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[Penguin99]

Hi Taz2, I hope your friend is keeping safe, my mum also has cancer so is shielding too,  its so very difficult at this time for everyone but so much harder for shielders. I know I'm very overprotective but I can't help it. Some people just don't understand or choose to ignore how awful this virus is. We know of 5 people who have sadly passed away due to covid, the youngest of which was just 22 . I just hope it all blows over soon but unfortunately I don't think this will be the case
Xx

[Sparrow]

Penguin, let us know what the outcome is.  I expect others are in a similar situation with conflicting information.

Teresa, can you not get a free one from your GP.  It doesn't seem right you have to pay, in your situation?

[CLKD]

Anything else is a coincidence.

Nope - I have knowledge of five people, well known to me, who were really ill after the 'flu jab - i.e. MiL as stated.  Because no one believes these patients no one has bothered to research side effects.   ??  'a coincidence' for MinL that she was ill - 3 years running - immediately after the 'flu jab ?? when she had never had 'flu B4 and didn't after  .   It's like other myths, until someone actively investigates patients concerns by listening to them, the myth will continue.

I will continue wearing my mask and keeping well away from others.  If we all wear a mask the jab won't be necessary.  Why would anyone want something else in their system when their body is already compromised 

[Taz2]

Hi Taz2, I hope your friend is keeping safe, my mum also has cancer so is shielding too,  its so very difficult at this time for everyone but so much harder for shielders.
Xx

Thanks Penguin. She's doing ok so far. We are missing our hugs though. Hope your mum stays as well as possible.

Taz x 

[Ju Ju]

I’m booked in for the flu jab in October. I have to have it as I have asthma which has resulted in hospitalisation with respiratory infections in recent years. I haven’t had side effects, even though I am intolerant of eggs. My daughter can’t have it as she is allergic of eggs along with dairy. Makes taking medication of any kind tricky for her. She had to be on the ball when she had pre eclampsia, as the doctors didn’t seem to have a clue. They prescribed meds with lactose in them each time. It’s not taken seriously unless you have anaphylactic attacks.

[Penguin99]

I don't know anyone who's wearing a mask every minute of when they're out

I do i have p3 masks, always wear them when I leave the car, then when I get back in my car its sanitiser then remove mask. When hubby has to go to hospital,  we look like aliens , i don't care though.  I hope you're keeping safe   it is so very hard and a real worry.
Taz2, hopefully won't be too long before you can give her a hug.

Mum is doing OK, dad just researching and thinks he's getting her better but we let him think that, maybe his way of coping. Things have been a little upset lately between them & me, but I'm just keeping back for now.

Hubbys consultant should be calling this month so we will ask him.
Stay safe everyone xx

[Ju Ju]

I had to go to town for the first time since March! I was handed my new glasses on the first day of lock down without being fitted and they slid down my nose and were in danger of falling off if I bent down, so I carried on wearing my old ones. Unfortunately I had a silly accident with the old ones and stood on them! So had no choice but to get the new ones sorted. They fit beautifully now. I was pleasantly surprised to see that nearly everyone was wearing a mask, socially distancing and being consider stepping back when going through doors.

[CLKD]

It will be 'strictly with masks' B4 long 

[CLKD]

Numbers are rising - not as many deaths though? 

[Ju Ju]

Still feel vulnerable due to severe asthma with infection, but feel more confident about going out more now. Time to make a dental appointment!

[CLKD]

I've made our dental appts.  Apparently he won't be as talkative as usual    well that's good, he won't need an answer when I have a gob full of instruments 

[Taz2]

Sorry to learn of your abscess Teresa and with everything else you are going through. I hope that you will be able to be seen soon though.

It's all a bit of a nightmare. I'm scared of going at the best of times but early in lock down I lost two crowns - they were already just hanging on (by the skin of their teeth  ) so over the next few months what was left sort of disintegrated so I know that I am now faced with two extractions and then the dilemma of working out what to do next. Implants are obviously the way to go, if there is enough bone left, but the cost is prohibitive I'm afraid. I just need to change my mind-set on what dentures mean! Positivitity!

Taz x 

[CLKD]

Not many realise that implants mean that the jaw bone has something to work against which keeps it healthy.  Without teeth the gum recedes and there is a risk of losing all the teeth ....... bit like brisk walking to stave off osteoporosis.  Eventually the plate becomes ill fitting and may rub .........

Cost should be negotiable ;-).  Although we don't have children and were able to opt for implants, I would never put my dental health at risk as long as we can afford it.  There's a lot of technology and skill involved, a dentist has to have specialist training and titanium don't come cheap ;-)

I dreaded visits until we found our current Dental Surgeon 

[CLKD]

Mine cost £3,500 each - 9 years ago.  I had 3 done ;-). DH also had 3 done, his were a little more expensive as he was 3 months behind.  There are HP terms in most Surgeries, worth discussing B4 writing off the possibility. 

As people haven't been able to go on holiday this year why not treat yourself to health care?  I know that we are lucky but I would forgo a lot of things in order to keep my smile healthy ;-)

[CLKD]

General chit chat really 

How did we get from Winter 'flu to implants