How are you dealing with Covid now?

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I've been testing positive for 9 days, and was ill for a Hood couple if weeks before that. DC2 was positive in that time and I'll fir a few days, off school for 10 as positive the whole time.

I've still git quite a strong line today. Day 9. It'll still be there tomorrow I'm sure.

I'm finding it hard to know what to do tbh. I won't visit my ECV mother. There's no requirement to isolate,yet it feels wrong to carry on regardless.

Just wait till you have a negative result.

I'm getting shopping delivered etc. Working from home until I have two negative LFTs.
I don't know anyone vulnerable or elderly but would not visit, as you say.
I am going for walks and fresh air though (don't have a garden).

I have got shopping delivered.

Most people around me seem surprised/disbelieve tgat I'm still positive but then it's been 3 weeks in so far with ds isolating before me

I didn't test negative until about Day 10, then I waited for two consecutive days of negative tests.

If you're showing up strong positive on an LFT you have active virus in your body - which means you're probably infectious. I can't understand why anyone would knowingly go and spread it under those circumstances.

Thats my feeling @SpikyJugs Its the knowingly doing it.

Yeah you wouldn't want to be responsible for anyone else getting it.

I hope you're feeling ok?

Honestly, I'm not really. I've felt ill for what feels like forever, but the past 10 days haven't been sleeping, snetimes awake for 6 hours in the night. Single parent, 2 primary aged DC. It's hard

You've been able to go out from day 10, even if it's a positive line for months now. It changed from 14 days ages ago.

I'd avoid being in very close contact with someone who was ecv, but otherwise in day 20 I'd be bound about my normal business.

Officially now you don't have to do anything if you're positive even in day 1. And tbh. most people now won't be testing as free tests are ending.

So assume from now on, people who feel poorly stay home and those who feel well go out. I'm covid vulnerable and been quite poorly with it twice (no, it isn't just like a flu/cold for some and no flu/cold has left me with the same issues or hospitalised b]me like covid did) had 4 vaccines now and had anti virals on the last bout. But I know that when I go to work (primary school) I'm likely in contact with it daily so I just have to be as careful as I can, be aware of any symptoms I might have and access anti virals asap if I start to become ill.

So moving forward people just need to be sensible - if ill, stay home and avoid close contact with others, if not ill carry in as normal. Treat it like if you had chicken pox or DV, rather than if you have a cold.

@Abraxan yes I kno all that, I'm just wondering how others are actually being. It's the first time I've had it so not had to deal with it myself. Other dc had it but wasn't ill and was in the 10 day isolation period at that stage, before the 2 negative lft test thing came into place