Well, try as we did I still tested positive this morning

[underpants]

Dammit! I guess anger is the first stage. I’m f’ing pissed.
Daughter tested positive last Friday. My wife positive on this Friday and has had a horrible weekend. We have an at home medical service coming by today.

We have a deposit on a beach rental for next week and I’m not sure if we can get back. We were to share with another family - old friends. AND I’ve got a butt load of work to do - doing 2 jobs now due to someone leaving our organization.

I spent all weekend outside in the porch or just not in the house to let my wife come downstairs and not be stuck in the bedroom. Literally 10-5 both days.

Last night
This morning
Again this morning- fainter but still positive.
No symptoms for me, yet.

[samplegirl]

1. Damn Covid

Get well!

[underpants]

20. I really should have wiped down the kitchen counter

before posting that pic. 😆

Luckily my wife won’t see this.

[MontanaFarmer]

2. Sorry to hear.

We just finished with it around here. For both my wife and i, the positive lines got more faint as we got better, so if yours are fading it's possible you'll be negative in a day or 2. Be well.

[Hugin]

12. I had been wondering about a fading positive.

Ever since I read the instructions in the home kits.

I haven’t seen a discussion of it on the usual ‘rona websites.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. Get a PCR test to make sure

you're not getting false positives. PCR is more accurate than the home tests.

Good luck to you, hope you fight it off quickly if you indeed are positive.

[greenjar_01]

8. False negative happen, false positives are deeply unlikely

He has three positives with known exposure. He has COVID. Full stop.

He shouldn't waste time or resources for a PCR test. Only reason would be to have a record for future insurance needs or just for public health record keeping, but a doctor can chart that in a 10 minute tele-visit.

No need for PCR in this case.

[CrackityJones75]

15. My mother in law had a false positive.

She followed it up with 2 pcr and both were neg.

[NutmegYankee]

28. 3 test kits, 2 manufacturers by the look of it.

The odds are extremely low that’s a false positive.

[WA-03 Democrat]

18. My personal experience lines up with this

3 false positives should not happen. The OP has Covid. A PCR at this point would not bring anything new in the picture. Keep a close eye on everyone and get the antiviral if your Doc thinks you can or should.

Be well

[Liberal In Texas]

30. Thanks doctor.

False positives are possible 3 times. Possible. Especially with the home tests. I agree, ask a real doctor and they'll probably concur.

[liberal_mama]

48. Anything is possible, but my doctor says false positives are rare

I asked about this when my husband tested positive. I was wondering if we should retest, but our doctor said to assume he had covid due to the rarity of false positives.

[underpants]

22. If the at home people have it, I'm taking one anyway

Nothing costs me anything until July anyway. Two surgeries this year which were really cheap but we hit our OOP Max a few months ago. As a family (mostly me) we’ve had $68,000 in services this year. One of my surgeries was $28K and I paid $125.

[greenjar_01]

38. Good luck, and have an easy sail through it

[underpants]

21. Going to if they offer it

Why not. We hit our OOP max with all the other medical stuff this year. I’ve had two surgeries and lots of tests.

[yardwork]

4. I'm sorry, I hope you all recover quickly.

[Walleye]

5. My best friend and her husband have it now. They decided it was OK to take a trip Ireland last week

They are doing OK, spent the winter in Florida. Have all their shots. But no masking on the plane coming home

[Emile]

6. Sorry to hear that, hopefully it will pass quickly.

[3Hotdogs]

7. I had it and got the pills.

---mild symptoms were gone in a day.

[2naSalit]

10. Good to know!

[viva la]

14. Where did you get the pills?

Did you need an rX?

[3Hotdogs]

17. You need an rx. The pills are free.

Some physicians don't require an office visit.

Mine did. But that's ok.

[gldstwmn]

47. You can do telehealth. I highly recommend Plushcare.

[malaise]

9. Hope you remain symptom free

[2naSalit]

11. I hope it passes quickly...

And that your wife and everyone else in your orbit get well soon.

[Mad_Machine76]

13. Just tested positive for the first time ever this morning.

COVID sucks.

[Delphinus]

27. Ooh,

I hope you have just a mild case. Don't know about the Plaxovid, but someone else might. Good luck!

[CrackityJones75]

16. You will probably be ok

I mean for your rental. If yer mild you will likely be testing neg fairly soon.

[underpants]

19. Just found out my wife bought insurance

COVID and weather since it’s in the Outer Banks if NC.

It’s really up to the family we are sharing with as you what they want to do.

[CrackityJones75]

26. Yeah that makes sense

I had covid twice. Original flavor and Omicron.

Omicron I was vaxed and boosted and it wasn’t bad at all and I was testing neg 8 think 7 days after but I hadn’t tested any earlier than that. Also the quarantine time was way shorter too and I feel like having been vaxed and boosted that made sense.

However it works out for you, hope you get past it quickly and get to return to normal life soon!

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. I was royally pissed when I first found out I had it.

Felt fine at first, but then developed symptoms similar to a mild flu. Hope you can still go to the beach, but your wife seems to have anticipated that with the insurance. Still a disappointment.

[underpants]

36. Looks the other family is all in

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If I don’t develop symptoms I may let my family go first and meet them there a few days later.

Our friends were supposed to stay here Saturday night but we’ve decided against that.

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. With luck and if you continue to not have symptoms...

you should at least be able to enjoy part of your beach week. COVID needs to stop disrupting people's lives.

[panader0]

24. May you all get well quickly!

[TheBlackAdder]

25. Best wishes. It seems we'll all get it sooner or later. The hope was to get it after the vaccine.

[Liberal In Texas]

29. If I ever test positive the first thing I'm doing is calling the doc to get PAXLOVID

Supposed to help with the symptoms/recovery. I would want every tool in the toolbox.

[underpants]

37. I contacted my PCP thru their portal

I asked about Plaxlovid. We’ll see what she says.

[SheltieLover]

31. Hoping you & wife are all better soon!

Damned covid!

[LoisB]

32. I am so sorry. Wishing short duration for all of you.

[tavernier]

33. I just got a text from my girlfriend: her daughter-in-law and grandson

are both ill with Covid. Both have been vaxed and boosted times four. The grandson works in a restaurant and his boss was in South America for two weeks and came home last week with a bad cold or symptoms resembling. That’s how they believe they got it.

[blm]

34. Sorry pants.

😷

[BannonsLiver]

35. You've got a lot of company.

So far officially about 86 million Americans have had the virus. Unofficially, quite a bit more than that, I'm sure.

[JCMach1]

39. I caught Omicron (whatever variant) on vacation in Kenya

Unavoidable as literally everyone there seemed to have it. Don't believe official numbers these days just about anywhere.

I started getting into bad cold mode, but took Zithromax which totally seemed to kick its a$$. At least it didn't kick into any secondary issues.

[underpants]

42. So we were advised of the following by the remote medical people

It’s really a great service. Their ads say they even do X-rays now.

Vitamin D and C twice a day
Zinc - I’ve been taking each of these everyday
Lots of water. Electro lites if we get vomiting sick
Mucinex
A steroid and antibiotics for my wife
Melatonin
I’m not sure what else they may have subscribed

[JCMach1]

44. Famotidine is a proven aid for inflammation (there are studies, no woo)

Plus famotidine helps with any stomach components to the illness if you have any.

Keep the famotidine up for at least a month in case long Covid kicks in

Other than that, just check your O2 level periodically.

I had very little cough, but I had Covid pneumonia that nearly took me out when my oxygen crashes to the ground

[Nevilledog]

41. BRB I'm on the phone with your wife talking about the kitchen counters....

Hope you all feel better.

[underpants]

43. 😆👍

Funny we are doing that after the vacation

[blogslug]

45. I hope all of you get better fast

❤️❤️❤️

[gldstwmn]

46. I highly recommend Paxlovid. I don't know if it will save your vacation though.

I hope you and your family get well soon.

[Demsrule86]

49. After 10 days my husband was allowed back to work...now it is 4...supposedly not contagious

after the formerly 10 days and the current 4 days. You can test positive for months according to my doctor.