Pandemic personal consequences

[Steel Icarus]

Oh dear. You could hoarsely shout recipe instructions through the door? Orange barvoius in a chocolate Genoese sponge with orange sauce please?

Lol
I'm not ill yet though. I bought mini milks from the shop but may do filled pasta later

 

[brogdale]

Mrs SI isn't feeling great. Day Four, today, and her voice is husky, throat raw, intermittent honking cough, exhausted. Still no confirmation it's Covid though, lol. The postal PCR never came so she drove and got tested Thursday evening. Awaiting result, though several positive LFTs have happened. I'm still negative, and trying to hang on as long as possible so the kids aren't responsible for feeding us

Pretty much describes my symptoms atm; feeling a bit shit really...off my beer.

 

[Sue]

Not really. It'd be super noodles and crisps haha

There's nothing wrong with super noodles and crisps.

 

[RubyToogood]

I'm getting annoyed with the nagging cough covid left me with and wondering at what point you get in touch with the GP. It's not very bad, just socially awkward

I'm sure there are lots of people with much worse problems, so probably not yet...

 

[Elpenor]

I read somewhere else the importance of getting a PCR test if you think you have covid as it may be useful in the future should you develop long covid symptoms and have to show evidence to get it recognised by the NHS / DWP

I’m sure it’s been said already on here but thought it worth repeating

 

[two sheds]

I'm getting annoyed with the nagging cough covid left me with and wondering at what point you get in touch with the GP. It's not very bad, just socially awkward

I'm sure there are lots of people with much worse problems, so probably not yet...

Would huffing help? Sometimes recommended for asthma:

Coughing Effectively | Pulmonary Rehabilitation | Asthma & Lung Center

How to cough effectively to clear mucus from the lungs. Learn how to use deep coughing and/or huff coughing to expel mucus.

asthmalungcenter.com

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm getting annoyed with the nagging cough covid left me with and wondering at what point you get in touch with the GP. It's not very bad, just socially awkward

I'm sure there are lots of people with much worse problems, so probably not yet...

How long has it been? I'd go if it's more than 3 weeks just to rule the really nasty possibilities out as a persistent cough can be a symptom of other very serious lung diseases

 

[Badgers]

I read somewhere else the importance of getting a PCR test if you think you have covid as it may be useful in the future should you develop long covid symptoms and have to show evidence to get it recognised by the NHS / DWP

I’m sure it’s been said already on here but thought it worth repeating

Yeah but the prime minister said...

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah but the prime minister said...

The last time Boris Johnson told the truth it was an inadvertent error in 1996

 

[Steel Icarus]

Confirmation Mrs SI has Covid. Would have been a shock if it had come back negative. Test and Trace guesses infection Dec 29th-Jan 2nd. We only went out once, to Aldi on NYE in that time. Surprised how long it took to manifest itself enough to produce a positive LFT - 5 days.

 

[RubyToogood]

Would huffing help? Sometimes recommended for asthma:

Coughing Effectively | Pulmonary Rehabilitation | Asthma & Lung Center

How to cough effectively to clear mucus from the lungs. Learn how to use deep coughing and/or huff coughing to expel mucus.

asthmalungcenter.com

I dunno, would it help me to cough silently so I can avoid the whole "Sorry about the cough, it's not covid, honest. Well it is, but I haven't actually got it now.... Wait, where are you going???" thing.

 

[two sheds]

No I think it's to shift the mucus.

 

[existentialist]

I'm getting annoyed with the nagging cough covid left me with and wondering at what point you get in touch with the GP. It's not very bad, just socially awkward

I'm sure there are lots of people with much worse problems, so probably not yet...

I've got the same problem, except mine wasn't Covid. I just tell people I've been smoking too much

 

[RubyToogood]

No I think it's to shift the mucus.

I did actually try something similar from the NHS covid recovery website yesterday, but it just made me cough violently.

 

[Boudicca]

Confirmation Mrs SI has Covid. Would have been a shock if it had come back negative. Test and Trace guesses infection Dec 29th-Jan 2nd. We only went out once, to Aldi on NYE in that time. Surprised how long it took to manifest itself enough to produce a positive LFT - 5 days.

Isn't it more likely that one of your kids brought it into the house than she caught it in Aldi? Have I been just been kidding myself that catching it in a supermarket is unlikely?

 

[elbows]

Isn't it more likely that one of your kids brought it into the house than she caught it in Aldi? Have I been just been kidding myself that catching it in a supermarket is unlikely?

On paper supermarkets carry plenty of risk because they are a place indoors where lots of people who dont normally mix are brought together.

In practice there is no firm data that would enable people to get a very firm sense of risk about that setting. And attitudes towards risk are affected by the necessity of the task. We used to have arguments about this sort of thing, with people seeking firmer evidence and data that didnt exist. But then we had such arguments about pubs too. There were some official attempts to gather data about the activities people who were infected had been doing prior to infection, and those offered some clues, but had limitations and were not considered strong enough evidence by those who wanted to stick to their existing beliefs.

Put it this way, there were good reasons why governments often targeted non-essential retail when they felt the need to lockdown. If supermarkets were not essential then they would have targeted those in the same way.

With all of these settings and transmission vectors, the risk goes up when the prevalence of the virus is high, and there is no shortage of the virus out there at the moment. But yes this includes the amount of infected children, and people spend longer behind closed doors with their children than they do in supermarkets.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Isn't it more likely that one of your kids brought it into the house than she caught it in Aldi? Have I been just been kidding myself that catching it in a supermarket is unlikely?

Boudicca It's possible, but both kids have had Covid in the last two months

 

[Boudicca]

Boudicca It's possible, but both kids have had Covid in the last two months

Right I will go back to glaring at people who come within 2 metres of me in the queue then.

 

[prunus]

Right I will go back to glaring at people who come within 2 metres of me in the queue then.

It is one of the tiny positives from the pandemic that this, for me otherwise standard, modus operandi, has now become socially acceptable, or even de rigueur.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I think I've got it, but I'm not sick enough to justify using up Medical people's time for a test. Had a headache and been running a fever the last three days and I feel cold. I don't feel too bad so I'm going to remote login to work.

<edited to add>
Well, I felt "ok" until I went to my news feed and found an advertisement for "caring cremation." &eek;

 

[scifisam]

I think I've got it, but I'm not sick enough to justify using up Medical people's time for a test. Had a headache and been running a fever the last three days and I feel cold. I don't feel too bad so I'm going to remote login to work.

I've seen several people in the US say similar - its shitty that testing seems to be so rationed there.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I've seen several people in the US say similar - its shitty that testing seems to be so rationed there.

The lines are pretty long. It just doesn't seem worth it for them to tell me to stay home and drink plenty of water.

 

[scifisam]

The lines are pretty long. It just doesn't seem worth it for them to tell me to stay home and drink plenty of water.

Ah, that's the other thing I've heard, that getting tests delivered is hard. And also, of course, not free.

 

[brogdale]

I think I've got it, but I'm not sick enough to justify using up Medical people's time for a test. Had a headache and been running a fever the last three days and I feel cold. I don't feel too bad so I'm going to remote login to work.

<edited to add>
Well, I felt "ok" until I went to my news feed and found an advertisement for "caring cremation." &eek;

If its Omi...look out for the rasping voice/sore throat, frontal headache, annoying throaty cough and (in my case) itchy back!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

If its Omi...look out for the rasping voice/sore throat, frontal headache, annoying throaty cough and (in my case) itchy back!

Yep. That covers it.

 

[Steel Icarus]

If its Omi...look out for the rasping voice/sore throat, frontal headache, annoying throaty cough and (in my case) itchy back!

Mrs SI also reports crackly ears and a stye

 

[brogdale]

Mrs SI also reports crackly ears and a stye

Yes; she's spot on.
Forgot the very red eye lids and blocked bubbly ear.

 

[MickiQ]

The lines are pretty long. It just doesn't seem worth it for them to tell me to stay home and drink plenty of water.

Do you have to pay for tests in the colonies? what about the vaccinations?

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Do you have to pay for tests in the colonies? what about the vaccinations?

Liked for the use of the phrase "the colonies." LOL.

I think testing costs money. Vaccinations were free.

 

[Steel Icarus]

So Mrs SI is due to take her LFT tests at the end of Covid tomorrow and Wednesday. Assuming she tests negative both days and can therefore technically stop isolating, how infectious is she likely to be? I'm triple jabbed but son has had no jabs, and one of the first things she's going to want to do is hug him. What are the risks to him and me (I'll presumably be back to sharing a bed with her Weds night provided those LFTs are negative).