Hi everyone
I'm sorry to have to tell you that Annette and her husband Vince have both been diagnosed with Covid 19. That's the diagnosis that no one who is living with an incurable cancer wants to be receiving. Understandably, they are both quite ill. Vince was first to go down with it, followed a couple of days later by Annette. Vince had a horrible cough and both are suffering from bones being painful and sweating. Annette describes the illness thus: W H A M!!! It hits you, knees shaking, sweating by just the effort to stand up, so you go to the toilet then straight back to bed. We are both the same with very sore back, ribs etc. Nothing usually floors me like this! That's seven days tomorrow I've been in bed.
Now I'm not what you would call a particularly religious man but since Annette emailed me about Vince and then a couple of days later gave me the news that she herself had gone down with Covid 19, I've been praying every day for both of them.
Peggy, Annette has been asking me how you are so you can be sure that I'll let her know.
Take care and stay safe everyone
Tvman x
That’s very good news! Thanks for the update - wishing you & hubby a full & speedy recovery. 
Hi Annette anndanv
Welcome back 
I want to give you a hug, but it'll have to be a virtual one of course. Give Vince my best wishes please. You're both very lucky.
In Northern Ireland we have just come off a two week lockdown, not a complete one, and from next Friday we're going on a stricter lockdown for two weeks! You couldn't make it up, and being Northern Ireland, politics has played a major part. Honestly, I'm seething that there's one party that used their veto twice so that means the proposal is dead in the water. I don't know what the consensus of opinion is regarding the veto being used because I am not allowed out to even get a newspaper. My garden and my little wood across the road is as far as I go. I can't even take Conan for a walk using my motorised scooter because it's not working! I have listened to radio and TV broadcasts though and most people here the same opinion as me but of course they are subject to editing.
Schools are still open and Mrs Tvman has to go every day so that worries me that she might bring the virus home but she's wearing a mask and a visor at work. She, another classroom assistant and two P1 teachers as well as the children in P1 are all in a bubble and not allowed to mix with others.
Anyone else have notification issues? I saw your post Annette and thought I was going to be first to reply but when I opened up to reply, there were 3 or 4 replies that I didn't know about! I have had the same problem with other threads.
Annette, don't be rushing back too soon,.we know you've been one of the lucky ones who have come through this awful virus. Take care,
Tvman
Hi. Annette
So pleased you and your husband are feeling better.You had us worried there.It must have been so frightening for you.It shows us how careful we must be.
Take it easy and you will be fine. Take care 
