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Well what are you supposed to do with a negative result? Disbelieve it?
He's at home anyway, me, Mrs SI and daughter are all symptom free and have had negative lateral flow tests
 
S☼I said:
Well what are you supposed to do with a negative result? Disbelieve it?
He's at home anyway, me, Mrs SI and daughter are all symptom free and have had negative lateral flow tests
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If he’s got shortness of breath, a cough, and loss of sense of smell then yes absolutely, clinically he has covid and I’d advise you all to isolate and get a re-test. That’s what I really wish I’d done, and I only had a low grade fever. With those three barn door symptoms including profound loss of smell, I think you need to assume it’s covid and act accordingly. Sorry, this must be stressful. Maybe call 111 and ask their ‘official’ advice.
 
Edie said:
If he’s got shortness of breath, a cough, and loss of sense of smell then yes absolutely, clinically he has covid and I’d advise you all to isolate and get a re-test. That’s what I really wish I’d done, and I only had a low grade fever. With those three barn door symptoms including profound loss of smell, I think you need to assume it’s covid and act accordingly. Sorry, this must be stressful. Maybe call 111 and ask their ‘official’ advice.
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His sense of smell and taste is back, albeit reduced. He's coughing still but is upbeat. No shortness of breath, no extended coughing bouts.
The other three of us are going to be taking tests daily as we have no symptoms. This is all in line with the gov. advice.
 
S☼I said:
Well what are you supposed to do with a negative result? Disbelieve it?
He's at home anyway, me, Mrs SI and daughter are all symptom free and have had negative lateral flow tests
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I had quasi-covid symptoms the weekend before last and despite a negative lateral flow test (of which I've got a whole box at home) I called in sick until I got a negative result from a proper test.

This was 50% the right thing to do, 50% couldn't be arsed to go to work anyway.
 
William of Walworth said:
:) :)

Our good (Gower) friends who are right in the middle of selling their house and buying their retirement home in Chester -- all going well, it seems :cool: -- will be back down here this w/e :)

And even though the forecast for Saturday and Sunday looks chilly and cloudy in Swansea and around, meeting in the park or on the beach with beers, :thumbs: :beer: will amount to much better socialising under the new Welsh rules, than we've been allowed to do for months .... :cool:
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Betwen us and friends, this has all been put off until next wekend now -- probably Saturday 27th March.

No matter, it'll be fun and a nice change anyway! :) :cool:
 
S☼I said:
His sense of smell and taste is back, albeit reduced. He's coughing still but is upbeat. No shortness of breath, no extended coughing bouts.
The other three of us are going to be taking tests daily as we have no symptoms. This is all in line with the gov. advice.
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Not trying to criticize you at all, and I may have misunderstood your situation, but I think the government advice in your situation would still be to stay home.

If a member of your household has symptoms and has had a test on that basis, you should assume that they are positive until the test result says they're negative.

And on that basis, the whole household should be isolating until the test result comes back.

Just because you've tested negative on an asymptomatic test, you really can't assume you're negative.

ETA Unless the advice on this has changed very recently...
 
Cloo said:
So I'm now back into sorting out some stuff for a garden party for 30 (or more if we're allowed) at in-laws at end of June after daughter's bat mitzvah. Am about to book a fish & chip van to serve lunch. My booking this and paying the deposit is going to jinx the whole summer isn't it? :facepalm:
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Yes! :D But don't worry though a load of us will also bear the burden as we've made some ill advised bookings knowing deep down they ain't never going to happen. You have to have something to look forward to even if its little more than a pipe dream.
 
Ms Ordinary said:
I had my asymptomatic test, swab type & negative result already!

Colleague A is going to symptomatic drive-in (luckily she cycles) so should hear later today.
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Colleague A self-isolated (as far as she could given lives in shared house & housemates too dim / thoughtless even to temporarily not share her cutlery as requested) until she got her negative result 4 days later.

Meanwhile Colleague B & I are at work, 2 people covering 4 people's week instead of the usual 3 of us, & on day 2 I was knackered, mild fluey & had a cold sore so I figure I had whatever random lurgy Colleague A had, but not Covid (since had -ve lateral flow test).

Colleague A is feeling guilty sat at home (is feeling better by now) so we try & email her stuff to do but it really is more trouble than its worth & just gives us more to do*. After a couple of days of her chasing up her test result & being told to phone back in 24 hours if she hasn't heard anything, she pushes a bit harder & it turns out she didn't fully register her details at the test centre, so they had her result but were unable to trace her. She gets her (-ve) result & comes back to work.

I make noises about how since we all blatantly had the same not-Covid lurgy, perhaps our workplace is not terribly covid-secure after all...

... and there we leave it, although at least all the over 50s at work have now had their first jab, and I reckon the rest - even the irritating covid-denier - is going to follow suit if it means they can go to the pub again.
 
I had a lovely day out yesterday, probably slightly bending some of the rules. It was my step-granddaughter's 17th, so I went over to her mum's and had lunch with them, and then off for a lovely walk with a friend in glorious Spring sunshine. I drove home on a bit of a cloud, thinking "Perfect - I hope this is going to be how it is from here..."

Then, as I arrived home, knowing that I'd be alone again for the duration, something of a shadow fell across everything, and I realised that it hadn't just been nice - that day had been essential in giving me a glimpse of truly where I'm at right now. And where I'm at is a space in which I am almost at my limit in being able to cope with continued isolation. And that wasn't a happy thought.

If my mental state were a phone battery, yesterday charged it up from about 1% to 10%. But I can already see the charge dropping (maybe it's quite an old phone battery), and am experiencing that typical "argh, when am I going to be able to get plugged in and charged up a bit more?" feeling mobile phone owners know only too well.

I think, if we went into lockdown again, I'd have to break the rules, if only for my emotional survival. And I'm in the fortunate position of having at least a bit of a handle on what's going on in my head - what must it be like for those who are experiencing the feelings of loneliness, isolation, and hopelessness, who don't know where those feelings of ennui and frustration are coming from?
 
New neighbour had a party last night, presumably a flatwarming. Mrs SI saw six lads knocking on the door complete with glow sticks and LED lights, later I saw a car drop off four lasses, one of whom was shouting about already being really pissed.

My main concern, though, was not COVID rules being breached - the many young people I've spoken to since the return to college has made me realize how mentally good for them it's been to be with people again - but how loud it might get. Luckily the happy hardcore or whatever shit it was didn't get silly and was inaudible by midnight, so that was really good.

I've mellowed lol!
 
S☼I said:
My main concern, though, was not COVID rules being breached - the many young people I've spoken to since the return to college has made me realize how mentally good for them it's been to be with people again - but how loud it might get. Luckily the happy hardcore or whatever shit it was didn't get silly and was inaudible by midnight, so that was really good.
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Hopefully the young folk today have come up with something a bit newer than Happy Hardcore!
 
existentialist said:
I had a lovely day out yesterday, probably slightly bending some of the rules. It was my step-granddaughter's 17th, so I went over to her mum's and had lunch with them, and then off for a lovely walk with a friend in glorious Spring sunshine. I drove home on a bit of a cloud, thinking "Perfect - I hope this is going to be how it is from here..."

Then, as I arrived home, knowing that I'd be alone again for the duration, something of a shadow fell across everything, and I realised that it hadn't just been nice - that day had been essential in giving me a glimpse of truly where I'm at right now. And where I'm at is a space in which I am almost at my limit in being able to cope with continued isolation. And that wasn't a happy thought.

If my mental state were a phone battery, yesterday charged it up from about 1% to 10%. But I can already see the charge dropping (maybe it's quite an old phone battery), and am experiencing that typical "argh, when am I going to be able to get plugged in and charged up a bit more?" feeling mobile phone owners know only too well.

I think, if we went into lockdown again, I'd have to break the rules, if only for my emotional survival. And I'm in the fortunate position of having at least a bit of a handle on what's going on in my head - what must it be like for those who are experiencing the feelings of loneliness, isolation, and hopelessness, who don't know where those feelings of ennui and frustration are coming from?
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I get exactly what you mean, the first lockdown was a bit of a novelty & with good weather, this one has been long and hard, it has seriously affected my mental health, and emotional drained me, I hope we don't ever have another one in my lifetime.
 
S☼I said:
My main concern, though, was not COVID rules being breached - the many young people I've spoken to since the return to college has made me realize how mentally good for them it's been to be with people again - but how loud it might get. Luckily the happy hardcore or whatever shit it was didn't get silly and was inaudible by midnight, so that was really good.
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People still listen to happy hardcore?!?

Glad the party wasn't too rowdy. I can't WAIT to have a housewarming, but it'll be very sedate drinks in the yard :) Maybe afternoon tea! #old
 
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