Community Chat

[agb80]

@SaggingGalmy husband made an error in judgement too and this happened before we had received our vaccination.  I too was angry and told him to quarantine himself from me for 2 weeks which did not make him very happy.  He apologized and said how stupid he felt.  In about 2-1/2 days I forgave him and everything is fine, he did not get sick and we both had our first shot recently.  It wasn't easy but I'm over it now and we're both healthy.  Good luck to you. 

[agb80]

Here's something to cheer you up a bit.

Indonesia Airlines painting face masks on their air buses.

[skatting44]

 The stress  of  worry , anger and fear  , which can  increase blood pressure, increase heart rate  and  increase serum cortisol levels .  No I would not  stress myself to the point of having a MI .  You did indicate you handed your husband a mask  pretty quickly.

  We are all only human and humans are naturally social beings . You will likely need to communicate to your friends  how you feel more comfortable  with continued social distance.

[Kalli]

@SaggingGal , I’ve been pretty strict in following Covid precautions during the last year but husband has made a few mistakes along the way. It’s been frustrating for me but each time I worried, lost sleep and was miffed at him and we were ok.

For you right now, what’s done is done. You can’t change it, you can only go forward. Try to push your worrying to the back of your mind. When you feel better, try to keep yourself busy physically and mentally so the waiting period goes faster. That’s what worked for me.

I do believe you can take some solace knowing that you have some defenses to Covid already since you have had both shots. You’re more protected now than you’ve ever been so hold on to that thought!  The time will go by and the waiting period will be over soon. And then at some point you’ll even start to feel safe enough to relax more. As of yesterday, Dh and I are 2 weeks past our second shots. We feel like a great weight has been lifted off us. We are still wearing our masks and distancing. But we just feel lighter.

Hang in there! 

[walkingal]

@SaggingGal  I'm sorry to hear that even after you both decided to receive the vaccine, you're still worried.  I have heard and read from medical professionals it's most important to keep your hands away from your face (eyes, nose, mouth) and continue washing your hands.  That's the area the virus enters your body.      

[rms1954]

How very sad.

[Bibione]

Don't worry too much about covid. I am also very careful. Lately I have been using a surgical plus  the copper mask on top.

In Italy they are having a huge spike with the English variance. They are closing everything down again in most regions.

Both my husband and I work in very public places. We have been lucky sofar. We just got the vaccine.

Your husband did the best thing keeping the couple entertained outside the house.

[DiAnne]

I am scheduled in 2 weeks for my second Pfizer shot.  With all the variants around I plan to continue grocery delivery, masking and social distancing.  I keep some disposable masks by my front door for guests even though we will be outside.  Haven't had to use them yet because everyone around here maskis up.  

[haddon9]

I am sorry that you are so afraid.  The chances of your husband contacting Covid from these people are very slim since they were all outdoors and it's much more difficult to transmit under those circumstances. 

You haven't mentioned if you have optimized your vitamin D levels as well as take zinc, Vitamin C & quercetin.  Those supplements will help to make your immune system strong for fighting any viruses.  Make sure to eat good whole organic foods and stay away from processed junk foods too....doing these things can only help in your virus fighting arsenal.

[just bee]

I'm a psychiatric nurse and, frankly, I'm more concerned about what this is doing to our minds rather than the actual virus itself.