Has anyone else received their notification about Shielding, I have just received mine by e-mail to say that we are to carry on Shielding until at least the 31st March 2021 and we will be notified in middle of March if there is any change. So I guess we all still have to wait to see what Boris has to say at the briefing Monday 22nd Feb to see what we can and can't do from there. Just hope it is not to long before I can go to the hairdressers!
Take care everyone.
With an added 1.7 million added to the shielding list and being prioritised for vaccination, that will probably mean until they have had the jab shielding will remain in place, until at least then. If there is a hiccup in vaccine supply, it may be extended yet again.
My bestie says that I will eventually emerge as a beautiful butterfly from a chrysallis. And twice as barmy as I am now😜
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Never balmy.Just like many of us -delightfully eccentric!
Barmy is best 😝 I am known as the MOB.. Mad Old Bat 🦇
not received my email yet, but thanks for sharing Snackjack 
No letter but heard what Boris said. I can’t wait to have my hair done either. Take care xxx
My hair makes me look like a startled owl at the moment, definitely needs a cut
Oh dear!🦉Mine’s just a mess and will be even worse by the beginning of April 😱😂xxx
We will have to order some hair bands with our shopping delivery soon at this rate lol
I know exactly what you mean, I have tentatively cut my fringe (not very straight) but not got the nerve to tackle the rest as it more than likely would look even worse. Just avoid looking in the mirrors in the bedroom and bathroom!
I cut my fringe too. Dare not do the rest though. Xxxx
i cut whati can see Unfortunately my hair style is very short and comes forward ( I correct that --- was very short) . So I cut the top and sides and now have the once fashionable MULLET . Ugh. I darent ook at back but the rest is niot bad as it has gone sort of curly. !
Well that’s not a problem for me Sassy... I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last August !!! Started treatment very quickly after Biopsy, surgery 15th September.... Chemo started 21st November - last one will be 4th March then Radiotherapy. Within about ten days of Chemotherapy starting I was virtually completely bald so no hair issues for me !!! 👩🦲 Hope you & Pete are staying safe & well. xx
Oh dear Helen, sorry to hear that. I hope the treatment isn’t too stressful. I remember when our daughter-in-law had breast cancer. Thankfully she’s made a good recovery.
We’re doing well thank you and wishing you well too.
Take care xxx💜😘🌹
Actually Sassy it’s a nightmare. Horrendous fatigue, can’t taste a single thing & some nausea virtually all the time. The not being able to see any of my family is probably the worst part... I’m in West Wales ( haven’t seen my daughter since before I was diagnosed) - she lives in Worthing - in the Police , works in HQ in Lewes & we were on the point of house hunting for me before all this happened. My son & his family live in America so FaceTime is a blessing. Friends & neighbours are being wonderful but of course I am Shielding so no one can come in & I only go out once every three weeks for treatment. Good to hear that your daughter in law made a good recovery... I remember when you posted that she had been diagnosed.... it’s the most awful thing to have to go through. xx
mine's just come in more crochet pending
Yes just arrived, no surprises I suppose.
Just got mine too!
Yes got mine.
Got mine today too
Me too! Glad to see the brakes are not being slammed on! xx
Yes, back in the “sin bin “ 😫😫
Lol...My letter normally arrives fours weeks after everyone else as received theirs. I plan to shield until my second dose anyway.
Likewise I am not planning on going anywhere until 3/4 weeks after 2nd jab either. Best wishes Badbessie. xx
there will be a lot less virus around then but you will still only have about 60 % protection if astrazeneca vacc.
Exactly and I did get the AstraZeneca, didn't have a choice.
its because of the storge temperature . the big centres do pfizer and the gps do astrazeneca. My brother in law had pfizer at hospital and sometoime later my sister had astrazeneca at local gp s set up, Myy stepson has been advised to have astrazeneca as he has immunological problems and is sometimes on steroid skin cream and dr thinks it would be less of problem
Our major vaccination hub for West Kent has only offered the AstraZeneca vaccine since it opened.
I suppose it depends on t he storage facility not all can do the -70'ç for the Pfizer.
Yes, got mine.... another 6 weeks...Each day rolls into the next now anyway....!🤔😂
Stay safe everyone xx
Yes I know what you mean, I frequently have to look at the date on my PC to see what day it is.😕😣
It’s a weird reality isn’t it? I guess it’s a small price to pay to remain safe. Roll on warmer weather... 🤞 ☀️ x
Yes I have had an email extending to 31st March. I do not expect the briefing on 22nd Feb. to alter that.
No I am not expecting the briefing to alter that but hope that it will at least give us a plan to work towards🌞
Ok. I have given up making plans. I am just thankful to be alive and think of all the poor souls that have lost their lives. Because of shielding I don't see many people anyway and if they don't like the way I look, then it's tough. Lol
As many of us shielding will not get the second jab till April and then it takes another three weeks to be effective not expecting much change for the time being . Then there’s the extra vulnerable being added to the existing list.But freedom to go to the hairdressers would boost the moral fingers crossed. : )
Yes I thought that Katie...our 2nd jabs not until mid to end April, then a few more weeks after! It will be May!
Some might not get there’s till summer so could be Autumn before all the first groups are done. Then it will be time for annual flu jab, not moaning just stating the facts as they appear.
Yes it’s true. We’ll just have to continue shielding and being very careful.
Yes that is what I am hoping for🌞
Hi SnackJack I received my email last night also
I had my email Monday, now waiting for the equivalent from Wales. Pick n’mix really!
Got mine yesterday. I wasn't planning on changing my daily life anyway till I feel safe. It reminds me of the lyrics of that lovely song from Fiddler on the Roof. "Sunrise,Sunset, Sunrise,Sunset,Swiftly flow the years,one season following another laden with happiness and tears.
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I did have the thought that I would be able to start to emerge on 22nd February, but have to resign myself to another 6 weeks after that, at least. It really seems never ending, and I’m finding it hard to stay cheerful.
Please do stay cheerful, let us think that we are at least on the home strait!
and its no good until everyone is out as nothing will be happening . my car is dead, needs taxing and servicing before i can go anywhere, also cleaning as parked under a tree and is no longer white but green. Got 10% off insurance for not having it on road last year apparently most insurance companies will do that.. still looking forward to freedom
I got my email last night telling me to shield longer.
Oh my hair it’s such a mess!
Top of my list for when we are finally free is seeing and
hugging my children and our Granddaughter and second
is having my hair cut I can’t wait! 😂
Keep safe everyone. We’ll get through this and we have
this fabulous site where we can share our experiences
and ask for help if we need it. We are made of tough stuff
keep going. Lucy x x
Yes you are quite right🌞😊
Yes got mine last night, got to forward to my manager now 🙄 don't get my second vaccine till early April I think, so it goes on and on.
got mine last night
Yes I have received mine by email yesterday
Hi Snackjack. I have had the same email. Another 7 weeks of shielding to look forward to, but what the heck! We have done it thus far, another few weeks to keep safe is not too bad. Good luck. John
Yes, I got mine by email last night. I'm feeling a bit fed up about it actually as it seems like deja vu. Are we going to be stuck at home until July again? I hope not.
Having had my little moan, I DO realise this is for our own good and so of course, I will comply with it. Better safe than sorry. xx Moy
Got my email yesterday.
Was looking forward to perhaps seeing my daughters/grandson/great grandaughter. So am very disappointed at the moment.
Presumably the (new ????extremely clinically vulnerable) 1.7million to be added to the shielding list will be diabetics, heart patients .... sounds like the rest of the human race to me.
I cannot see shielding ending much before all of this group and more are vaccinated .... Hope not but May springs to mind
Keep safe
Keep your spirits up
xxxx
I've had one too. Look forward to a month of total boredom.
On the hair front, I'm beginning to feel like Medusa, but having a bad hair/snake day.😠😡😠
It's absolutely crazy. I have also had another letter from Matt Hancock, this time re 31st March extension to lockdown. In early December I was one of the first to get a vaccine....long queue...narrow corridor...waiting round. For my second vaccine, once again spaced out...long queue....while waiting. Yet I can't get onto a bus, go into a shop or board a train. I would be distancing, but this time having had two jabs. Can anyone give me an answer please? It's six weeks since my SECOND Pfizer vaccine. If I can't do anything, what is the difference from when I didn't have the vaccines?
No I can't give you an answer. There are an awful lot of us that are still waiting for our 2nd jabs and with millions still to go I guess we all just have to be patient. It must have been quite a logistical nightmare to arrange it all, pleased I didn't have the job. I have made my mind up that until the masses have been vaccinated I prefer to stay safe at home. Having said that I am looking forward to when I can emerge and meet up with friends for coffee and chat and go out for a meal, get to the hairdressers on a regular basis. I accept that I am very risk averse and have accepted that it is what it is, just have to take it as it comes.
Not heard anything yet since shielding letter in Jan.
Yep! Ive had mine , but my hair is a total write-off 🤯 !! 🐿🌈😷
Your not on your own with that. xx
Hi I was diagnosed with clots on one lung in October but have never been told to shield. I havent seen a consultant or had any more checks since then. I spoke to a doctor online and he said I dont need to shield. Should I have been? Thanks for any info you can give me.
Sorry but I do not know the answer. I cannot tell you what to do but if I was you I would be having a conversation with my doctor to ask questions about the diagnosis. I think most doctors are doing phone consultations during the pandemic if it is not essential for you to attend the surgery. Hope that you can get something sorted as from what you have posted you seem to have been left in limbo.
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