Good Morning Monday 21st March 2022

Grandmattie you are having a hard time.
Has your DH been on any pain relief involving Codeine? ?
That can cause severe constipation and a laxative such as Dulcolax should always be prescribed at the same time.
Once it “takes hold” the discomfort can be crippling.

Ladyleftfieldlover

A bit of a late morning to you all. West Oxfordshire looks grey but it isn’t cold. Since having a positive COVID test yesterday I am now stuck at home for a while. I have a bunged up nose and a cough. I also feel tired. I can’t imagine I’ll be fit enough to go to London on Wednesday to listen to my daughter’s choir. She might not be there anyway as she also has COVID! I heard from my sister in Sydney today. She knows loads of people with COVID. Since their restrictions were lifted it is spreading rapidly. Rather like here. I said on another thread that there were six of us at a friends house last Monday. Four of us now have COVID. The fifth lady had it recently and we don’t know about the sixth. She is 70 and hasn’t been vaccinated.

Sympathies to you - but if you are positive, surely you were not planning on going anywhere until your two negative tests after however many days it takes?
My SIL needed the full 9 days plus two negative tests before he could go out., and DGS’s birthday picnic in the park on Saturday has been postponed by a week as SIL was still positive on Friday. Clear now though, thank goodness.
It seems you have to reckon on anything up to 10 days isolation even if it is no longer legally required.

Good morning all from a damp Algarve. Not raining at the moment but it’s due to start again soon. Yesterday we ended up with torrential rain for most of the day and just as DH and I had, collapsed in a heap, I mean sat down, for our fortunately light lunch, we had visitors. DH’s nephew brought his son and partner round. The young ones bounding through the rain with limitless energy.
Of course we were sociable and offered them food which they refused and drink which they accepted. It was lovely to see them but a little demoralising to realise how little energy we have at the moment, especially as I’d said to Great nephew’s girlfriend to have a look round the house and realised after they’d left how very untidy it was. At the moment I’m keeping on top of it but only just and only in small spurts throughout the day.
Oh well, they both both said they love a good storm and the weather put on a good show for them.

Mattie my heart goes out to you and your DH, I hope he will soon be back home with you and you can rest a little while he is being cared for by others.

Maw, he’s on morphine patches. Also, he has a huge tumour just outside his rectum pressing against it…. That is the nub if the problem. The laxative he’s been prescribed helps, unless he’s in the throwing up phase. The syringe driver carries antiemetics.

grandMattie , in balmy Carlisle the may is out!
I am beware-ing though…

And glad to see your DH is home

Good to hear that your DH is home GrandMattie I hope he will be more comfortable there. Hope you can get to relax a bit too now he’s home ?

I'm glad to read that your Dh is home grandmattie.