My journey to a debt free life

Sun_Addict

I think most of us have been the same just going from day to day in a very surreal situation. It’s hard to concentrate right now but getting into a routine would really help. I had to take co-codamol when I broke my ankle and they made me feel all floppy and relaxed, I could tell the exact moment when they kicked in.

Onebrokelady

And the seesaw goes the other way, just been told on my work group chat that there are members of staff who have tested positive for the virus but we are not being informed if it's someone  we have been on a shift with 🙀they email us if we have come into contact with a positive patient but not another staff member, I don't agree with this and think we have the right to know,I know they have a duty of confidentiality towards the staff member  but they don't have to tell us who it is, we are putting ourselves at considerable risk of catching this thing and taking it home to family members so the least they can do is let us know

My DD had a complete mental meltdown today because she is petrified I am going to catch it, I did my best to reassure her that I haven't been put at any risk so far but it turns out I might have but just haven't been told.......I am due to work tomorrow and now don't want to go in ,I'm so flaming angry right now 😡

HairyHandofDartmoor

Onebrokelady said:

And the seesaw goes the other way, just been told on my work group chat that there are members of staff who have tested positive for the virus but we are not being informed if it's someone  we have been on a shift with 🙀they email us if we have come into contact with a positive patient but not another staff member, I don't agree with this and think we have the right to know,I know they have a duty of confidentiality towards the staff member  but they don't have to tell us who it is, we are putting ourselves at considerable risk of catching this thing and taking it home to family members so the least they can do is let us know

My DD had a complete mental meltdown today because she is petrified I am going to catch it, I did my best to reassure her that I haven't been put at any risk so far but it turns out I might have but just haven't been told.......I am due to work tomorrow and now don't want to go in ,I'm so flaming angry right now 😡

That doesn't seem right that they won't tell you. I suppose it's staff who won't be at work for at least a week now. Would that help you to guess who it is? How did the person who mentioned it on the chat find out?
I don't understand why they won't tell you, as if you've come into contact with someone who's got the virus then you should be self isolating shouldn't you? It might be best not to tell DD so that she doesn't get any more worried.

Cherryfudge

Argh, how bloomin' infuriating! Perhaps the member of staff will mention it themselves? We had two members of staff with what was probably C-19 but they weren't tested so we can't be sure. Both fully recovered now. We weren't told officially but the grapevine is pretty efficient.

I do think it would be fair to let staff know officially but you probably soon will by a process of elimination.

Part of me wishes we had full statistics - not just people who've been tested and people who have died in hospital. If we had the total numbers for C-19 infections not just the above (so deaths in the community and in care homes, ill at home and recovered, infected but never showed any symptoms) then we could at least be 'real' about it but at the moment it's still rather a faceless monster. I know we don't have the means to gather that information at the moment: hopefully that day will come though and people who have antibodies could relax a bit. (Hoping I've understood it rightly).

I do hope you find ways to help your daughter. It must be hard coping for her as well as yourself. I do wish the news would publish the numbers of recoveries: there must be many thousands who are now better but we don't get to hear much about them.

By the way - your lucky daughter to have a Mum who can help with her hair. Most of us are starting to feel we look 'interesting' and wondering how to cope with a bad hair lockdown!

Willowtree222

I would be angry too, then can protect the confidentiality by not saying who but at least tell staff that they have been on a shift with them or not. That does not reveal any names. 
I too have been trying to get to the positives. What am I doing that I wouldn't have done before etc. Embracing in the creating and crafting. x

Onebrokelady

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Onebrokelady said:

And the seesaw goes the other way, just been told on my work group chat that there are members of staff who have tested positive for the virus but we are not being informed if it's someone  we have been on a shift with 🙀they email us if we have come into contact with a positive patient but not another staff member, I don't agree with this and think we have the right to know,I know they have a duty of confidentiality towards the staff member  but they don't have to tell us who it is, we are putting ourselves at considerable risk of catching this thing and taking it home to family members so the least they can do is let us know

My DD had a complete mental meltdown today because she is petrified I am going to catch it, I did my best to reassure her that I haven't been put at any risk so far but it turns out I might have but just haven't been told.......I am due to work tomorrow and now don't want to go in ,I'm so flaming angry right now 😡

That doesn't seem right that they won't tell you. I suppose it's staff who won't be at work for at least a week now. Would that help you to guess who it is? How did the person who mentioned it on the chat find out?
I don't understand why they won't tell you, as if you've come into contact with someone who's got the virus then you should be self isolating shouldn't you? It might be best not to tell DD so that she doesn't get any more worried.

Apparently there's a few staff who have tested positive who are now back at work because it was more than two weeks ago, the person in the chat found out because she is now off herself and waiting to be tested and that is what she was told, I don't know what we have to do as far as isolating goes, there seems to be different rules for us, another staff member who's child was ill was told to come to work anyway 🙀

Onebrokelady

Sunshine_girl2 said:

The way you describe your legs is how mine have felt the past few nights. They have been keeping me awake for hours . I have cancelled the rest of my leave this week, one to help out , but the other is because I need the routine to help me get through this. Are you sewing anything in particular ? 

Hi Sunshine, the problem with your legs could be down to a stress response, I've had Fibromyalgia for 17 years now and it's only  been in the last few years that I realised it's caused by stress, you could try some gentle stretches before bed, that does sometimes help me 

I am doing a cross stitch birth announcement sampler for my second DGS I need to get it finished because he is 1 in July 😀 I haven't got a lot left to do so should finish it soon

Onebrokelady

Cherryfudge said:

Argh, how bloomin' infuriating! Perhaps the member of staff will mention it themselves? We had two members of staff with what was probably C-19 but they weren't tested so we can't be sure. Both fully recovered now. We weren't told officially but the grapevine is pretty efficient.

I do think it would be fair to let staff know officially but you probably soon will by a process of elimination.

Part of me wishes we had full statistics - not just people who've been tested and people who have died in hospital. If we had the total numbers for C-19 infections not just the above (so deaths in the community and in care homes, ill at home and recovered, infected but never showed any symptoms) then we could at least be 'real' about it but at the moment it's still rather a faceless monster. I know we don't have the means to gather that information at the moment: hopefully that day will come though and people who have antibodies could relax a bit. (Hoping I've understood it rightly).

I do hope you find ways to help your daughter. It must be hard coping for her as well as yourself. I do wish the news would publish the numbers of recoveries: there must be many thousands who are now better but we don't get to hear much about them.

By the way - your lucky daughter to have a Mum who can help with her hair. Most of us are starting to feel we look 'interesting' and wondering how to cope with a bad hair lockdown!

My hair is going to look interesting by the time I next get it cut,I did trim it myself the other day but I can't do the back,I will have a mullet soon if I'm not careful

Onebrokelady

Nicnak said:

I would be angry too, then can protect the confidentiality by not saying who but at least tell staff that they have been on a shift with them or not. That does not reveal any names. 
I too have been trying to get to the positives. What am I doing that I wouldn't have done before etc. Embracing in the creating and crafting. x

I need to throw myself into some crafting I think,that always take my mind off things, I have noticed that people in my neighbourhood are more friendly nowadays,I took B out for a walk just now and everyone I saw smiled and said good morning, they normally just ignore you, I hope that carries on after wards,I'm certainly going to carry on doing it 

Onebrokelady

Sayschezza said:

OBL I think you are very brave. 

Awwww thanks, it's not really bravery though, I'm just doing my job and the advantage of my job is that we are trained to deal with infectious diseases, it the care home staff that I'm feeling sorry for ,they are really struggling and it sounds like they haven't had any support at all, they are truely brave 😊