Tested positive but need to get out, is this okay?

[Puffler]

I’ve tested positive for Covid-19. I don’t know where I’ve got it from as I’ve followed the rules rigidly. I wonder if one of my children is an asymptotic carrier.

I feel quite rough but I’m not in bed. One thing I always do is a lot of exercise. I walk or run about 8 miles a day and without it my mental health deteriorates rapidly. I paced round and round the house and our tiny garden to do 10k steps today and the thought of trying to do that tomorrow is making me anxious.

If I set the alarm for 6am, do you think it is acceptable to go out for a walk? I live rurally so can take a head torch and go down lanes and tracks where I’m 99% sure I won’t encounter anyone and there is no need for me to touch anything, no gates etc. I will wear a face mask. DH says it is too risky in case I have an accident of some sort (I’m not sure how) or need aid. He thinks that would be putting others in danger. He does agree the chance of seeing anyone is very remote.

What would you do? I have to stay in don’t I?

Indeed, if people need to stop being tested!

Good on you for deciding to stay in. I am in the same boat, as I am isolating, but because one of my DC has tested positive. Sounds very likely that one of your DC was asymptomatic as the cause.
I am like you in that I walk for miles most days, but I haven't set foot outside other than to take bins to garden. HOWEVER, I have started another challenge. I am climbing Snowdon on my stairs - have a look at the link at end, and choose a mountain! I went a bit mad on the first day and it's taken 3 days for the back off my calves and my bum to recover, so since then I've done less but it's keeping me sane. I am also doing other bits for fitness, but I rather like the stairs challenge and given the pain I was in, I'm sure it's doing my legs just as much good as 10k steps!

oops, here's the link: www.nhsggc.org.uk/media/213470/haw_challenge_stair_climb.pdf

I'd go out.

So shoot me.

I took my youngest out around the block on her scooter early on as were going crazy (I tested positive) and my older 2 for a long walk at about 8pm once the dog walkers had died down. It's fine us all the work of good!

You must not go out.

Please stay in the protect others.

Jesus Christ people are selfish fuckers.

Absolutely you should stay in. It’s the law. It’s not a choice it’s a requirement. Do gym sessions at home if you want to exercise. If you have stairs, they are a good option, chairs also can be used to very good effect and you can easily use household objects as weights etc. I am also positive. I am struggling with tiredness, and having to separate my house for my son and not being able to see him, my other children or my partner. I only went to a couple of shops and to work on two days. What’s to say it wasn’t someone else knowing they were positive who just thought they would pop out to the pharmacy or the post office because it won’t matter? It did matter. I am infected and now waiting to see if it gets worse as asthmatic with other issues. Please don’t be selfish. I appreciate mental health is an issue - I work with vulnerable adults and use exercise extensively myself so keep yourself occupied as much as you can, exercise at home and do all the jobs you never otherwise get round to, and be thankful that you are not worse, but please please stay in.

I know this isn't about me but I've been stuck indoors for 8 days - tested negative but my husband is languishing in our tiny study (not ill but tired) having tested positive and after 8 days of trying not to kill or be killed by our 14-year-old (also tested negative) and entertaining our little dog all in our tiny garden I hear you - but NO!!!! Don't go out. A very dear friend of mine has COPD and lives in the countryside - and he takes his walks early to avoid people and stay safe. It's not cool IMO.

How can it be so hard for people to understand the clear instruction to stay at home?

I’m about to be released back into the wild following a positive test result. Like you, I run. I also cycle miles and walk approximately 30 miles a week. I’ve not left my house. Yes, I’ve found it hard but it’s 10 days. Be thoughtful towards others.

@nevergoingoutagain

Very ironic with your username.

Utterly selfish

Stay in please

Oh, do leave out the 'mental health' business. You want to do something. You can't, for a bit. That isn't mental health.

No wonder the rate has been continuing to rise if people are going out when they know they have tested positive. I can't believe so many think it is acceptable and yes I do work for the NHS. There are plenty of ways to exercise indoors or in the garden, it's annoying, but it's not for ever. Stand out in the garden with your eyes shut and imagine you are somewhete more interesting if that helps the cabin fever and find an on-line exercise session you can do in the house. I hope the rest of the family realise they aren't meant to be going out either. I realize you think the chances of meeting anyone are slim, but if I was old and vulnerable, that's probably when I would pick to go out and get my daily exercise, when it's not busy. So chances are the people you would meet would be the vulnerable ones.

Can you order a treadmill and put it in the garden ?? Still exercise in the fresh air, just not quite as scenic

If people don't read the whole thread, at least read OPs posts FFS.

The rules are clear, you stay in and self isolate with the rest if your household.

No stay in before you infect someone else

@Puffler I was about to post a “how very date you be so ridiculous” post but then I read on and just want to say lots of love.
My DD is 11 and has OCD (as did I when younger - now pretty much abated).

NO IT IS NOT BLOODY ALRIGHT TO GO OUT! This is why COVID is not going away and yes you will be a potential murderer - what a selfish person you are. STAY INDOORS until your isolation has been served. You could end up transmitting the virus to others. I wouldn't want to do this and people die because of my actions. FOR GOODNESS SAKE STAY INDOORS - stop thinking of yourself. People like you are causing this COVID to stay with us and babies, children, relatives, friends and others who are good people will die . STAY BLOODY INDOORS!

Stay in, obviously.

Yes, you may be doing it early but what if you collapse, injure yourself, require assistance etc. You are putting others in unnecessary danger.

And, of course, it is not allowed.

I understand it's for your mental health but you arent the only one suffering, unfortunately, but we all have to do our part to help the community.

Feel better soon x

You say you don't know where you got it from so the same goes you don't know who you may give it to. All it takes for you to trip over and hurt yourself and you have the potential to infect anyone who comes to help you and their families and friends. If you needed an ambulance then you could pass it on to the paramedics, doctors nurses their colleagues and families.... And on the list goes. Please stay home, think responsibly and get well soon

nevergoingoutagain = irresponsible and selfish act - no wonder Covid isn't going away- the law states YOU SHOULD STAY IN FOR A REASON - check the death statistics - Covid is staying around to kill more people because of people like you breaking the law and being selfish. PLEASE DON'T GO OUT AT ALL IF YOU ARE POSITIVE OR ASSYMPTOMATIC. This is not a game and it's not all about you. So, you are getting stir crazy being isolated better than being DEAD - or killing someone else. SHAME ON YOU FOR GOING OUT.

You don't know where you got it? Maybe it was someone out when they shouldn't have been. You feel rough, it's hard not to do things you want to, but remember you're one of the lucky ones that will recover. There are 50,000+ families in the UK having a tougher time because someone unwittingly passed on a virus and they weren't so lucky. Please do the right thing.