Worried About Coronavirus- thread 34

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Glad to know I'm not alone - my DS has what sounds like a very mild cold - he lives elsewhere and is taking all precautions - I have my fingers crossed and he is keeping me posted. I have reminded myself that ringing every 15 minutes to check on him, give him advice and tell him I love him is not appropriate ! He is 25 and hopefully I have taught him well enough to do the right things - it's a worry but all we can do is wait and see.......

The hinkiest thing about CV19 is that you can apparently have it with no symptoms, which is why testing is the holy grail in my opinion. And of course the symptoms it does have can be a number of other regular bugs. Psychologically it is the gas-lighter of the virus world......

And I have just discovered my sense of smell is on point as DP just asked me to sniff some chicken on its last day and sadly, it has expired..... eeew, need to sniff something pleasant now.......

Our main post office in town is still open but on restricted hours.

@ofwarren Get well soon

Raises hand. Chest is my weak point. A smoker too - trying so hard not too which makes me worse. Please don't lecture me anyone.. Also asthmatic if I get a chest infection so I am terrified of drowning in my lungs,.. Young kids too. Have given up booze (forever) but I am terrified deep down - have been since January.. Like a PP said - it's the not knowing how badly you could catch it.

And oh yes, anyone else coughing in the house - we live with a vulnerable housemate and we've all started shouting "Just a cough!" at each other for reassurance - or "Just a sneeze" I wonder if in the far seeming future, alongside the isolation induced rise in anxiety and panic disorders and possible alcoholism, we'll also have Covid-Tourettes to deal with triggered by any normal bodily response to irritants ....

No offense intended to any sufferers of MH issues which I have had myself, quite severely in the past, but as a PP said, we have to laugh, don't we?

Anyone else having to give themselves the psychosomatic talk down on a regular basis?

God yes, my sense of taste went loopy, now my mouth taste salty, I’m constantly trying to convince myself something is going wrong with a tooth & it’s nothing todo with corona, not that a bad tooth would be great right now either

Irish Times: people only allowed to travel 2km from home to exercise and shop.

Coronavirus: People must stay at home, with limited exceptions, until Easter Sunday
via The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-people-must-stay-at-home-with-limited-exceptions-until-easter-sunday-1.4214241

I wonder if the Uk will end up with similar restrictions seeing as people want to take their cars for a run out on the motorway or drive 5 miles to go for a walk.

I do wonder when they bring the antibody test out we’ll switch from really not wanting it to really wanting to have had it. Would love to be an asymptotic case, you could walk around on cloud nine (immunity issues aside).

If the antibody test proved you had it (but you were asymptomatic) can you still be a carrier?

Solidarity to you all - I admire all of you with conditions that put you at risk for keeping going with such good humour and such stoicism. It IS scary, and sometimes the effort of keeping a brave face and being pragmatic and trying to keep some sort of semblance of normality must be enormous. I take my hat off to you all and maybe one day, when group gatherings are possible again, Mumsnet could hold an event and we could all try and meet and raise a glass. I would love that.

My 16mo had pood earlier. I couldn't smell it, older dd could. Cue massive panic that I couldn't smell it.

Went to the kitchen to smell the soap. Result, I could smell it!!!

Every day I'll will be smelling something smelly just to make sure...

French press reporting that the FT have analysed the data and the UK is 3rd for the number of deaths at the stage they’re at, behind only Italy and Spain. I don’t have access to the FT, I’m hoping someone on here might be able to look into it...

@OldQueen1969 💐😘

"Did you just cough?"
"It's alright, just clearing my throat"
"You look a bit hot...". Etc.

And yes, I have Fibro and ibs, mild asthma.
So I ache most of the time, get exhausted, have an upset tummy regularly, have a weird taste in my mouth....

But that's fairly normal for me.

Fingon all the FT corona coverage is free to read so head over and you’ll find what you want I hope.

Long cough alert - need sone help over on a Boots thread - end cough.

How is Trump going to build ventilators when CV is moving across his country?

@OldQueen1969 I'm raising a glass of Vimto to you right now but yes - let's hope...

Dyson CoVent:
twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1243624581342154752?s=20

FingonTheValiant
French press reporting that the FT have analysed the data and the UK is 3rd for the number of deaths at the stage they’re at, behind only Italy and Spain. I don’t have access to the FT, I’m hoping someone on here might be able to look into it...

Ft have made the relevant article and data free to view - no pay wall.

It's updated daily. You can follow @jburnmurdoch for the update.

Article is here
www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

@marshabraydo I've been really Ill for 3 weeks with a non tested 'diagnosis" of CV...although it seems unlikely given my experience I'm so worried I wont test positive for antibodies and then will be facing the rest of the pandemic even more vulnerable than I was before (asthma etc) as I'll be trying to recover from a viral pneumonia. Plus if I've had it I can get back to work (nhs) and be useful!

I am concerned about these antibody and antigen tests. I’ve seen pictures and they look like the exact same dodgy tech as the finger prick tests I buy from Amazon to check whether my ferritin or Vitamin D is low. They are notoriously inaccurate!

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight
“In NYC we have supplies that will last us days, not weeks.”

Chair of the NYC Council Health Committee Cllr @MarkLevineNYC says “states are competing against each other” to secure contracts for #COVID19 equipment, adding “we’re paying as much as 10x the normal price”

Can you imagine a bidding war between Manchester, Birmingham and London for Health Equipment?

Everyone loses. Except the super rich owners of these medical manufacturers.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nurse-finds-elderly-man-who-21764740?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Coronavirus: Nurse 'saves' elderly man who hadn't eaten for 10 days in self-isolation
Lucy said the man told her he hadn't eaten for 7-10 days because he'd been in isolation and doesn't have any friends or family - she saved his life by phoning an ambulance

@defthand Re finger prick tests for ferritin or Vit D - there are highly reliable tests you can get, not from Amazon though! I regularly test this way and my results aren't all over the place as would happen if the tests weren't reliable.

Vitamin D: www.vitamindtest.org.uk/

For ferritin (in an iron panel, or included with other vitamins), I use either Medichecks or Blue Horizon. I do all my thyroid blood tests that way (my doctor accepts the results) as I'm a needle-phobe, and luckily I find I can do finger prick tests quite happily.

As for the Covid-19 antigen test, Blue Horizon are offering one for £149 but that's expensive and quite honestly I think it's a money-grabbing exercise. We shouldn't have to buy expensive kits! Testing needs to become far more widespread.

@Oldqueen doesn't that just sound like a fabulous idea

I was wondering if the Cheltenham Festival spike is happening right now.

Two days ago comedian Lee Mack was in the news, saying he has CV, caught from his driver at Cheltenham.

The festival ended on Friday 13th so 2 weeks ago.