Advice please! I received a negative test result, that was really impressively quick.
But sense of smell is worse not better (can only smell things if i basically touch them with my nose and even then its distorted like bad translation).
Apart from that just mild body aches, no cough don't think any fever.
I want to know if it could be a false negative - can't find any reliable source for how likely that is. ("between 2 and 30%"??)
Is it possible i tested too early, test was well within 24 hours of first noticing the malfunctioning nose.
Otherwise I'm totally stumped what could be causing this and a bit scared tbh. I think anyway I'd be best not to see anyone or go to the shops for at least a day or two.
I work in acute medicine (too thick and too lazy to be a doctor, so don't credit me with that level), and my thought processes (
it's not advice) in your position would be:
You've had a negative test, so are allowed to go back to normal.
It could be a false negative, but it's much, much more likely to have been a genuine negative.
I'd have a think about what I'd been doing the last 10 days and make a judgement if catching it was even likely.
Loss or change of sense of smell isn't rare, it happens with a few things, colds for example.
Lost or changed sense of smell
The brain does play very convincing tricks on us with things like this, especially if anxiety is a factor, and especially with vague things like mild body aches.
If isolating isn't really hard then maybe I'd do that anyway to be safe, and maybe get another test if things are the same or have worsened in a few days.
I'd try and calm down and not worry and as much as possible not think about it.
Hope you feel better soon.
Unless his version of herd immunity involved thousands of people still being hospitalised, in which case what bloody use would that be anyway? What a fuckwit.
