It’s not too bad this isolation situation if you ask me!

[crosser62]

I’m day 4 of 7 days.
I’ve not got all symptoms just a dry cough.

It’s lovely, I’m cleaning, baking, cooking lovely meals in my slow cooker, doing maths, English, reading and writing my little fella.
Gardening, getting jobs done that I’ve been meaning to get done for ages.
I’m kind of waiting to get ill, I’ve been swabbed today but I really don’t think I’ve got Rona, think I’m just really run down from work.
The extreme guilt feelings that I have been feeling for the last 6 weeks have lifted.
I think it will end in a couple of days when I’m negative and have to go back to work.

A bit of down time is just what I’ve needed.

How’s isolation for you?

@user47000000000 ty for the kind words xx

God forbid anyone dares to post about how they are finding the positives and even enjoying a situation we have been forced into. Yes people are struggling, do we need everyone else to be steeped in misery so it's fairer? No. I find OPs post comforting.

Rest up and keep well OP!

Ignore all the gloom mongers on here. You being miserable wouldn't make it better for the people who are struggling.

We don't have a hive mind, you don't have to give voice to the whole of humanity's suffering every time you express yourself!

Day 4? There are people who have been told they are doing 3 months of this but the reality I’d probably a lot longer.

Well as a critical care sister you will know it's day 10 that the problems start! I felt absolutely fine and dandy with my dry cough. I was thinking what's all the fuss about. Then my chest started to get tight! All I can say is that all my lovely plans to spend time doing lovely things evaporated!

Quite an insensitive post op. You should know better as a senior nurse!

Thank you OP. This helps me look for positives too.

There’s nowt like being brought back down to reality with a kicking is there!

I honestly didn’t come here to purposely anger or upset, honestly didn’t expect to be called pathetic, insensitive or be told that I should know better.

Just to say that after 6 weeks of hell, I’m finding peace and comfort with the fresh air in my lungs, sunshine and my children who I have spent no time with. The source of great guilt to me.

It’s nice to know that there are alternative sources of extreme guilt that I had not considered and should be feeling.
Thanks for reminding me of those & insisting that I feel them.
For our colleagues who have died as a result of this horror, that could be me, it easily could, I have been exposed. So those of you with nasty tongues, let’s hope I’m not one of those unlucky ones, I’ll be the one that you were abusive to.

For those being kind I thank you x

No offence meant.

Hope you're ok OP. Take this time to recharge and have sometime out. God knows you'll be needed once your back out there! Thank you for all your work x

@crosser62 honestly don't feel bad, I am finding it hard, anyone who posts anything positive though is accused of being insensitive, it's ridiculous. I hope that you find you don't have it for your health's sake, but that you continue to enjoy the time at home.

I'm glad you are OK, but honestly I am cracking up.. Already had a large part of my year ruined (once in a lifetime personal event).. And am terrified normal life will never return. Not everyone is finding it so easy.

I knew when I saw the title that people would be outraged by someone enjoying the chance to unwind in solitude.

I'm not hating it either. But my life hasn't changed hugely.

OP the last few weeks on here, nobody is allowed to enjoy anything. At all. Or find a positive in any day. 'It's forbidden.
Stuff the misery, if you're having a nice time bloody enjoy it! Whether you work for the NHS or not, life is short. Just be happy when you are, screw Mumsnet miseries lol.
When the worst has gone and starvation, civil unrest and misery are the problem somewhere far away again it will be allowed to enjoy life on here and pretend the usual crap matters 😏

Excellent post @Sux2buthen.

I’ve actually really enjoyed the last 2 weeks having my partner home and having zero expectations on us as a family. At the same time I totally appreciate that this is not easy for a lot of people (especially those in developing countries).

Taking positives from a situation as well as negatives is a very human thing to do. You OP have seen the downsides of this situation far more than most of us so I am pleased you are able to also appreciate some of the benefits that come. Thank you for everything you do.

@crosser62 enjoy your time off in isolation, thank you for all you have been doing in ITU which is unimaginable to most of us. I am a nurse and these last 3 weeks have been the worst of my 20 year career but I can't even begin to wonder what it must be like in ITU at the moment.
I also had that dry cough and irritated chest and it was very tense waiting to see if it would turn into something really nasty, wishing you well and hoping that like me it eventually passes for you without developing into anything worse.

Oh OP ignore all the miseries on this thread, you don’t deserve an arse kicking at all (key worker or not)

Everyone had stuff to worry about, this time is utterly crap for everyone and no one has been left unaffected BUT there will be a positive somewhere for everyone and if we can’t cling on to that then what will be have?

I work in hospitality, my job is by no means certain at the moment. But as I’m pregnant my boss sent me home first for isolation, 5 days before my colleagues because she cares about her team. The others were sent home on full pay when the business was closed and we all got our holidays paid that we otherwise would’ve lost. She is texting us every day to check that we are ok and we are all incredibly grateful for her at the moment.

Dd3 is due in 2 weeks. My midwife appointments have been cancelled and birth plan ripped up and discarded which had meant an anxious few weeks BUT DP will now be off work for the birth and weeks surrounding which he wouldn’t have been before as he wasn’t entitled to paternity leave. If nothing else, this is a huge comfort.

It’s ok to find positives, it’s ok to struggle when things ‘could be worse’. You’ve earned this time and if you’re lucky enough to be in a position to enjoy it then bloody well do so because we won’t get this time again!

@crosser62 make the most of your time off. You deserve it. I, for one, am glad you’ve only got a mild case. I hope your test result is what you want it to be and that you recover well.

OP, you absolutely didn't deserve any abuse, even before I read that you are working in critical care! It makes total sense for any parent to enjoy unexpected time with their children and making the most of it while in a truly horrid situation is good. I am a SAHM and am enjoying my husband working at home and the extra flexibility. He is loving all the extra time with our children too. I think we all have to take the small positives where we can! Thank you for all your hard work and enjoy your time. Unbelievable that all these Mumsnetters would begrudge a frontline worker enjoying a rare bit of time at home! Take care Xxx

People are very bitter and stressed. Keep up the good work!! Enjoy isolation

OP if it helps, people that post they are struggling get their arses handed to them too. They are selfish,spoilt,pathetic and need to get a grip.

MN is a weird place right now where everyone's place is in the wrong unless they follow a certain mythical set of made up rules and live in the "spirit of the lockdown" whatever the fuck that is.

Enjoy the time off,rest,put your feet up,breathe and hopefully you're healthy and stay that way .

To whoever said the Op was lacking in empathy.... just get over yourself you self righteous idiot. You are the one lacking in bloody empathy. Have you any idea at all what the OP has gone through day in day out for weeks and weeks?

OP thank you. For everything!

Thank you for all you've done op. Ignore the awful comments. Mn has been fucking awful lately and the level of nastiness that had always been an undercurrent here has come to the fore. I've seen so many posters bullied off their threads and vilified. So much for the be kind/clap for carers shit show. Enjoy your time off and hope your swan comes back negative, glad you're able to have some sort of break.

Enjoy your downtime OP.
MN us truly awful at the moment, overrun with petty minded, envious, vicious, finger wagging curtain twitchers.

Thanks for all your hard work. Rest up and enjoy your family.

OP didn't state they were in frontline care in the first post. Of course they deserve downtime for all the hard work they do and it's hugely appreciated.

It is important to remember that not everyone has gardens and could be struggling with mental health, financially etc so the tone could have been very upsetting in that regard even if they didn't mean it to be.

I hope OP can enjoy family time and stays healthy.

I think op was being disingenuous by not mentioning her job in the OP. She knew exactly what some of the replies would be like so she could come back and tell everyone she is a frontline worker. Tiresome to be so contrived.
I can't believe I'm the only one that picked this up.

Enjoy your break OP.