So I'm not likely to survive it

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Should I just enjoy life now

How long are you planning to do this?

OP take some comfort from the fact that this is a worldwide disaster, and people all over the world will be in the same position, all awake at different times. The internet is a beast in many ways but now it can help support us all when we are lonely and scared, by linking us with others going through the same thing.
Stay away from people, it won’t be forever. Keep yourself safely tucked away and you will be able to escape this disease. Use social media to feel less alone, try and have some things in place that you enjoy. Do you have access to a back garden with enough distance from others ? Because sitting outside, listening to the birds, feeling the weather, is very calming.
This is horrible OP, but you can get through it.

Now this is an example of why schools have closed here. Kids are vectors. Look after yourself OP

Oh my gosh, thank you all for your support, I know that I'm very lucky to have space to self isolate, this is probably very outing but I don't care. I have a daughter who is a nurse a son who is in the army and a husband in food distribution, so they all have to carry on with their normal lives, which I totally respect, it's just that I miss hugging them.

I think you are too pessimistic. You do not give your age but even if you are over 80 your statistical chance of survival is more than 85% and, quite possibly much higher. The statistics are based on people who have been tested; obviously these are the sicker ones since if people are not very sick they don't seek medical advice and don't get tested. So it's likely that the true survival rate is higher - perhaps much higher - than the statistics suggest.

I'm 56, are you saying that you think I will be ok?

Im only 40 but my asthma is really bad and anxiety.... I was able to talk myself out of worrying but now I can't. Im so scared I will need oxygen and it wont be available.

I dont want to die before my kids grow up.

Self isolate and talk to us on here. I'm 47 and been told to self isolate by my GP as I have shingles and my immunity is a bit crap atm. I've told my elderly parents to self isolate too. Strange times but you are not alone.

I am your age OP with two children still under 16, one only 12, and I have an auto immune condition that raises my risk so I am very anxious as I want to be around to bring up my dc. I do not have your complex medical issues though, and i feel so sorry that you are going through this and it is such a dreadful thing to face. I do think there is hope though. This virus can be avoided if you isolate, and while isolation is dismal ( and used as a punishment for a reason, we are social animals and need company) it is not for ever. Hold tight OP. Have company from people online, have facetime with loved ones, that is a really helpful thing that we thankfully have, for everyone stuck in isolation.
We are all in this together, we can get to the other side.
Take each day at a time, stay home and stay safe.

Hang on, you're only 56 and you haven't actually got coronavirus and you don't have a new cough - you're just SI as a precaution. Have I got this right?

Yes, very worried about lack of oxygen, my lungs are too far gone to cope with a ventilator so that would not be an option. The only hope I've got is to not catch it which seems impossible, I try really hard to sanitize and wash hands but it's not easy.

according to the WHO the death rate in your age group is 1.3% that means you have a 98.7% chance of being totally fine, professional gamblers would tell you that is a pretty get set of odds.

Why is everyone giving into fear and anxiety when the under 50's have a 99.5% chance of being fine.

Sorry have people read OP’s details about her medical conditions? I don’t mean to be brutal, but don’t want to be overly positive about outlook and cause you to be blasé about catching it!!

I have no medical expertise so I’m sorry not to be able offer real advice.... can you speak to any of the specialists who have treated/are treating you for your conditions?

Personally I would continue to self isolate and be very careful until you know more

In time, effective treatments may be found. A vaccine may be created. Extra ventilators and hospital capacity may be created.
In time, we may learn that healthy people who have had the disease, then recovered, are immune, and cannot transmit the disease to others, so are safe to be with.

There are so many future hopes. To see any of them come to pass, we have to hold on and fend this disease off for as long as we can.

Not all under 50s have the 99.5 chance of being fine. I'm one of them and my fears and the fears of others are real and valid.

The only hope I've got is to not catch it which seems impossible

I mean this kindly but I feel you may be catastrophising. As Mummy points out above, there's a 98.7% chance you'll be absolutely fine. Of course, we all need to do what we can to protect ourselves and minimise the spread but as it stands, you are extremely unlikely to die from this.

OP, whereabouts are you? It would make sense to self isolate. Remember it’s a virus so antibac stuff won’t help but soap will. Nag, nag nag your kids and estrict socialising as much as you can

If 20%need hospital were likely in thay 20%. If the beds aren't there or the oxygen isnt. We die. Ive really starye3d to freak.

I dint see my dr til wed. Do i go to work and send kids ti school til then? Do you plan to keep kids off for 4 months so we all isolate. We will run out of money 😱

As I have said, it isn't my age that is the problem. I'm sorry I dont know how to tag, but clearly some of you understand or are going through the same problems. I guess I'm just feeling a bit shit tonight, as somebody previously said, isolation can be a form of torture.

OP you have my sympathy, i imagine many others are in your situation right now. Do what you feel is right, if it were me I would continue the self isolation for the next few weeks at least. Take care of yourself though.

Do you work/will you be working from home from your room?

What sort of things do you have to keep you occupied?

Also, be careful about dogs - I believe they can carry the virus (please google reputable sources!) on their fur...so please double check that.

I’m sorry you’re feeling shit

Stay home if you can. Stay safe x

You're much more likely to survive than you are to die.

Stay home, try to keep your spirits up.

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