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MuseRider

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21. NO SHIT!

Thu May 21, 2020, 10:01 PM

May 2020

I had an influenza swab in December because I was having lung problems....the reason I was told to get tested now for Covid. I sat in the car with my husband in the passengers seat thinking it would be like the flu swab. She went in and it was uncomfortable but then she said she had hit something and had to move the swab around until she could move it forward. At that point I knew I was going to cry, lol. When she moved it past the obstruction I heard my husband gasp, he is a doctor and I am a nurse but his gasp was about the worst thing I have ever heard when it was about me. I won't be going back until they force me to. Holy hell is right! Negative but I knew it.

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OK, nasal swabs were invented by a sadist... [View all] druidity33 May 2020 OP

I assume it's like the nasal swab that I had... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #1

The nasal swab for the flu I had was like a long q-tip. oregonjen May 2020 #4

Oh! You're right, that sounds even worse! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #7

Thanks for the heads up!! LeftInTX May 2020 #9

You're welcome! It's like a tiny thin bristle bottle washer. oregonjen May 2020 #19

yep!!! My hubby got one early April and I filmed it.. samnsara May 2020 #2

I don't think Orange Foolius feels a thing Cirque du So-What May 2020 #3

There is no way MF45 subjects himself to that every day. smirkymonkey May 2020 #5

My daughter works in a hospital MyOwnPeace May 2020 #6

I've had needles injected in my eyeballs... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #8

I've survived flu swabs. They eyeball thing sounds just freakin awful LeftInTX May 2020 #10

Everyone says that drmeow May 2020 #13

It's not as bad as it seems. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #14

I have duct plugs in. LeftInTX May 2020 #16

My ophthalmologist initially gave me numbing drops... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #18

Had laser surgery on my eye ball safeinOhio May 2020 #24

That's why I think Trump is lying about taking the coronavirus test every day. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #11

cheek swabs man, cheek swabs. nt. druidity33 May 2020 #26

Here's the collection process: LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #29

I've had the camera like thing go up nasal passages to sinuses cally May 2020 #12

I think what bothered me the most... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #15

yeah for a very long 10 seconds. ugh. nt. druidity33 May 2020 #27

They don't numb you for swabbing though LeftInTX May 2020 #20

Worse than stirrups & speculum? Reader Rabbit May 2020 #17

Yeah probably not... druidity33 May 2020 #25

I gag with just flu tests, so I feel their pain. moriah May 2020 #30

NO SHIT! MuseRider May 2020 #21

Not to discount your pain, but my husband and I got tested last week and had zero pain. Tech May 2020 #22

Gov Cuomo did it live on camera... Wounded Bear May 2020 #23

Now that many have gone through this, they'll be pleased to know... Buns_of_Fire May 2020 #28