People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

NATLOR · 20-01-2021 07:39PM

Daughter (mildly asmathic) tested positive today she was feeling ropey over the weekend but says she is fine now, no symptoms myself yet. Just the two of us here

Locotastic · 20-01-2021 08:15PM

snowcat wrote: »

GP's have been hiding away for the last year. Its ridiculous they were prioritised for vaccination. its been impossible to see a GP face to face for the last year. They have been cleaning up referring everyone with a cough for a Covid test after a 5 minute phone consultation. They should be embarassed that they were vaccinated before real frontline workers like paramedics and pharmacy staff and indeed shop workers.

Not so for my GP, I unfortunately had some non covid related health issues ongoing for the past few months and have been hospitalised several times (my body has really bad timing!) but my GP has been fantastic.

I've been seen face to face many times when it's been necessary by both GP and practice nurse e.g for bloods, examinations, certain treatments that have to be done in person, this on top of brilliant support and follow up by phone too when I've needed it.

I would actually like to see an element of phone consultations remain after this because sometimes that's all you need. Obviously they don't suit all ailments but I've been seen when needed and they've really looked after me.

Jim_Hodge · 20-01-2021 10:34PM

snowcat wrote: »

GP's have been hiding away for the last year. Its ridiculous they were prioritised for vaccination. its been impossible to see a GP face to face for the last year. They have been cleaning up referring everyone with a cough for a Covid test after a 5 minute phone consultation. They should be embarassed that they were vaccinated before real frontline workers like paramedics and pharmacy staff and indeed shop workers.

You need a new GP. Mine is working as usual and seeing patients all day six days a week. We needed an appointment last week, phoned at 8.30am and saw him at 10.10

ShineOn7 · 21-01-2021 01:09PM

I was thinking;

It'd be great if those who recovered back to 100% (or close) could post their thoughts in this thread too

I know some have already, but I think those who are back in action after getting it are less likely to have the time to come back to this thread.

They're more likely to be busy again with their jobs etc

Whereas those still with symptoms have more time to post here and it might skew the severity of the situation

Hope that makes sense

We need more positivity right now. (In the "hope" sense of the word, not in the "I tested positive" sense ;-) )

iamwhoiam · 21-01-2021 01:22PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

I was thinking;

It'd be great if those who recovered back to 100% (or close) could post their thoughts in this thread too

I know some have already, but I think those who are back in action after getting it are less likely to have the time to come back to this thread.

They're more likely to be busy again with their jobs etc

Whereas those still with symptoms have more time to post here and it might skew the severity of the situation

Hope that makes sense

We need more positivity right now. (In the "hope" sense of the word, not in the "I tested positive" sense ;-) )

A family member tested positive in December , young with underlying condition .They were quite sick but not hospitalised and now doing well and feeling so much better and back to walking etc

ger664 · 21-01-2021 03:16PM

For Background. 54 year old male.
Ran 7 marathons last year and 85 in total. Run ~ 50miles/week
Had an angiram done on the heart April 2019 came back perfect and if any thing suffered from low blood pressure.

Tested Positive 22 December. Mild Symptoms loss of smell/taste high temperature bad enough cough. 3 Days with symptoms but in hindsight that was the easy bit.
Had fatigue for 2 weeks where I would have to go to bed in the late afternoon. Started to get dizzy spells as well a couple of days after the fever broke. Blood Pressure was close to calling an ambulance a couple of times. Resting Heart Rate was elevated by 20-30BPM. Can see how people who contract covid are getting strokes or heart attacks.

Was with the GP today Heart Rate is back near normal and a 30 min ecg showed nothing. My blood pressure is still high so will be getting a 24 Hour Test done.

I suspect I wont get back to normal activity for anther few weeks. I would advise anyone who gets covid to get a full check done with their GP even if they feel well.

frink · 21-01-2021 05:14PM

Question in relation to GPs.
I tested positive yesterday morning less than 24 hours after test, call within 40 mins from contact tracers. Extremely efficient.

I have yet to have any follow up call from my GP. Is this the norm or have those who tested positive been in contact (regularly or once off) with their GP (who presumably referred them)

danois · 21-01-2021 05:17PM

Can I ask how long the covid illness payment took to arrange? I’m not sure if I missed a step while applying as there was nowhere to upload proof of diagnosis. Did I miss something or will they send me a link or something to provide it? The last thing I need on top of being unwell is being extra broke too. Thanks all.

iamwhoiam · 21-01-2021 05:22PM

danois wrote: »

Can I ask how long the covid illness payment took to arrange? I’m not sure if I missed a step while applying as there was nowhere to upload proof of diagnosis. Did I miss something or will they send me a link or something to provide it? The last thing I need on top of being unwell is being extra broke too. Thanks all.

It was delayed for a member of my family
After hours on hold on the phone they told her to e mail a screen shot of the HSE text
There was no mention of it when applying online

Ficheall · 21-01-2021 06:30PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

I was thinking;

It'd be great if those who recovered back to 100% (or close) could post their thoughts in this thread too

I know some have already, but I think those who are back in action after getting it are less likely to have the time to come back to this thread.

They're more likely to be busy again with their jobs etc

Whereas those still with symptoms have more time to post here and it might skew the severity of the situation

Hope that makes sense

We need more positivity right now. (In the "hope" sense of the word, not in the "I tested positive" sense ;-) )

The deceased people are also less likely to post.

Necro · 21-01-2021 06:36PM

danois wrote: »

Can I ask how long the covid illness payment took to arrange? I’m not sure if I missed a step while applying as there was nowhere to upload proof of diagnosis. Did I miss something or will they send me a link or something to provide it? The last thing I need on top of being unwell is being extra broke too. Thanks all.

Send on a screenshot of your text from the HSE to either IllnessBenefit@welfare.ie or illnessenquiry@welfare.ie inclusive of your PPSN.

It's fairly mad at the moment there with the sheer amount of claims but you will receive payment, it might just take a week or so

Galadriel · 21-01-2021 07:11PM

frink wrote: »

Question in relation to GPs.
I tested positive yesterday morning less than 24 hours after test, call within 40 mins from contact tracers. Extremely efficient.

I have yet to have any follow up call from my GP. Is this the norm or have those who tested positive been in contact (regularly or once off) with their GP (who presumably referred them)

No, my GP didn't call me and I wasn't expecting them to really. I ended up contacting them though for a cert for work.

Galadriel · 21-01-2021 09:10PM

Necro wrote: »

Send on a screenshot of your text from the HSE to either IllnessBenefit@welfare.ie or illnessenquiry@welfare.ie inclusive of your PPSN.

It's fairly mad at the moment there with the sheer amount of claims but you will receive payment, it might just take a week or so

I got mine within a week even though I emailed them after two days to cancel my request. There was a mix-up in work and I didn't know they were paying me in full so now I have to return said money!

21-01-2021 09:12PM

Ficheall wrote: »

The deceased people are also less likely to post.

What sort of a response is that?

irishguitarlad · 23-01-2021 08:35AM

Well lads I'm finally on the way home, on the train from Málaga to Sevilla. I tested positive on the 2nd of Jan having had symptoms the 26th and 27th of December.

I tried again in the bons in Tralee the 13th of Jan and tested positive again but they rang me up and said the virus was very weak in my body and I'm not contagious and to come back again next week.

Of course me being me I panicked and saw that the Lamp was less sensitive than the PCR and went up to Cork to do It with RocDoc. Tested positive with that and the swab was extremely quick also received a phone call saying I was positive and they didn't get into the nitty gritty details like the bons in Tralee. I had the sensation with the quickness that I got the results back that they just fired it into a machine and any slight virus material they just tested you positive.

Anyways on the train down my mum said why don't you try the bons again tomorrow morning. Went in tested negative and got on the plane yesterday. I had no symptoms thankfully since the 26 and 27th. I guess the point of my post is to avoid rocdoc if you can and go to a place where they have their own lab and a doctor has the last say on your test.

Itsaduck1 · 23-01-2021 08:42AM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Well lads I'm finally on the way home, on the train from Málaga to Sevilla. I tested positive on the 2nd of Jan having had symptoms the 26th and 27th of December.

I tried again in the bons in Tralee the 13th of Jan and tested positive again but they rang me up and said the virus was very weak in my body and I'm not contagious and to come back again next week.

Of course me being me I panicked and saw that the Lamp was less sensitive than the PCR and went up to Cork to do It with RocDoc. Tested positive with that and the swab was extremely quick also received a phone call saying I was positive and they didn't get into the nitty gritty details like the bons in Tralee. I had the sensation with the quickness that I got the results back that they just fired it into a machine and any slight virus material they just tested you positive.

Anyways on the train down my mum said why don't you try the bons again tomorrow morning. Went in tested negative and got on the plane yesterday. I had no symptoms thankfully since the 26 and 27th. I guess the point of my post is to avoid rocdoc if you can and go to a place where they have their own lab and a doctor has the last say on your test.

Wife is waiting on test results today, has all the symptoms, no smell, taste, small cough

Our GP said its more than likely Covid as no flu or colds around and most are testing positive from her referrals

Been reading up on Covid and asking questions last few days and how can the GP come to that conclusion?

Positivity is 10% right now?

2000 positives out 20,000 tests

Only people with symptoms being tested, so those 18,000 must have some kind of flu or cold if they have symptoms, that means cold and flu is around?

She has a 1 in 10 chance of being positive pure number wise?

irishguitarlad · 23-01-2021 08:52AM

Itsaduck1 wrote: »

Wife is waiting on test results today, has all the symptoms, no smell, taste, small cough

Our GP said its more than likely Covid as no flu or colds around and most are testing positive from her referrals

Been reading up on Covid and asking questions last few days and how can the GP come to that conclusion?

Positivity is 10% right now?

2000 positives out 20,000 tests

Only people with symptoms being tested, so those 18,000 must have some kind of flu or cold if they have symptoms, that means cold and flu is around?

She has a 1 in 10 chance of being positive pure number wise?

I'd say the cold is definitely around alright, a high number of those 18,000 might be false negatives as well. I can't believe we don't have a better method than the PCRs, my spanish doctor said that it's better to use a serología test, with the PCR, i think that's a serology test in English. It checks if your infection is active or not i think.

kenmc · 23-01-2021 08:56AM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Well lads I'm finally on the way home, on the train from Mga to Sevilla. I tested positive on the 2nd of Jan having had symptoms the 26th and 27th of December.

I tried again in the bons in Tralee the 13th of Jan and tested positive again but they rang me up and said the virus was very weak in my body and I'm not contagious and to come back again next week.

Of course me being me I panicked and saw that the Lamp was less sensitive than the PCR and went up to Cork to do It with RocDoc. Tested positive with that and the swab was extremely quick also received a phone call saying I was positive and they didn't get into the nitty gritty details like the bons in Tralee. I had the sensation with the quickness that I got the results back that they just fired it into a machine and any slight virus material they just tested you positive.

Anyways on the train down my mum said why don't you try the bons again tomorrow morning. Went in tested negative and got on the plane yesterday. I had no symptoms thankfully since the 26 and 27th. I guess the point of my post is to avoid rocdoc if you can and go to a place where they have their own lab and a doctor has the last say on your test.

Reads more to me like "go get a couple of different tests in different places and pick the result that suits your needs best"

PhoenixParker · 23-01-2021 09:01AM

Itsaduck1 wrote: »

Wife is waiting on test results today, has all the symptoms, no smell, taste, small cough

Our GP said its more than likely Covid as no flu or colds around and most are testing positive from her referrals

Been reading up on Covid and asking questions last few days and how can the GP come to that conclusion?

Positivity is 10% right now?

2000 positives out 20,000 tests

Only people with symptoms being tested, so those 18,000 must have some kind of flu or cold if they have symptoms, that means cold and flu is around?

She has a 1 in 10 chance of being positive pure number wise?

There are lots of other people being tested - people in hospitals, workers in hospitals, private tests, private tests for travel and I think they've reintroduced some of the contact testing and routine testing of vulnerable places.

When we were really only testing symptomatic people the numbers rose to 1in4 positive.

darragh o meara · 23-01-2021 09:08AM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

I'd say the cold is definitely around alright, a high number of those 18,000 might be false negatives as well. I can't believe we don't have a better method than the PCRs, my spanish doctor said that it's better to use a serología test, with the PCR, i think that's a serology test in English. It checks if your infection is active or not i think.

There is definitely a cold doing the rounds, I’ve had it and tested negative. Colds and Flu are still around but either they are being less common due to social distancing. Masks etc. Or as was suggested somewhere some time ago triggering a positive Covid results and being mislabelled.

Mask etiquette isn’t helping, a lot including myself I must admit have used a mask over 2-3 days and thus probably doing more harm than good. I’m in hospital (non Covid) at the moment and taking it a lot more seriously, proper mask at all times changed daily.

Ficheall · 23-01-2021 09:17AM

Deleted User wrote: »

What sort of a response is that?

Poster was apparently concerned at an incomplete picture skewing the data to make the disease seem more serious than it is (due to a cohort of people for whom covid apparently has had the effect that not only are they fine now, they have also become so productive that they're not posting on boards) - I was just pointing out some other missing data. Obviously I would hope no boardsies have died of covid.

snowcat · 23-01-2021 09:20AM

Itsaduck1 wrote: »

Wife is waiting on test results today, has all the symptoms, no smell, taste, small cough

Our GP said its more than likely Covid as no flu or colds around and most are testing positive from her referrals

Been reading up on Covid and asking questions last few days and how can the GP come to that conclusion?

Positivity is 10% right now?

2000 positives out 20,000 tests

Only people with symptoms being tested, so those 18,000 must have some kind of flu or cold if they have symptoms, that means cold and flu is around?

She has a 1 in 10 chance of being positive pure number wise?

There is definitely another cold/flu around because i have it and all my family too. We have been tested and negative. Its not severe, typical cold flu symptoms. Wife is reporting a changed sense of taste but has tested neg. 2-3 weeks now with symptoms. There is no way 20k people are being tested daily with no symptoms.

irishguitarlad · 23-01-2021 09:21AM

kenmc wrote: »

Reads more to me like "go get a couple of different tests in different places and pick the result that suits your needs best"

Do you work for rocdoc? Well i was told by my irish doctor and spanish doctor that i was not contagious anymore after finishing my isolation period but you can still test positive for weeks. I did test negative though so happy days.

Itsaduck1 · 23-01-2021 10:07AM

PhoenixParker wrote: »

There are lots of other people being tested - people in hospitals, workers in hospitals, private tests, private tests for travel and I think they've reintroduced some of the contact testing and routine testing of vulnerable places.

When we were really only testing symptomatic people the numbers rose to 1in4 positive.

Even if 10,000 out are those of essential workers/travel/no symptoms

What do the other 8,000 people that dont have Covid have when tested?

Are colds and flus still more common right now than Covid19 is my question?

And if so how? Isn't Covid19 way more contagious with little natural immunity, shouldn't that be in greater circulation than cold and flu?

ShineOn7 · 23-01-2021 12:43PM

Dr Sandhya Ramanathan is an Auckland-based GP who published an 18-minute YouTube video guide to managing mild cases of Covid-19 last June and watched it take off almost overnight. Her video has been viewed millions of times on social media platforms and was this week described as empowering and fascinating by doctors much closer to home.

Might be worth bookmarking this

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/covid-19-how-to-look-after-yourself-if-you-catch-the-virus-1.4465085

Itsaduck1 · 23-01-2021 02:23PM

Itsaduck1 wrote: »

Wife is waiting on test results today, has all the symptoms, no smell, taste, small cough

Our GP said its more than likely Covid as no flu or colds around and most are testing positive from her referrals

Been reading up on Covid and asking questions last few days and how can the GP come to that conclusion?

Positivity is 10% right now?

2000 positives out 20,000 tests

Only people with symptoms being tested, so those 18,000 must have some kind of flu or cold if they have symptoms, that means cold and flu is around?

She has a 1 in 10 chance of being positive pure number wise?

Wife has it

So much for that 1 in 10 chance

Can't believe it tbh, it's just a cold so far, hopefully it stays that way

23-01-2021 02:49PM

Ficheall wrote: »

Poster was apparently concerned at an incomplete picture skewing the data to make the disease seem more serious than it is (due to a cohort of people for whom covid apparently has had the effect that not only are they fine now, they have also become so productive that they're not posting on boards) - I was just pointing out some other missing data. Obviously I would hope no boardsies have died of covid.

Yes I'm sure you were just pointing that out.

Dressoutlet · 23-01-2021 04:10PM

snowcat wrote: »

There is definitely another cold/flu around because i have it and all my family too. We have been tested and negative. Its not severe, typical cold flu symptoms. Wife is reporting a changed sense of taste but has tested neg. 2-3 weeks now with symptoms. There is no way 20k people are being tested daily with no symptoms.

My friend was tested yesterday as a close contact and has loss of smell and change of taste and she got a negative result this afternoon. She says she feels all stuffed up and thinks she has a sinus infection.

theballz · 23-01-2021 04:14PM

I tested positive around April/May, at the time is kind of rough. One or two of the days particularly bad, however, looking back I think the lack of understanding of the virus at the time added to my stress about it.

Few months on, I’m feeling the healthiest I’ve ever been. I lost 25kg from running and eatting healthy. No long lasting effects for me whatsoever.

I’m 32 (for context!)

picturehangup · 23-01-2021 05:57PM

Itsaduck1 wrote: »

Wife has it

So much for that 1 in 10 chance

Can't believe it tbh, it's just a cold so far, hopefully it stays that way

Sorry to hear that, Itsaduck1.

For me, whilst I had a bit of a cough, headache and fever, I found endless cups of tea, Bridgerton and The Queen's Gambit all very distracting from the shock of testing positive very comforting! I was worried as I'm asthmatic and 54 years old.

Wishing your wife and everyone else testing positive a swift recovery.

People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

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