10 thoughts on “C-19 Chat Post – January 27 2022”

  1. TK – thanks!!!

    Joshua – just caught up on yesterday’s blog – no adequate words come to mind to express my sympathy except to say that my thoughts are with you during such a challenging time and I hope you know how grateful I am/we all are for your wisdom, expertise and intelligent perspectives on so many things here on this blog.

    Life can seemingly throw so much at once at us – sometimes it feels like the best one can do during those times is to hunker down until the storm passes.

    Also – Please take really good care of yourself as you recover!

  2. I just read and can barely see through tears. My heart is heavy, Joshua. Please know you and every person you mentioned is in my thoughts and prayers.

    I echo Mama’s comment that you have shared wisdom beyond anything we would know if not for you. If that makes sense. I mentioned this to both of my girls yesterday.

    Please take care of you and know we are all right there with you in spirit. Hugs and Love ❤️

  3. It totally shocked me what happened to Joshua given he’s fully vaccinated and from my impression does everything possible to keep himself safe like the medical community expects of us all. It’s not fair. Again, get well soon Joshua.

    1. Thanks, Philip.

      Not shocking, given how contagious it is. I’m now convinced it can be transmitted by way of Zoom!

      But yes, I do take precautions. Nevertheless, it happened.

      Feeling the same as yesterday, and as I have all week. Cough, wheezing, and congestion are very persistent. Low-grade headache since Monday. Tylenol and/or Advil do nothing to relieve it.

      It will pass, though. I’m not worried.

      And when I consider that 3,500 Covid deaths were reported yesterday in the U.S. (10,800 worldwide), I know how much pain and suffering the disease has inflicted upon families.

  4. Joshua – I also couldn’t believe when I read you have gotten ill. You keep so safe! Love to you and feel better soon and so sorry for your friends. Prayers for all. So much sad news nowadays.

  5. Difficult for me to process is my friend Michael’s demise. He called me on Christmas Day to say he was “feeling under the weather.” One month later, he’s close to death, falling into unconsciousness. I can’t visit him because I have Covid.

    And then to hear the painful news about people I knew when I lived in the Netherlands. Unbearable.

    My father wanted me to be a doctor. He got all my siblings to sign up – they’re all docs. But, I didn’t want to. I felt (and feel) that it would break me to see people suffering. To this day, I can’t bear it. If someone is suffering physically or mentally I can’t distance myself from that. It consumes me.

    1. Please note, Michael is dying of liver cancer, likely metastasized from his colon. I had written this in a previous post, but if you haven’t read it it may leave you wondering what Michael is dying from.

      The other two people I mentioned – the ones in the Netherlands – include a man who died of pancreatic cancer last week and a person who will undergo euthanasia tomorrow (he has ALS, among other conditions). Again, I wrote this in previous posts, but realize that if you haven’t seen those posts you may be wondering.

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