Marydoll, it seems that it does take a little while for the system to 'kick in'. So a few days back Sainsbury emailed my daughter saying they had received information that she is on the 'shielded list' and therefore she has priority for delivery slots. It worked perfectly and she is now able to do her usual weekly on-line shopping order and is able to get good regular delivery slots.
She is still working from home, so finances are no problem, so she was rather surprised to receive TWO different food parcels. Neither of which (thankfully), she needs. As one of the teams she managed in her job works with east london homeless, they are picking both those boxes up from her front gate and will be able to hand out the items to these people.
Must say, she was absolutely furious when she first received this Shielding letter. She has worked very hard building up an excellent reputation as being a 'Hands on' Manager, and knows this will not be as possibly just working remotely.
But think, she is slowly coming to terms with it now. Her local authority also contacted her to find out if she needs any specific help, such as with a child living with her under the age of 18 (she does have a 16-year old, but does not require any assistance in that), collecting prescriptions (she has for long had them delivered), just talking to someone.
All very good, and she was able to re-assure them that she fine. She has a house and home and a beautiful garden - also an exercise machine in her garage which she is using daily. She is keeping totally to her normal regime, getting up early and working all day, relaxing a bit more in these regards at weekend.
It is difficult for her, and particularly at present when a cousin has died (not from CV), and his sister and my daughter are extremely close and she cannot give her the physically support and comfort she would like to do.
She had her spleen removed some thirty years ago, which is why she is in this Shielded group. However, she has always refused to have on-going anti-biotics (usually given when a spleenectomy is carried out on a young person), keeps herself very fit and is extremely healthy. Several of her teams have tested positive for having had CV19 (particularly those who had been working with the homeless groups), and they have all recovered in their homes and returned to work. At work, my daughter was able to strictly enforce the 2-metres apart rules for all her teams and herself, and she did not really feel she was in any danger - but knows she has to obey this letter.
Although I am just a year short of 80 yrs, have very mild COPD, mobility problems and high blood pressure (kept well under control with medication), and an ileostomy - thank goodness I have not received this letter, not sure if I could cope with the added restrictions that would bring.
So, I suppose i count as vulnerable - but still do my weekly supermarket trip and go out most days on my scooter for a change of scenery. Finding all this difficult enough, have a horrible feeling that if such a letter did arrive I might pretend it had not.
). We've been married for a long time and I know how much he hates us sleeping apart, there is no way we could socially isolate from each other. But somehow, he doesn't seem to understand what is safe and what isn't. I don't understand why he doesn't.
