DJ360 6,730 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Mrs Col got the call today and has her jab booked for next Tues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 My nephew finally got home yesterday - sixty days after being admitted to the ICU at the QMC and being put into an induced coma while he was intubated. He spent the last two weeks being helped to learn to walk again after being stuck in bed. He’s 42 and fit, so it shows this virus can affect anyone. 6 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Text today at 11.50 followed by an NHS letter through the door half hour later. City Hosp, just down the road, no appointments at all. Forest, only next Wednesday same day I'm having a new bed delivered. QMC, no appointments at all. Kings Meadow (old Central studios) I'm booked in for tomorrow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 @Rob.L so pleased your nephew is now home. I hope he will continue to get stronger day by day, after his ordeal. You are right in that this virus can cause serious problems even in younger fit people. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 RobL, your nephew has been very fortunate to have recovered after all that time in ICU. Wishing him well and hoping he becomes stronger by the day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 8:35 PM, denshaw said: booked in for Saturday at Kings Meadow. Had the Pfizer jab, in there for 30 minutes. Very busy but well organised. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Me too Denshaw, was there at 3.50. booked yesterday after the letter and text came from NHS england followed by another letter, different version, today from NHS Nottingham. Apart from no obvious directions to the entrance from the car park, all went smooth and quick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Having my jab on Wednesday. I am going to Horsley Woodhouse of all places. Could have gone to Pinxton but not many appointments available. (And besides I haven't got a spaceship) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Herself went there on Saturday, had the AZ and in and out in 10 mins or so. Today feeling a bit like she has a cold and an aching arm but nothing to write home about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Had the AZ jab on Friday at the former Wickes store in Mansfield. All very efficient. Bit of a sore arm and a sniffle yesterday, but fine now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, The Pianoman said: Having my jab on Wednesday. I am going to Horsley Woodhouse of all places. In the NHS letter which I received, Horsley Woodhouse was also my closest option - about 17 miles away ! However, by using Swiftqueue I went to the local centre which is a 5 minute walk away. The NHS options always seem to be a long distance from wherever you are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just when there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel Brazil comes up with a variant against which the present vaccines may not be so effective. We will have a second jab in a few weeks but it looks like a third one, sometime before next winter, may be needed to deal with the new variant. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Anyone remember seeing the early Covid footage of people falling over & dying in the streets of China? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 I have had my first vaccination and had no problems but I wonder if the hundreds of idiots who visited my small village over the last two days even know there is a pandemic. Wandering around mainly in groups no masks and gormless expressions, on a day where we would like to go for a walk common sense tells us stay home. Do people think that they won't/can't catch anything so it's life as usual will lockdow ever end. Stay safe all and take care. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ube 38 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Flipping eck it's been like a Bank Holiday at skeg here at Trent Lock.... What gets me is joggers/runners spitting everywhere... Huffing and puffing all over you as they run by then occasionally putting one finger over a nostril and blowing snot out the other might as well be coughing all over you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,293 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Recent medical advice received re the new Brazilian strain of the Corona virus indicates that one of the side effects causes your pubic hair to fall out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Brew said: Just when there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel Brazil comes up with a variant against which the present vaccines may not be so effective. We will have a second jab in a few weeks but it looks like a third one, sometime before next winter, may be needed to deal with the new variant. As some may know.. the Common Cold is caused by a range of Coronaviruses. For years, the 'Common Cold Research Unit' or whatever it was called.. looked into treatments and possible vaccines. Not so much because the Common Cold is dangerous.. but because of the economic cost of zillions of sick days per year. Again.. as I recall.. the Common Cold Research Unit was eventually wound up because it became apparent that no vaccine could combat the wide range of Coronaviruses, which , like the Influenza viruses.. were constantly mutating anyway. Covid however IS seriously dangerous,so even if we have to constantly change the vaccines.. it has to be worth it. I stil hold out the hope that Covid-19 will eventually mutate in such a way as to become a nuisance, rather than a killer. Although viruses clearly do not 'consciously' mutate, it is those variants which spread easily which are most likely to perpetuate.. yet those which kill their host clearly limit themselves. ..I think.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 .... I stopped counting at 7... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 I don't blame you.. Stupid bloody site showing my post as 'saving' forever. Still showng it like that... No doubt some sort of 'time -space continuum loop anomaly...' Or just a maintenance issue. Maybe Kev can tidy things up in the morning. P.S. I think it was 9... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 14 hours ago, radfordred said: Anyone remember seeing the early Covid footage of people falling over & dying in the streets of China? That was in the days when we thought it would never get over here, who’d have thought? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 This week is the first anniversary of our daughter arriving home from Cape Town via Heathrow, where she acquired the virus and passed it on to us. Since then, I’ve acquired Raynaud's Syndrome in some fingers, which makes going out in cold weather painful, not had a full night’s sleep, and joint aches - all of which have appeared in the last year. On the positive side, done over 1600 hours as an NHS Volunteer Responder and completed nearly a thousand tasks for the scheme, helped two clinical trials on antibodies, nearly donated plasma (no suitable vein), and saved a shed load of money on not going out! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, Rob.L said: Since then, I’ve acquired Raynaud's Syndrome in some fingers, which makes going out in cold weather painful, I sometimes get that in my feet if the weather is cold. It usually only last 10-15 minutes, then goes away. I don't think I'd say it's painful - just annoying while it's there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 My mum sometimes displayed the symptoms of Raynauld's. Supposedly down to poor circulation. I don't have it but I do get pains in my fingers, caused by a dodgy thyroid, even though I'm on medication. It comes and goes but has been particularly annoying these last few days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 Nottingham vaccine centres accepting 60+ from tomorrow. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/people-aged-over-60-nottinghamshire-5059326 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 I see my multiple post from last night (which of course was not caused by me.. but by some sort of system error ).. has been tidied up. I'm guessing it was Kev who did it, but whoever it was, many thanks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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