Life can be a Pain

Hi again @outlander

It sounds rather like an allergy because you had been cleaning.

Is the cough dry or juicy. A dry cough is a symptom of COVID-19 - a sore throat can happen but it's not as indicative as the cough - neither is a runny nose.

So I hope that's hopeful - you do need to get a test though because you care caring for a senior citizen.

You need to try and keep away from him if possible but I doubt he would be very understanding about that and I know he can be cantankerous - that can be tricky

I know you live in NSW where the infection rate is higher - the question is have you been anywhere likely to have people there who might have it? Hard to tell of course. It must be really hard for you right now - I know you catch bugs really easily

Dec

Hi @outlander

Thanks - that's really enough - I am an easy person to settle - actually

About the cough and chest pain - if the cough is that bad you really do need to be tested - do you know if they have the equipment to do the blood test after pricking your fingerls in your area. And yes - the swabs tests would be unpleasant and there are a lot of people infected in your area

I wish I could be more comforting - the best thing I think is to isolate yourself tonght and get tested asap and if for whatever reason they don't your mother - yes - I know about your mother - will have to step in until you know for sure.That's for your Pop's sake

I will be thinking about you tonight - it must be a concern because of your work -

Dec

Hi again @outlander

It seems as if it's covered if you are one of the unlucky ones with the virus. Hopefully it's a mild dose as most are - and your Mum will step in with you Pop - which will be unsettling but we all have to put up with stuff right now.

I am okay - I have been to a different pain specialist and he did some facet joint injections - that's a couple of injections into my spine - with local anaesthetic - and it has worked really well - I had a day in a private room in private hospital and was so glad to get it done I went to sleep waiting for my turn to have the procedure. Seeing as this worked out so well I will probably have radio frequency treatment which will last longer - I have very easily cut back a lot of my medication

All good news

About my cat - not good news - she passed away about 18 months ago. She was 15 and obviously unwell and the vet thought it was cancer. I didn't want to put my best friend through tests at her age and I would not have let her have chemo so she was helped over the rainbow bridge. I still miss her

I was heating noises around the house sometimes - esp in the evening - it was creepy because I would think it was my cat - strange - but it got worse and then I thought it was possums - not possums but rats - I had a pest exterminator out last week - no waiting for his help and it was a reasonable cost too - it will take a bit of time for them to go away completely because they share the neigbours roofs as well as mine.

What fun - at least I am able to sleep in my own bed now - for several nights I slept on the couch with the TV on so I couldn't hear them banging around in the roof

Life is never dull Outlander - but you already know know

Now with the virus and my age I am not supposed to go out - I am already into my 3rd week of self-imposed isolation and I am okay about it - I ama pretty used to it. I have to go to the doctor tomorrow - I can walk that far - I think that is reasonable but yeah - like so much now - inconvenient

Dec

I heard the restrictions are high in NSW - where someone let a bunch of tourists of a ship without any isolation or testing - which was less that clever

I felt angry about that but there is no need to waste time finger-pointing - I feel really concerned for the people who are confined to one room in hotels - even 5 star rooms would be pretty tough to take for 2 weeks - I am glad the bushfires made me think twice about going away this Feb/March period as I usually do - I could have been caught somewhere - at least at home I have all my stuff - plenty to do -

As the situation continues I wonder how things will be in the projected 6 months - that seems like a long time. I am sure it will all be under control before that if people comply with the rules - darn it - there are people who won't

I live in suburbia - plenty of people around but they are not that close

I hope you are okay - please tag me to let me know how you are after you have seen your gp tomorrow

Dec

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