What supplies should I have in case I get Coronavirus?

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I’m double vaccinated, CV. Given the current strategy in England (which can be debated on other threads) I think it’s quite likely that I will get Covid. I can only hope it is less severe and I don’t get long Covid.

What would it be useful to have around (single adult likely to be alone for the period).
So far paracetamol and I need a thermometer. What else?

What is Cv?

Nothing, unless your cupboards are literally bare.

Even those considered ECV have managed to catch Covid and sail through it before vaccinations were even thought of.

It's incredibly mild in 90% of cases. Even the very elderly can be asymptomatic.

Are you just being a bit of a drama llama because you don't like the restrictions lifting?

Oximeter, plenty of drinks, food and things to do.

Soup, oximeter. Multiple phone chargers so you can keep communicating with the outside world even when you can't really move.

Anything you like to drink. Fluids are really important.

A kettle and tea making supplies for the bedroom?

Decent level of store cupboard food in and UHT milk if can’t get to the shops, paracetamol, a good supply of any normal meds. You might want to consider an oximeter as well to monitor oxygen levels.

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What is Cv?

I think it’s clinically vulnerable

Vitamin d
Lemons for vitamin c. Both help your immune system to work well. Use the lemon to make hot drinks with honey. They’ll be soothing as well as helpful.
Oximeter for reassurance or to flag up if you need a gp/hospital.
Tins of soup, bread in the freezer.
More paracetamols.

Oximeter, blood pressure monitor

Only what any normal household should have in stock in case of any illness. Don't let yourself run super low on food - ever - keep your tinned/dry food stocked. Always keep things like paracetamol/lemsips stocked up.

I don't know why people weren't doing this anyway!

CV - clinically vulnerable.

Sorry if I shouldn’t have posted, maybe dramatic.

Drip feed explanation
having a change (have been living with family while wfh now going back to living alone.) I think I’m more likely to get it than over the last year as will be public transport quite a bit.

I’m usually pretty healthy and obviously with other things you can nip out and get a few things (linctus if you have a cough with your cold) if you need them which you can’t do with Covid.

I have ASD so will find it hard asking for help F2F at the time so thought I’d ask here.

Glad it’s likely to be mild

A few ping meals for when your feeling well enough to eat but not well enough to cook

Oral rehydration sachets? Or the ability to mix them from scratch? There has been an uptick in cases locally with tummy issues being a symptom

Paracetamol, TV subscriptions so when you feel too fatigued to move off the sofa you can keep entertained, honey and lemon for your throat, tissues for all the sneezing, a fan/hot water bottle for the temperature and chills, nice bubble bath for when you ache all over and want to soak. Obviously food in the house or an online grocery account set up ready in case you need it.
I'm on day 7 now and feeling almost back to normal but the first few days were pretty horrible.

It will almost certainly be mild if you've had two vaccines.
Probably a good idea to have some easy to prepare food in the freezer, or things like tins if soup. So if you're ill (with anything, not just covid) you don't need to worry about cooking.
And just normal medications like paracetamol, ibuprofen, strepsils

You could still fill pretty rotten even if mild and wanting to be prepared doesn’t make you a drama llama. And even if you feel well you’ll want to have enough supplies in to tide you over, like long life milk. Foods that are easy to prepare and eat if you don’t have much appetite, soup and frozen/tinned food that is easy to do.

Painkillers, obviously, plenty of tissues as sneezing a lot is one of the most common symptoms if you do manage to catch Covid after being double jabbed. Facecloths to wet and put on your head or headache strips in case you have a heat ache or feel warm.

I would still wear a mask indoors even if it’s not required by law.

Store cupboard/frozen food for 10 days is helpful - my biggest concern is being called by test and trace! With 4 in the house currently I'm just hoping we don't all have to isolate at once (DD's are adults)

I love a calpol vapour plug in, we have one for DD and one for us if we’re feeling crappy and bunged up!

Cous cous sachets, cup soup and cup shots (add boiling water)

Powdered/uht/non dairy milk

Paracetamol, ibuprofen, strepsils any over the counter meds you might need for a cold/flu diarrhoea etc as if you are reasonably well and get something else you can't pop out to the chemist to get them. (A good idea anyway if you live alone)

Tinned curries and rice sachets/tinned soup/baked beans/ rice pudding/custard ie open tin and heat in microwave sort of food.

Comfort food .

Squash/cordial, bottled water etc to save making drinks.

Oximeter

You're not over-reacting, you're doing what feels safe and right.

Plenty of drinks that you'll enjoy to keep fluids up, maybe lucozade if you can drink it. Cans and bottles work best so you can keep them nearby and out of the fridge.

Comfort food and snacks- easy things you can keep near you like dried fruit, biscuits,etc.

Ready meals or freezer food- pot noodles and similar rice/pasta sachets.

Plenty of essentials-loo roll, milk, bread, etc.

If and when you get it, keep chargers nearby, plenty of films available and keep your fluids up. Showering and having clean bedding made me feel less like death and helped me sleep better.

Thank you all for your tips.

Have to say I'm not CV and got myself prepared last Jan/Feb and just keeping everything topped up now. I chose paracetamol, vitamin D, multi vitamins for an occasional top up, throat sweets, fruit juices, lucozade, soups, longlife milk and store cupboard essentials like rice, pasta, canned tomatoes, sweetcorn, peas, baked beans, coucous, herbs, spices, pepper for flavourings, tissues, toiletries, cleaning items and toilet rolls. I love reading, so always have a few waiting for me. I'm not quite so worried over food now, I have a mini stash and I've discovered I can always get an Iceland delivery which would keep us going - having said that I try and ensure we're never about to run out of something in the fridge/freezer. A decent thermometer would be good if you don't have one, and LFTs - they're not 100% accurate but might help you detect the virus a little earlier.

I think there's going to be a fair few who will be apprehensive over the next couple of months, until we know how this pans out.

Definitely oximeter. When i had covid was fine but found myself almost having panic attacks thinking my breathing was struggling (im normally so calm but repeated stuff in media fuelled anxiety worse than my covid symptoms) and helpline doc suggested an oximeter which just reassured me i was fine. You'll be ok though but it's great reassurance.

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Pop a bottle of milk in the freezer.

When I had Covid I needed paracetamol and fluids. I used rehydration sachets- I had a horrendous fever and vomited a lot.

Those came in really handy. Also some jelly babies. I didn't want to eat anything, and these really helped.

Books or magazines to read and you might want to watch the TV.

Thermometer might be useful, also a pulse ox might help you.