As a diabetic, you must remember that YOU HAVE a pre-existing condition so you must be extremely careful.

Basically, the do’s and don’ts for you is the same as for everyone else.

I  “self quarantined” myself several days ago.  I am over 60 years of age and my son has Crohn's disease so we both have “pre-existing conditions”. We informed our family and friends that we would not open our doors for ANYONE. And we haven't. 

My sick son lives with me, but we have made it clear to our friends & family that we have pre-existing conditions and must keep each other safe.  So no visitors. So far, so good.

But what do we do after the 14 days of quarantine?  (Shelter in place)? I don’t know! In the meantime, I will share the many thoughts I have and things that I learn during this crisis and my lifetime.

Sharing is a 2-way street.  What are your experiences? Share with us here.

I will reevaluate the status of the world and make further adjustments as I see fit.

I remember my adult working years.  I don’t know what I would have done under these same circumstances.  I could not afford to leave my job, and I sure could not afford to lose my paycheck.  It took me forever to learn to live on my little pension. I don't know how much adjustment I could do, with no income at all.

It is like the end of the world we knew and the beginning of a new world. The difference?  I have nothing!

What to do? Children not in school, no job, no money. If You don’t have one, you do have the other.  I won’t try to tell you that everything will be alright, but we have never gone through anything like this in our lifetime.

I must face that this is what it is! This is where we are!

The important thing is that we not let this moment, crisis kill our spirit!

We must face the fact that for the first time in our history, we are in a space that won’t expand for us, that we can’t wiggle around get out of.

We face disappointments at every turn. Be grateful for what we have.  Others have lost so much more. 

Our world may never be the same.

Plan for the best but always be prepared for the worst.

How do we deal with our feelings? How do we deal with our day to day living?

Happy, sad, don’t know what tomorrow will bring? No future. Uprooted from our “good” jobs. Disappointments, children to feed, rent to pay, food to buy, heat and electricity expenses. Just keeping up with daily living expenses are overwhelming, almost impossible.  No matter what, there is nothing you can do about it.

Getting up every morning and seeing the children not going to school seems like something you read about in a history book.

I don’t know the answers, but I believe in a Higher Being that makes the final determination and I believe in preparation for what might be the future, whatever it is. Because we are not really in control? Are We?

Is there a way around this or out of this?

People keep in touch with each other with the cell phone and the computer and many other technical items.

Did you know that many people make a living, support a family, have money in the bank, all from their beds, in their pajamas, using the internet?  They turn on their computers, deliver a service, and make money delivering to the public.  They don’t even have to get dressed, they don’t have to do this every day.  No one sees what you look like, or even care.

You need:

• A Computer, a Cell phone, a tablet, or some comparable items.
• An Internet hook up. I have not left my home, and won't leave it until further notice. I have ordered everything I need from any store I want, from the internet, and millions of people do the same.
• The will, the desire, and the stick-to-it mindset that you can do it.

The world as we knew it will not return. More and more will be using remote living and ordering from our comfortable chair or bed, as millions of people were doing before this virus.

The will, the desire, and a stick-to-it mindset that you can do it.

The Corona Virus won't go away and then zap everything back to the way it was in the past.  Just as we now go to our computers, telephones, and television to be entertained, get the news, and pass some time.

The virus cannot strike the computers and television sets and other electronics. We will find that more & more we will depend on our computers for communication, incomes, and support for our family.

There are lessons that I have learned.  What about you!

I will never miss another doctor's appointment.  

• I knew that I needed cataract surgery and kept putting it off (Both eyes) I was scheduled for cataract surgery and had to cancel until the isolation period ends. (You cannot schedule a Virus.)
• I need new prescriptions.  I can't just order and pick-up the same or next day. I have been putting off getting the prescriptions delivered and get a 90 day supply.
• I forgot and left the doctor's office without having my ear cleaned. Now I can hardly hear out of that ear and, because of the virus,  don't know when I can make another appointment.

What do you wish you had done, before the Corona Virus quarantine?

If I could go back in time, I would…?

Tell Me!