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&lt;p&gt;How many others are crying into their fruit&amp;nbsp;tea this evening?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of having to stay strong.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of pretending to be happy and optimistic when visiting a loved one in
a hospice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Fed up of saying &lt;i&gt;&amp;lsquo;yes I understand&amp;rsquo;&lt;/i&gt; as the staff explain why he has a bed sore. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of treating him like your child when feeding him his food. &lt;i&gt;&amp;#39;One more spoonful go on, well done, you
have done really well with that&amp;#39;&lt;/i&gt;. Brings back memories of when you fed your
children as toddlers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of trying to be a; wife, mother, cook, cleaner, plumber, builder,
carpenter, decorator, dog walker, worker, friend, doctor, nurse and carer all
at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of working out the finances and being the only one and not one of two
to discuss these things with.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up oh just fed up and bloody sad all the time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of people who say you&amp;rsquo;re very strong.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of being strong.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of thanking people for the offers of help you know you will not take
up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of that bloody drive every day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of not sleeping properly dreading the phone ringing in the night.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of feeling guilty when you think about what you will do in the
future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of not being able to have a glass of wine - just in case you&amp;rsquo;re
called to the hospital.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up and&amp;nbsp; sad and so bloody sorry for the man you married who nine
months ago was fit, healthy and living, who now is barely hanging on to life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fed up of worrying, hurrying, waiting, hoping, thinking and more importantly
fed up of knowing that nothing, absolutely nothing you do will change the
outcome.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=416369&amp;AppID=31705&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/adrizz/archive/tags/working" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/adrizz/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="sleeping" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/adrizz/archive/tags/sleeping" /><category term="hospice" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/adrizz/archive/tags/hospice" /><category term="brain" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/adrizz/archive/tags/brain" /></entry></feed>