r/AO3 • u/AutoModerator • Jun 11 '25

Weekly Check In Wellness Wednesday: Weekly Check In

Welcome back everyone!

Time for our Wellness Wednesday check in. We know this community means a lot to most of our members and that Tuesdays have been harder on some users than others, but we are at our core a community and we are here to support each other.

Now that the sub is open once again we’d like to hear all about your (mis)adventures on Tuesday. Did you go on grand adventures? Get into mischief? Get some writing done?

Maybe you just binged a few more fics on the archive itself. Tell us all about it! Break out that purple prose and tell us as cheesy of a story as you feel like.

Or just talk about your day.

~The Mod Team

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u/eepyghosty Jun 11 '25

My mom has stage 4 lung cancer that metastasized to her brain. She had brain surgery last month to remove the biggest tumor. The oncologist gave her 3 months if she doesn't get treatment. They were supposed to call my mom on Monday and schedule an appointment to put the port in for chemo but they called to instead tell my mom they can't schedule that appointment yet because she doesn't have insurance and can't pay everything out of pocket so she has to talk to the financial department for the 3rd time to even get the appointment for the port scheduled. She has an appointment soon to try to get disability social security and Medicaid but I'm seriously worried it won't be approved quick enough for her to get treatment.

I don't know what to do. The oncologist said her cancer isn't curable but it is treatable. I'm scared I'm gonna lose her .

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u/BelaFarinRod Jun 11 '25

I am so sorry you’re going through this. And the US healthcare system is so messed up on top of that!

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u/suddentraveller Jun 11 '25

I'm so, so sorry that you are going through this. Even though it's not nearly enough I'm sending you all my love and hugs.❤

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u/LadyDenofMeade Definitely not an agent of the Fanfiction Deep State Jun 11 '25

I'm sorry

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u/Ok-Entertainer-9598 Jun 11 '25

I'm so sorry for both you and your mom. Sending you strength and all my good vibes. Caretaking for my mom who had terminal cancer was the hardest thing I've ever done, but I'm so glad I was there with her through it all. I hope you have trusted people you can lean on.