How have you been doing coping with the isolation that the Corona Virus has brought?

GregP_WN

But cancer patients have been somewhat in isolation for years, due to a compromised immune system. Have you noticed a difference? Has it caused you any issues? How have you dealt with the additional isolation? Our blog post today has some information and tips on coping with that isolation, take a look here>> https://bit.ly/3cSa3k9

po18guy

Honestly, after being cooped up with DW, son and daughter, I could use a little isolation!

cllinda

I went through cancer during the winter. My only outing were the hospital and doctor appointments. I felt very isolated.
With the virus, the first two months were very isolating. And I had just had knee replacement surgery. I didn't see my grandkids for over two months. It was awful.
At first, we did a Social distancing in our backyard. It put joy in our hearts.
On Sunday, we went to my daughter's house. At first, I was scared that my granddaughter was getting too close. She is only four and doesn't understand all the rules. But then my daughter brought the baby down from her nap and put her right in my lap! Grandma is open for business. I had to let my daughter run things but she feels safe enough that the grandparents can play with the kids again. It put me on cloud nine!

MarcieB

I am at a point where I am not coping so well. My husband is fine with Zoom - he has to be, he has meetings. but, I hate Zoom and FaceTime - I feel like I am obliged to sit there and talk and when I see myself on the screen I feel self-conscious and very aware of needing a hair cut! I have done a lot of email and FaceBook, but that is also worrying me - I am afraid I am becoming too dependent on social media and I always thought I had a good balance with it before this happened. Now, I find myself playing computer cards and hoping the next time I pull up Facebook there will be a new post...pathetic! Then I turn on TV and see 10s of thousands of people marching in the streets, shoulder to shoulder, some with masks, others without and screaming their lungs out (think of the droplets!). One would think, given our past information, that the virus would take off at warp speed and wipe us all out, but there hasn't even been a significant spike.

And I love and look forward to all the summer festivals - which are cancelled. Our family vacation is not going to happen, and I am sick to death of this house. I was able to paint for a while, but I have lost interest in doing that and I can't find a novel I can get into either. Add to that - my husband and I have different taste in television.

A charming restaurant in our town is not going to re-open and I know a lot of people who are hurting financially - what I DON'T know is a single person who had this virus.(???) I have access to records of the members of my church (which is quite large) - not a single case among them. Sorry, I know I am venting, but the truth is; I am dying to take this freakin mask OFF and go shopping in a store that sells non-essential things. I want to do a road trip, complete with rest stops, motels, restaurants and end up at the beach were I can walk on wet sand. I feel depression closing in and I don't want to be in that place again. I am fast becoming one who says, "Give me freedom, or give me the virus!"

LiveWithCancer

Oh Marcie B, i am so sorry. I definitely understand what you're saying.

I live in Texas where things are opening up, even though the rates of COVID infection continue to climb. My husband and i went out to eat a couple of times in the last week and it felt sooooo good to be doing what we always did before the shutdown.

For the most part, i do not mind staying in though the longer it goes on, the harder it is. And the more likely i am to just get back to living.

BobsProstate

I am sick of all this staying away from each other too. And I was ready to throw my mask away and go free. Now today, you see on the news that several states that have had recent protests, the beaches that opened up and people were wall to wall, and now all these places are having large spikes in cases, one hospital was on emergency level because of filling up with patients again. I don't know what it will take to stop it. I'm hoping they find whatever it is that will stop it soon!

GregP_WN

I have actually enjoyed the isolation. Since all of this started Donna and I have been locked up on our property out in the country. Ain't no stinking Virus anywhere around here! I've been able to stay in my workshop every day and build stuff. I enjoy it and it keeps my mind occupied so it's a win - win. I've gotten a peek at what my retirement might look like too. I have only been to my office about twice in that length of time too.

Jayne

I'm going to stay put as long as possible, but it's becoming really hard to manage others who mean well, but are braver than me - with stats going back up in NC, I just don't want to take a chance.