Car park signs used for government slogans
Friday 9 April
Questions: 1. What is worse about COVID compared to viruses which have spread in the past? 2. Have attitudes to cold and flu viruses changed since 2020 in terms of vaccination instead of natural immunity? 3. If deaths are mostly elderly, care homes, in hospitals or among ill people is it not healthier that children have natural remedies and good nutrition to prevent severity of COVID, while their older family members are vaccinated? 4. Is the vaccine not to protect those who feel they would be hospitalised or killed by COVID? Or Long COVID? 5. When did pharmaceuticals take over public health instead of healthy lifestyle and good nutrition?
Saturday 10 April
What food, such as fish and chips, is eaten in UK to make up for lack of sunshine? In Spain and Italy people have to wear masks all of the time outside their homes. How has this affected transmission and infection? Do women get too high a dose of vaccine? Is one enough? After Friday night’s barbeque went to beach with Jessica, Patsy and Vicky. Swam around lifeguard’s buoys. Had long hot shower. Early bed
Sunday 11th April
Got ready to swim, cleared roof terrace and patsy came to jump start car and Eric brought charger. His dad fixed window and diagnosed problem Drove with roof down to Natural Store for greens. Only had spinach. Went to play Upwords with Patsy and Vicky. Vicky cooked roast chicken. Had red wine. Eric came over. Kept including me in his projections. Had interesting discussion. Went home.
Monday 11th April
Call with Oh So Social at 12pm.Re-opening outside pubs hairdressers etc. Wendy said mid-May. Checked email and had lovely email from Nick at EPIC saying would support me through process and linked me up with call for Friday to discuss idea already in motion. Did various bits and pieces and went to Eric’s to help with essay. Then collected Robert’s jacket and went to Lemon Twist. Jessica asked if wanted to go to Hooked on The Rocks. Had table booked for 8pm. After two rounds of cocktails, glass of red, Vicky said couldn’t drop at Hooked. Jessica got to Lemon Twist and we went for dinner. Had lovely warm table with heater with view. Had mussels, scallops, plaice and crab. Went back to Lemon Twist. Jessica sad about things. Walked home.
Tuesday 13th April
Couldn’t get to sleep so woke late. Started to write a blog. Found articles about vaccine tested on women not reported separately. Email from Digs asking if minded new owner of Margaret’s flat to contact me. I said to find out what about and outside office hours. Walked down to get some items and went home. Started reading Rewrite Your Life by Jessica Lourey. Very good. Could save someone thousands of pounds and time. Tried first exercise in notebook. Then read properly, set up pages for next day. Write what am; Scared of, shame, strengths, seeking and proud. Watched Made in Chelsea. Then film about man working at a bowling alley. Went to bed and read more of book. Realised how to put stuff on paper to use for fiction. Highly recommend it.
Wednesday 14th April
Woke at 11am after not getting to sleep. Side of face swelling and teeth, gums a bit sore. Feeling hot and cold. Throat a bit congested. Write 5 prompts from Rewrite Life book. Then write 1,700 words of an idea. Offer to talk people through on Long Covid food resources page. Decide to go to beach. Take swimming stuff, book and oil pastels. People come and sit quite near. Cold. Need loo. Queue for Gylly Beach café. Walk back and public loos open near Tesco. Buy stuff for Robert. Walk to Jake’s. Put hearing aid back on. Say can join people I know at the back. Geoff and similar guy here but no one else so go home. Consider glass of wine watching sunset. Have long hot shower and cook chicken. Watch Dragon’s Den.
Thursday 15th April
Woke before 10am. Strange dreams about vitamins, sleeping and bands. Prepare to do exercise 2 in Rewrite Life book. Dr John Campbell video 45 Degree sun to make Vitamin D. Tim Spector not convinced cause or consequence? Isolated trials. Inbuilt bias in the clinical system. Is Tim Spector missing the point that most people have reasonable levels of Vitamin D. That is seasonal, if going to Menorca has such a good effect on viruses, skin, hair and fibro myalgia? I agree about over-selling supplements but need holistic view of real food first and only supplements for important gaps such as vitamin D in the winter in UK. “Optimised efficiency of immune system” Gut microbiome, immune system. Called NHS helpline. All communication blocks.
Sophie Sweatman 
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