Health, Hygiene and Safety Tips for living under Coronavirus quarantine

[MimosaMornings]

A+ here.

 

[roche.analisa]

A+ here.

Same, as well as my high-risk daughter. :/

 

[PayrollNerd]

What's your blood type? It may affect your risk for Covid-19

New research suggests a link between blood type and infection risk — but that won't change how doctors treat patients.

A growing body of evidence suggests that blood type may play a role in the risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus or developing life-threatening complications from the illness.

But it does not mean that any single blood type is more protective or more dangerous regarding Covid-19, and the evidence may indeed raise more questions than answers...

My blood type (B+) is less of a worry for me than my cancer and resulting compromised immune system. In my multiple myeloma support group, we've discussed with the nurse who leads it, the different factors that can contribute to reactions to most stuff like the flu, shingles, etc.

One thing the nurse mentioned is ethic origin, and this came up because I had asked a question after I did my DNA with Medical on 23andMe. I am 40% Czech, 30% German and 30% English/Scottish. The Eastern European in me actually means I'm more susceptible than others for different health conditions. MM can also show up more frequently in African American males. It was an interesting and informative conversation.

We would all benefit more from these types of studies if they included ethnic origin, as in where your people truly descended from via your DNA. So many don't realize that what they've been told their entire life is not true.

My Mom never told me who my Dad was and spun this story of how I was English blue blood nonsense. Well out of 7 kids, I stuck out as so very different. All the other fathers of the remaining 6 kids were English. So both parents were English for 6 of her kids. I was the odd one out, and was and am, still treated as such. How different my medical care could, and should, have been over the years had I known the medical indications of my ethnic origin.

And yes, I figured out who my father was, he is deceased but I have met his brother, sister and her family. Lots of cousins too. My goodness are they my people. I look and act just like them. I've never, ever in my life felt so welcome in a family.

 

[Jewels53]

I am O+

My primary Dr told me I could still get Covid. If I get it I may not get as bad of a case.

 

[mickey2942]

I am O+

My primary Dr told me I could still get Covid. If I get it I may not get as bad of a case.

Yeah. It is so nice to be "A-" and read that blood type is a death sentence for Covid.

 

[Jewels53]

Yeah. It is so nice to be "A-" and read that blood type is a death sentence for Covid.

I think a lot of other things play into it more than blood type. I am actually considered high risk so the Dr could be wrong. I don't go out and test the waters so to speak. I am still very careful.

 

[mickey2942]

I think a lot of other things play into it more than blood type. I am actually considered high risk so the Dr could be wrong. I don't go out and test the waters so to speak. I am still very careful.

Yeah. It makes it even more depressing for my spouse who meets every single risk factor. The real problem is that we don't see a lot of "I got Covid" and was perfectly fine stories. I know that they exist.

Mainly the news stories are extreme gloom and doom. So, I watch "Too Cute".

 

[CSIDreamer]

Yeah. It is so nice to be "A-" and read that blood type is a death sentence for Covid.

Let's just forget we're A negs and pretend we didn't hear about this. All we can do is all we can do. Jmo

 

[mickey2942]

Let's just forget we're A negs and pretend we didn't hear about this. All we can do is all we can do. Jmo

Carry on. That is pretty much all we can do.

 

[JDG]

Keep calm and carry on.

Credo of the year.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Keep calm and carry on.

Credo of the year.

Calm went out the window months ago.
I’m aiming for sanity and wine delivery.

 

[PayrollNerd]

My uncle is a retired Catholic priest. He posted this article on FB today and I found it very interesting. It seems to explain how we feel these days.

Acedia: the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now

What is this feeling?

John Cassian, a monk and theologian wrote in the early 5th century about an ancient Greek emotion called acedia. A mind “seized” by this emotion is “horrified at where he is, disgusted with his room … It does not allow him to stay still in his cell or to devote any effort to reading”. He feels:

such bodily listlessness and yawning hunger as though he were worn by a long journey or a prolonged fast … Next he glances about and sighs that no one is coming to see him. Constantly in and out of his cell, he looks at the sun as if it were too slow in setting.

This sounds eerily familiar. Yet, the name that so aptly describes our current state was lost to time and translation.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Opinion | Aging in place: How the coronavirus made us feel old overnight

Just a few months ago, we were only as old as we felt; now we’re just old.

On March 15, when we began to shelter in place, I was 72 years old and my husband was 77 — not young or middle-aged for sure, but we didn’t consider ourselves old, not really, nor did most of our friends. "Old" was people who couldn’t walk or ride bikes; old was people who were unable to travel; old was people who needed home health aides; old was people in nursing homes.

In a youth-oriented society like ours, we had shied away from becoming seniors, rejecting that view of ourselves as lesser: less active, less capable, less technologically savvy, less attractive. We had no intention of living out the stereotype of old people as bad drivers with faulty memories. We exercised, took care of our bodies, paid attention to how we looked, stayed well-informed and engaged in current events and our families. We worked or volunteered and took pride in sharing our wisdom and continuing to help improve the world and our communities...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Calm went out the window months ago.
I’m aiming for sanity and wine delivery.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

DH just left for his Sunday swim. When he was there on Friday, there were only three people in the aquatic center. He went up to the gym floor and saw only two people. There was a class outdoors in one of the parking lots with 10 or 12 people. Temps reached upper 70s on Friday, but it will be quite cold for the foreseeable future, so outdoor classes will no longer be practical. DH wonders how the health club will survive with such limited participation.

 

[kkdj]

A- here.

I read but don't comment often. This idea of blood type maybe being something is interesting.
I'm O-Negative. Hubby is AB. I'm more careful than he is due to work situations but it sounds like he needs to step it up because of his blood type.

 

[acutename]

OMG.

And my cap on my tooth came off again.... and I must have swallowed it.... FML

I was eating eggs and a hash brown. Nothing hard. No problems brushing my teeth or flossing last night. I just want to scream.

misery loves company.....during COVID shut down, I lost two fillings and needed two crowns.... was having trouble eating anything. Fillings finally replaced in July. One crown molded and sent out... did not come back for months.... temporary crown fell off and broke...it was on too long. when the crown came back from the lab, it was not molded correctly; did not fit. Another 2-3 weeks.... crown came back and fit but then it fell off and chipped! It is installed now but not perfect.....really need a second crown but am just living with a chipped molar. : (

 

[Laughing]

@PayrollNerd , so glad you found your tribe!!!

(Beyond us here in CyberSpace, of course.)

Just sitting here, awaiting my test results with my A+ blood type & my COPD diagnosis....

Very fortunate to have the bosses & job that I do!

 

[acutename]

Opinion | Aging in place: How the coronavirus made us feel old overnight

Just a few months ago, we were only as old as we felt; now we’re just old.

On March 15, when we began to shelter in place, I was 72 years old and my husband was 77 — not young or middle-aged for sure, but we didn’t consider ourselves old, not really, nor did most of our friends. "Old" was people who couldn’t walk or ride bikes; old was people who were unable to travel; old was people who needed home health aides; old was people in nursing homes.

In a youth-oriented society like ours, we had shied away from becoming seniors, rejecting that view of ourselves as lesser: less active, less capable, less technologically savvy, less attractive. We had no intention of living out the stereotype of old people as bad drivers with faulty memories. We exercised, took care of our bodies, paid attention to how we looked, stayed well-informed and engaged in current events and our families. We worked or volunteered and took pride in sharing our wisdom and continuing to help improve the world and our communities...

yes.... I am not over 65, so supposedly "young" for this virus but have struggled with the "65" hard cut off. So at 64 yrs, 9 mos, you are "young" and at 65 plus 1 day you are "old?" If you look at the proposed vaccination schedules, for when there is a vaccine, the answer is "yes." And then despite the fairly good stats for younger people, there are always exceptions with healthy young people getting seriously ill or dying. Supposedly, in our state, the newest outbreaks are among the 20 and 30 yr olds- most likely to be working or going out- socially, or for others to do errands, so likely more exposed.

 

[CSIDreamer]

@PayrollNerd , so glad you found your tribe!!!

(Beyond us here in CyberSpace, of course.)

Just sitting here, awaiting my test results with my A+ blood type & my COPD diagnosis....

Very fortune to have the bosses & job that I do!

Are you feeling ill? I hope it's a negative result.