Anyone else scared for a loved one with cancer or other vulnerabilities?

[AbsentmindedWoman]

My mum has ovarian cancer, and is having chemo at the moment. It's hard not to be really afraid at times with covid numbers going up anyway where she lives, and now the new variant.

Like even if it's milder in general (which would obviously be good) I'm still worried in case it is much more transmissible, because for anyone very vulnerable that still worsens the risk.

How is everybody else feeling right now if somebody you love is coping with cancer treatment, or any other illnesses that put them at risk?

Yeah, worried about my dMiL. She's due to have a hip replacement this week which she desperately needs (was supposed to happen April 2020). She takes steroids for rheumatoid arthritis so is CEV.

Want her to have the OP but scared of her going into hospital. She feels the same which is horrible to see - and we have school aged kids so dare not even go near her at the moment.

My mum was diagnosed with cancer last year, I was scared because what if she died and I had hardly seen her? Well, she did die and I didn't get to see her anywhere near as much as I would have without the threat of covid. I don't know what the solution is but sorry for you that this is happening.

My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer at the beginning of the pandemic. I was so worried I couldn’t function. Few months after his diagnosis he caught covid ( most probably in hospital during chemo). At that time he wasn’t even vaccinated..It was so scary! He was very poorly but did not need to go to hospital and eventually recovered from covid within 14 days.
He passed away 2 months ago. Even though he didn’t die from covid I feel like coronavirus has robbed me from all the time that i could and should have been with my dad during his last months.

Always.

Person in my immediate household is CEV and highly immune suppressed.

One of the worst bits is reading the number of comments about how it's only the old and infirm who due and we can't protect them as it's not a fair burden on everyone else. That if someone dies from the cancer it's tragic, but somehow if that same person dies because of the effects of their cancer treatment when there are pandemic level of disease, it's the price that society is willing to pay.

Heaven forfend that you ever post that wearing masks protects others and it's a mark of consideration

@nether

Always.

Person in my immediate household is CEV and highly immune suppressed.

One of the worst bits is reading the number of comments about how it's only the old and infirm who due and we can't protect them as it's not a fair burden on everyone else. That if someone dies from the cancer it's tragic, but somehow if that same person dies because of the effects of their cancer treatment when there are pandemic level of disease, it's the price that society is willing to pay.

Heaven forfend that you ever post that wearing masks protects others and it's a mark of consideration

Totally agree. It makes me so angry when people imply that those with underlying health conditions are somehow disposable. Both DH and DS have significant health conditions but these are not life limiting and they could be expected to have a (relatively) normal life expectancy.