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?

I hate exercise videos or classes. It’s the peace I like and moving forward. I’ve never got on with classes. I don’t mind a bit of outdoor yoga but know come the evening I’ll be obsessing over my step count if it under 10k.

You need to stay at home, that’s the guidance. If you fall you will pass it onto emergency services, thus depriving others of potential help

And with the number on here saying yes go out no wonder we are still in lockdown, higher tiers

I get it affects your MH but your husband is right

Can someone lend you a running machine? Or there use sorry it’s doing what you did today

Please please follow the rules

Of course say in and enjoy going out even more when your quarantine is over . And fingers crossed your family remain well

An online yoga session with a solo teacher and you is not peaceful?! Well, walk around your house or whatever outdoor bit you've got, and while you're at it look into your unhealthy obsession with something as arbitrary as a step count then. Google how the figure of 10,000 steps came about, for a starter.

Shame for DS missing his nativity!

You could get a Christmas Tree delivered!

Sorry your MH isn't good & that you'll struggle staying in. At least you have a garden. How about a skipping rope?

HIT sessions are supposed to be good!

@Staff1

Compromise and go up and down the road near your house repeatedly.

Really??? How do you know OP won't come into contact with other people. You are assuming other people won't be out but you don't now this for sure. Also, people are getting fined for going out when they have been asked by track and trace to self isolate as they have been in close contact with a person who has subsequently tested positive and you are suggesting that someone who has actually tested positive can go up and down her road .

OP is assuming one of her children has been asymptomatic and passed this on to her but she doesn't know this for sure. Maybe as another poster has said, she caught this whilst she was out exercising. If so, OP could also pass this on.

Well done OP for coming to the right decision. I hope you make a speedy recovery

You need to stay in. Having had covid you also need to be seriously careful about how much you do. We overdid it and it really sets recovery back and makes you worse. You may be feeling okay now but if you keep up those levels it could hit you hard.

You cannot go out, sorry, I know it must be really hard x

I agree breaking the rules is selfish and since March I’ve not broken them once. Just to be clear since my test, nobody has left this house

So why break them now when you actually have the virus?

I say this kindly rather than get anxious that you may not reach 10k steps try thinking on the positive. You can’t go for a run but you can go out side to your garden for fresh air and stretch your legs. If you end up sicker and in hospital you won’t be able to get out of bed.

Don't.
You may not meet anyone.
But it is the rules.
Fed up with the rule benders - it's why nearly everyone is in tier 3. I read today about police doing random stops on cars going into Cardiff - 25% of them were either fined or warned for breaking the rules.

When you are viral and ill it is helpful for the immune system to have come complete rest which isn't easy if you're a mum. But exercising and putting your foot on the gas when you feel lousy isn't helpful. Support your immune system you are not going to get unfit because you don't do 10,000 steps for a couple of days! sit in the garden for 20 mins to get daylight first thing in the morning to help raise serotonin. A gentle walk if anything but let your body tell you when is enough.

Out of interest is 8 miles only 10,000 steps @Puffler? It seems like it should be more?

I run and walk every day, so I sympathize. I'm a nurse and medical advice for active covid cases is to avoid exercise. You may have some reduced pulmonary capacity that won't become apparent with normal activity but could be quite serious if you exercise.

Best wishes for a rapid recovery.

@Puffler the media have spun a lie re children transmitted Covid. The chances of catching it from children are not low at all. Am sorry you are struggling and glad you are doing the right thing.
Maybe stick you tube on and find some good work out videos or some active games with the kids on a games console if you have one. Get sone cheap skipping ropes And hula hoops from Amazon fur you and the kids in the garden.

Please stay in,

Use common sense. There is no reason for her to stay in if she’s not going to be in contact with anybody while she’s out.

You need to stay in. Aside from the risk of infecting other people, which is bad enough, this is not a virus to mess with. You need to rest and not exercise at all. I had it mildly way back in February so didn’t know what it was I’d got, I exercised (not vigorously but enough) and have really suffered with long Covid ever since. Not resting now could mean being unable to run or walk any distance for 6 months or more. I mean it. It is no joke. Please stay in and recover.

@Puffler

I hate exercise videos or classes. It’s the peace I like and moving forward. I’ve never got on with classes. I don’t mind a bit of outdoor yoga but know come the evening I’ll be obsessing over my step count if it under 10k.

I dont think CV19 is your biggest problem here.

WHy would you be obsessed about your step count? You are ill.

What size are you?

If you have school children the likelihood is that you caught it from them

You have tested positive. Do not go out.

I have mental health issues so I understand how difficult it can be but you really cannot go out if you have tested positive.

You have the option of walking around your garden which many don't, take it.

This is ridiculous - for goodness sake stay in OP, you have a garden so way more options than many people who don't.

I too and shocked and appalled at the people saying on this thread saying it's ok for someone who has tested positive to ignore the self isolation rules. Also ignoring the risk to the OP of strenuous exercise while she has a respiratory disease. Come on people sort yourselves out.

[quote DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon]@cwtchesandprosecco i dont see how it would have done more harm. Its 10 days. Yes mentally thats not easy, but its a temporary situation after which she can go on as many runs as she desires. It really shouldnt do any long term mental harm

She could have killed someone. Or given someone long term health implications. We have asked at risk people and elderly people to stay inside for months on end becauae its not safe for them to go out. The least people can do is make it as safe as possible for these people by staying in when we are ill, if we acknowlegde how hard it is for us to stay inside for 10 days we can try and enable people who are at risk to get some fresh air by staying in when we are ill.

Same goes for other illnesses actually like flu, norovirus, chickenpox.[/quote]
This! This! This!
As someone who is clinically extremely vulnerable, please stay at home. Buy a treadmill if you need to exercise while at home.

Exercise isn't ever a good idea when ill. Rest and wish you a speedy recovery x

Stay in. You think those of us shielding wouldn’t love some exercise for our mental health? What makes you so special?