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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Tashyboy said:
Thats the ones I did.it sends a code. Tells you where the nearest place is and when you get there, they have none.?
Joking aside we have been to the local chemist 3 times and they have never let us down. It was the local chemist that sent us to the stags. ?
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You don't need a code if you get them delivered! That is an option which is why I posted the link.
 
Damn stupid arse about face system! It owes me 5+ minutes of wasted life filling out 'forms'!
Filled out half a dozen screens, last being address, only for screen saying 'We don't have any for your area' or similar to pop up!
 
drdel said:
Well I know the the word "Happy" is entirely subject bit I'd wager that based on today's posts tomorrow will be a "HAPPY NEW YEAR "

Please, good health to everyone!!
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Looks someones either seriously into Hogmaney style activity!
But I certainly agree with the cement :rolleyes:.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I didn’t know that…will check that he’s aware. He’s going to try for a PCR test tomorrow.
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I didn't either until I caught it in November. Fortunately for me it didn't affect my booster date as the 4 weeks finished the day before my 6 months was up. They changed the rules for being able to receive a booster after three months instead of six, but that was after I'd already got it.

This is from the British Heart Foundation (I haven't been able to find a link with .gov.uk).......

"Can I have a booster if I have Covid symptoms?
If you are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms, you should not attend your booster appointment. You should take a test and self-isolate until you get your results.

If you test positive, you need to wait four weeks (28 days) from the day of your positive test to have a booster.

If you receive a negative test, and are feeling well enough, you may attend your appointment.

If you still feel unwell and your symptoms are contagious, for example if you have a cough or cold, it might be considerate to postpone your appointment to avoid passing it on to other people."

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informations...navirus-and-your-health/covid-booster-vaccine
 
Find myself wondering how many folks out there are like my BiL, hiding their fears of significant illness behind a telephone diagnosis of suspected long covid, and with that not being open with their GP about all their symptoms - because Long Covid seems preferable to what else it might be ?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Find myself wondering how many folks out there are like my BiL, hiding their fears of significant illness behind a telephone diagnosis of suspected long covid, and with that not being open with their GP about all their symptoms - because Long Covid seems preferable to what else it might be ?
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I feel your pain, if it is “something else“. the chances are that one day he won’t have an option but to deal with it, and by then it may be to late.

On another note it seems this second or third bout of COVID Missis T has had, has started to restore her sense of smell. Not always a pleasant smell either ?.
 
I didn't want to read this yesterday, as I was miserable and it would have made things worse. I didn't realise i'd cause such a commotion. I don't need to explain myself on here at all.

I will be actually having an attempt a a decent year, I haven't travelled, gone to gigs or football. As long as i'm able, I will be. If being triple jabbed with a recent infection isn't enough, well tough. I won't be in a physically better state.

As for "no actual lockdown" Can someone explain why I spent over 4 months completely alone, apart from getting food? Which resulted in me selfishly using NHS resources after stupidly failing an attempt at my taking my life. Why my beautiful ex girlfriend who would have been there to stop it, left to go back to Italy to look after her mother who was alone. Was Italy's lockdown a proper one? As people may know, I work in credit. The amount of emails we have received from people going through the worst of times because of this is incredible. We obviously grant payment holidays for a long as needed, without proof.
 
DanFST said:
I didn't want to read this yesterday, as I was miserable and it would have made things worse. I didn't realise i'd cause such a commotion. I don't need to explain myself on here at all.

I will be actually having an attempt a a decent year, I haven't travelled, gone to gigs or football. As long as i'm able, I will be. If being triple jabbed with a recent infection isn't enough, well tough. I won't be in a physically better state.

As for "no actual lockdown" Can someone explain why I spent over 4 months completely alone, apart from getting food? Which resulted in me selfishly using NHS resources after stupidly failing an attempt at my taking my life. Why my beautiful ex girlfriend who would have been there to stop it, left to go back to Italy to look after her mother who was alone. Was Italy's lockdown a proper one? As people may know, I work in credit. The amount of emails we have received from people going through the worst of times because of this is incredible. We obviously grant payment holidays for a long as needed, without proof.
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As long as it's legal and safe, do what works for you brother. The background noise is mostly just empty vessels clanging around.
Stay healthy - mind and body - both equally important.
 
Tashyboy said:
I feel your pain, if it is “something else“. the chances are that one day he won’t have an option but to deal with it, and by then it may be to late.

On another note it seems this second or third bout of COVID Missis T has had, has started to restore her sense of smell. Not always a pleasant smell either ?.
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Unfortunately he‘s now been diagnosed with a serious cancer. As the symptoms of long covid matched most of what he was experiencing, he settled with that - whilst choosing to blank out the couple of symptoms that couldn’t be explained by LC. And these other symptoms were key to the diagnosis when he eventually opened up fully to his GP.

I fear that he will not be alone in clutching at Long Covid as an answer to their symptoms when there could be something (much) more serious going on. And of course the well-publicised pressure on GPs and difficulty getting f2f appointment is just the sort of ‘excuse’ many (men especially) will use for not going to see their GP.
 
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