I cannot wear a mask for any longer than a few minutes. My lungs do not have the strength to drag sufficient air through the fabric or filter. After 5 minutes in a mask I require an hour recovering my breath. The only mask I can wear long term needs oxygen piped into it.
This is why I am shielded and considered high risk.
This is why the place in which I self isolate is a sacred place. It is the only place where I can lead a normal existence whilst any trace of the virus exists in the community.
I have lived, and learned to enjoy living this precarious life for ten years and thanks to the stunning kindness and generosity of good good friends may continue do so in this Haven.
There are thousands of people in similar circumstances who do not enjoy such privilege.
Lifting shielding too soon is sentencing them to death.
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Hello, I'm following your blog posts, and in fact shared one or two with friends who are feeling something similar. I'm with you in spirit. Nice to see your words appear in my inbox :-)
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