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<blockquote data-quote="Indy51" data-source="post: 2229965" data-attributes="member: 48386"><p>I'm currently vascillating between panic and fatalism. Reading the Italian stuff has really put the wind up me because my lung condition makes me one of the most vulnerable. I also have an advanced health directive in place that specifically includes DNR and DNI. I'm not second guessing that decision, but it's making it a lot more real than it has been up till now.</p><p></p><p>One of the Italian doctors referred to CT results on affected patients as uniformly “bilateral interstitial pneumonia”, a term that has very strong and frightening associations for those of us with IPF/UIP (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis). The other worrying aspect mentioned by one of the docs is that since we don't know about long term effects, even if one manages to survive the medical treatment (which can be ventilation/heart-lung bypass) for the virus, there is possibility of long term further lung damage as can occur with SARS and other respiratory viruses.</p><p></p><p>My current plan is keeping myself as isolated as possible for as long as possible. Online grocery shopping sounds safer than going out to shop. I’m even wondering about my weekly pulmonary rehab as the sessions take place in a community health centre where a number of people of all ages congregate and present for appointments for all sorts of medical conditions. I’m beginning to think the risks probably outweigh the benefits for the foreseeable future.</p><p></p><p>These front line stories have been a massive reality check for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Indy51, post: 2229965, member: 48386"] I'm currently vascillating between panic and fatalism. Reading the Italian stuff has really put the wind up me because my lung condition makes me one of the most vulnerable. I also have an advanced health directive in place that specifically includes DNR and DNI. I'm not second guessing that decision, but it's making it a lot more real than it has been up till now. One of the Italian doctors referred to CT results on affected patients as uniformly “bilateral interstitial pneumonia”, a term that has very strong and frightening associations for those of us with IPF/UIP (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis). The other worrying aspect mentioned by one of the docs is that since we don't know about long term effects, even if one manages to survive the medical treatment (which can be ventilation/heart-lung bypass) for the virus, there is possibility of long term further lung damage as can occur with SARS and other respiratory viruses. My current plan is keeping myself as isolated as possible for as long as possible. Online grocery shopping sounds safer than going out to shop. I’m even wondering about my weekly pulmonary rehab as the sessions take place in a community health centre where a number of people of all ages congregate and present for appointments for all sorts of medical conditions. I’m beginning to think the risks probably outweigh the benefits for the foreseeable future. These front line stories have been a massive reality check for me. [/QUOTE]
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