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Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: CB123 on August 18, 2020, 10:08:33 PM ---They STILL hadnt gone in to be tested and I suggested that he go in and get tested for STREP, since that also has sorethroat, headache and fever. I figured they would be tested automatically for covid with those symptoms, and they might have been, but the strep test is positive so he is getting treated for that.
Getting info out of them is like pulling teeth. I dont think they want to worry me--he has apparently been sick for over a week without saying anything to me. Anyway, I'm hopeful that strep is all it is. Also that I get another chance to talk to them soon to see if the covid test was done.
Thanks for all your encouragement. I am just laying down my worry. Theres' nothing I can do.
CB
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I find I worry more when I don't know what is going on, CB, and my son is very similar - getting an answer out of him about anything more complex than "do you want a biscuit" is such hard work. I get they don't want you to worry but it's so hard not to. I will keep my fingers crossed it is strep and nothing else. I think one of the concerns here with winter on the way is that people will have to assume it may be Covid whenever they get a cough or cold and the docs will be swamped. It's still such a worrying and stressful time. I hope your son and partner are both feeling better soon and that you will be able to relax a bit xx
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lighter:
CB:
Are you surprised it's Strep? I was surprised. Is that going around now too?
I know there's a checklist of symptoms requiring mandatory COVID testing. If he had enough symptoms for it, they likely did the test.
I hope your son recovers quickly. Strep is so painful, IME.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
Well it's getting me down now. Basically the situation here now is that you can pretty much do what you want - some things are still shut but most are open - people aren't supposed to be meeting at each other's houses but of course they are - but the virus is very much here and very much continuing. Generally diagnosing upwards of a thousand cases a day and that of course will be fewer cases than there are because there will be the people who don't show symptoms and people who are a bit unwell but don't get a test because they can't afford to take more time off work. So to keep safe we still need to stay home as much as possible and keep our distance if we do go out and that will be until they get a vaccine (if they get a vaccine) or until the virus dies out on its own (which apparently can happen?).
I'm still glad we're not rushing about like we were. The money we've been able to save is a bonus, as is the clarity of thinking I'm experiencing. Son and I are both experiencing better health than usual, although we have both put on a bit of weight. If we can get a car at the end of next month that will help. But the reality of it likely being another year before I can hug someone, if not longer, kind of hit me today and that's got me down a bit now. If my lottery win comes in we're moving to New Zealand pronto!
CB, did you have any more news from your son yet? xx
lighter:
That has to be tough, Tupp. Wanting hugs, and needing physical contact during quarantine. I hug my girls, quite a bit, but don't miss the hugs from tipsy neighbors.
On the TV Reality Show, Alone, (Season 7) where 10 people go out into the Canadian Arctic for 100 days on their own, if they can make it, and live off the land while filming themselves. There was an episode where one of the female contestants missed human contact. A dead rabbit, she'd trapped, was hanging by her head, and she unconsciously reached for a paw..... then hesitantly pulled it to her face as she wept, and cuddled it without shame. So very touching.
I wonder if you can create a happy place, for yourself, with people you love and feel supported by. To meet up with, and hug, and maybe swim or build fires with, whatever is comforting to you.
When we visualize something, our minds actually believe we're IN THAT PLACE.
I'll be one of your virtual huggers, (((Tupp.)))
Lighter
Meh:
Resorted to hugging dead rabbits eh, that's about my speed. Thanks I need that as a confirmation that all humans are liable to be strange and crazy under certain circumstances.
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