Cheetarah

Ever since our state opened up about 4 weeks ago, we’ve gone from - few hundred cases a day to over 2000 a day now.  
 

My first instinct was to buy a bit extra  toilet paper, make sure we’re good on masks, hand soap,  hand sanitizer etc.  🤷‍♀️
 

First world problems but I’m not wiping my butt with a coffee filter again.  

On 5/23/2021 at 10:18 AM, pippy longstocking said:

A little bird told me cheet was back , so I have popped in quickly to say hello darling , haven't seen you forever .xxx

Please keep taking this seriously everyone ..covid has taken my brother , two weeks ago ,he is only 57 😪 our family have been to hell and  back  .

Keep safe xx

Pippy my dear!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
 

I am so sorry for your loss.   Sending you the biggest hugs.  

On 5/3/2021 at 11:12 PM, SherrySher said:

Wow, you and I are living the same life right now, seriously.

I could have wrote that word for word.

I started having palpitations/arrhythmias about a year back. It was only now and then, but it's become a lot more frequent lately.

It is frustrating to go to ER and it doesn't show up! I too an booked in for a holter.

It really does feel weird for your heart to either skip a beat, or go too fast for a few seconds, doesn't it?

I have never had it happen in my life. I just hope it gets sorted. The sooner the better.

Yes, they mentioned SVT's a few times, so I am thinking mine are along the same lines.

I am also booked in for my first vaccine. It's an odd kind of happy/excited/fearful type of feeling.

But once it's done and I make it through, I know I will feel a sense of relief.

I hope you're all doing well. I have been doing a lot of work on other projects, so I haven't been around much at all.

It's good to hear that you're all doing well and made it through your Covid jabs. xx

I’m having the holter put on tomorrow, then a routine  echo done next week.  I’m also seeing an electrophysiologist tomorrow as well to talk about an ablation. 
 

Of course, I haven’t had any palps in a couple weeks(aside from tonight - I was a bit dehydrated so I wonder if that triggered it).  I swear it better show up on there.  LOL.  
 

I get both the “skipped beat” feeling and the speeding up and almost what feels like it’s resetting into sinus rhythm.  I can also make it stop by coughing hard or bearing down.  I’m told sometimes that simply IS a treatment if it’s infrequent, not sustaining and the heart rate isn’t super fast.  But when they come, they drive me insane and I think it becomes a vicious cycle of palps triggering anxiety triggering palps!  Which is why I really want to consider an ablation. I feel for you.  Let me know how things go for you.  
 

51 minutes ago, Seraphim said:

AstraZeneca apparently it has larger side effects on younger people due to the immune system still working well. It started about 14 hours after the injection. I’m glad I got it on a Friday that way I can just rest on the weekend and be OK for work Monday my second shot is also on a Friday. Apparently the side effects of the second shot are worse. 😳

Your body is a machine!  A well oiled machine.  Repeat.  LOL.  
 

Beats the ventilator.  Just keep telling yourself that.  Hugs! 

Okay folks, women especially...if you ever want to drive yourself insane, get the new otc Covid antigen test they just started selling this week in the US.  
 

it’s like doing pregnancy tests.  It even says to look for “very faint lines”.  I was going nuts and taking it apart, just like I did with my pregnancy tests! 😂

1 minute ago, Seraphim said:

Yes, it could be viral. Kiddos get a lot of rashes when they get sick. Thinking about you guys today. 💜

Thanks hun.  Happy vaccine day!! 🤗 👍😘

11 minutes ago, Seraphim said:

Awwwww poor little M. Huge hugs for him and you . 💜Does he have a cold ? 

Yeah and a rash...I can’t figure it out.  It could be a viral rash.  I changed his detergent to free and clear and got some colloidal oatmeal...hydrocortisone, and am giving him Benadryl every 6 hours.  At first I thought it was atopic but I’ve removed every irritant and it’s really not getting any better at all.  

I’m having my son tested for Covid later today.  I hate that this is the first thing that needs to be cleared out of the way.  I don’t really believe he has it, but they won’t see him in person unless he has one done.  Thing is, he’s NOT going to let them administer it, and they won’t let me, so I have to do it where they allow self administer (well, by a guardian).  

Why can’t they have these spit tests more readily available?  Honestly I don’t even know if those are approved for children anyway.  It used to be where when he needed it, we’d get myself and my fiancée tested per the doc because we were the only ones in contact with him and because his pediatrician knew he wouldn’t tolerate it.  So we were able to rule it out that way.  Now that we’re both vaccinated it’s different.  
 

1 minute ago, Seraphim said:

My son on the other hand thinks I’m drinking the Kool-Aid and is pleading with me not to do it. He said one day they’re going to flip the Killswitch and we’re all going to die. A sign of the world take over, a mark of the Beast . 
 

I can’t say there isn’t funky crap going on , but..., 

and he said he won’t be vaccinated and I can’t make him. 

LOL well...this virus in general is extremely funky.  Don’t get me wrong, I think about how we’re all pretty much almost the phase 4 of clinical trials.  But I also know if I got sick there’s a very good chance I’d be hospitalized, at best.  I’m not willing to take that risk.  
 

And if say, there really is a microchip in there 😂😂, go ahead.  You can watch me eat chips and go to target.  I’m fine with that.  

Just now, Seraphim said:

Hahaha I got texts and emails last night from other pharmacies to book appointments. 🙄Figures. But if you hadn’t found me the appointment nobody would’ve text or emailed me. But at least some of the wait lists are now going ahead. 
 

Hopefully it gets better. Here it is now younger people getting sick and dying. Two 30 somethings have died in my area . One of them my friend J used to look after her child. She was only 35 years old. 
 

I am super pumped to get vaccinated in less than 24 hours . 

That’s how it goes!  At least you know there are 2 people somewhere who will get those appointments.  
 

Yes, here as well.  Our elderly are 80% vaccinated with at least one dose.  So we are seeing more 20s/30s/40s etc dying.  My eye doctor, actually(he’s not dead just to clarify)..I’m not entirely sure of his age, perhaps 50?  I have been seeing him since I was 12 years old and he was straight out of optometry school...I called the office like 2 months ago for an appointment and it said it was closed due to the pandemic. 
 

I thought that was weird because 2 months ago we were in decent shape.  So once a week I’d call to see if the message changed and one day he picked up the phone.  Apparently he had COVID and was hospitalized.  Had to close the office for about 3 months.  He was super breathy, said he had a pulmonary embolism, now has to see a neurologist for post Covid memory issues...he also had a stroke.  While he is (or was....) a well controlled diabetic he is in good shape and leads a healthy lifestyle.  He says he has no idea specifically where he got it, but being an eye doctor up close in peoples faces even with masks on, I can see how it would easily happen.  
 

He said he couldn’t stay home anymore.  For both financial reasons and because he needs to move around (he’s probably going to be on blood thinners the rest of his life).  I pushed out my appointment until next month and twice already he’s had to reschedule me because he has so many various specialist appointments.  
 

I don’t know why stories like these aren’t more alarming to people.  And that’s only just one experience I know of, there are more and some are worse.  Why would you(general you) want to roll the dice...I don’t understand it.  
 

Anyhow, enough of this.  Happy Vaccine Eve!!  Make sure you get stuff to stay hydrated, have some Tylenol or whatever otc painkiller/fever reducer is safest with your type of vaccine, and rest up this weekend!  Whenever I felt crappy I just told myself my body was being the machine it was designed to be.  The pains had a purpose.  It really helps too, with anxiety.  

34 minutes ago, Seraphim said:

You bet your behind!! Even in another country she has some serious research skills! 

Aww, thanks!!  My career skills have to stay fine tuned.  Lol.  
 

In all seriousness, the headache of looking for a vaccine was very taxing here.  We just arrived at a point yesterday where they have a walk in clinic, no appointments necessary.  Of course, no one wanted to wait months for that kind of ease...I know I didn’t.  But I do believe the rollout will get better there eventually just like it is here.  
 

Then it becomes a matter of vaccine hesitancy...which we are starting to see here in the US.  Ugh. 
 

4 hours ago, Seraphim said:

Thank you. I just followed them. Hopefully they can find appointments as I have kids many hours a day except Sat and Sun. 

I can try to help you...I just have to learn Canada’s in and outs.  We had all sorts of restrictions and eligibility stuff.  I found another group.  Let me dig around.  Waitlists in Canada are probably as useless as they are here(I’ve been on waitlists since February, I’m already fully vaccinated and I STILL never heard from a waitlist).  I’ll PM you later on when I figure this out 

7 hours ago, Seraphim said:

My mom and step dad got their first shots but here in Canada second shots are being delayed by three months because we can’t get enough supply. Today our provincial standard drop to 40 to start applying to get Astra Zeneca at pharmacies. But what they did is they opened pharmacy booking systems a day early. Every single solitary pharmacy in the province is booked to the eyeballs until at least May. I even had myself on the registered waiting list for the last seven weeks ,never got an email never got a call nothing but people who are never on the list somehow got an appointment. Not  only that I know somebody personally who is 30 years old who got her shot today and not at the pharmacy either but at the provincial booking system which is reserved for 60 and above. How does this crap even happen. 
 

Like I said so over it. 

Getting my family vaccinated basically required me to learn the pharmacies batch drop times, spend literal hours with multiple tabs open on multiple devices, and joining a Facebook group dedicated to vaccine hunting.  That group was invaluable and there’s no way we’d all be vaccinated without it.  
 

it seems Canada has its own type of vaccine hunter group.  And probably more I can’t find.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/toronto.citynews.ca/2021/04/20/canadas-vaccine-hunters-twitter/amp/
 

try it.  Seriously, I would not be vaccinated if I didn’t utilize a group like this.  

7 minutes ago, Seraphim said:

According to my mom it is real this time. Two of his kids will be above 18 this year. The oldest will be 20 , the middle will be 18 in July and the youngest is 15. 

Waaaay overdue!  I hope he goes through with it this go. 

Your brother is a very good looking guy as well, so if he’s in the market I’ve no doubt he will find someone.  😆

3 hours ago, Seraphim said:

Yay! My brother is FINALLY going to divorce his ex hag. 

For real this time?!

5 minutes ago, rs5674 said:

The year of covid had both of us still working and the kids going to work with me. I was stressed and backed off on housework which she picked up (that is the only reason she has given me ). We had become less romantic and been quiet with each other, but no arguments. Just trying to get out of the covid life and get back to 'normal'. I just saw it as a down time, but she saw it as a lot worse. We have had issues in the past that were worse but she said it had been building for a while.

I think the most important thing you can do right now is get your legal ducks in a row.  Consult with one lawyer at minimum.  Gather as much information as you can. 

I’m sorry you’re sick.  Wishing you a speedy recovery.  
 

What she did was abhorrent.  She abandoned her children.  I agree with your mother that you should seek legal counsel. You don’t have to be bound to anything, but you do indeed need to know your options and safeguard your kids.  
 

But aside from that, what do you think was “not that bad” that she said you should have seen coming?  What sorts of problems were you having in the marriage? 

5 hours ago, Seraphim said:

So , I ordered these shoes. $200 here in Canada 🤯 I am hoping they fit . Part of our lockdown order is that you can only buy food and medications and cleaning supplies and that is it. No clothing ,no shoes no toys nothing. The only way around that law  is Amazon or stores that ship. It is an effort to keep people where they belong in their own towns and not going to outlying regions to buy stuff they can’t get at home. For over a year we’ve had supply limits on almost everything. You can only buy one cleaning product you can only buy one pack of toilet paper you can only buy two packets of any kind of meat you can only buy two cases of drinks, you get my drift. It has been EXHAUSTING and lends to the mental state that we are in a cage. Exercise has been the only thing that’s really keeping my sh*t together. I really hope the shoes fit and they’re comfortable because I really don’t want to of thrown $200 bucks in the trash. 

Wow, you guys certainly have gone back to the March 2020 ways.  Those shoes are cute though!  Let me know if there’s anything you need(although probably by the time it gets to you your lockdown will be over 😂).  

9 minutes ago, Seraphim said:

I can only imagine other countries without firmly established infrastructure and regulations and supply chains etc . It would be apocalyptic. But you are right it has become a dog eat dog world and people are VERY on edge. I keep R home now as he has been physically attacked just going to the grocery store. I am too afraid to let him out . 

Oh my goodness.  Poor R.  How is he handling that?  Is he okay? 

This just popped up on my news notifications too.  That’s the one that had the human error, too.  

19 minutes ago, Seraphim said:

We started a stay at home order about a week ago and the kids right now are on a spring break that was moved from March. They decided yesterday to close indefinitely. 
 

Our vaccine roll out isn’t going fast enough. We just can’t secure enough vaccine and our rate of infection is now climbing faster than yours is. The latest death in my area was a 35 year old. They have actually started moving patients around to different hospitals that can take them and the Premier instituted an emergency order to move patients to a hospital anywhere in the province that can take them without their consent. It is really bad here right now. 

Oh that’s horrible!  I know we are going to have a slow up in distribution.  There was a human error with a batch of 15 million single dose vaccines(it never got to people, it was found during testing).  Many people who had appointments at places that disperse that vaccine have received cancellations.  

It feels like the hunger games out there, doesn’t it?  It is so crappy.  We have been seeing younger deaths as well, and many more cases in younger people versus seniors(I am hoping that’s because a significant populous of the elderly are vaccinated, at least partially, here).  

8 hours ago, Seraphim said:

Schools closed indefinitely here in Ontario. 

Oh no!  You guys are closing back up?  They started up some mitigations last week here.  

15 hours ago, boltnrun said:

How frightening!

I hope you are doing better.

I have some kind of an arrhythmia.  They weren’t able to see it on the 12 lead because it wasn’t happening, then it did on the 3 lead but no one was ever in the room(and it wasn’t the kind that set off the  crazy alarm, just the “missed beat” ding).  The ER doc finally saw it during discharge and said it looks like SVT.  I stopped mid sentence im like it’s coming! lol.  He was so tickled that I could feel when it was about to happen.  But I’m (at times , overly) in tune with my body. 
 

 I have an appointment with a cardiologist next week to get set up with a holter.  They upped my beta blocker.  My marker labs and all the other ones were fine, as well as chest x ray.  The beta blocker increase has at least helped quell them quite a bit in the meantime.  

I had to go to the ER last night.  The one by my house is a level 1 trauma so..it gets hectic.  
 

Guys, I left and went to another hospital.  It was appalling.  There was no separation of people who were coming in hacking/exhibiting what could possibly be COVID symptoms. There was so little room in the waiting room that you had to kind of hop over peoples feet.  

I’m super glad I am vaccinated for this reason alone.  It’s always scary to go to the hospital but adding another layer of COVID fear is so crappy.  

On 4/2/2021 at 8:25 AM, boltnrun said:

Yay @Cheetarah

I am getting my first dose today. Combined with the antibodies I have from actually having Covid I feel like I will be very well protected once I get the second dose.

I am going to Target to celebrate lol.

How did it treat you?  I’ve mostly heard the side effects are more intense in people with previous Covid infections.