It finally got me!!!!

[altywhite]

So, after 2 1/2 years of being extremely careful, shielding etc, the flamin thing finally got me!! Courtesy of my son and a gig I think!! But thankfully I haven't been too poorly, hopefully due to the 4 vaccinations, inhalers and still being on pred. Quite chesty and a bad head cold but I've just had my 1st negative 6 days after my +ve test. Which means I am clear to go to Wimbledon this week....even if I do have to take it a bit easy. 😊

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Do be careful though - it isn't just a cold! My daughter was still feeling rough over a week afterwards.

[altywhite in reply to PMRpro]

I will, and I do still feel like I have a cold! I know it won't be like a usual trip to London but I'm just glad I can go. It will be early to bed every night for me....my friend will have her Kindle 😴

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

Dear PMR PRO, Sorry to see about that glacier breaking off and killing some hikers in your neck of the woods. x

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

Awful isn't it - still 17 missing. Global warming - had been 10C up the top there, never been above 7C before.

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

Yes absolutely awful. Doing something so healthy.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

Aye well - when you live here you do sometimes wonder how healthy doing things up mountains is - falling off mountain bikes, slipping on damp path and scree and falling hundreds of metres, heart attacks at 2000m, parachutes not opening.

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

I guess I would like to go to a nice hotel (Forestis (££££) and swim and then just read a book. Breath the fresh air.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

I'm considering a couple of nights at a local Refuge, there are several. Not pricey, nothing to disturb you, nature at its most intense! And they transport guests who don't want to walk up and down ...

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

Now that sounds ideal. My oh and I are planning to fly into Pisa then go to Lucca then on to Genoa and Torino. I would like one day at the beach but my oh is not a water person. I must look up the refuges as that would be great - fresh air and not too hot.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

We have lakes with swimming here - nice way of mixing both. I don't like sand in my toes (and elsewhere ) Hope Tuscany et al are not too hot - have been up to nearly 40C and you can't do anything then!

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

Who knows - we may have to cancel as strikes are planned. That sounds perfect. So where do you fly into?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

Depends where you start from! There are flights to Verona, Venice (Marco Polo and Treviso), and Innsbruck if you are lucky - bit of a desert at present according to the daughters! There is a new route to Bolzano, the small regional airport, from London but don't know if it has started or where from in London. I've never flown to/from the UK!

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

Terrible scene at the airpost atm. Flight cancellations last minute, etc. Plus talk about super spreader event.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

My daughters flew out of East Midlands last week - it wasn't too bad, but going back they said Treviso was horrendous and heaving, they were an hour and a half late taking off. I'm glad I can't travel at present - no passport!!!!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Yes do take it easy….and enjoy

[altywhite in reply to DorsetLady]

Thanks DL, I'm sure I will. If I was at home I'd be back to doing the cooking and jobs...(OH has been very good though) so it will be nice to be away and being looked after. x

[marionofnorwich]

Do take it easy. I have had PMR for two years and had just got down to 4mg before I got Covid, very mildly, but it really ruffled things up. I have had to taper back to 10mg and still feeling very stiff in my leg muscles and haven't been able to walk properly since April - sometimes not at all. I can only really attribute this to the virus kicking off PMR almost from scratch again (given that they believe it is a post-viral condition in the first place). I took it easy and still had a bad reaction. Just a mild warning!

[altywhite in reply to marionofnorwich]

Thank you Marion, I hope things settle down with you soon.

[MamaBeagle]

Snap! Like you I caught it from my son, on New year's Eve. Husky voice, runny nose and nothing else. Did the regulation 10 days at home in a house of 3 Covid sufferers which became very frustrating as I just had a runny nose for a few days. Enjoy Wimbledon. I've been a few times but many years ago.

[singingloud]

Sounds like you have a plan. I had Covid in March after being so careful. Who knows where I got it from. I took it easy for two weeks.Have a great time at Wimbledon.