Coronavirus self isolation

This Coronavirus certainly concentrates minds. As my wife and I are in the group most at risk, I have been making sure I have detailed as much as possible what needs to be done to help my daughters in the event of our deaths. This is something I should have done previously but hitherto have felt there was no great urgency.

'Avoid all non essential travel' - well that rules out my walking trips around London via the train (and now to be cancelled Devon walking holiday in April). But my daily trips to Tesco and afternoon short walks are essential. I also view my attendance at church on Sundays as 'essential'. Not allowed to have any pub lunches.
Got a dental appointment next week and annual bloods including PSA in April. Will see what happens.

"Your government has just stolen my life" (ala St Greta) sums up my feelings.

I am very much a glass half full person. The following article is rather technical, but broadly says male and female immune systems respond differently, and in general the female system is better at handling external threats, though at an increased risk of autoimmune disease.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669826/

It was observed in Wuhan that females had better outcomes from covid19 than males (though sex differences in smoking habits may have been the cause). Anyway the good news for us men on ADT is that our immune system becomes much more "female" whilst on ADT. So we probably have a better immune response to Coronovirus than testosterone fuelled males.

I wouldn't substitute my barrack-room advice for that of a health professional, but in the absence of any other information, I am happy to assume I am certainly at no greater risk than the general population.

There's a wide range of "normal" for testosterone, roughly 6.5 to 26.

Men at the high end of "normal" have weaker immune systems than men at the lower end of "normal".

Tests didn't run down to castrate levels, but if you extrapolate (which might not be a valid assumption), then you might speculate men on ADT would have the best immune response.

However, it is worth noting that with some diseases, it's your immune response that kills you. Spanish Flu is perhaps the best example, where to a significant degree, the fitter you were, the more likely you were to die.

Our GP has stopped the 3 times a week blood clinic without saying how it is replaced.  For the better really as it's at 8am to 9am and full of sick pensioners who queue at the door from 7,30am.   Presumably you ring them if you want a blood test.

Also your comment, Davews about going to church.  I know someone where the church has started on line services.   

My wife's pilates class lady has offered video pilates lessons.  Although YouTube must be full of them.

Now got to pop down to our surgery and drop in a repeat prescription form, their online system seems to have crashed. If I have chance I will ask them about blood tests and whether mine next month is cancelled.