Dr Oge Ilozue, GP Partner and Clinical Advisor, Vaccination Programme London region answers questions and shares trusted information about the Spring COVID-19 vaccination and why it is important for people with Lupus to get vaccinated this spring.
The importance of Winter vaccines by Dr Oge Ilozue
Coping with Lupus during a global pandemic
When the bells tolled to mark the start of 2020, I never imagined it was going to be a year like this. As I was turning forty this year, 2020 was going to be a good year, filled with loads of plans but that all came to a grinding halt in mid-March. Little did any of us expect that a pandemic would hit and that the whole world, as we knew it, would literally come to a stop.
I shield to protect my precious gift
Even though I had a lot to be anxious about during the lockdown (I have lupus, I recently had a kidney transplant, I’m from a BAME background and work in the NHS) being advised to shield wasn’t the worst thing I’ve had to do and there was something soothing knowing everyone was in the same boat of trying ‘keep calm and carry on’.
Coping with isolation - Coronavirus
There are going to be people such as lupus patients who are going to self isolate, we don’t really have much choice as for us it might be a matter of life or death.
For some people this can be stressful and difficult. It’s already recognised that social isolation is one of our biggest killers so we should take as many steps as we can to make this as tolerable as possible.
