Anybody feeling scared?

No, I am not scared just doing what I can to prevent infection. No underlying health issues.

gillyknits
How will you pay your neighbours if indeed you take up their offer to do your shopping? Cash? Will you go to the bank or an ATM to get cash? That would make a mockery of staying in.

I'm not scared, I'm in my 60s and as far as I'm aware, pretty healthy. I think what concerns me more is if they bring the isolation age down to younger than 70, couldnt stand being couped up for 3 months as I'm a pretty outdoorsy person ! Im also sceptical as to how this virus started. Perhaps it was man made, in China, to cull their over subscribed population and it got out of hand. I doubt we shall know the origins of this dreadful virus for at least 50 years though, if ever ! Please keep safe everyone and hunker down with all the appropriate safeguards x

I'm scared. My friend and her husband have cut themselves off from all their family and are having groceries left on the doorstep. They are not ill, just scared of catching anything. Meanwhile we're looking after our grandchildren. Who's right?

I am very worried, my DH is having open heart surgery on Wednesday. We are both self isolating at present to avoid the virus, but it doesn't’ stop you from stressing about aftercare and recovery.

I don’t want to either

I’m worried I have to admit. I’m currently doing a few days a week to help with triaging patients in a GP surgery. Everyone who wants an appointment gets a phone call. My concern though is we have some excellent, healthy nurses and doctors who are 70 years old who have come back into the NHS and general practice to help. In a few weeks we could lose them because they’ll be self isolating if the Health Secretary carries out his wishes. What about all the grandparents who look after grandchildren so mums and dad’s can go to work? I just don’t know how this will end.

Very supportive. I'm not scared but worried.

Feeling Scared? To a small degree - yes. DH and myself are 71 and 70 and healthy. Worried is probably a better word for us and the latest UK news from yesterday (Saturday) set us talking at length last night.

There's plenty of excellent websites to gain as much correct information that you would need.

This morning I read all the official help/advice on-line pages and we have decided to limit the amount of visits for shopping and only one of us do this weekly. No panic buying. We've cancel a family visit to us early April until later in the year. They live and work in a heavily populated area.

We are not being forced to stay in our home for up to 4 weeks. I have yet to read this anywhere. Yes, self isolation is necessary if you have the symptoms but that is for 7 days and then contact doctor for medical help if symptoms worsen or haven't gone.

Thank you to all the GNers who have shown support to each other through this forum.

If there isn't one already, perhaps a thread for anyone in self isolation with the virus would be supportive.

I'm scared and sad. Four of my five children have compromised lungs from childhood whooping cough and they now all use inhalers - one has asthma. Three of them are parents of young families, themselves. I have asthma, atrial fibrillation and pre-diabetes plus am waiting for an ECHO scan to see whether I have heart failure. This has taken over my life atm, I'm self isolating - all usual activities cancelled and no childminding the beloved grandchildren. I live alone, so am feeling pretty bleak. Finding myself losing a lot of sleep plus feeling generally agitated and exhausted with it all. I am fully aware that all the worry and angst in the world won't change a thing - but anxiety is hard to control when something presses all the wrong buttons for someone. I have such sympathy for anyone who is also struggling.

Obsessed might be the right word! Only scared of other humans during this time x

Hettie58 I do agree with you that we will all get it sooner or later, and I would rather have it now while the hospital has beds , than in six months time when the NHS has to make the choice to only give a ventilator to the young ones.
I do not want to be one of the ' gone ahead if their time' numbers as my fifth grandchild is due in July. I want a cuddle before I go.
I will keep clear of crowds, but with a lively Jack Russell that needs two walks a day, I will continue his exercise round my village, and only talk to people from a distance.
Yes I'm a bit scared but what will be, will be. Just sad that I have lots of living still to do.
I predict there will still be cases in two year's time.

I woke up yesterday with anxiety this is something I don't usually suffer with . There is so many people out there not taking this seriously . I'm beginning to feel a bit hopeless .

I was diagnosed with a life threatening illness, went shopping one Christmas knowing I might be dead before the next one. I filled the freezer with the family's favourite food, so that if I didn't survive the surgery, they would know how much they were loved. I refuse to live my life scared that the illness might come back, that bad things could happen so I shouldn't take any risks. We are all responsible for our own happiness and never know when our time has come to die. I prefer to live my life to the full, to love my life, and enjoy nature, am grateful for every day since the op 14 years ago. Please try to stop worrying and ENJOY the life you have, or you will regret wasting your life when you reach the end, whenever that might be.

Great to read all the views on here. My husband has a heart condition and if he caught it then it's likely to be curtains, so I am scared for him as well as myself with us both being 70 (well me in 2 weeks time). I keep having hypochondriac moments when I think I have the virus. I have a blocked nose which is producing excess mucous which makes me cough. Couldn't get to sleep for ages last night as so worried it might be the virus. I keep telling myself this is stupid but I can't get out of the mindset. I also find it all very scarey anyway.
That aside we had already decided to isolate to keep ourselves safe. We have a large bungalow with a large garden and fantastic views so holing up here is no real hardship. My daughters live close and will be able to drop supplies in so when we are all told not to go out for 4 months we will be ok.
In my daughter's village they have formed a volunteer group which she has joined to deliver to the elderly if needed. All the elderly person has to do is to hang a tea towel out of the window to say they need help. I am sure lots of other communities will adopt similar schemes.
On the plus side I see they have used some experimental drugs in America and Japan which have helped. So if they can get them approved for everyone and not use those at death's door before the next raft comes in next Autumn that offers us all real hope.
Sorry for being a wimpy person. I am really annoyed with myself. Anybody got any methods which may help us wimps?

I refuse to panic. I will go to my village store once a week. They don't have empty shelves. The wartime spirit needs to be found. It will be found. The Italians are singing on their balconies. They sing in the face of adversity...

I'm beginning to feel real concern. There's no effective leadership and little appropriate advice. Wash hands! - of course we do. We are a generation who do and always have, hand washed rather than buy sanitizer.
I'm extremely concerned there is the possibility of over 70s perhaps self isolating for months. The real epidemic will be loneliness, People may be avoiding the elderly if we were to be seen on the streets. This is instilling panic on a drip drip basis.
Where is our leadership when needed.
The reverberations of this will be socially and politically toxic.
God Bless us all.

Yes I am, because not all the upscale hygiene procedures and staying in is guaranteed to stop you getting this infection. The repeated reports of deaths being of those ‘over 60/70/80 with underlying health conditions’ is not reassuring for anyone in that age group or for those who have close relatives and friends in those groups. Jeremy Warner’s comment about the economic benefit of culling the elderly, although taken out of context is how I feel we are viewed at present. DH, my children and DGC all have asthma in varying degrees of severity so where will it stop?

no i'm not scared just so incredibly annoyed at those people who have chosen to stockpile especially toilet paper.
i've done my usual online orders to be delivered next weekend after my pension goes into my account but i can't get any toilet paper! so this means i'll have to go out to various supermarkets to see if they've got any.
i am disabled, mildly asthmatic and i have an auto immune disease plus i am recovering from an operation to remove one kidney.
my daughter and two grandaughters live with me so i'll have to ask my daughter to shop for toilet paper too - if my search is fruitless.
however i'm not going to self isolate - why should i give up what little freedom i have just on the off chance i catch this virus?
it's not a nice thing to experience but i do think that quite a lot of these recent shortages and panic are driven by the media.
the government will act as they see fit to contain this but until then i shall continue to behave normally (with lots of handwashing when i get home).

Yes its worrying if health authorities are just 'not going to bother' treating or trying to treat anyone in 'at risk' category- or is that only the over 70's? Thats ludicrous!!!

Thing is,companies dont help either- the holidays/ hotels all keep saying 'we've had no cases here' and are staying open,so unless gov't put us on lockdown you cant get refunds,so people are loathe to cancel and lose their hard earned money,so gov't could help by ruling they had to close!

No, I have terminal illness, so nothing comes close to being given that news, with the exception of the death or illness of a child.
All things must pass, and this surely will.
Look after yourselves everyone.
My neighbours have set up a watsap group so we can look out for each other and do ‘swaps’ if necessary.x

I'm 76, have lung problems and a compromised immune system so yes I am worried. I already cancelled my weekly quiz night at the pub, my tai chi classes, my pre diabetic course, my cinema visits and saddest of all my aunts 100th birthday celebration, mainly because her daughter would have been coming from Hong Kong. I'm now mightily relieved to hear the party has been postponed until further notice.
I'm limiting my outings to the shops and only buying what I actually need.
I do have a pretty little garden that I can relax in once the weather improves but just hope this awful time passes soon.

Yes, I am scared. I have bronchiectasis, have had TB and pneumonia recently and have survived!! Would I survive coronavirus? At 75 years old, would the NHS help me? I want to survive, I am enjoying life and helping with my grandchildren (one who is also vulnerable.)

Yes i am rather scared although i only have BP and on medication ,but OH has lots of medical problems so he is more at risk than me.Plus whats the chances of him catching it and then me as we be here together,thats a scary thought for everyone i know.

I alternate between it'll be ok if we're sensible to what on earth will we do if something happens to us. I watched a YouTube video by David Abel last night who was one of the passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship who had kept up a video log during their quarantine period and who subsequently contracted the virus and ended up in hospital with his wife. It was very insightful as to the symptoms and how they were unaware they actually had the virus until they left the ship. It rather put my mind at ease somewhat.

That doesn't mean I am not worried. We are both in our mid 60's with the 'underlying health issues' but otherwise ok. One of my sons works for an Italian company which is in lockdown (although he lives in the UK) so the repercussions of the financial situation for many is of great concern. DIL and one GD work for a large supermarket so are in contact with the public daily. Our other son and DIL are both self employed in NZ where their PM has closed the borders - if they close schools who will look after their children - they have no one to help out and would be forced to stop work which will impact their income. I'm sure this is the same for millions of others worldwide.

The global economy will eventually right itself but how many companies and individuals will fall by the wayside in the meantime is pretty scary.

On a personal level all we can do is be guided by the government and WHO and hope they know what they're talking about and keep away from those who are the most vulnerable. Stay safe everyone!