Fairygodmother
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I know it's meant to be better meeting outdoors, but if it were me then I'd really not take the risk.Hi everyone,
I’m asking for your thoughts.
I’ve been asked to a friend’s tomorrow. One of the people who’ll be there has caught Covid and their isolation will end tomorrow. As far as I know, a PCR is no longer provided to ensure that a person is negative at the end of the isolation period.
I’m Type 1, I’m 17 days away from being 72 years old and I’ve had T1 since I was 20.
I wonder if I’m being a wuss thinking that it might be foolhardy to feel apprehensive even though we’ll wrap up warm and stay outdoors except for any necessary trips to the indoor loo.
If you were in my feet, what would you do? (They’re not bad for 72 year old feet but they’ve seen better days.)
I have similar issue with an older client (plus co morbidities) who is anxious to come and train because he may come into contact with someone who has covid or people who aren't vaccinated. We ended up training in a spare squash court with doors open for ventilation and walking outside. He told me that he was glad he'd overcome his anxiety to come in.Hi everyone,
I’m asking for your thoughts.
I’ve been asked to a friend’s tomorrow. One of the people who’ll be there has caught Covid and their isolation will end tomorrow. As far as I know, a PCR is no longer provided to ensure that a person is negative at the end of the isolation period.
I’m Type 1, I’m 17 days away from being 72 years old and I’ve had T1 since I was 20.
I wonder if I’m being a wuss thinking that it might be foolhardy to feel apprehensive even though we’ll wrap up warm and stay outdoors except for any necessary trips to the indoor loo.
If you were in my feet, what would you do? (They’re not bad for 72 year old feet but they’ve seen better days.)
You make some excellent points here Nicole, but we are still seeing well over 30,000 new cases every day and one in seventy of us have it right now. I think if you are a really healthy non-diabetic person, and of course that includes all other debilitating illnesses, and are double jabbed, then you can fight off the virus, but is it worth taking risks while figures are high and hospital admittances are too high still (at least for my own liking). I suppose we all have to weigh up every meeting these days.I have similar issue with an older client (plus co morbidities) who is anxious to come and train because he may come into contact with someone who has covid or people who aren't vaccinated. We ended up training in a spare squash court with doors open for ventilation and walking outside. He told me that he was glad he'd overcome his anxiety to come in.
Unless someone has done a test before entry to the house how would you know that they are not pre symptomatic covid sufferers. The same applies to going into a cafe or anywhere indoors. The difference is that you happen to know this medical fact about someone but don't about all the other people plus their viromes that you inadvertently spend time with.
The reason the isolation period is so long is that it gives plenty of padding around the highly infectious days just before and during the disease.
Assuming you are vaccinated then statistically speaking you should be protected from serious illness.
Now that this is endemic I suppose you should think about how you want to live through this next Winter and beyond ? As the implications of not going on this occasion are that you will never go to the cinema, a cafe, pub or restaurant or concert again. This might be a bubble that you are happy to be in for now but surely there are some longer term implications for your health, including mental health, to cutting off lots of social contact.
Cases also reflect the fact that we are testing a lot of people e.g. all secondary school kids at a huge cost. What proportion of these are positive is more relevant e.g. 4% versus 7% in Germany where they are less case obsessed.You make some excellent points here Nicole, but we are still seeing well over 30,000 new cases every day and one in seventy of us have it right now. I think if you are a really healthy non-diabetic person, and of course that includes all other debilitating illnesses, and are double jabbed, then you can fight off the virus, but is it worth taking risks while figures are high and hospital admittances are too high still (at least for my own liking). I suppose we all have to weigh up every meeting these days.
Hi A tricky decision but the fact that you have posted probably means you are uncomfortable about going. What happens when you are ill? Do you have high BG and ketones and struggle to keep these under control? I have discussed this with my nurse she says Corona virus raises your BG and if hospitalised the treatment raises it even more. I am more worried about DKA if I get Covid. A personal decision though.Hi everyone,
I’m asking for your thoughts.
I’ve been asked to a friend’s tomorrow. One of the people who’ll be there has caught Covid and their isolation will end tomorrow. As far as I know, a PCR is no longer provided to ensure that a person is negative at the end of the isolation period.
I’m Type 1, I’m 17 days away from being 72 years old and I’ve had T1 since I was 20.
I wonder if I’m being a wuss thinking that it might be foolhardy to feel apprehensive even though we’ll wrap up warm and stay outdoors except for any necessary trips to the indoor loo.
If you were in my feet, what would you do? (They’re not bad for 72 year old feet but they’ve seen better days.)
You're certainly not being a wuss, just showing innate common sense. Many pertinent thoughts so far - presumably the person is a true friend and would honour whatever decision you take? My wife's 21 year-old niece caught covid, after her 1st jab, 2 weeks ago... But I can't advise. My aunt (1907-1992) never drove, got in a plane etc because her street was bombed in WW1. I often wonder whether this "insurance" is worth it? In your shoes I can fully understand this is no light decision. Long may you reign!Hi everyone,
I’m asking for your thoughts.
I’ve been asked to a friend’s tomorrow. One of the people who’ll be there has caught Covid and their isolation will end tomorrow. As far as I know, a PCR is no longer provided to ensure that a person is negative at the end of the isolation period.
I’m Type 1, I’m 17 days away from being 72 years old and I’ve had T1 since I was 20.
I wonder if I’m being a wuss thinking that it might be foolhardy to feel apprehensive even though we’ll wrap up warm and stay outdoors except for any necessary trips to the indoor loo.
If you were in my feet, what would you do? (They’re not bad for 72 year old feet but they’ve seen better days.)
Hi if I were 72 I wouldn’t go irrespective of whether I were diabetic or not. I’m 53; my bro in his 70’s and he is still very careful (he is T2). Stay safe and say no thanks. XHi everyone,
I’m asking for your thoughts.
I’ve been asked to a friend’s tomorrow. One of the people who’ll be there has caught Covid and their isolation will end tomorrow. As far as I know, a PCR is no longer provided to ensure that a person is negative at the end of the isolation period.
I’m Type 1, I’m 17 days away from being 72 years old and I’ve had T1 since I was 20.
I wonder if I’m being a wuss thinking that it might be foolhardy to feel apprehensive even though we’ll wrap up warm and stay outdoors except for any necessary trips to the indoor loo.
If you were in my feet, what would you do? (They’re not bad for 72 year old feet but they’ve seen better days.)
Yes, you’re right, I do feel uncomfortable. I went to a very small birthday meeting, just 3 of us to celebrate a friend’s longevity, yesterday. It was at a cafe and I was assured it would be outdoors, but it was on a pavement by a busy pedestrian area. Not nice for me.Hi A tricky decision but the fact that you have posted probably means you are uncomfortable about going. What happens when you are ill? Do you have high BG and ketones and struggle to keep these under control? I have discussed this with my nurse she says Corona virus raises your BG and if hospitalised the treatment raises it even more. I am more worried about DKA if I get Covid. A personal decision though.
The isolation period is 10 days after the symptoms appear. The person who had Covid says they now feel fine, but I know too little about the length of time that someone remains infective apart from the ‘most infective for the first five asymptomatic days’. I also deduce that an individual’s immune system will be the reason why people have such varied experiences of Covid, from not seeming to get it al all to being very ill with it, even if double vaxxed.it would depend on the isolation period. Longer than 21 days is probably safe. I’d ask for a rain check if anything less
It’s all about watching the way the virus is behaving locally Nicole. I’ve not been confined by fear. I’ve been to stay with daughter and family in the Midlands, I’ve been on holiday here in the U.K., I’ve frequently visited daughter and friends closer to home, all while keeping an eye on the way the virus behaves. Because of their jobs, both daughters, and son-in-law, amd friends we’ve been visited by, do regular tests too. I admit I won’t go to the cinema yet, and I miss it, but I did get to the Van Gogh exhibition, and as a result I’m now saving up for a virtual reality headset.I have similar issue with an older client (plus co morbidities) who is anxious to come and train because he may come into contact with someone who has covid or people who aren't vaccinated. We ended up training in a spare squash court with doors open for ventilation and walking outside. He told me that he was glad he'd overcome his anxiety to come in.
Unless someone has done a test before entry to the house how would you know that they are not pre symptomatic covid sufferers. The same applies to going into a cafe or anywhere indoors. The difference is that you happen to know this medical fact about someone but don't about all the other people plus their viromes that you inadvertently spend time with.
The reason the isolation period is so long is that it gives plenty of padding around the highly infectious days just before and during the disease.
Assuming you are vaccinated then statistically speaking you should be protected from serious illness.
Now that this is endemic I suppose you should think about how you want to live through this next Winter and beyond ? As the implications of not going on this occasion are that you will never go to the cinema, a cafe, pub or restaurant or concert again. This might be a bubble that you are happy to be in for now but surely there are some longer term implications for your health, including mental health, to cutting off lots of social contact.
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