Unlocking Ireland - thread uimhir a seacht!

[LifeInAHamsterWheel]

A shiny new thread for us all to talk pure shite whilst we wait for lockdown to end

I've had to go into hospital here alone with no-one to visit, for 8 days on one occasion and shorter stints on other occasions. The day IS LONG. It's awful and really hard to get through it alone. It must be so bloody hard not being able to visit and hard for the patient too. I hate what this fucking bastard virus has done to the world.

Lockdown one was a novelty, but my daughter was working on the frontline. It was like sending someone off to war. She's not been front line since Christmas, but is now half vaccinated as she's still in clinical work. But I have no idea when I can see her or my son.
It's really hard to lose someone, of any age or for any reason. Devastating.

Ah, that's very tough, ismiseeire. It has made things so much harder. Get well soon

Just wanted to say how sorry I am to fightingirish and Annonymiss.
I lost my grandmother last April, we were allowed 10 at the funeral which wouldn't have covered the closest people except some of them got Covid and couldn't come anyway.
I'm high risk so couldn't even hug my Mam at her mother's funeral. It was very tough.
If it's any consolation fighting I was dreading the first visit to my Nana's after she passed (family farm so uncle still there) but it was actually very comforting to be where I had spent so much time with her and always think of her being.
Hopefully this summer your whole family can come home and spend some time remembering her together.

@IsFuzzyBeagMise

Ah, that's very tough, ismiseeire. It has made things so much harder. Get well soon

God be with the days of your relatives rocking up armed to the eyeballs with grapes, Lucozade and 7Up! And 10 magazines. Haha. Anytime I was in hospital in Ireland, I cheekily put in orders for Ferrero Rocher when my Dad was visiting. I've had two long stints where though I felt physically fine, my bloods were off, so I had to stay in.

So sorry to @fightingirish, @Annonymiss123, @M0rT and anyone else who’s had losses during Covid.

I've found that when the head of the family so to speak dies, there is a year or two of disarray while the family rearrange themselves (subconsciously) and then a new world order emerges in the family. It will never be the same without your Mum, but it can be a different set-up. The loss will always be there, but in time it won't be such a painful loss.

An hour in hospital lasts about five times longer than an hour in the real world.

@FinallyFluid in fairness to them they were very good, we got the call that time was short at 3pm I called embassy after that, the rules were u have to have a pcr text to travel from. Wales to Ireland, they gave me a letter to exempt me and actually delayed the sailing in Holyhead by 20 mins so I could get on the ferry, thankfully I got home well in time and I was able to spend days with her before she passed,
She was 61

@eggandonion

An hour in hospital lasts about five times longer than an hour in the real world.

You can sing that! It's interminable. My local hospital has TVs but they're high up, so you can't reach them to turn them on and you're not given a remote control. Not sure what the point of them is really. Maybe they were operational pre-covid. It's horrible being alone and vulnerable. When you're in pain you just want pain relief but when you start to improve, you just want company.

@ismiseeire Mam was 61, and yep I'm foreign.. north wales!

[quote fightingirish]@FinallyFluid in fairness to them they were very good, we got the call that time was short at 3pm I called embassy after that, the rules were u have to have a pcr text to travel from. Wales to Ireland, they gave me a letter to exempt me and actually delayed the sailing in Holyhead by 20 mins so I could get on the ferry, thankfully I got home well in time and I was able to spend days with her before she passed,
She was 61 [/quote]
61? That's so young. What an absolute loss.

I've had trains wait for us to get off the sailing at Holyhead as we were delayed at sea. I love sailing and hate flying. I know it takes about 10 times longer, but still it seems more relaxed.
What caused her death fightingirish?

If your Mum was only 61, that makes you quite young?

@Apileofballyhoo

I missed a lot of craic on the old thread! Thanks for the new one, life.

@fightingirish I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so hard to be away from your family.

Sorry for your loss too @Annonymiss123. The first year is the hardest.

Than you, x

Do you have a DH and children in Wales fightingirish?

@M0rT

Just wanted to say how sorry I am to fightingirish and Annonymiss. I lost my grandmother last April, we were allowed 10 at the funeral which wouldn't have covered the closest people except some of them got Covid and couldn't come anyway. I'm high risk so couldn't even hug my Mam at her mother's funeral. It was very tough. If it's any consolation fighting I was dreading the first visit to my Nana's after she passed (family farm so uncle still there) but it was actually very comforting to be where I had spent so much time with her and always think of her being. Hopefully this summer your whole family can come home and spend some time remembering her together.

Thank you,

I’m sorry for the loss of your Grandmother.

@NinthCircle

So sorry to *@fightingirish, @Annonymiss123, @M0rT* and anyone else who’s had losses during Covid.

Thank you.

Annonymiss123 I'm new to these threads, so I'm not familiar with your story, so please don't take my ignorance for apathy. I can see from other posters' comments that you've also had a loss. My condolences.

Sincere condolences to @fightingirish and @Annonymiss123 .

Thanks for the new thread @LifeInAHamsterWheel .

I cannot believe we are facing another Easter weekend in lockdown..

I'm so homesick...

Anyone hear Katie Hannons radio programme at 1pm today?
They were speaking about a new variant that they are worried about. I didn't catch it all as the toddler was being her usual vocal self but three seemed to be a concern about it spreading here in Ireland and the effectiveness of the vaccines against it.

I can't think about it.
Have to stay positive.
Hope everyone enjoyed the glorious weather today.

[quote fightingirish]@ismiseeire Mam was 61, and yep I'm foreign.. north wales! [/quote]
Oh, she was so young. 😥 My dad was 79. While he died during COVID, he didn’t die of COVID.

Sincere condolences to @M0rT.
Apologies- I didn't mean to leave you out. x

Thank you to everyone who’s offered condolences - I’m losing track.

God no I didn't hear that @halfpasteleven but I did read an article today about the case numbers in the US apparently getting high again only this time it's all younger people affected. It scared the bejesus out of me to be honest.

My mum was almost 61 when she died very suddenly, I was 25. 61 seemed old when I was 25, now it seems young!
It's such a hard time, no matter how old or young.

@LifeInAHamsterWheel

God no I didn't hear that *@halfpasteleven* but I did read an article today about the case numbers in the US apparently getting high again only this time it's all younger people affected. It scared the bejesus out of me to be honest.

I wish I'd heard it properly so I could discuss it better on here! They mentioned the ages 25-40 as being an age group mostly likely to be ill with it..