Mum has covid

[SanJunipero1]

Just found out my mum who is high risk because of various health problems has covid. I'm coping with it by telling myself that if she dies maybe it'll finally give me the push I need to overcome my SI and end things. It's genuinely calming me down. Grateful to have a place to say this stuff out loud for lack of being able to in the real world.

 

[mapletree]

I'm really sorry to hear that. I've had patients with COVID and it's a really weird virus.

I tell myself the exact same thing about my mom so I get it, if she passes away I'll likely follow

I have no way of knowing your moms prognosis but I've seen old patients with every risk factor do fine and actually a young healthy fit patient get pretty much disabled by the virus...I wish there were more hard and fast things to say but it's possible your mom will be okay. Either way, I'm sorry you guys have to go through this

 

[SanJunipero1]

I'm really sorry to hear that. I've had patients with COVID and it's a really weird virus.

I tell myself the exact same thing about my mom so I get it, if she passes away I'll likely follow

I have no way of knowing your moms prognosis but I've seen old patients with every risk factor do fine and actually a young healthy fit patient get pretty much disabled by the virus...I wish there were more hard and fast things to say but it's possible your mom will be okay. Either way, I'm sorry you guys have to go through this

Thanks, I appreciate your message and hearing you feel the same. After my fiancé's suicide, I cope by assuming the worst case, then at least I'm prepared for it and on the rare occasion things do work out I'm pleasantly surprised.

 

[Deleted member 94]

I'm sorry to hear that, pray she will be one of the ones who survives covid through the ICU treatment.

 

[Silvermorning]

Usually women survive a lot more and the sickness is more gentle with them, with luck, she might not even reach the pneumonia state and pass it as a slight flu. Its very random, one of my distant relatives died from it, but not not another. In both cases they gave it to their wifes, and none had even symptoms ( women do better)

Sending you all the positivity i can muster op, in the same boat, so anytime my hour can come, elderly father as my only family left and working as a mule in a very high risk office job with n95 masks as only protection. At home i self isolate, and speak to him mostly by phone, each one in his room and part of the house.

With the cold and rain, my coworkers start to complain if the windows are opened too long. None of them wears a mask or wants to get tested if they show symptoms (even though tests are free by the company)

They just dont care or will believe it until one of their relatives falls sick.

Lots of kisses op.

 

[hoping to lose hope]

It may go either way but prepare for the worst and hope for the best.