Has anyone self isolated before an operation recently?

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My day surgery is being rebooked in and just as the call was finishing they mentioned about having to self isolate For 14 days prior

My husband works outside the home so is this a strict isolation where either he or I will need to move out temporarily?

Sorry if this is a stupid question

Self isolate as per the advice if one of you had symptoms. Separate bedrooms, not sitting in shared spaces, clean bathroom after visit, stay in your room etc.

It’s to prevent you from taking Covid 19 in to the day unit and infecting staff and other patients, you’ve got to hope the other patients are equally isolating so they don’t give it to you! Hope all goes well with the op.

I thought I heard on the news (I could be wrong) that you only have to isolate for three days in an NHS hospital. It might be worth checking x

The NICE guidance has changed today so I would ring and double-check that it definitely needs to be 2 weeks

I'm self-isolating right now for an operation next week. At my pre-op, I was told stay away from other people as much as you can, partner is ok, no need for separate bedrooms etc just don't leave the house.

@EatsShootsAndRuns that’s not so bad it seems
Fingers crossed it’s the same for me

Good luck with your op

Sorry I missed the bit where your husband works - think he needs to sleep in different room etc

Thank you x

My mum is currently doing this for 14 days. She was told if her partner needed to go out then she would have to stay in the bedroom away from him for the whole period. Neither of them is allowed to leave the house at all

I had an operation at the beginning of July. I self isolated for two weeks beforehand and for a week afterwards. I spent the three weeks in my bedroom alone - luckily I also had an en-suite to use, too. I ate my meals in the dining room while the rest of the family ate in the kitchen. If anyone wanted to talk to me they stood on the landing with the bedroom door open.

The only exception to this was when I had to go for my pre-op. Due to my injury I was unable to drive myself so the hospital said it was ok for one of the family to bring me.

It was a bit boring but not too bad.

DH is due some major surgery and we've been told in no uncertain terms whole household, 14 days, which is going to prove problematic for 2 (just) adult children working FT.

We're being pretty careful because DH is vulnerable anyway and he doesn't spend a lot of time in the same room as them. I'm struggling with the idea of asking them to give up 2 weeks' pay, or even to ask for the time off, TBH and have considered ways we could isolate DH rather than the household but the doctor wasn't keen.

We're doing this presently for ds - it's the whole household that has to isolate - none of us able to leave the house for two weeks.
However I'm awaiting surgery and as things stand now I will have to isolate not my whole family.
Different trusts seem to have different rules.
With ds he also has to have a negative swab before I've been told I'll need two negative swabs and a clear ct scan. Although new guidelines are out they are only guidelines and the two trusts we're under have been stricter than these guidelines.