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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Fish said:
It’s called the frontline for a reason, you put all those thoughts and feelings to one side, smile and get stuck in, just like the whistle in the trenches, you just take a breath and go up & over....

Whatever roles you’re actively involved in, people worse than you need you, be strong and crack on ?
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Hobbit said:
A blocked sink today is the same as a blocked sink 6 months ago. A gap on the rota today is the same as a gap on the rota 6 months ago. And, sadly, the Unit hasn’t had a 100% success rate over the last 6 months either.

Pick up the phone and ring Facilities. Then pick up the phone and ring round to fill your rota.

Compartmentalise, don’t let it become a tsunami of problems. It will overwhelm you if you do.

You care for your colleagues. You want the best for them. Roll the sleeves up, paint the smile on and give them your best.
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Totally agree. I think most of the staff have had a "wobble" during this and guess today's my turn and not feeling it and it all seems and effort. It's all good and I'm sure the day will improve and at least I'm lucky enough to be out and interacting with people. Think some of it is born from everyone saying we've peaked and no-one here seeing any reflection of that and our localised numbers of infections increasing
 
Just back from a walk to the High St... Seems, apart from the majority of the shops being shut it had the appearance of life being back to normal...

Saddest part was seeing three hearses on their way to the crem ... With the simplest of coffins and no flowers... Too many families are now having to cope with the heartbreak of loss with the feeling of being helpless...
 
Hair's getting a little uncomfortably long. Unless I have something done about it it'll be back to how it was in the late-1970s when I was at Uni. But hey - that'll fit with my vinyl listening.

On the mega up side of things - with my 90yr old MiL at home being 'shielded' from the virus - she has twigged that the on-line Tesco shop we did for her that she thought was 'marvellous' - was only possible as we had internet access...and so we are sorting it for her :)

Halley-bleedin-looyah...We tried a few years ago but she wasn't having it - for all of about £10/month on top of what she currently pays for landline. But she just could not see why she'd need it...However with her Tesco on-line shop and home delivery, we have there in front of her why it would be good for her to have internet access :)
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Hair's getting a little uncomfortably long. Unless I have something done about it it'll be back to how it was in the late-1970s when I was at Uni. But hey - that'll fit with my vinyl listening.

On the mega up side of things - with my 90yr old MiL at home being 'shielded' from the virus - she has twigged that the on-line Tesco shop we did for her that she thought was 'marvellous' - was only possible as we had internet access...and so we are sorting it for her :)

Halley-bleedin-looyah...We tried a few years ago but she wasn't having it - for all of about £10/month on top of what she currently pays for landline. But she just could not see why she'd need it...However with her Tesco on-line shop and home delivery, we have there in front of her why it would be good for her to have internet access :)
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Good luck with initiation into the wonderful world of the internet. I have been trying for more than 5 years to get my 91-year old nextdoor neighbour to embrace modern technology. Unfortunately, she had a fall recently, fractured a shoulder, was eventually moved from hospital to an NHS care unit, contracted covin and is now on palliative care.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Hair's getting a little uncomfortably long. Unless I have something done about it it'll be back to how it was in the late-1970s when I was at Uni. But hey - that'll fit with my vinyl listening.

On the mega up side of things - with my 90yr old MiL at home being 'shielded' from the virus - she has twigged that the on-line Tesco shop we did for her that she thought was 'marvellous' - was only possible as we had internet access...and so we are sorting it for her :)

Halley-bleedin-looyah...We tried a few years ago but she wasn't having it - for all of about £10/month on top of what she currently pays for landline. But she just could not see why she'd need it...However with her Tesco on-line shop and home delivery, we have there in front of her why it would be good for her to have internet access :)
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Having got my mum on the internet, I spent years trying to get her on Whatsapp for ease of contact. No luck until the ladies at the golf club set up a group for lockdown and now I get told every day how wonderful it is and wny did I not get her set up on it sooner. Sadly she has now discovered Gifs and Emojis and I get a stream of them all day
 
rosecott said:
Good luck with initiation into the wonderful world of the internet. I have been trying for more than 5 years to get my 91-year old nextdoor neighbour to embrace modern technology. Unfortunately, she had a fall recently, fractured a shoulder, was eventually moved from hospital to an NHS care unit, contracted covin and is now on palliative care.
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What a sad story.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Not a good start. Massive surge in new patients and deaths blocked sinks to get fixed and big holes in today's roster to fill. It's definitely affecting me and finding it hard to feel enthused and positive each morning as I come in and a certain dread logging in
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Apologise in advance for bad taste. I scanned your post quickly and read "....patients and deaths blocked sinks ...".

Conjured up some startling images for 'Die- no Rod' - sorry again.

All the best.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Totally agree. I think most of the staff have had a "wobble" during this and guess today's my turn and not feeling it and it all seems and effort. It's all good and I'm sure the day will improve and at least I'm lucky enough to be out and interacting with people. Think some of it is born from everyone saying we've peaked and no-one here seeing any reflection of that and our localised numbers of infections increasing
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Just my opinion Homer but you and
others in NHS need to forget about peaks and take a pragmatic approach as much as it would be nice for you all to have an end in sight you need to work as though it's not soon.

Look at it from another perspective, akin to any war you fight the battle immediately in front of you taking small steps towards to end of that war you don't know when that will come or peak but you still prepare for it with the small victories you win each day. If you have a wobble you acknowledge it and take strength from still being standing depsite it then move on to the next supporting your team and them supporting you till its truly over.

It is a hard way to look at it but do so knowing you have the full support of your colleagues, the public and everyone in general. Allow yourselves to laugh even at low moments and know when the end does come you all have done the nation proud ??
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Totally agree. I think most of the staff have had a "wobble" during this and guess today's my turn and not feeling it and it all seems and effort. It's all good and I'm sure the day will improve and at least I'm lucky enough to be out and interacting with people. Think some of it is born from everyone saying we've peaked and no-one here seeing any reflection of that and our localised numbers of infections increasing
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Having a blocked sink any other day probably wouldn’t bother you but when under pressure it’s another thing that just grates.
Everyone is entitled to have a wobble ,that’s when you find out who your friends are.
I am sure you will sort it out just don’t over think it.
The public appreciates what you are doing ,
Hopefully it won’t be long now until we get over this , so chin up.
My son tells me every day about his work so appreciate what your going through.
 
GB72 said:
Having got my mum on the internet, I spent years trying to get her on Whatsapp for ease of contact. No luck until the ladies at the golf club set up a group for lockdown and now I get told every day how wonderful it is and wny did I not get her set up on it sooner. Sadly she has now discovered Gifs and Emojis and I get a stream of them all day
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We will try and 'sell' her Houseparty or Zoom...for keeping in touch...

We managed to get my mum using a laptop and on-line when she was about 70. Unfortunately she didn't get much further using the laptop than looking at a folder of family photo I put on the desktop - and playing solitaire...she kind of knew a bit about Email but didn't use it - didn't really understand it. Besides - she'd say - I like going to the post office to post stuff as I can have a chat, and I like getting my mail delivered as I can have a chat with my postie. No argument there.

We may try and sort out on-line banking for her and get her onto Facebook so she can see what all her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and grand nieces, nephews etc are doing. One of my aunts at near 90 herself is a keen user of Facebook for that.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
We will try and 'sell' her Houseparty or Zoom...for keeping in touch...

We managed to get my mum using a laptop and on-line when she was about 70. Unfortunately she didn't get much further using the laptop than looking at a folder of family photo I put on the desktop - and playing solitaire...she kind of knew a bit about Email but didn't use it - didn't really understand it. Besides - she'd say - I like going to the post office to post stuff as I can have a chat, and I like getting my mail delivered as I can have a chat with my postie. No argument there.

We may try and sort out on-line banking for her and get her onto Facebook so she can see what all her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and grand nieces, nephews etc are doing. One of my aunts at near 90 herself is a keen user of Facebook for that.
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Slowly slowly catch a monkey. On line banking is great and my MIL is a fan at 86 but much talking and teaching about security both personally and on her equipment took time and was best done face to face in our case.
 
I'm currently delivering groceries to the vunerable. It's a bit of an eye opener.

1. Some are scared to death (no pun intended)
2. Most struggle with cards and technology. (card machine) I cannot go near to assist.

Takes a while to get round the deliveries.

PS The Staff at the Morrisons where I am gave a lady who is on her own a bunch of flowers / signed card / and chocolates. I got to drop them off.

Made my bluddy day !!!!!!!!(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)
 
Old Skier said:
Slowly slowly catch a monkey. On line banking is great and my MIL is a fan at 86 but much talking and teaching about security both personally and on her equipment took time and was best done face to face in our case.
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In the first instance internet access is primarily for my BiL who is back home. We'll send him an invite for a Zoom or Houseparty chat and we will get my MiL onto that with him - she'll be amazed...as she's never been on anything like that before. BiL can then do on-line home delivery shops for them. Just little nudges to help her accepting the part that the internet can play in her life.

And maybe a few weeks after initial exposure we can think about setting up on-line banking for her.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
In the first instance internet access is primarily for my BiL who is back home. We'll send him an invite for a Zoom or Houseparty chat and we will get my MiL onto that with him - she'll be amazed...as she's never been on anything like that before. BiL can then do on-line home delivery shops for them. Just little nudges to help her accepting the part that the internet can play in her life.

And maybe a few weeks after initial exposure we can think about setting up on-line banking for her.
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I'd really think hard about that. You won't be there when those scam phone calls start. Is it really necessary that she is online for banking?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
We will try and 'sell' her Houseparty or Zoom...for keeping in touch...

We managed to get my mum using a laptop and on-line when she was about 70. Unfortunately she didn't get much further using the laptop than looking at a folder of family photo I put on the desktop - and playing solitaire...she kind of knew a bit about Email but didn't use it - didn't really understand it. Besides - she'd say - I like going to the post office to post stuff as I can have a chat, and I like getting my mail delivered as I can have a chat with my postie. No argument there.

We may try and sort out on-line banking for her and get her onto Facebook so she can see what all her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and grand nieces, nephews etc are doing. One of my aunts at near 90 herself is a keen user of Facebook for that.
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Call her on WhatsApp? It's video call is ok

I think the best is Google duo personally
 
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