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Has anyone else lost a parent to Covid

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Mamazee3 · 24/01/2021 21:21

My beautiful dad passed away from Covid last week. I am heart broken. He lived in South Africa. I very luckily got to care for him over the phone/video until he suddenly passed but I am devastated. I have never felt pain like this before. And to now be existing in a world that everything around us is all about Covid, feels like a horror film. I can’t watch the news now as find it so upsetting. And I can’t begin to understand how people can’t seem to think of others and take this seriously. Our local park is so busy with very few wearing masks, people hanging out in groups, it’s like people don’t believe this is happening or just are too selfish to think of others. I just wish with all my heart, I could have my dad back x

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Mamazee3 · 30/01/2021 22:45

@Sleepathon ❤️ Me too xx

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Mamazee3 · 30/01/2021 22:47

@needadvice54321really sorry to hear, lots of strength to your family x

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Mamazee3 · 30/01/2021 22:52

@Runcrazy I am so terribly sorry for your losses and trauma you had to go through. Sending you and your family much love and strength. ❤️

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Mamazee3 · 30/01/2021 22:54

@terraclutter I am so so sorry ❤️

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Mamazee3 · 30/01/2021 22:56

@Bourbanbiscuit I am so very sorry ❤️

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Sisterlove · 31/01/2021 10:22

@needadvice54321

Sorry for your loss. It's so horrible and cruel to lose someone in any way, but with covid, you just feel absolutely robbed and that if not for covid they'd still be here.

Such an evil disease and such poor handling of it in the UK.

MrsCat1 · 31/01/2021 10:45

I haven't lost anyone to COVID but death has ripped through my small family in the last 18 months and emptied my life of most of those I cared for. First my father, then 3 days later my father-in-law, then a couple of months later my uncle, followed closely by MIL. And then 2 weeks ago a good friend just dropped dead. Still reeling. So sorry for everyone who has lost their loved ones.

Neenan · 02/02/2021 07:06

Sorry for your loss.

Yes me, dad went into respite care for a month whilst mum had an operation. Died of Covid pneumonia three weeks later

FuriousWithTheNHS · 02/02/2021 07:08

Two of my good friends have lost a parent to Covid, one in the early stages of the first wave and one just this week.

FuriousWithTheNHS · 02/02/2021 07:09

To the people on this thread who have suffered the loss of a parent to Covid, I am so sorry.

WeAllHaveWings · 02/02/2021 20:18

Lost my mum to covid pneumonia in October, caught while in hospital.

Sorry to hear of everyone's losses ❤️, it is a horrific way to lose a parent.

Sisterlove · 02/02/2021 21:13

@MrsCat1
I'm sorry for your losses.

@WeAllHaveWings

I'm so sorry about your mum. It really is so awful. It feels so avoidable. So very sad.

@Neenan
That's awful. Your dad catching covid in respite care...this covid is just evil. It gets in and can be deadly.

I'm sorry for everyone of us. Robbed of time with our parents because of covid. The devastation and destruction it's caused is impossible to come to terms with.

Sumlove · 02/02/2021 21:14

Lost my lovely Dad a few weeks ago to covid. In a different country, couldn't attend the funeral as no travel there. I can't deal with the pain of not being with him again and not being there with him at the end It happened so quickly, he was ill for 4 days.

I hate hearing about covid. I can't stand the news, people joking about it on social media, people denying its existence - makes me so angry. I can't travel to sort anything out and it is extremely stressful and exhausting.

Sorry for everyone's losses, it really is devastating.

StillGardening · 02/02/2021 21:19

There is a private group on Facebook called Yellow Hearts, for people bereaved by covid. I’m lucky not to be a member so can’t personally vouch for it, but a friend of mine is there and finds it very supportive. So sorry for all the loss on this thread 💐

MrsCat1 · 02/02/2021 21:52

So sorry for what everyone has been going through. Truly awful. A close friends's mum died with/of COVID a couple of days ago. Three weeks ago she was fine - then she went into hospital with heart issues. She was quickly discharged but had picked up COVID. Just over a week later she was dead. Just another drop in the ocean...

Sisterlove · 03/02/2021 09:22

@Sumlove

I hate hearing about covid. I can't stand the news, people joking about it on social media, people denying its existence - makes me so angry

My feelings exactly. 3.5 weeks since I lost my mum to covid and the covid news, adverts and any mention of covid are triggers.

There's just no escape, but I'm very selective in television viewing.

No news
No GMTV

Remote control next to me to change as soon as a covid warning advert comes in, I have to change the channel. It's absolutely traumatic and I don't see this changing in the next 12 to 18 months.

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