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Pandemic that ruined our lives
#WritcoStoryPrompt51 #CovidStories
2020 and 2021 has been a difficult time for everyone but has also helped us connect more with our families. Share your experience in the form of a story about how this scenario shaped your life and you as a person.
The pandemic definitely shaped my life, at the time the pandemic hit I just recently started a new job in the health and socialcare field for a private healthcare company, so the pandemic definitely started to become very worrisome for me and my family. whilst everyone stay in their homes during lockdown I was on the frontline saving lives everyday exposing myself to the deadly virus that was killing thousands, at the time not much was known about the virus that was killing and PPE was scarce we all didn't really know what to expect everyday I was around and exposed to patients potentially who could have given me the virus or vice versa this worried myself and my family very much so. With my company having a constant strain and being affected by the virus health care workers refused to come into work, some even tested positive for the virus, making the rest of us take majority of the work taking on extra shifts and extra patients.
During the first lockdown I lost my father he passed away from cancer on my birthday, during lockdown I was unable to visit him in the hospice due to health and safety measures which meant I was unable to say goodbye and he died alone. This was a very horrible realisation for me as i had a very good relationship with my father and loved him dearly. Me and my family were unable to have a proper funeral for my father also due to covid19 restrictions which made the situation ten times worse.
6 months later my grandmother passed away, again we were unable to have a proper funeral service for her due to covid19 restrictions that were in place.
My family called everyday I had to isolate from my family for majority of the time as I was working on the frontline sometimes even with patients who had the virus, everyday we had to get tested until they brought in extra measures so we could protect ourselves. There was mounted pressure at work to meet deadlines and get things done which was becoming increasingly stressful.
It was a burden not just on my emotional and mental health but also on my physical health, I was unable to eat or sleep properly, I was still trying to grieve for my father amidst the mounting pressure at work and the constant worry about the virus, my family were constantly calling checking up on me making sure I was ok, they were so worried they even had trouble sleeping themselves.
lockdown was lonely and isolating, and at times I just wished I had some normal interaction with a person, like it was before the pandemic hit.
It was a scary time in my life and everyone else around me, my friends were losing their jobs being laid off some of them were struggling financially and turned to alcohol some were even calling and threatening suicide, it was very stressful. Some of my friends had families of their own and were so worried about how they were going to feed their children and pay their bills.
This year my birthday was not a good one, it's now one that I will associate and remember every year that I now share the same day of my father's death. The man who brought me into the world on that day is now shared with grief and death from his passing.
Coming out of lockdown I realised, life is short and nothing is permanent everything is temporary. Spend as much time with your loved ones as possible as tomorrow is never promised. You must take your health seriously and those around you it's important you do this. I am very grateful for my life and if you survived the pandemic you should be too.
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2020 and 2021 has been a difficult time for everyone but has also helped us connect more with our families. Share your experience in the form of a story about how this scenario shaped your life and you as a person.
The pandemic definitely shaped my life, at the time the pandemic hit I just recently started a new job in the health and socialcare field for a private healthcare company, so the pandemic definitely started to become very worrisome for me and my family. whilst everyone stay in their homes during lockdown I was on the frontline saving lives everyday exposing myself to the deadly virus that was killing thousands, at the time not much was known about the virus that was killing and PPE was scarce we all didn't really know what to expect everyday I was around and exposed to patients potentially who could have given me the virus or vice versa this worried myself and my family very much so. With my company having a constant strain and being affected by the virus health care workers refused to come into work, some even tested positive for the virus, making the rest of us take majority of the work taking on extra shifts and extra patients.
During the first lockdown I lost my father he passed away from cancer on my birthday, during lockdown I was unable to visit him in the hospice due to health and safety measures which meant I was unable to say goodbye and he died alone. This was a very horrible realisation for me as i had a very good relationship with my father and loved him dearly. Me and my family were unable to have a proper funeral for my father also due to covid19 restrictions which made the situation ten times worse.
6 months later my grandmother passed away, again we were unable to have a proper funeral service for her due to covid19 restrictions that were in place.
My family called everyday I had to isolate from my family for majority of the time as I was working on the frontline sometimes even with patients who had the virus, everyday we had to get tested until they brought in extra measures so we could protect ourselves. There was mounted pressure at work to meet deadlines and get things done which was becoming increasingly stressful.
It was a burden not just on my emotional and mental health but also on my physical health, I was unable to eat or sleep properly, I was still trying to grieve for my father amidst the mounting pressure at work and the constant worry about the virus, my family were constantly calling checking up on me making sure I was ok, they were so worried they even had trouble sleeping themselves.
lockdown was lonely and isolating, and at times I just wished I had some normal interaction with a person, like it was before the pandemic hit.
It was a scary time in my life and everyone else around me, my friends were losing their jobs being laid off some of them were struggling financially and turned to alcohol some were even calling and threatening suicide, it was very stressful. Some of my friends had families of their own and were so worried about how they were going to feed their children and pay their bills.
This year my birthday was not a good one, it's now one that I will associate and remember every year that I now share the same day of my father's death. The man who brought me into the world on that day is now shared with grief and death from his passing.
Coming out of lockdown I realised, life is short and nothing is permanent everything is temporary. Spend as much time with your loved ones as possible as tomorrow is never promised. You must take your health seriously and those around you it's important you do this. I am very grateful for my life and if you survived the pandemic you should be too.
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