It’s got me (Covid)

[Tiggy70]

After 2 years and 4 months of being extra careful, mask wearing, avoiding crowds etc. the dreaded Covid has actually got me. We’ve just got back from a family wedding in Ibiza (postponed twice in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid). There was hardly any mask wearing on the plane or in the airports. Our original flight was cancelled the day before by British Airways and we had to fly a day later to Majorca and then on to Ibiza. We were two hours late leaving Heathrow due to a technical issue with our plane and missed our connecting flight. In the insuring mayhem our luggage was lost. My husband started with Covid symptoms and then tested positive. The lateral flow test I took on arriving home was positive. Last night was horrendous. I had chills, fever, nausea, coughing and ached from head to toe. I’m currently on 8.5 mg Pred. I’ve spent most of the day in bed. The NHS have been on the ball and want me to take antivirals. I’ve just taken the first dose. They’ve put me on a reduced dose because I have stage three kidney disease. As if that wasn’t bad enough I was scheduled to have shoulder surgery next Wednesday which has obviously now been postponed. I’ve been told that I will have to wait 7 weeks before they will consider rescheduling me. With hindsight maybe we shouldn’t have gone to my nephew’s wedding but life goes on and we can’t hide away forever.

[SheffieldJane]

I am glad you got to go to your Nephew’s wedding. So much joy for the family. Now concentrate on getting well. We need to hold everything lightly these days. 🌷

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Hope you feel better soon and get your surgery appointment rescheduled soon. Try not to stress about it all as it makes things worse. Your nephew and family will appreciate the effort you made and you now have good memories of that special day.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Hard luck! Get well soon

Yes, we do have to learn to live with Covid. But it means going about it the right way - and that should mean using all the non-pharmaceutical means of protection. My daughters both are frontline healthcare staff. Neither caught Covid from work - although the nurse one is sure she had Covid in February 2020 when a colleague almost certainly brought it back from Italy and the entire department got something very like Covid. She got it a few weeks ago at a beer festival (probably, though colleagues had also had it on the Thursday). The other got it from her husband who had been to a stag do - he'd tested before going, someone didn't.

Good masks and all the other stuff, distancing, avoiding crowds, hand washing - and my daugher said Treviso airport yesterday was the ideal Covid breeding ground - manic, crowed and up to 2 hours delays contributing to it all. That isn't how to live with Covid. It will come back to bite - all the public services are struggling with so many people off sick with Covid, even if it isn't as serious now as 2 years ago.

[Tiggy70 in reply to PMRpro]

There’s definitely a shift in peoples attitude to Covid. We did take all the proper precautions including wearing FFP3 masks but the majority of people aren’t. There’s no social distancing when queuing at airports, hardly any mask wearing. I do fear for how it’s all going to progress over the summer when the mass exodus to warmer climates begins.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Tiggy70]

Our numbers are climbing too - not as bad as the UK yet I don't think but in the village we were down to single figures last week, 26 this week.

The airport crisis is also partly due to Covid - as with the NHS and public transport, if someone is off with Covid, they can't be substituted for easily as they must be trained and security cleared. IF that were to be communicated effectively, people would probably realise why they are being asked to do or not do something and accept it.

[Knip in reply to PMRpro]

You've put it in a nutshell, PMR. It is rife at present and although it can be quite mild it isn't for all. I truly feel that masks on public transport of all kinds and in food shops should have remained mandatory. Several people I know are getting Covid for a second and third time. Take care, the beast continues to roam invisibly. Kx