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MontanaMama

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64. I'm scared.

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 12:52 AM

Mar 2020

We don’t have any active cases of Covid19 here in Mt at the moment but it is coming. I spent all of yesterday in the hospital with my husband and his father who died yesterday afternoon. While I knew he was failing and that he would probably not live through the day, it was difficult to be present when I was so worried about not touching anything...my face, surfaces, door knobs...when my father in law was restless, I would run my hand over his forehead or arm to soothe him and while that should have been easy, it wasn’t. As soon as he would fall asleep again, I ran for the sink to wash my hands. This is a nightmare.

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Seriously, how is your anxiety level right now? [View all] LuckyCharms Mar 2020 OP

Pretty fracking high LC. Zoonart Mar 2020 #1

. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #3

logically high, using precautions and making sure I have the essentials Demonaut Mar 2020 #2

Starting to rise RandySF Mar 2020 #4

I'm right there with you... First Speaker Mar 2020 #5

Good luck, keep washing those hands! I'll send you some good energy! 🙂 MLAA Mar 2020 #29

Thank you! First Speaker Mar 2020 #45

I'm OK, but my wife is in the high risk category Poiuyt Mar 2020 #6

My husband is high risk MLAA Mar 2020 #28

I feel a lot of anxiety. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #7

It feels like we're waiting for the alien mothership to land. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #8

That thought has crossed my mind more than once. yonder Mar 2020 #34

some anxiety. my life keeps away from crowds already nt msongs Mar 2020 #9

Extremely high. bamagal62 Mar 2020 #10

I've grown fond of my lungs Rorey Mar 2020 #11

You should put up a poll. defacto7 Mar 2020 #12

I'm so lucky. We're camping in New Mexico mountain grammy Mar 2020 #13

I'm envious! MLAA Mar 2020 #30

Best thing was some time in Mexico mountain grammy Mar 2020 #48

How about bottling some and sending it to me. MLAA Mar 2020 #51

Ha great idea mountain grammy Mar 2020 #75

Perhaps it's time for us to head to Canada for a few days liberaltrucker Mar 2020 #57

It's a great feeling mountain grammy Mar 2020 #74

Moderate because of DU, tons of info here and there's steps to take starting with testing uponit7771 Mar 2020 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Raine Mar 2020 #53

We all are freaked, but ... frazzled Mar 2020 #15

very, very, low. When you spend your life on the edge this is nothing. Looking for 2-liter bottle juxtaposed Mar 2020 #16

No, but I have multiple chronic illnesses. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #19

Borrowing the wife's Klonopin high... nt sweetloukillbot Mar 2020 #17

It's high. I fear for my vulnerable loved ones. LisaM Mar 2020 #18

Worried almost as much about the economic fallout for my family members BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #20

That's me, BBB. Sonny Nay works for himself and work has dried up. DIL works Nay Mar 2020 #72

Yes, I have the same situation with my son and DIL-- BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #76

Anxious Jarqui Mar 2020 #21

It's been pretty high since Trump took office and yet it still seems to increase daily. Marie Marie Mar 2020 #22

At age 68, I'm not anxious but I just named a beneficiary for my IRAs, began sketching out a will, BamaRefugee Mar 2020 #23

Anxiety not much, anger huge rufus dog Mar 2020 #24

I fell the same way. larwdem Mar 2020 #60

Right there with you. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #88

Very very high! Mossfern Mar 2020 #25

High centrarchus Mar 2020 #26

Anxiety on two levels... mtngirl47 Mar 2020 #27

If it has to happens I hope that it's quick. CentralMass Mar 2020 #31

Hard to sleep at night. Kablooie Mar 2020 #32

Well, higher than I'd like but we're okay. nolabear Mar 2020 #33

Low. I just have never gotten excited about things that I can't control. Blue_true Mar 2020 #35

I am the bastard offspring of Lady Macbeth and Howard Hughes. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #36

I have kinda of low grade anxiety MLAA Mar 2020 #37

Very high,I'm 85 years old. virgogal Mar 2020 #38

Take care of yourself, virgogal! Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #49

Off the chart. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #39

Through the fucking roof. CousinIT Mar 2020 #40

I was fine until I went shopping this evening. EarthFirst Mar 2020 #41

Horrible Danmel Mar 2020 #42

I would be less anxious if more information was available and less lying from tRump. n/t cynatnite Mar 2020 #43

Wow, I'm amazed by the number of posts here defacto7 Mar 2020 #44

Was OK until Wednesday night. Jimbo S Mar 2020 #46

Trying to manage it. ooky Mar 2020 #47

My sleep has gone straight to hell r/t anxiety. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #50

Pretty bad Meowmee Mar 2020 #52

A bit elevated PghTiny Mar 2020 #54

Can't think of much else Raine Mar 2020 #55

Not great - I wish I had not been so greedy and took some profits. walkingman Mar 2020 #56

It's spiking again, wendyb-NC Mar 2020 #58

I posted this before - KT2000 Mar 2020 #59

THANKS Raine Mar 2020 #62

Unfortunately, that breath holding test is nonsense. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #71

"Elevated" but not crippling. n/t TygrBright Mar 2020 #61

Higher than I'd like. It was odd with the juxtaposition of how beautiful a day it was. Bonx Mar 2020 #63

I'm scared. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #64

I'm sorry you lost your father-in-law, my sympathies to you BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #77

It depends on which thread I am reading at the time. GemDigger Mar 2020 #65

Me too Raine Mar 2020 #66

High because of the societal fallout ibegurpard Mar 2020 #67

Yeah, This RobinA Mar 2020 #86

A five. It was a 9.5 election night 2016 because tandem5 Mar 2020 #68

After 9/11 canetoad Mar 2020 #69

My anxiety level is crazy high Niagara Mar 2020 #70

Elevated for myself, but terrified for some around me in very high-risk groups. bullwinkle428 Mar 2020 #73

I worked some off boarding up vulnerable windows. Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #78

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2020 #79

I looked at your leaf and read Dem2 Mar 2020 #80

Pretty low - TGIF!! jmg257 Mar 2020 #81

Elevated Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #82

No different than any other day melm00se Mar 2020 #83

Rising more all the time Bayard Mar 2020 #84

I have a compromised immune system and am almost 65. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #85

Upper medium and holding steady. Iggo Mar 2020 #87