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Is there anything more I could be doing

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Mydogisthebestest · 26/07/2020 19:13

Can anyone help me navigate a way through this? Is there anything I’m missing or could be doing that I’m not already or have organised

I’m really anxious and worried and I’d ask that you be kind please. I’m absolutely not wanting to add to anyone else’s risk

I can’t wear a mask. I have a medical exemption for a physical illness and also for mental health issues. (I have PTSD)

I’m staying at home as much as I can. If I can get a shopping slot I’m shopping online, otherwise I go to the supermarket at quiet times and avoid people. Social distancing etc

The local shop deliver essentials and leave them outside (milk, bread - that type of thing - I phone and order and pay over the phone)

When I have to go out I go in my car, with The windows up, I wash my hands just before leaving and sanitizer them when I get into and out of the car. And also when I touch surfaces.

I always sanitizer trolleys etc

I haven’t had anyone in my house except DD since March and I’ve only gone twice to friends, once to socially distance in the garden and once indoors Socially distanced, where I used a downstairs toilet and took kitchen roll home that I’d used to dry my hands (bagged). (It rained.)

I haven’t seen my other kids who are adult indoors, we have had coffee at a distance but we are meeting this week for a meal.

I’m also seeing DP next weekend for the first as he has been shielding and as DD is 18 we could not bubble.

The fact I can’t wear a mask and reading some of the threads on here I’m very aware that I’m seen as a risk to others.

I already have a sunflower lanyard and I’ve ordered a mask exempt thing for it.

I will, of course, turn away from anyone who approaches me if they do not social distance.

Is there anything else I should be doing that I’m not doing to reduce my risk to others?

OP posts:
Msmcc1212 · 26/07/2020 22:24

I hope it comes around soon for you. Flowers

Mydogisthebestest · 26/07/2020 22:34

Thank you. I’ve sat this evening with a bandana round my neck and pulled it up periodically. Not pleasant at all.

OP posts:
VoyageInTheDark · 27/07/2020 10:44

I would say you need to stop reading threads on MN as they will only feed your anxiety and skew your perception of risk. (I say this because I have anxiety myself)

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