I am a secondary school teacher. I had a high temperature and felt poorly in May, so booked a test and received a negative result nearly a week later. It was horrible both doing the test and waiting for the results. I didn't miss any work as i wasn't on the rota that week.
I've now been back at work three weeks and plenty of kids are off with symptoms. I have a temperature of 38.2 and an occasional cough.
Mostly I have a really horrible headache which I've had for a few days. I was really reluctant to book a test and go through it again, but I thought that I should do the right thing.
I've just rung school to let them know that I have a test booked for later. The office manager said something about this being the second time I've had symptoms, and I felt a bit silly. Hopefully if the results are back within 48 hours I won't miss any work, and I certainly don't want to. I don't work today anyway. I'll be honest, I feel a bit silly, and will look silly when it's negative. Did I do the right thing?
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chobmon · 25/09/2020 13:23
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