Lockdown/Covid Check In
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Really tough day yesterday.
Found out an old mate is on a ventilator. 53, asthmatic. He was 20% chance but now they feel heβs through the worst. So fingers crossed, but shit gets real when you know people doing it tough.
We had a call with all my original HK mates - all over the globe now. Great to speak but one guy opened up about his issues with depression. Iβll not elaborate but heβs now getting the help he needs as is seriously struggling with lockdown.
Scary uptick for the Rage fam. Keep safe all, keep your distance.
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@Chris-B yeah, away from home. Mum is in the North Island and we are in QT. Wife's fam is Sydney. And our belongings are split between storage in Sydney, QT, and the villa in Bali that we have prepaid rent on until end-June π€¦π½ββοΈ
Your kids go to school in Bali?
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@Chris-B yeah, away from home. Mum is in the North Island and we are in QT. Wife's fam is Sydney. And our belongings are split between storage in Sydney, QT, and the villa in Bali that we have prepaid rent on until end-June π€¦π½ββοΈ
That sort of "fragmentation" is very tough - only good thing is that living the ex-pat life sort of prepares you for it.
Hope we see a few days of single digit cases soon - even some zeroes - so that we can escape sooner rather than later.
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@MajorRage said in Lockdown Check In:
@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@Chris-B yeah, away from home. Mum is in the North Island and we are in QT. Wife's fam is Sydney. And our belongings are split between storage in Sydney, QT, and the villa in Bali that we have prepaid rent on until end-June π€¦π½ββοΈ
Your kids go to school in Bali?
They did, the Green School - all remote learning now, it's shut til at least late-July
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Has anyone on here actually had THE DISEASE* yet?
I've got a sore throat, tonsilly feeling though, very achey, all very much tonsillitis symptoms I think ππ»
Must admit, a bit worried.*don't use its name, take away it's power π
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@R-L Who knows - though WHO says the most common symptoms are a dry cough, fever and tiredness - so don't panic yet.
My neighbour's sister had it and she described it as, "like having two chicken kebabs smeared in Wasabi sauce stuck up her nose."
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
Has anyone on here actually had THE DISEASE* yet?
I've got a sore throat, tonsilly feeling though, very achey, all very much tonsillitis symptoms I think ππ»
Must admit, a bit worried.*don't use its name, take away it's power π
No, but people close to me have. Sorry to hear you are unwell, poor you, hope you have a swift and full recovery.
Advice I received. Most common signs of it are a dry, inefficient continuous cough, fatigue and/or fever. Monitor your temperature, if it goes up and you develop any fever symptoms, then take two paracetamols every six hours and have total rest.
As you are in the UK, let the NHS 111 website guide you on whether your symptoms are likely to be COVID-19: https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19/
Call 111 if you are very unwell and call 999 if you think something is seriously wrong (struggling to breathe). All the best!
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
Has anyone on here actually had THE DISEASE* yet?
I've got a sore throat, tonsilly feeling though, very achey, all very much tonsillitis symptoms I think ππ»
Must admit, a bit worried.*don't use its name, take away it's power π
Do you get hay fever? As the early summer conditions have really ramped it up.
Could well be a side effect of that
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Thanks guys. I do get hay fever which I've been taking antihistamines for for the last month, this definitely feels like tonsillitis. I've had tonsillitis a LOT in the past, wouldn't even think of consulting GP/ 111 unless I had pustules with fever as I know I can tolerate it pretty well when it's viral, usually know when antibiotics are needed.
I too know quite a few people who have had suspected covid, they said a sore dry throat was experienced but not tonsilly....
It has definitely made me panic a bit when I normally wouldn't at all, haven't had tonsillitis in past few years so I'm second guessing it... Having a word with myself.
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@R-L Quite often people are serial tonsillitis victims. I went through a stage of getting it every other year for a while. A right bloody nuisance. However, cross fingers (I'm not going to say touch wood on this cess pit of a forum), nothing for a good few years now.
But you're right, you know it when it comes.
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Bonesetta is a worrier, so I think she's had it about 3 times so far. Don't actually know anyone personally that's had it yet.
Being a mild asthmatic I'm in two minds about getting it. Is it just gonna be a slightly worse state than really bad asthma so something to shrug at, or is it going to be fuuuuuucken owwwwww.
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I saw a post from someone I know who had returned from Aus (was just before the 'mandatory' ISO) went into self ISO anyway, got tested just before lockdown I think it was, positive result (she said she was like case #65 or something)
She has now just had all clear of 14 days sympton free, she had been a smoker, has mild asthma but seems to have had it with minimal issues.
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
*don't use its name, take away it's power
You really shouldn't take medical advice from rugby coaches, it doesn't work when they call us "New Zealand", so it is unlikely to work in this case either.
The internet is always a good place to look for medical advice. I discovered that I had ebola last year. Turns out that my self diagnosis was a bit off and I had a hangover, but I now know a bit about ebola if it comes up on who wants to be a millionaire.
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Merlot certainly isn't a cure.
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Merlot certainly isn't a cure.
It worked for my
ebolahangover.Well, delayed it might be more accurate.
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@nzzp said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Merlot certainly isn't a cure.
I'll test Shiraz tonight
Originally Spanish isn't it? Unlikely to work either
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@canefan said in Lockdown Check In:
@nzzp said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Merlot certainly isn't a cure.
I'll test Shiraz tonight
Originally Spanish isn't it? Unlikely to work either
Hah! You made me google. Bad @canefan
Historically, the name refers to the wine produced around the city of Shiraz in Persia/Iran
The modern "Shiraz" grape is identical to Syrah and originated in southeast France with established connection to the city of Shiraz in Persia (Iran).
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@nzzp said in Lockdown Check In:
@canefan said in Lockdown Check In:
@nzzp said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Merlot certainly isn't a cure.
I'll test Shiraz tonight
Originally Spanish isn't it? Unlikely to work either
Hah! You made me google. Bad @canefan
Historically, the name refers to the wine produced around the city of Shiraz in Persia/Iran
The modern "Shiraz" grape is identical to Syrah and originated in southeast France with established connection to the city of Shiraz in Persia (Iran).
Iran? Still no cure then π