Sending love, healing thoughts, and wishing I was there to push warm drinks at you.

I’m disturbed by your recent health issues and encouraged by your insistence on discussing your worst case options with your palliative care provider. Thank you for sharing your journey.

My best thoughts to you and everyone during these very frightening times.

Thank you, Ronni, you have cleared up something at my house !

I have been actually craving my old Auntie's Pickled Beets lately. Today I'll follow my own advice and make some. Already have the canned beets in the pantry I just bought. Trusting the aforementioned "Semaphore" waving? Maybe!

Distant hugs... xx

Despite being crabby due to feeling cruddy, you still have a beautiful smile!

Some pharmacies have delivery service as do many grocers now--or at least curb pickup--but I imagine you're aware of that.

Sending you positive vibes to get through this in fine fiddle.

Sending hugs and love Ronni. My heart just froze for a moment when I saw this. Actually I saw your video on U-tube last night. Get well, stay well is my wish for you. My lungs are crap and the flu or a cold knocks the stuffing right out of you when they pop up. I had a similar discussion with my doctor, the rx was rest and fluids duh and the same emergency instructions. My favorite comfort things are hot-ish fluids, tea, coffee and even warm water and a microwaved rice pad on my chest. Relaxes those chest muscles a little. Love you.

Many good wishes and blessings for you dear heart, you have been through a very rough patch. I am sorry to hear that you've been suffering.

This morning, walking my dog, I was woozy, short of breath, had to stop and put my hands on my knees. Got back home, tea, sit down. Later a friend called, I told her my "symptoms" and she immediately said "Oh that's the pollen, it's terrible this year." Fear and physical problems do not encourage clear thinking, that's for sure. I know about pollen in this area, and yet it never crossed my mind.

Good resting to you Ronni, and not too much virus news............makes us miserable, thereby lowering the immune system.

I think it was Covid-19.
I had almost exactly the same thing the first week of this month. I did not think it was Covid-19 at the time but then I read Tom Hanks’ description of his and Rita’s symptoms I had a come to Jesus moment.
I have done a lot of reading every day for the last month on the CoronaVirus and have found out not only do some people have no symptoms at all, the symptoms can vary from a cough to a gastro thing and just yesterday a tv doctor was talking about it can present as a cardio event.
I spoke with my doctor today and told her about my experience and she agreed it was possible.
I was back and forth to OHSU the week before getting sick and could have easily picked it up in a hospital bathroom, the mri waiting room, the mri room on a different floor or the pharmacy. I was conscious of what I was touching but was lost in the halls for a few minutes also.
I prefer to believe I had it but thanks to the chump in charge had no test and realize I also may not have had it.
But I think I did.
Such is the dark world we live in now.

Ronni, I do not think you had or have Coronavirus. Just a passing ordinary virus in my opinion. You are allowed to be cranky considering your overall condition with this virus on top of it all. You and Alex are always eager to bash Trump, but I overlook it due to your overall goodness. I have to tell you that I think you look very nice in brown. We are living proof that good people with polarized political views can get along.

I came back to the USA on Feb 23rd, on the day the first COVID-19 was announced in Israel, where I had been on a tour for a week. I left with a cough, aches and pains, very low energy, low fever, no appetite. My sister, who was on the tour also came down with the same symptoms, but it took longer for her to feel better. She was diagnosed with seasonal flu, but it was so much like covid-19!

There may have been little opposition to this voiced initially, but locally I have heard a great deal of opposition, For one thing, sacrificing the elders does not even make practical sense as a solution to this situation. Who are all these 70+ year-olds who are going to do the work of all the younger people who are going to continue to stay home and out of harm's way? We are suddenly supposed to know how to do all these jobs, be able to get to them, and be physically and mentally capable of taking them on? Obviously the younger people aren't going to be there to train and give us access to all we would need -- computers, passwords, files . . . The world works differently than some of us who have been retired for a while may be familiar with. And who is going to go along with this? Are we to be put in chains and forced to do these jobs?

Over the past week, I have discovered a very entertaining and educational history podcast and I've spent hours of listening to the host tell the story of the Achaemenid kings of Persia. Had anyone told me a few months ago that I would be spending my days this way, while confined to my house to escape exposure to a deadly virus that is creeping around the world, I would have been certain that person was rather insane. Yet, here I am eagerly waiting for the next block of time I can pick up the headphones and click on that magical link that takes me back nearly 3,000 years. The time of these Kings of Kings have been some of the most formative in the history of the world -- determining what sort of government takes hold, whether most people live in slavery or freedom, the value of lives and opportunities based on gender, age, income and class. . . And now here we are, perhaps living through one. Weird.

The "non-Pollyanna of Ageing" is still around in case anyone missed me--HA! Bet at least a few of the folks who opposed death with dignity laws are rethinking their position. Personally, I'd like to know that there's an adequate supply of the right drugs should I fall seriously ill with C-19 and need a ventilator. I haven't seen availability of end-of-life drugs mentioned anywhere.

I'm 83 and basically healthy (except for pain), but fully realize that I and my 90 Y/O spouse could be among the "expendables" in this pandemic. Thanks to The Orange Blob and his $ycophant$, our country squandered precious time to prepare and ramp up essential medical equipment. They knew this was coming in January! Whether I'm still here or not, I hope he loses the election "bigly" by the widest margin in history. Unfortunately, I understand that a large percentage of Republicans--many of whom are 65+ and may be seriously affected by C-19--still support him. Unbelievable!

Of course, I'd prefer to remain alive for a while longer so am doing my best to stay healthy, comply with our Governor's stay-home order and surf the web for items like disinfectant wipes, bleach and paper towels. Now that I have plenty of time to clean, I don't want to use up my limited supply of such products since I have no idea when I can get more.