The positive mental health thread:-pt 5

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@Bunnyflop I can't find the article now (think I may have linked to it on one of our previous threads) where a scientist was explaining how that kind of risk is basically negligible. Try not to let your mind go down the rabbit hole

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200406120130.htm

Positive article about treatment

Good morning all, I lost this thread!

Hope everyone okay this morning

Good morning all! Veering between feeling ok and feeling sad here. And a bit scared. Trying hard to get myself back to ok though. Anna McNuff (I posted about her a while ago) describes it on social media as being in a bit of a whirlpool, we’ve got our arm bands on so we keep bobbing up to the surface but then sometimes we go under again. I think that’s quite a good description of how my moods go, anyway.

Missing lots of the small freedoms we all took for granted and sad that no one can say when we’ll get them back. Of course I know we will one day, but it’s not having any idea of when that might be that I’m finding hard today. And no one knows, and that’s ok. I don’t resent it. I just feel a bit down in the dumps about it all.

Going for a run in a bit, I’m sure that will help.

This is helpful to explain how we're feeling:



Sorry didn't post

@Arcadia the penguin video in that news link has made my day!

Same here - I wish I had her job!

Love penguins - they're very stinky, but adorable.

Morning everyone. I'm just wondering how would I go about getting antibiotics as my doctors isn't seeing anyone but my throat is still hurting on the right side and it looks like the tonsil there is swollen and the gland has come up under my jaw too? Or will it just go down on its own I'm guessing it's tonsillitis or something

ginger Try your local pharmacy - I think pharmacists can give out a lot more without prescription, atm.

ginger my doctor's surgery isn't doing face to face but everything else as normal with either telephone or tele video to diagnose and prescribe. I think most practices are doing that?

One of the World Service round-ups included the doctor who gave the advice about breathing exercises (he and his brother developed them for their mum, who was having trouble breathing, and then the nurse said he ought to spread them further in a video so he did as he was told!) and they mentioned in passing that JK Rowling had been ill with what she and her doctor husband were fairly sure was coronavirus and found those breathing exercises helpful.

metro.co.uk/2020/04/06/jk-rowling-completely-recovered-experiencing-coronavirus-symptoms-12517114/

Back from my run now, absolutely boiling but grateful to have had the chance for a break! Thinking I’m going to have to embrace early morning runs, there’s just no shade around here and it’s way too warm already. I definitely find that getting out for some exercise lifts my mood, it’s so important that we can keep moving if we can do so safely.

Now to undo all that hard work with coffee and a cookie

Ill give them another call I might be wrong and not even need them I mean it hardly hurts today just noticed the gland popped up and thought ah maybe I do but it's ok pain wise etc maybe it will go on it's own?

You should definitely call them. They are still available for advice. If they think you should come in they will say so. If they are able to do Skype or something they will tell you and sometimes they can just do you a prescription over the phone. Either way you should call cos they'll be able to advise

Have you had this before, and do you know what you were given for it last time? That might help. Also, if there is an email address for your surgery, that tends to get an answer, I think.

My doctor's surgery will send (telephone or email, I'm not sure) a prescription to the pharmacy you choose, so that you can collect medication later the same day sometimes, or early next day.

I was chatting to MIL last night on the phone and she told me one of our nieces has been sending her a little card every day with a quiz question and then puts the answer on the next day's question. Obviously not "essential" post but I'm guessing the post box is on her daily exercise route

Wanted to just share some positivity

I now personally know 3 people have recently had corona- 2 of them quite badly

They are All absolutely fine now 😅

That's good @DianneWhatcock but not good to hear two of them had it badly!

@gingerbreadslice - not to put you off calling the Dr or to say you don’t need anything, but in case it’s reassuring - last time I had bad tonsillitis (white spots on tonsils, awful pain, flat out exhausted) I recovered fine without antibiotics. Hopefully you’ll get through to drs anyway and they can properly advise. I know you have young children so difficult advice to put into practice but do try to rest when you can and keep up your fluid intake!

Similar to above, I also heard recently that the only person I know who’s been officially diagnosed with cv has now been released from hospital and doing a lot better. (I guess the people we know with actual diagnoses will only be people who had a more severe version as milder symptoms are not tested).

I am struggling a bit today without a timetable - I woke up and thought we all need a relaxing day, let’s just play it by ear, but one thing I’ve learnt about myself on lockdown is that I really really like a plan. The unstructured days just make me fall apart and feel like I am whirling around constantly firefighting but achieving nothing...

My plan for the afternoon is making some salt dough to make Easter ornaments with the kids, putting the washing out, hoovering upstairs and trying to send an important email I keep shoving to tomorrow’s to-do list...

@Arcadia aww sorry didn't mean to worry anyone when I say they were bad. I don't mean intensive care bad just that they felt quite poorly xxx

@Callybrid that's good news ! Thank you for sharing

Sorry @DianneWhatcock I'm being a bit over sensitive! It's just frustrating that due to lack of testing we are only aware of the bad cases so it makes it more scary! Glad your friends are okay x

I'm really sick of all the reporting in media being on the number of deaths as that does not reflect current infection or transmission dates, as many of those will presumably have been patients for some time. It's not helpful. It's also very morbid and playing to our darkest fears but with no context.

Is it just me?!