COVID-19 and MAC: What are you doing differently to protect yourself?

@windwalker Ah ha! Now I know who has all the toilet paper! (Lol). I agree with you 100% Terri about take out and people like “us.” My husband always wants to get takeout from the “Golden Arches,” and I emphatically tell him, “No!” Our oldest Chinese daughter and our first born grandson have been doing any and all grocery shopping for us. One of our sons sent us a really cool UTube video about what to do with our groceries. It is by a Dr. Jeff and is a good visual for any of us who have questions about how to deal with groceries and prescriptions. Irene

@irene5 Hi Irene...I had seen Dr Jeff's video also on handling groceries. I'm posting the link here so all can watch.

Stay safe everyone!! Kate

@windwalker ...I think we are all in a little bit of a panic mode over this. The good thing is it makes us super cautious. My husband is still taking follow up apts on the sale of houses that are in the works. It is disconcerting...but understandable. I have nagged him almost to death on precautionary measures....so much so, that I am sick of nagging...hahaha. Never thought I would get there. I just did reschedule my yearly April apt with my pulmonologist for a date in June. Perhaps being optimistic but I hope not. Terri...I hope you are doing well and hope all of our brothers and sisters on this site get through this terrible plague with no infection. Good luck to us all and may we find good health, peace and hope. Yes...I am an old hippie... Speaking of old hippies...This is completely unrelated but I want to post this video just in case a little happiness is needed...you may not be from the same musical time and genre but thought I would take a shot. Best to all !! Love and Peace
Kate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ

Oh good! Thank you!

Much appreciated by this “old hippie!” I recently started playing my beautiful 1960 Goya guitar again. Thank you Kate. That was a great “feel good” video. Irene

Thanks. I really enjoyed the video as well.

Kate, thanks! The video made me cry. I needed that.

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When it comes to how to stay safe, and what is the level of isolation you have to exercise, it depends on who you are trying to protect. The Health experts recommend, and at this point even requires, almost from all none essential people, and for understandable reasons, to stay home, even if you are healthy, young and fearless! Because as we all know, we are all part of an invisible link that attaches us all one to another, when it comes to the ability of this Viral infection to get to us.
In our family's case, we live in a suburb of New York, we are blessed with a 43 years old son, that has Chronic Cardiac issues since birth, and he is of course extremely vulnerable if he will be exposed to this contagious virus.
He is not part of any statistics, that calls for percentages of people that will survive from this age group or another. He has 0% chances to recover from such a viral infection, no matter where he is going to be treated, or how many respirators they will have available.
His only chance of survival, is what we decided to do 4 weeks ago, when we realized that this Pandemic, will be everywhere, and we went into complete isolation with him at home. We don't go out, we don't allow anyone to cross our door front, we have medications for months, and for his sake we will stay in this isolation for as long as it takes.
But these vulnerable and elderly people, need the help and cooperation of the young and healthy people around us, by staying home, practice social distancing, even if they feel it's difficult. Yes it is difficult, but as a healthy society that wants to have as little victims as possible, in a crisis like this we cannot behave in a egocentric way, and think only about ourselves. They say it's a War, that is true, and in this war the war zone is not in a faraway country, like we have known in the past. It's right here, and yes the soldiers are the caregivers in hospitals, and those that keep providing us with the daily needs, but in addition to these soldiers at the front, we are also part of this ongoing war, and we have to do our part, by acting with responsibility.
Stay Safe, and this Black Cloud will melt away eventually, and we will come out of it better in all aspects of Life.

I stay home except for going to the infusion clinic every other day. I am on a 48 hr pump with Cefepime dosing 3 x day for Pseudomonas flare. Was on two weeks 2 x day and three weeks later the heavy growth was back. Argh. When I leave clinic I wash my hands off with alcohol wipes. I’m allergic to hand sanitizers.
My husband does the grocery shopping. Then we wipe all groceries down with antibacterial wipes. Fruit and veggies we wash. When my husband comes done from store or work he wipes down door handles and washes his hands. I finally convinced him he needs to change clothes as well.
Stay safe everyone! 😃