Covid-19 Isolation Support Thread

candygirl

rufford155 said:

A few posts here timed at 3 in the morning !   Really ?

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DianneB

unrecordings said:

anyone got their nhs text yet ? got mine. Just waffle with the promise of more waffle by text every day for the next three months
what i really want to know is how to persuade Sainsburys that I'm eligible for actually getting some food delivered before Covid 2023 pops up without warning

My dil went to shop sainsburys online and was greatly surprised to be offered a slot the next day. Turns out sainsburys knew there was a transplant patient in the house and she was given priority so somehow the NHS or Great Ormond St must be notifying shops.

Chrystal

DianneB said:

unrecordings said:

anyone got their nhs text yet ? got mine. Just waffle with the promise of more waffle by text every day for the next three months
what i really want to know is how to persuade Sainsburys that I'm eligible for actually getting some food delivered before Covid 2023 pops up without warning

My dil went to shop sainsburys online and was greatly surprised to be offered a slot the next day. Turns out sainsburys knew there was a transplant patient in the house and she was given priority so somehow the NHS or Great Ormond St must be notifying shops.

That is so good to hear   Hope you are all well. X

BooJewels

That's good news Dianne - if I may ask - is her Sainsbury's account in the same name as the transplant recipient?  I wonder how it's identified - as I do the on-line shopping, but the 'patient' is my husband.  So we wonder if we need to sign him up in his own name.

3secondmemory

I was up half the night with a temperature and headache from hell. I’ve had a really bad day yesterday - I think the stress has caused me to flareup.

This got a bit harder because advice from the critical care team is specifically to remain in absolute isolation not even opening my door going into my back garden for 2 weeks so I can bust this bug or whatever I’ve got. Pretty certain it’s not C 19 – no cough, nothing like my son described.

d63

DianneB said:

unrecordings said:

anyone got their nhs text yet ? got mine. Just waffle with the promise of more waffle by text every day for the next three months
what i really want to know is how to persuade Sainsburys that I'm eligible for actually getting some food delivered before Covid 2023 pops up without warning

My dil went to shop sainsburys online and was greatly surprised to be offered a slot the next day. Turns out sainsburys knew there was a transplant patient in the house and she was given priority so somehow the NHS or Great Ormond St must be notifying shops.

much the same happened to me too, tried the app more out of desperation than any real hope and a whole bunch of slots for tomorrow (wednesday) were there! i had tried, many times, to phone them to try and get on the priority list without any success (line busy or finally a recorded message), but whether they have in some mysterious manner discovered my advanced age and deemed that sufficient i have no clear idea since there was. no email from them about it. 
so, my question, how did you find out they had found out about your health problems and been added to the list?

Wednesday2000

Chrystal said:

Yes, they keep saying it's getting nearer for the testing to be available so hopefully it will be in the near future. 
I agree it will make an enormous difference if people know they are immune. 

Yes, that will hopefully be soon.

dreaming

I am still very concerned about my eldest and their partner.  Partner is confined to wheelchair and eldest has diabetes and can't walk far - they both have ASD.  Theysort of manage in "ordinary" times using online groceries from Asda, and resorting to having takeaways delivered if/when they run out of food.  I'm not at all sure where they come on the list of vulnerability - all communication from them so far says they are "fine" but they always say that - even when eldest was admitted to hospital with a blood clot I didn't know until well after the event!  I have been trying for days to get an online shopping delivery booked (even if it is for 3 weeks time) but no luck.  My idea was to get some food and take it to them but the car MOT runs out at the end of April and I'm not sure the restrictions will be eased at all by then.  Meanwhile my youngest is still attending work (NHS nurse) so I am trying to be reasonable upbeat in my emails to her so as not to worry her more than is necessary.  She doesn't live close enough to help anyway.

DianneB

BooJewels said:

That's good news Dianne - if I may ask - is her Sainsbury's account in the same name as the transplant recipient?  I wonder how it's identified - as I do the on-line shopping, but the 'patient' is my husband.  So we wonder if we need to sign him up in his own name.

No, the patient is her 8 year old son! Same surname! She hadn't registered so it was a complete surprise to her.

DianneB

much the same happened to me too, tried the app more out of desperation than any real hope and a whole bunch of slots for tomorrow (wednesday) were there! i had tried, many times, to phone them to try and get on the priority list without any success (line busy or finally a recorded message), but whether they have in some mysterious manner discovered my advanced age and deemed that sufficient i have no clear idea since there was. no email from them about it. 
so, my question, how did you find out they had found out about your health problems and been added to the list?

The only information she had was at the end of the order when she was told the household had priority. Sorry not to be of more help.