Do you ever feel this will never be over?

It's a bit like waiting for a medical test result but without having had a test...

Labaik - I too have had thoughts like you. Take my chance with the virus but as I am high risk I fear I would not survive. I miss seeing my sons, although I talk to them on the phone and I miss just being able to pop out to the shops. I do not like having to stay at home and not go outside for a walk. I miss meeting up with my friends. I do not like having to plan my grocery shopping for a delivery and if I forget something its a real pain. I actually miss Aldi (I know!!!) Im hoping this will be over soon, but what is the Exit strategy. I fear I may be shielded for a year .

It will end but when the dust settles, there will be a new social normal.

When you read posts like Fran’s it puts things into some form of perspective and I feel bad for feeling bad. I start the day feeling fairly chipper and thanks to the glorious weather I am busy in the garden but as the day draws on I start spiralling downwards. I just want my DH back and to be able to go through this together which is quite ridiculous as he’s been dead for 8 years. I’ve never quite come to terms with being on my own, I hate it, but being confined, alone , 24/7 is not easy and there are thousands of us doing it and having to just get on with it. The thought of another 12 weeks and maybe another 12 is just too awful but so is the alternative ....

I do think there is much more to this than meets the eye. Maybe this will be the first of many of these "viruses" that will crop up unexpectedly and completely change our way of life. This could be a brand new way of controlling or manipulating the way we do things when we are so fearful of any outcomes. I hope I'm wrong.

So very, very sorry Fran. I can’t begin to imagine what you and your family are going through.

Fran t, heartbreaking, sending a virtual hug.

FranT my sincerest condolences to you and your grandchildren.

Heart breaking times

FranT thinking of you

*FranT So sorry for your loss.

My son in law was watching a programme about when that Russian guy got poisoned in Winchester and it all had to be cordoned off, everyone was in protective gear and he said, "oh, at last there's a programme on TV I can relate to!" i know how he feels

FranT

FranT my heart goes out to you and your family.

I'm a bit up and down too! Was listening to Ralph Mctell singing Streets of London at the end of Celebrity Countless today and felt all weepy ….Hmmm!

Bless you FranT - and your family. Wishing you strength and courage and sending you all love.

FranT, that’s every mother’s nightmare - I am so, so sorry, it’s horrendous.

Here to listen - whatever you need to say. Do PM.

Aepgirl ; impossible I know but we share the same nightmare thought. Then it dawns
on me that life has become
a nightmare, but from which we must surely soon awaken.

Fran t + if only I had the words. I am so sorry for what you must be going through. ?

When I woke up this morning I thought I’d had a nightmare that I’d woken up from. Then I realised it is all real.

I'm so very sorry for those who have lost friends and loved ones.
I dont expect I'm alone in feeling guilty that I'm praying I won't join the ranks of the dead or bereaved. This is truly a dystopian nightmare for us all.
Nevertheless, the nature of pandemics is that they do end, even without any mitigating science or medication, and we do have some brilliant minds concentrating their all on finding drugs and vaccines to shorten this horrible experience.
Stay safe and take care of yourselves!

Of course it will end. We are so geared up nowadays to everything happening/ being fixed quickly. We are dealing with nature albeit to us a gone wrong element of nature. Like other aspects of nature we have to adapt, learn to live with or control. Patience is what we need.

I’m so sorry. ?

FranT, I have no words. My heart goes out to you.

That's so awful, FranT My sincere condolences.