Covid Scare

[Moreetta]

I have been experiencing depression lately because of covid scare. And it developed elation of my blood pressure, what do you think is the extend of mortality if you get covid? Any advise would help how can I alleviate my anxiety?

[danotaylor]

Moreeta I am sorry you're struggling with anxiety over the current pandemic situation. I work in an ICU in Cincinnati, OH, as an RN. Mortality risk for individuals really depends on their current health status and comorbidities. The overall statistics for mortality are actually very low, but for the elderly, people with preexisting conditions etc, the mortality risk rises significantly.
My advice is to maintain social distancing recommendations, to wear a mask when in contact with other people, avoid large gatherings, use hand sanitizer regularly, and avoid shaking hands, high fives, and the like.
Isolation can also play into feelings of depression and anxiety so make regular phone contact with people you know and trust, and share how you are feeling.
I hope all this passes in the not too distant future, but at the moment we all have to dig in, be wise, and work together (separately, lol) to see the curve collapse!
Blessings sir!
Danny

[captainandy]

Anxiety and depression has run rampant with the pandemic so join the club. You will reduce your risk if you pay attention to Fauci and the other scientists. Hopefully the vaccine will eventually put a halt to this insane reality.

Most importantly, your feelings are not just "normal" but spot on

[Shan_Evolved]

If it means anything, I've had it. It sucked but only gave me a sore throat and some flu symptoms. I stayed in my room and healed slowly. My wife who lives with me didn't even catch it and tested negative three times because we social distanced.

[LizStreithorst]

You and your wife were lucky. I'm glad that you didn't end up dead. This weird virus affects different people in different ways. My friend Twee who owns the LPS with her husband had it. She tested negative twice but still had to go to the hospital and was put on O2 but didn't need to be intubated, thank God. It set her back for a long while but she seems fine now. Her kids got it. The one with asthma had a hared time. Her husband never had a symptom. I think that he was the asymptomatic carrier. Later, after Twee was better she took the antibody test and she had antibodies to it, so there was no doubt that it was Covid.

I'm lucky. I'm a loner by nature. I don't have the same emotional problems as the extraverts. Sometimes I still get kind of antsy. I go for a nice long drive in the country and look at the sights like an old time Sunday driver. It helps alot.

[dprais1]

I am also a nurse and I work on a covid unit. I have cared for patients that have tested positive since it all started every time I work. I agree 100% with danotaylor.
I would add that getting 30-60minutes of exercise daily will really help your immune system, general health and your anxiety. You dont need to do crossfit or try to run a 5K, a brisk walk, especially outdoors, is a fantastic option.

[LizStreithorst]

Dan, you are one of the superhero's. I'm pretty tough. I understand that there is a time to live and a time to die. Everything living must die. It's a natural cycle. I don't think I could handle your job. If I were to have to care for people who could talk to me one day, then take a sudden nose dive and die the next I would have to harden my heart. I don't know how you manage. Thank you.

[Michael A]

is it a good idea to exercise once you tested positive? my relative told me not to exercise as the virus could affect the lungs and started to become lethal

[dspeers]

If you are having any symptoms, avoid strenuous exercise, but if completely asymptomatic with a positive test then exercise is very very low risk. If you notice during exercise that your endurance is lowered or you are more short of breath or you feel your heart racing, those are symptoms and you should terminate strenuous activities for a couple of weeks. This virus like several others including even the common cold can on occasion cause an inflammation of the heart (myocarditis) that can do permanent damage but only very very rarely is lethal. Unfortunately this condition does frequently cause permanent harm with weakening of the heart muscle. That is why you may have heard that exercise should be avoided even with a cold or the flu whenever you have a fever or if you notice much lower endurance. The virus can similarly do damage to the lungs so again, less endurance as in shortness of breath, stop exercising till your breathing is normal. My understanding is that the pulmonary damage is reversible.

Without knowing your specific circumstances hard to say what your risk is but it is worth noting that for many age groups this infection is no more risky than the flu. As an aside, have you gotten your flu shot? This article may help https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/89750

[captainandy]

Dan, you are one of the superhero's. I'm pretty tough. I understand that there is a time to live and a time to die. Everything living must die. It's a natural cycle. I don't think I could handle your job. If I were to have to care for people who could talk to me one day, then take a sudden nose dive and die the next I would have to harden my heart. I don't know how you manage. Thank you.

We do it because imagine what it would be like if we didn't. And it is an honor

[LizStreithorst]

That's exactly you are a superhero. I bow to all of you who take on this terribly hard job.

[Shan_Evolved]

That's exactly you are a superhero. I bow to all of you who take on this terribly hard job.

Seconded :angel:

[brewmaster15]

Agree 100% .. Front line workers and especially medical workers are the light in a dark world right now. They have my gratitude and respect 100%.

al

[captainandy]

I volunteer in Noston twice a week. I’m no superhero by any stretch of the Imagination. I know I’m helping people but I do it for very selfish reasons. Cause it makes me feel good about myself.
It’s interesting that our world has come to the point where you can be a superhero for just doing the right thing.
A simple thanks used to be enough compensation

[Michael A]

thanks for taking the time explaining to me when I can start to exercise again. Its more than a month since I tested positive. However, I didn't show any symptoms in particular. Already self isolate for more than a month now. I did the second test two weeks ago and my cut-off points is 38/42 (42 being fully recovered from the virus). I should be able to exercise soon enough so that I can get back in shape. Not exercising for a long time has make me to look more like my discus :p

[danotaylor]

At work tonight doing what I love to do...caring for sick people rain, hail or shine...
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[Second Hand Pat]

My deepest thanks and gratitude to you Danny and all the Drs. and Nurses who are on the front-line during this pandemic. I do not "get" why people think this virus is a hoax or/and why people refuse to wear masks and following the guidelines. It is such a simple thing.
Pat

[captainandy]

One thing that might be a way to help in the coming months When the vaccine roll out starts it is going to be a massive undertaking - beyond your imagination.
Ask your local pharmacist if there is any way you can volunteer to help vaccinate people. There will be many opportunities - signing people in, directing traffic, etc. The pharmacists nand the doctors office simply will not have the personnel. My wife and I have already volunteered at the local CVS. I guarantee that it will warm your heart.

[dornblaser]

In February I was really sick with Influenza A, Acute Bronchitis, and Asthma. It took me two months to fully recover from the Bronchitis. In May I started to get really sick and my immunologist told me to get tested and the nurse who did the test told me to go straight to the ER. The test came back negative. For the next 10 days my wife and separated by floors, and I was sick as a dog with all of the symptoms. Finally, I went to the ER where I tested negative again but was sent to the COVID ICU isolation floor where the hospital's infectious disease doctor said that I was classic COVID and he wanted me on an experimental drug but he couldn't give it to me because I tested negative again. I was so sick, neither my wife nor I thought that I would leave the hospital alive. When the COVID symptoms went away I still had second pneumonia in my right lung and my middle lobe was blocked by a broncholith. I had a bronchoscope and they removed the broncholith and cleaned out the right lung with water, Google it. That was in May, I returned home in mid-June. I still have post-COVID symptoms. I was so very, very careful.

Unrelated, my sister in Florida, I am in the Chicago-area, prior to my getting sick had a neighbor find her unresponsive in her townhouse. She was ventilated in her COVID ICU for a long time, when she came off of her ventilator and was transferred out of the COVID ICU her kidneys failed and she had sepsis, COVID related, and was back in an ICU. She, like me, had multiple negative tests.

Most of the people that I know who have COVID have had mild symptoms. I don't think that the OP needs to panic but this is real and you need to follow your doctor's advice.

I have 6 fish tanks at the office and we didn't lose a single fish, well not a Discus, during that period. One of my employees did WCs, filter cleaning, etc. February through mid-June. He also accepted fish that I ordered, acclimated them, and not one was lost. It was a true pleasure when I finally went up to the tanks and the discus greeted me asking for treats.

Hunkering down with our discus is a wise and safe thing to do. Be Safe.

[dornblaser]

Post-Script: once I was out of the hospital and feeling better I did stop by the office once a week.

[peewee1]

In February I was really sick with Influenza A, Acute Bronchitis, and Asthma. It took me two months to fully recover from the Bronchitis. In May I started to get really sick and my immunologist told me to get tested and the nurse who did the test told me to go straight to the ER. The test came back negative. For the next 10 days my wife and separated by floors, and I was sick as a dog with all of the symptoms. Finally, I went to the ER where I tested negative again but was sent to the COVID ICU isolation floor where the hospital's infectious disease doctor said that I was classic COVID and he wanted me on an experimental drug but he couldn't give it to me because I tested negative again. I was so sick, neither my wife nor I thought that I would leave the hospital alive. When the COVID symptoms went away I still had second pneumonia in my right lung and my middle lobe was blocked by a broncholith. I had a bronchoscope and they removed the broncholith and cleaned out the right lung with water, Google it. That was in May, I returned home in mid-June. I still have post-COVID symptoms. I was so very, very careful.

Unrelated, my sister in Florida, I am in the Chicago-area, prior to my getting sick had a neighbor find her unresponsive in her townhouse. She was ventilated in her COVID ICU for a long time, when she came off of her ventilator and was transferred out of the COVID ICU her kidneys failed and she had sepsis, COVID related, and was back in an ICU. She, like me, had multiple negative tests.

Most of the people that I know who have COVID have had mild symptoms. I don't think that the OP needs to panic but this is real and you need to follow your doctor's advice.

I have 6 fish tanks at the office and we didn't lose a single fish, well not a Discus, during that period. One of my employees did WCs, filter cleaning, etc. February through mid-June. He also accepted fish that I ordered, acclimated them, and not one was lost. It was a true pleasure when I finally went up to the tanks and the discus greeted me asking for treats.

Hunkering down with our discus is a wise and safe thing to do. Be Safe.

Once the employee became a discus keeper expert did he get his own fish?

[dornblaser]

Once the employee became a discus keeper expert did he get his own fish?

He has one tank at home, they have a 2 month-year-old at home so he has his hands full for a while.

[danotaylor]

David I am happy to hear you're on the back side of you're serious health crisis. What a challenging and scary few months you have had, and your sister as well. Is she recovering/recovered? Thoughts and prayers with you both mate

[dornblaser]

David I am happy to hear you're on the back side of you're serious health crisis. What a challenging and scary few months you have had, and your sister as well. Is she recovering/recovered? Thoughts and prayers with you both mate

Thanks, my sister still is recovering, it will take her awhile.

[captainandy]

I am so glad you shared this story. Seems like this post covid syndrome (on 60 Minutes last night) is seriously effecting young, asymptomatic patients.
You're story made me feel even better about canceling our Thanksgiving and Christmas family gatherings.Thanks

[Moreetta]

Thanks for sharing, it is indeed scary but we need to cope and health each other so we can go through this easily! Thanks!

[Shan_Evolved]

At work tonight doing what I love to do...caring for sick people rain, hail or shine...
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Lookin good Danny boi

[captainandy]

marijuana is the best relief or cure for Covid anxiety and depression IMO