Please tell me your tales of runs of bad luck followed by...

[Theghostofchristmasarse]

... Good luck!

Since October I have had a run of bad luck.. Nothing big, but something every week it seems..

Tonsillitis during half term, really sick, had no money but had to pay for antibiotics..

Loads of stuff wrong with the car for the mot

Vets bills for a pet rat who had to be put to sleep anyway, then the sister got sick, totalling over 300 at this point.. 😬 She's still hanging on..
Broke my phone, only had it a month. Totally fubar... Then dropped my old phone, so it's dodgy as but still using it, waiting for a month until I can afford to get it fixed

Leak in the bathroom, thought it was simple but just discovered, whilst fixing it, that in actual fact, the pipe I need to remove has been held in by a screw... That has pierced an underfloor heating pipe. So as soon as I took it out, water everywhere. I've put it back in now😂 but have a hole in the ceiling, a pipe half cut out and still need to phone a plumber and if the underfloor heating is fucked then I might as well burn the house down as I can't afford to fix it 😂
Work has gone to shit as everyone is on edge (teacher) so that's not even fun anymore..
DD dropped her kindle fire, broke the screen.. Great.
Open up the Xmas Dec's to find my favourite tree bauble from when DD was a baby has been crushed.
Ex has had to go abroad for work and has to isolate for 14 days... So no break from the kids to do Xmas shopping or anything.. 😬
Bf was going to come and see me Xmas evening and now his car is playing up... So might not be able to, he doesn't need it for work and can't afford to take it to the garage yet.

I'm sure there's more. There is. I just can't think right now!

I mean can I get a break?! Can I?!

(lighthearted, I know there is much, much worse in the world and I'm very grateful for having a roof over my head, food in my belly and may beautiful family all safe and well... But seriously, a fucking break?! )

Seriously FML right now..

Since the end of October I have had:

I’m seriously hoping that my luck will change soon too..

Feb -lost DDog to unknown cancer, went to vets with her, came home without her.

June-lost DDog 2 took her to the vets as I thought her breathing was a tiny bit laboured, again came home without her, she had cancer of the spleen the same as our first dog.

October- ‘D’H decided to have a midlife crisis, we are currently living in the same house but in separate rooms, he wants a ‘year out’ to get his mojo back.

-Nov DFather diagnosed with terminal cancer. I’m currently meals on wheels and carer while trying to juggle my horrific home life.

All of that while going through fucking Covid.

I am seriously done with 2020, it’s so far been the worst year of my life.

Sending positive hopes into the ether for a significantly better 2021 for all that wish 2020 wftfo

The first half of the year was horrendous, never mind covid.

January - I had a miscarriage.

February - wasn't too bad actually.

March - my cat was put to sleep.

March/April/May - found out I was pregnant but was diagnosed with Hyperemesis and spent multiple night in hospital on fluid and having to inject myself.

June - My grandma died of copd very suddenly, she went into hospital on Wednesday and passed away on Sunday and her funeral was held on her birthday.

July - husband was made redundant from his job and I was 12 weeks pregnant and off work sick.

Luckily and thankfully the rest of the year hasn't been too bad but I'll be happy to see the end of it.

New years day- car broke down. Fan belt snapped. Garage offered to fix it, but took three months and managed to destroy it. Legal battle to get them to write off the 2000 pound they wanted to charge us.
I was so severely aneamic i couldnt walk across the room. Dad was at end of life and had to look after him.
Feb he died.I was with him and watched him die.
March. Brother tried to commit suicide twice. Started to suffer financially due to amount of sick i had due to anaemia and battle with garage. Supporting mum now after dads death.
April diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer
May -lumpectomy and was very very ill afterwards due to complications. Autistic adult son moved in with his dad as he couldnt cope with my illness. He said some horrible things to me and broke my heart.
June- husband lost his dream job due to Covid and had a complete mental breakdown. Stepdaughters boyfriend dumped her and she crashed too. Although it was only 3 weeks from my surgery i had to return towork as there was now no money coming into the house. Test results showed cancer was much bigger than first thought.
July- back in to see consultant( all hospital apps had been done alone with no support due to covid)
Who told me due to my ongoing chronic illness( Scleroderma) Chemo and radiotherapy could both kill me, but if i did nothing, cancer would come back. Decided on high dose radiotherapy for 3 weeks.Cried myself to sleep every night for the month because I was so scared.
Aug- Radiotherapy for3 weeks, again alone due to covid
Sept- side effects of radiotherapy led to huge 3rd degree burns and absolute constant agony. Lasted about 3 weeks. Again i was working through all this as hubby still hadnt found a job. By this point myMH was so bad I was urgently reffered to a psychotherapist
Oct. Husband got a job. Lasted 3 weeks then was sacked due to Covid again
Nov- Had to have an endoscopy and colonoscopy to find cause of earlier anemia. Polyps found in my stomach along with bleeding lesions. 3 week wait to find out if I have cancer again from biopsy on polyps. Results are thank god negative but i do have GAVE disease now, a bleeding disorder in the stomach
Dec- totally and utterly broken. DH now has another job but hates it so much he comes home and cries. My Scleroderma has flared really badly and pain is horrific. I cant ever see a brighter tomorrow :(.
Would really really like to be proved wrong.

Redannie118 I have no words.

@Greenteandchives thank you.

@Redannie118
I’m so, so sorry that you’ve had such an appalling year. 💐

My 2011 run of bad luck doesn’t compare, but it was followed by good luck!

I started the new year with a flooded house after a pipe in the loft froze and burst while I was visiting my parents. The neighbour discovered it and called me, he reckoned it had probably been going for about a week. That was when I first discovered I’d actually had no home insurance in the 3 years since I’d bought my house! I had to replace 3 ceilings, most of the carpets, and my whole kitchen, which ended up costing me about £6k. Of course I had no heating while all this was going on so ended up with bronchitis. My DP got deployed to Afghanistan (we didn’t live together, he was based too far away). I had a bad breast cancer scare whilst he was away but didn’t tell him as I thought his life was probably stressful enough without the distraction of worrying about me as well. He then got medically evacuated home due to mental health issues (PTSD), and 2 days later he’d dumped me. Completely out of the blue, I was totally devastated as he’d spent the entire time he was deployed telling me how much he loved me, couldn’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together, and that I was the only thing keeping him sane. Bit of a shocker, especially when a few months later I actually found out he’d been sleeping with somebody else out there and they got together after she came home too! (They aren’t now, he’s been through a few other fiancées since then from what I hear, so probably a lucky escape even if it didn’t feel like it at the time)
There were a few other bits and pieces that contributed to it being a shit year in general, but those were the main ones. Then I randomly won £6k on a work lottery! Put me back on an even keel financially at least...

Oh my word well I feel terrible, those stories are just awful, my thoughts with you all, I can't imagine going through losing people this year on top of the shitty year it's been all round... I'll be so glad to see the back of this year, as will everyone by the sounds of it.. Luck still no better, few more things have happened in fact, but it's not the end of te world, just got to keep positive and look for the bright side I guess. Thoughts with all of you going through a tough time right now.