Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Just a side note on the whole diabetes / sugar thing. A couple of you mentioned other factors, the truth is sugar is a carbohydrate. There are other sources of carbohydrates such as bread, rice and potatoes. Oh, and milk has natural sugars in it as well. Switching to a sugar substitute is not a quick fix. I've been pre-diabetic for years and finally crossed over the threshold to diabetes recently. It's no laughing matter and should be taken seriously. If left untreated the ramifications are serious. And believing that you can just take a pill to make it all better, well, then there are the side effects you have to deal with. The younger you are the better your chances of reversing the pre-diabetes, so take charge of that now. I think dealing with the current pandemic is enough drama in anyone's life without adding to it. And yes @MissFrizzletheChick, the numbers in Massachusetts are going up quite a bit now. The numbers from yesterday are 20974 cases, and 599 deaths. So far there have only been 3 deaths out of 1678 cases in my county. We have to wear masks when going out in public now, which I don't plan on going anywhere for a while. Scary stuff. I'm just happy that I have a big yard to stretch my legs and get out of the house (now that it finally stopped raining).

 

[FortCluck]

I've been tested. They were great with swabbing better than the ER two months ago.

 

[MROO]

You know with all the stay home orders and wearing masks which are uncomfortable and the store issues and everything associated with this virus if you could walk down a covid wing in a hospital people would see why. Its absolutely horrible and I've seen alot of bad stuff but to break down at the end of the day is something I never did. I'll never forget the word COVID with a circle with a plus sign in it for positive. All the patients on vents. Staff writing stuff on the windows of the room I guess so no one has to look at charts. All the medical personnel in layers of clothes all you can see are their eyes and you can see they are spent. Just all the donning and doffing of ppe is a job in itself. My personal experience is street clothes then scrubs then what's called a bunny suit then a yellow splash gown/ apron, mask gloves and bonnet. And I wasn't having any patient contact for that add goggles and a face shield. The medical personnel had food delivered to the floor (sandwiches) so they didnt have to leave the floor. It's so terrible but that's not what we regular folk see all we see is people bitching cause they cant have a party.
Sorry it's been a rough week

 

[Don 27]

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[FortCluck]

 

[Rammy]

Bacon makes many of us VERY happy!

Everything is better with bacon.

 

[Molpet]

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Don't feel stupid.... How do you think I knew what was wrong

 

[svh]

On the diabetes thing ….. I suddenly "got" diabetes after a serious fall at work, over 10 years ago. Doctors aren't sure if they are related, but I believe they are, as NO ONE ELSE in my family has, or had diabetes ….. EVER !!! This is a topic for another time though .....

I was on insulin for awhile, but eventually said NO, I'm not gonna take these shots anymore ! Tried low carb, but that wasn't cuttin it, so I QUIT sugar cold turkey, and seriously restricted carbs, and did the keto thing for almost a full year. I stayed under 20 carbs per day, and many days less than that.

It was horrible, and it was the hardest thing I've ever done, I was a crabby a$$hole for quite some time, (still am !) BUT, I went from 265 pounds to 195 pounds, and went from size 46 pants to size 38 ! This transformation took me about a year.

More importantly, I went from insulin shots, and 3 oral diabetes meds a day, to ONE maintenance pill a day !!! My A1C is waaaayyyy down from the 8s, and 9s, to the 6s, my BP is down, and despite eating basically only meat, eggs, and cheese, my cholesterol is on a downward trend, which pleases my heart doctor to no end !

I feel better than I have in MANY years !!!

The only downside to this story is, I had to buy all new clothes !!!!

Diabetes is not to be trifled with, and the more you do NOW to prevent, or lessen it's effects, the better you will be in the long run.

 

[featherhead007]

Everything is better with bacon.

Darn right! BACON!!

 

[Beer can]

When I go to the Adirondacks, Lewey Lake, Indian Lake, drive past this rock called pig rock and know we are close to camp. Many decades ago they stared painting it up like a pig.
Buddy of mine posted this on FB, someone thinks they're funny

Little story behind it, unearthed when they put the road in 1955 and painted since 1965
https://www.adirondackexperience.com/blog/2017/03/home-where-the-hog