hope they "keep their wits about them," as my Mom would say.

It's an added layer of anxiety. There's an added level of anger and resentment seeing what this administration is doing, day to day. There's an added level of grief that I won't see a woman president in my lifetime, despite supporting well-qualified female candidates in four primary and two general elections.

About cancer treatments: Ongoing Herceptin infusions, a second opinion next week (for my own peace of mind), CT scan mid-February (to see if the lung tumors have grown enough for a substantial biopsy), then probably back to chemotherapy, hoping for a few more months. Not looking forward to that. Not sure whether it's worthwhile.

Thanks for letting me vent.

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Same here wryter2000 Jan 2025 #1
I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis! Sparkly Jan 2025 #3
Thank you wryter2000 Jan 2025 #13
I am sorry for your suffering Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #9
Thank you wryter2000 Jan 2025 #12
I'm sorry you are going through all these treatments. Bluethroughu Jan 2025 #2
Thank you Sparkly Jan 2025 #5
Vent anytime XanaDUer2 Jan 2025 #4
Ohhhh, Thank you!!! Sparkly Jan 2025 #6
I'm so sorry Sparkly XanaDUer2 Jan 2025 #7
That means a lot. Sparkly Jan 2025 #8
I am sorry you are going through this, Sparkly Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #10
I'm grateful Sparkly Jan 2025 #11
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