Have you been tested?

Sardonicat · 23-09-2020 11:35am

I was tested on the 4th September and received my text with negative result on the 10th. This morning I received the same text again, but this time with my name (the original text just had a space for where my name should be) .is it normal to receive a second negative result text nearly a fortnight after the first?

kg703 · 23-09-2020 12:02pm

Seems this cough is going around

Came down with it last night, still here today, sore eyes, sore throat. No temp or loss of smell etc. so prob fine. Rang GP this morning who said he'd refer me. Will be interesting to see how long it takes from here to get a test and result (south dublin)

Touchee · 23-09-2020 12:11pm

kg703 wrote: »

Seems this cough is going around Came down with it last night, still here today, sore eyes, sore throat. No temp or loss of smell etc. so prob fine. Rang GP this morning who said he'd refer me. Will be interesting to see how long it takes from here to get a test and result (south dublin)

South Dublin here as well. It took 2 days to get tested and 1 day to get the result. Was tested on Saturday morning in Ringsend and got the results Sunday evening around 10 pm, negative thankfully.

I had a cough, blocked nose, sweating during the night, pain in the face, no fever or loss of smell or taste. GP prescribed antibiotics for sinusitis, but referred for a test anyway because of the cough.

kg703 · 23-09-2020 12:57pm

Touchee wrote: »

South Dublin here as well. It took 2 days to get tested and 1 day to get the result. Was tested on Saturday morning in Ringsend and got the results Sunday evening around 10 pm, negative thankfully.

I had a cough, blocked nose, sweating during the night, pain in the face, no fever or loss of smell or taste. GP prescribed antibiotics for sinusitis, but referred for a test anyway because of the cough.

Just actually got a text - tomorrow 10.30am! Fingers crossed

Its really annoying to have to put everything on stop for every cold but better to be safe than sorry.

charlietheminxx · 23-09-2020 1:09pm

kg703 wrote: »

Seems this cough is going around Came down with it last night, still here today, sore eyes, sore throat. No temp or loss of smell etc. so prob fine. Rang GP this morning who said he'd refer me. Will be interesting to see how long it takes from here to get a test and result (south dublin)

That sounds like exactly the dose I have alright! Bit of a headache on and off too.

I'm North Dublin, was tested in Swords and my results took just over 24 hours, hopefully yours will be as fast.

jill_valentine · 23-09-2020 2:00pm

I'm in South Dublin, just got a text confirming testing location out by the airport. I'm not happy getting a taxi under the circumstances and the alternative location thing is still only offering me there, but later in the week. I don't really know what to do...

brian_rbk · 23-09-2020 7:46pm

I called my GP on Tuesday morning at 10am after developing a cough overnight. Sent for a test in Citywest at 3.30pm on Tuesday and had the result at 7pm tonight (Wednesday). Very quick turnaround. Thankfully it was negative.

Tinkerbell4484 · 23-09-2020 8:13pm

brian_rbk wrote: »

I called my GP on Tuesday morning at 10am after developing a cough overnight. Sent for a test in Citywest at 3.30pm on Tuesday and had the result at 7pm tonight (Wednesday). Very quick turnaround. Thankfully it was negative.

My husband is similar, he has a bad cough & sore throat, phoned gp Monday at 3,test Tuesday morning in monaghan, no results yet though we have my sons confirmation Saturday so we are hoping to have them soon.
Husband is fine now after antibiotics from gp.

soiseztomabel · 23-09-2020 11:51pm

Touchee wrote: »

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I had a cough, blocked nose, sweating during the night, pain in the face, no fever or loss of smell or taste. GP prescribed antibiotics for sinusitis, but referred for a test anyway because of the cough.

Exactly the same symptoms as you, awaiting to hear when I can get tested

Eire Go Brach · 24-09-2020 8:51am

I am deemed a close contacts. How long does it take contact tracing to get in contact for a test?

Brother Tested positive. Is doing ok.

He Showed symptoms Saturday. Got tested Sunday. He got positive call Tuesday. Contact tracing rang him Wednesday.

Noise Annoys · 24-09-2020 11:54am

Had a dry cough for a couple of days. Called GP on Tuesday afternoon, he referred me for a test, got a text for an appointment in Swords at 11am the next morning. Have to say it was all very well organised out there. Waiting on results now, from the sounds of it that might be later today.

Redsercurran · 24-09-2020 12:18pm

Bad cough. Fever for a day or 2. Aches and pains. Had a runny nose for a week before. Called doc tuesday. Received an appointment as I ended the call for the next day at 11. Awaiting results just over 24 hours now. I'm fairly sure it's just a regular chest infection and am on antibiotics.

jill_valentine · 24-09-2020 12:34pm

jill_valentine wrote: »

I'm in South Dublin, just got a text confirming testing location out by the airport. I'm not happy getting a taxi under the circumstances and the alternative location thing is still only offering me there, but later in the week. I don't really know what to do...

Just to follow up for information's sake -

Cancelled these appointments and rang HSE again yesterday. Got a call around 8am to confirm I needed a home test this morning with a caveat it will take 2-3 days to do due to backlog.

It's Day 4 since reporting to HSE, day 8 since my contact with a since confirmed case.

I appreciate they're under pressure, but none of this experience inspires confidence in either their methods or the statistics.

Bits_n_Bobs · 24-09-2020 5:27pm

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Just to follow up on my previous post, we still have not received a call back to organise a test. App "close contact" notification last Friday and we're now Tuesday night with no indication of when a test might be organised. Whole thing is a joke. Best case now is we get a call tomorrow, test Thursday and results Saturday (maybe)? More than a week after close contact notification to test result. System is broken.

Tomorrow it will be 1 week since we received the close contact notification. We have called hse twice to attempt to find out what's happening and been fobbed off both times. Thankfully no symptoms but there is a degree of stress caused by waiting, not to mention confusion as to what the hell is going on. Would appreciate a call or some update on what the wait times are, otherwise the whole process is in danger of falling into disrepute.

Is anyone experiencing similar delays?

prunudo · 24-09-2020 8:05pm

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Tomorrow it will be 1 week since we received the close contact notification. We have called hse twice to attempt to find out what's happening and been fobbed off both times. Thankfully no symptoms but there is a degree of stress caused by waiting, not to mention confusion as to what the hell is going on. Would appreciate a call or some update on what the wait times are, otherwise the whole process is in danger of falling into disrepute.

Is anyone experiencing similar delays?

That's ridiculous, not as long as you guys but my friend still hasn't had heard back, 54hrs later at this stage and she doesn't know what to do. She has no idea where it happened.

Martina1991 · 24-09-2020 9:11pm

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Tomorrow it will be 1 week since we received the close contact notification. We have called hse twice to attempt to find out what's happening and been fobbed off both times. Thankfully no symptoms but there is a degree of stress caused by waiting, not to mention confusion as to what the hell is going on. Would appreciate a call or some update on what the wait times are, otherwise the whole process is in danger of falling into disrepute.

Have you rang your GP and asked for a referral for being a close contact?

Are appointments actually made through the app. I thought it was to alert people when they were in contact with a case and then act on it themselves.

But I'm not sure how the app system works.

Icantthinkof1 · 24-09-2020 11:29pm

Martina1991 wrote: »

Have you rang your GP and asked for a referral for being a close contact?

Are appointments actually made through the app. I thought it was to alert people when they were in contact with a case and then act on it themselves.

But I'm not sure how the app system works.

I don’t think GP’s can refer for a test if you are a close contact- they can only refer those who have symptoms

Inquitus · 25-09-2020 2:49am

I was in hospital for surgery, obviously I was tested, usual PCR test which came back negative. That said during my stay in Beaumont Covid got in and caused the poor staff all sorts of hassle trying to resolve it, closing wards for cleaning, restructuring Covid and non Covid wards.

jill_valentine · 25-09-2020 8:46am

Day 5 since first reporting to HSE. Day 9 since my close contact. Still no test confirmed.

Another person in the same group has been tested twice in the meantime, and already has his result.

YESROH · 25-09-2020 10:51am

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Tomorrow it will be 1 week since we received the close contact notification. We have called hse twice to attempt to find out what's happening and been fobbed off both times. Thankfully no symptoms but there is a degree of stress caused by waiting, not to mention confusion as to what the hell is going on. Would appreciate a call or some update on what the wait times are, otherwise the whole process is in danger of falling into disrepute.

Is anyone experiencing similar delays?

I got a call with 24 hours, however the contact was a false alarm as I never left the house that day. It was my phone in close contact with a neighbours phone who had tested positive. I think I would be asking a doctor for a test in your case if you are being fobbed off by the HSE.

jill_valentine · 25-09-2020 11:22am

Got a call about an hour ago to say ambulance was on the way after all. Test don now, will report back when I get results for timeframe info.

carleigh · 25-09-2020 8:26pm

My 17 month old was tested yesterday for the second time in 3 months, both times negative thankfully. Symptoms were runny nose, temperature and cough. He was referred by the GP at 11:10am, tested at 12:50 pm and got the results at 5pm this evening. All very efficient, can’t compliment the staff in the Tullamore drive-thru enough, they really didn’t like having to swab a someone so small but they were as gentle as they could be under the circumstances.

soiseztomabel · 25-09-2020 11:02pm

I got a negative. One of my colleagues tested positive last weekend and by Tuesday I was feeling a bit ropey ( fever, itchy throat, running nose, cough and fatigue). Rang Wednesday, tested at the Aviva yday and got my result today. Whatever kind of bug I had my partner has now, wrap up folks

Away With The Fairies · 25-09-2020 11:06pm

soiseztomabel wrote: »

I got a negative. One of my colleagues tested positive last weekend and by Tuesday I was feeling a bit ropey ( fever, itchy throat, running nose, cough and fatigue). Rang Wednesday, tested at the Aviva yday and got my result today. Whatever kind of bug I had my partner has now, wrap up folks

You come could have had a false negative especially since you were in contact with a positive work colleague.

soiseztomabel · 25-09-2020 11:11pm

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

You come could have had a false negative especially since you were in contact with a positive work colleague.

I was thinking that to be possible, however two other colleagues came up with negative’S too. Sure three false negatives aren’t possible

Salty · 26-09-2020 8:33am

I found out yesterday that I spent an hour face to face (me with a visor, him with a face covering and his toddler with no covering obviously) with someone in the last week who has since tested positive for covid. This person got in contact with my workplace to let us/me know straight away himself, but I still have not heard from contact tracing so I have had to continue work. I have not been referred for a test yet as a result.

I'm anxious because the nature of my job means that if I have covid, I could potentially infect a lot of people. Work are taking the fact that contact tracing have not got in touch yet to mean that everything is fine...I am less confident and would actually think that there is something wrong with the system if I am not contacted.

I am wondering how much time passed from when you had contact with a confirmed case to when you were contacted by contact tracing?

wirelessdude01 · 26-09-2020 8:42am

Salty wrote: »

I found out yesterday that I spent an hour face to face (me with a visor, him with a face covering and his toddler with no covering obviously) with someone in the last week who has since tested positive for covid. This person got in contact with my workplace to let us/me know straight away himself, but I still have not heard from contact tracing so I have had to continue work. I have not been referred for a test yet as a result.

I'm anxious because the nature of my job means that if I have covid, I could potentially infect a lot of people. Work are taking the fact that contact tracing have not got in touch yet to mean that everything is fine...I am less confident and would actually think that there is something wrong with the system if I am not contacted.

I am wondering how much time passed from when you had contact with a confirmed case to when you were contacted by contact tracing?

I know of someone who hasn't been contacted and another who was contacted 6 days later.

Lisha · 26-09-2020 8:57am

soiseztomabel wrote: »

I was thinking that to be possible, however two other colleagues came up with negative’S too. Sure three false negatives aren’t possible

Could you have bee tested too soon, hence the negative result.?.. when was the last time you met the person and how many dats later were you tested?

Away With The Fairies · 26-09-2020 9:17am

soiseztomabel wrote: »

I was thinking that to be possible, however two other colleagues came up with negative’S too. Sure three false negatives aren’t possible

It could be the timing of the test that caused a negative. Possibly tested too soon. Or test taken wrong. I'm just finding it all so weird with being in contact with a positive case and then symptoms. I hope you're feeling better now though.

kg703 · 26-09-2020 9:48am

I was tested 48 hours ago in Ringsend... Still no word yet. Me and my dog are very impatient to leave the house....

s1ippy · 26-09-2020 10:00am

Covid-19: Contact tracers to start looking into where people are infected

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-19-contact-tracers-to-start-looking-into-where-people-are-infected-1.4364925

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Away With The Fairies · 26-09-2020 10:16am

s1ippy wrote: »

Covid-19: Contact tracers to start looking into where people are infected

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-19-contact-tracers-to-start-looking-into-where-people-are-infected-1.4364925

wat

Wtf? Should they have been doing that from the beginning?

soiseztomabel · 26-09-2020 11:31am

Lisha wrote: »

Could you have bee tested too soon, hence the negative result.?.. when was the last time you met the person and how many dats later were you tested?

Last met the person on the 17th and got tested on the 24th

mousblaster17 · 26-09-2020 11:34am

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Wtf? Should they have been doing that from the beginning?

They didnt have the resources to trace potential origins before. Any case that was a positive case and wasn't a result of a close contact of a known case was considered a community transmission case.

The Crazy Cat Lady · 26-09-2020 1:39pm

Was supposed to be attending a hospital appointment on Thursday but was coughing so got tested to be on the safe side. Rang gp and got referral for test about 3pm. Had test about 4 hours later. Got results 28 hours later. Negative thank god

test was very unpleasant, made my eyes water and me gag

Tip The Hat · 26-09-2020 6:04pm

Was tested on Tuesday lunchtime at home. It's now Saturday evening. 100+ hours later. This seems abnormally late, no? Have submitted the late form on the hse website.

Salty · 26-09-2020 8:18pm

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

I know of someone who hasn't been contacted and another who was contacted 6 days later.

Thanks for the information. I ended up telling work that I was not happy to see my clients today and that we should cancel. They agreed thankfully, it all feels wrong! And I can't get a referral for a test because I haven't been contact traced, and I don't have any apparent symptoms right now.

saffron22 · 27-09-2020 8:18am

I developed a runny nose sore throat etc ( non smoker fairly fit and recently had a health screening which was all perfect )
. Have a 6 week old child so called doctor and got tested the next day Friday. Got negative result yesterday. Still getting up thick green brown mucous and small amounts of blood. Will ring doc for anti biotic on Monday. My experience of the testing was very good. Went to clonskeagh. Parked up. Nice young nurse came over and have me some literature and said they would be with me shortly. 2 guys swabbed my throat and nose / brain (though this is not as bad as people say.. it just made my eyes water) got result by text about 26 hours later.

baldshin · 27-09-2020 11:12am

My wife, a HSE doctor, had to be tested by occupational health at work on Friday after getting what seemed to be a mild cold. While there they advised I contact my GP to see if I should be tested. GP referred me, had a test within 90 minutes and negative results within 36 hours.

Meanwhile she still awaits her results, and cannot go back to an already cripplingly understaffed hospital until she gets them. How is it that members of the public are getting higher priority with testing than the people most exposed to the virus!!?

Tzardine · 27-09-2020 1:40pm

Just got a call from contact tracers to say that I was a close contact of a confirmed case. A test is being arranged.

Seems to have been a close contact in a restaurant.

I have also found out that a member of staff in work is a confirmed covid case.

As it happens I had a phone consultation with the doctor yesterday. Have an ear infection and was given an antibiotic. Been feeling run down the past week.

Lets see what this test brings.

Mervyn Skidmore · 27-09-2020 2:06pm

Just wondering if i should call my GP. Basically I have a head cold the last 2 days. Slight sore throat and a runny nose with a few sneezes here and there. I don't have a fever, don't have a cough, no impact on taste or smell either. I don't want to be ringing GPs if it's totally unnecessary, I'm sure they're under enough pressure. But I want to do the right thing.

smurfjed · 27-09-2020 2:07pm

Or test taken wrong. I'm just finding it all so weird with being in contact with a positive case and then symptoms.

Why do you find it weird?

jill_valentine · 27-09-2020 5:51pm

So for information's sake:

Was exposed to a since-confirmed case 16th-18th.

Was informed of this on the 21st and HSE contacted. HSE booked me tests too far away from my home to get to so had to be reorganised.

Got a home test 25th. Got negative result this morning, the 27th.

Sardonicat · 27-09-2020 6:35pm

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Just wondering if i should call my GP. Basically I have a head cold the last 2 days. Slight sore throat and a runny nose with a few sneezes here and there. I don't have a fever, don't have a cough, no impact on taste or smell either. I don't want to be ringing GPs if it's totally unnecessary, I'm sure they're under enough pressure. But I want to do the right thing.

Ring your GP. You will not be wasting their time. FWIW, I had symptoms similar to yours and he arranged for a test (I was negative) . The only way to know for certain is to get a test. Let your gp make the decision if it's necessary.

Tzardine · 28-09-2020 11:00am

Just back from being tested.

For anybody worried about having it done, it was absolutely fine.

The swab is surprisingly thin, I was expecting it to be like a regular sized cotton bud. It is actually like a very thin brush that you use to clean between you teeth.

Not painful in the slightest, and over in 3 seconds. No lingering sensations in the nose after it either.

Just have to wait on results now.

wirelessdude01 · 28-09-2020 11:17am

Tzardine wrote: »

Just back from being tested.

For anybody worried about having it done, it was absolutely fine.

The swab is surprisingly thin, I was expecting it to be like a regular sized cotton bud. It is actually like a very thin brush that you use to clean between you teeth.

Not painful in the slightest, and over in 3 seconds. No lingering sensations in the nose after it either.

Just have to wait on results now.

That was my experience as well.

Issue seems to be when you get swabbed by someone who has been reassigned from a different area and unnecessarily pushes it up too far.

ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 11:21am

jill_valentine wrote: »

So for information's sake:

Was exposed to a since-confirmed case 16th-18th.

Was informed of this on the 21st and HSE contacted. HSE booked me tests too far away from my home to get to so had to be reorganised.

Got a home test 25th. Got negative result this morning, the 27th.

Are you taking the second test too?

Oymyakon · 28-09-2020 12:56pm

Got the text that I'm being tested this afternoon at 4:30pm. Reassuring that a couple of commenters above said the swab was fine, I am overthinking it a little bit and I've gone into full wuss mode, overall I'm fine just a bit nervous of the actual testing procedure!

noble00 · 28-09-2020 1:17pm

Hi oymyakon, it really isn’t that bad , just tell them your nervous, it’s better to get the test over and done with. Best of luck

frozenfrozen · 28-09-2020 1:19pm

the test is really easy. Maybe 5 seconds of discomfort and you're done. I got it done and got my negative result text 25 hours later

Have you been tested?

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