COVID 19

I figured this is a good time to do a blog post again! The world feels a bit crazy right now and people are (hopefully) spending much more time at home so they might actually read this!

Along with the rest of the world, and maybe even more so, I'm rather freaking out right now. I'm worried about all the things that could go wrong in this country with this virus, and with my health in particular. Just FYI, I've had one of the "normal" Coronaviruses before, and it was just like a cold. This one is obviously very different and the articles stating that it can cause real lung damage, resulting in the loss of 20-30% lung function scares me the most. A lot of other things surrounding it scares me too, but to me this is the scariest.

My appointment with my lung Doc was also indefinitely cancelled. In other words there will be no more normal check-ups for the foreseeable future. Only in cases of emergency. So I won't be finding out anytime soon if the drop in lung function I had about 6 weeks ago when I had Rhinovirus has recovered. This, coupled with the fact that in 2013 when my chronic rejection with the previous lungs started, I felt absolutely fine, and it was a "normal check-up" that showed a big drop in lung function, is causing some REAL anxiety for me. The only thing helping for it is running. I tell myself that if I'm not getting WORSE at the running, then my lung function can't be TOO BAD.  I managed to cut another 2 minutes off my 5 km time trial results last Wednesday. I'm doing it again tomorrow and REALLY aiming for a sub 40 min run! Mentally I need that right now. Thank goodness there is only like 10 people at the time trials and they all run way faster than me! I have upcoming gynae and dermatologist appointments that I will also most likely cancel closer to the time.

I'm trying to self-isolate as much as possible. I've cancelled my gym membership (Parkruns have also been cancelled), I'm only working from home (thank goodness I'm not at my old corporate job anymore!!!! This would never have been possible and I would have been exposed to like 500 people daily). I've done quite a bit of shopping in preparation for this "lock-down"... and spent a crap-load of money on hand sanitiser, gloves, alcohol surface cleaner, alcohol wipes etc. I've also had my chronic meds for the next month delivered last week, so I'm all stocked up there too. My family members are also very cautious, and basically avoiding me if they think they might have been in contact with someone who was not 100% healthy. My boyfriend (yes... I have a boyfriend... more about that some other day) is also working from home since today, and has given his domestic worked paid leave. So I'm trying hard not to get sick!

Lastly, I'm SUPER glad I went to the UK in December... at the time it was rather tight to go financially, and I was a bit worried abut the weather, but in hindsight it was absolutely the right thing to do, because I don't know when I'll feel safe to travel internationally again! It just reminds you again to live each day like it's your last! You never know what might be waiting around the corner.