COVID-19 Coronavirus

furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Hopefully this will encourage him to take those walks! He may be able to reverse this. You sometimes can with type 2, but you can't with type 1. My fitness has definitely dropped since lockdown and when I got on the scales, yesterday, I've gained half a stone!
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That half a stone wasn't you syringe feeding a guinea pig at the same time was it? 💉😂
 
Sar said:
@SkyPipDotBernie thinking of you.
@BossHogg thank you for that chart. Not sure where I fall in it at the minute!

I have just turned my laptop on to find some pictures out. MSN news helpfully tells me "lock down may be lifted on Monday" so now I've turned my laptop off. I don't need this level of anxiety today!
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Anxiety and feeling uselessness is what I struggle with.
I’ve had anxiety since the beginning of the spread of COVID19 so for over two months.
Feeling of uselessness came about just this morning. I really need to get back to work because not working is making me feel pretty useless. It’s a sad feeling to have.
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Thanks 🙂👍
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Seven7 said:
Anxiety and feeling uselessness is what I struggle with.
I’ve had anxiety since the beginning of the spread of COVID19 so for over two months.
Feeling of uselessness came about just this morning. I really need to get back to work because not working is making me feel pretty useless. It’s a sad feeling to have.
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Is there anything you could do that perhaps you didn't have the chance to do before lockdown?

It's so important to try and stick to some sort of routine, I write a do list so I can see what I have done that day helps a little bit.
 
I think I am going to buy the headspace app later today. Mentally this lockdown is taking its toll on me now. I went to the post office to return an online order on Monday and realised it's the first time I have stepped foot in anywhere since 13th March. I'm struggling with a baby being grizzly and not having the opportunity to build the mum network you would get from going to groups and classes. I have found one class being done over Facebook live which I have joined and hoping to get on a mum and baby yoga one from next week. At the moment I try to get up and get showered/dressed for the day as soon as possible so it feels like a normal day and in the hope that it will motivate me
 
Seven7 said:
Anxiety and feeling uselessness is what I struggle with.
I’ve had anxiety since the beginning of the spread of COVID19 so for over two months.
Feeling of uselessness came about just this morning. I really need to get back to work because not working is making me feel pretty useless. It’s a sad feeling to have.
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I totally get that feeling but we are all being "useful" by staying home and stopping this virus in its tracks.I find this reframe handy when I'm feeling like this.Its very difficult though.I cant wait to get back to work
 
I seem to have the opposite problem to most. I've still been working throughout this only they furloughed the whole office except 3 of us. We supply electrical components for industrial panels which run anything from our water treaments works to all the new equipment in the nightingale hospitals and temporary mortuarys. We are really busy and after 6 weeks of long days with no lunchbreaks I'm really starting to feel frazled. Its hard trying to be admin, accounts, sales, purchasing, cleaner etc all at once. I will certainly be glad of this long weekend where I can just hide out at home.
 
I think it can help to find small things to do each day.
I keep my time on social media and news sites to a minimum.
Each day I choose one main goal.
At least once a week I try to do something for someone else (usually sewing - I am part of several charity groups, plus am now sewing masks for family and friends).
Once a week (at least) I look up a new recipe to try.
I have started growing a few bits and pieces from seeds.
I have written a couple of letters to elderly friends/relatives who usually only hear from me on birthdays and at Christmas.
I am trying to clean and reorganise small areas of our home (1 drawer at a time).
I go outside (even if only on the balcony in the rain) at least once a day for 5 minutes.

Hang in there everyone.
Our lock down ends on Monday and I am not sure how I feel about that, but I also know that just becasue it is officially ok to go out, doesn't mean I have to enter into situations that I feel are unsafe.
 
Ending lockdown I think is either going to go alright, or really bad imo. Put it this way, if we end up in another lockdown I doubt wwe will have any furlough pay, itl probably be mass redundancies. But what choice have we got, can't stay in until a vaccine comes. Best thing I can do now is put myself in an essential job and prey I don't catch the virus
 
I am not a fan of weight gain so I led an active lifestyle until this lockdown. After the lockdown, major activity for the day is eating delicious food while watching TV or reading. Clearly, too much good thing can be bad.

Also, I never thought I would miss work, but I miss my work. After nearly two months of not working, I actually want to work.
I enjoy traveling. Went to Europe a couple of years ago and had a blast. I also go to Florida every winter to enjoy the sun and during summer, I visit other states.

Truthfully, I find it difficult to lose weight.
 
I find its the speculating that is bugging me most, the media don't help at all with their headlines. I wish they would all keep quiet until something is announced.

I'm quite happy to be home & it is useful as I am doing my bit. I had a group video call with some friends at the weekend & it so perked me up. I could see them & it's been so long! We have so many plans to make when we can get out safely, its something to look forward to. Other than that, I am keeping busy & trying to tick something off my to do list everyday. I'm up to Aug 2017 in my scrapbook & have even lost a tiny bit of weight!
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Thanks 👍. Dreading the phone call tomorrow I know that much. 😕

It sounds like his body is shutting down and he is being kept going by doctors nurses and machinery. It isn't right, obv I want him to live, but if he does make it, what can you do with a failing heart, kidneys going bad, and probably brain damaged.
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He's picked back up again. That's all I know today, I'm amazed at the sheer fight in him. My mum got to speak to him today and it seems to be helping aswell. The mental part is half the battle. 👍
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
He's picked back up again. That's all I know today, I'm amazed at the sheer fight in him. My mum got to speak to him today and it seems to be helping aswell. The mental part is half the battle. 👍
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I must say this is good news and I am glad to hear some good news in the midst of all this craziness.
I hope he recovers fully.
 
We are opening up slowly as we are in stage 3, which means we have entered the flattening of the curve stage.
Next is stage 4 where there is a decline in the spread of the virus and most workers can go back to work.
Currently with stage 3, people who work outside or don’t have direct contact with other people can return to work.
 
Seven7 said:
We are opening up slowly as we are in stage 3, which means we have entered the flattening of the curve stage.
Next is stage 4 where there is a decline in the spread of the virus and most workers can go back to work.
Currently with stage 3, people who work outside or don’t have direct contact with other people can return to work.
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That just cannot work. Sorry you have trump in charge. Hope it does work but how i just can't get my head around it. Crazy
 
My grandad has lost the battle to corona virus, with underlying health issues. I don't know if it's corona virus that's got him or something else. But he's got hours to live. The nurses and docs have had to give in. Nothing was working.


Gutted, thanks for the support everybody
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
My grandad has lost the battle to corona virus, with underlying health issues. I don't know if it's corona virus that's got him or something else. But he's got hours to live. The nurses and docs have had to give in. Nothing was working.


Gutted, thanks for the support everybody
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I’m very sorry to hear this. All the best for you and your family. And I hope that his passing is peaceful. 💓
 
He's on morphine, so should be painless. My mum is in bits cause it's her dad and he's my last grandparent I had still. I got a keep myself busy now.
 
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