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Yep. I find such public speculation unhelpful and irresponsible at the minute. Since Friday we've started hearing that if people in the UK don't abide by the rules then they'll ban everyone from going out for exercise. Just because some, who think they're invulnerable, insist on flouting...

Couldn't read the whole article as you have to subscribe, says he or his team visited the home of an infected but didn't find live virus on any surfaces. It's all very well but the flippin' thing is definitely spreading somehow. What's his explanation for the spread then?

Nope, that's what he said. :banghead:

N=1 here, but anyway. I was slim when I first became ill and as my ability to exercise and function dropped like as stone my weight crept up. In recent years I gradually dropped 4-5 dress sizes - can't give amount in weight as I don't own a scales. None of this was down to exercise as I...

Yep. in his case psychiatry - alternative spelling of parasite. God help them. If the BPS get hold of them then their problems are just starting. :(

I have mad hair. When I was younger it used to naturally fall into fat shiny ringlets (which I flippin' hated). In the 80's people used to stop me to ask where I had my hair permed.:laugh: Anyway, I started to go "blonde" quite young - probably because of thyroid and zinc issues. Longer...

Back when the DWP did their own assessments I was assessed by one doctor who was a psychiatrist - though she side stepped quite neatly when I asked her directly. She was actually very kind & understanding, though she did keep me talking long enough so she could see my ability to think straight...

I think I remember @Sean mentioning this before in one of the covid threads. I'm sure I heard something elsewhere i.e. not on S4ME about the effect of UV on coronavirus but can't think where now.

Definitely. Not to mention that not everyone with an underlying health condition will know they have one. Some conditions may be asymptomatic or mild enough to be ignored initially. Health is something that can only be assumed. Additionally, while the risks of more severe illness & death with...

From their help section - How to place an order- Makes it sound as though it's a single transaction done through their website. I guess they have deals with certain suppliers within each delivery area.

Sorry to hear this @Hell..hath..no..fury... :hug: I do occasionally get patches on my thighs (well, only one thigh at a time & usually the right side) of either numbness or a stinging, burning pain. No marks or redness. Can be an area as big as my hand. I don't think it's anywhere near as...

I completely agree. What I am saying is when you put the heaviest restrictions in, you do it at the beginning. I understand that what we know of a decision may change, especially when we are dealing with something new. However, if you tell people they have to stop doing x,y and z it quickly...

I agree with @Diluted-biscuit that you should use it to illustrate how it limits you when it comes to the descriptors. I know the system is stacked in favour of benefit denial, but I like to follow the advice my old schoolteachers used to give us at exam time. Give them as much relevant...

As a youngster I lived with and helped care for someone with an extremely painful and debilitating long term, incurable health condition. I can honestly say I didn't understand what it was like to suffer the pain, exhaustion etc that they felt & I knew that at the time. I probably still don't...

The first lot of these type of courses were part of an expert patient programme. I saw the course and wondered if I should do it. Would it make my GP a little more likely to be sympathetic, would the DWP see it as a positive - a way of demonstrating I wasn't a lazy git and wanted to be well...

Thanks. I appreciate where you're coming from. However, many hospitals are still full of sick people who do not have coronavirus. They may well make a full or very good recovery, but at this point in time they are very vulnerable to complications or possibly death if they contract covid 19...

I am aware of that. I am also very aware that when you ask people to put aside their usual routines and make significant, unwanted changes to how they do things, achieve some level of compliance, then the best way to thoroughly p*** them off and have them tell you to shove it is to turn around...

My vote would be healthcare workers should have priority however - A relative who has serious ongoing health problems was rushed to hospital. The specialist ward this person needs to go on has some very ill people on it, some of whom may well recover, some won't, regardless of corona virus...

There are no absolute guarantees @lunarainbows & @JemPD - contaminants can happen but environments where dairy products are produced hygiene is very strict. If a batch of dairy products is spoiled for some reason, or if the original milk product has bacteria levels that are too high then the...

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