My partner is living with liver bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), diagnosed January 2022. Since diognosis we have been living in a lockdown like state to avoid germs and in particular covid, I.e. not going indoors public places without a mask, working from home, no traveling/holidays, the few people we do see we ask they LFT before a catch up, avoiding people for atleast 48 hours if they have been on a flight.
Number 1 priority is doing everything needed to keep him safe and away from any germs, I have to admit I'm feeling the lonlieness and confinment of not feeling safe to get out and about and enjoy life, and I feel jealous of people who don't have to worry about covid.
I know there's never one size fits all when it comes to anything cancer related. I would love to get an idea of how others in this forum live their lives and how they think about covid risk.
Can we calm down and enjoy life for a bit, or should we keep keeping our distance from? I just want to do whatever is right, I'm just conscious of cabin fever!
Hi Nallimcam
My wife is living with Leiomyosarcoma but at least for now it is stable. She is supporting our son in college so travels by bus 3 days a week about 15 miles and also spends some time in coffee shops. We have both had all our covid shots. We have had one round of infection which was really quite unpleasant but we seem to have recovered ok.
At work we do monitor the CO2 levels quite closely especially in shared indoor spaces.
That is what we do - but unfortunately not being a doctor and knowing your situation you will need to make your own decision.
<<hugs>>
Steve
