AIBU to doubt his self diagnosis..?

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DH has declared he “definitely has” corona virus.

Last night he did feel and look absolutely rubbish, took a handful of paracetamol and went to bed at 7pm. Today he declared that was definitely it - he was reading the internet - and it definitely was it.

There was shortness of breath (trust me, there wasn’t), he was “aware of his throat”(what in the name of all that is good and true does that mean), he felt like he was going to die, shivered once and had a cough (literally cleared his throat).

Today he is up, showered and back working in the garage. (that's where his WFH setup is).

Now, unless he had the world’s best immune system ever (because that would belong to a 50 year old Scottish bloke who had a heart attack 3 years ago) I think I can safely say that he has not survived Coronavirus.

It did mean that DDog and I could binge watch Kitchen Nightmares last night rather than some post apocalyptic dystopian nonsense written in Tibetan and translated by google translate.

This is day 4. 4....!!!!!

Of course he could have had it. It affects everyone differently.

Sounds like he is exaggerating

Ah my DH has had 6 hour flus a couple of times, maybe something similar?

I had to self isolate when I felt absolutely fine in myself. I had a bad cough and heavy chest though. It affects everyone differently

Jesus, we're allowed a light-hearted thread in the midst of all this!

'Aware of his throat' cracked me up well, you would hope so?! Does he often get 'man flu' which is obviously worse than normal flu? If so being trapped with him you may want to put him out of his misery under the patio

I do get it a bit though. I've been social distancing for weeks, only essentials from the supermarket and nothing else (live alone). Yet any sneeze, cough, slight twinge of a headache my eyes go o.O

Did he wear the dressing gown of doom and do the slipper shuffle?

To be honest I’ve had it 8 or 9 times, so I think YABU. Your poor DH has survived a near death experience when he cleared his throat yday.

The other day I coughed (Choked on my juice) and was sure this was the end.

A few days before that I did some exercise and forgot I’d done it after being distracted by the chaos in the house, then panicked about my ‘fever’ for about 20 mins until I was reminded I had just done a joe wicks pe lesson and that was more likely the culprit

Slept funny on my pillow last night, woke up certain the aches and the pains where the beginning of my doom.

I’m a survivor though and I’ve made it through every time.

Pretty sure there is more than one strain of this virus. I can’t get my head around how it is effecting people so differently otherwise.

This is now being reported (in the Telegraph today I believe)

Your Dh could’ve had the milder strain.

Tell him he has to self isolate in the garage for 14 days! Chuck in a sleeping bag and some tins of food and bottles of water, lock the door and go back to binge watching some bad-good tv!

He may have had it. Estimates suggest up to half of people with the disease show no symptoms or relatively mild ones. Until there is widespread testing available to find out who is now immune (and therefore have had the virus) there is no way to tell for sure.

Assuming you are self-isolating and have no outside contact, if you or anyone else also isolating in your household were to develop symptoms in the next few days, that would be a good sign that he did have it.

He has recovered enough to be playing football in the garden now....

DH has had it for 4 months apparently

He had a horrible respiratory infection in Dec then 2 colds in succession in late Jan/Feb which has left him with a bit of an ongoing cough. We have a small baby who is a germ magnet, hence us both having more things than normal.
But DH convinced he’s had Coronavirus since before China....
(Obviously it is possible he has had it, but I don’t think it lasts 4 months in anyone).

This made Me laugh 😂

My DH thinks he has corona. He felt warm so it must have been a fever, I checked his temperature and it was 37.6. According to him that's a fever for him because it's (slightly) higher than it normally is. He has a slightly snotty nose and coughs twice a day but no headache, pain, nausea, dizzyness, exhaustion or sore throat. He claims to feel ill but is cycling outside now for some exercise. I find it very difficult to sympathize at the moment...

Hasn't everyone heard that all other illnesses have disappeared for now. It is ALL covid19.

I know I've got it because I keep getting hot - definitely not menopausal hot flushes. And my itchy eyes? Absolutely couldn't be hayfever, it's a new unheard of symptom of Covid19.

Yanbu to shove a sleeping bag his way and wave him off for 14 days at least..
The garage will be quite cosy for him imo...

My husband has also had it. He blew is nose last week and had a bit of a headache.

Just because I was a HCP for my entire career doesn’t mean I know anything about CV

On the bright side, he’s had it now so he can’t “have it” again

This really make me chuckle.. Thanks op

Perhaps you could lay in a bet now that he's also going to be the first person ever to get it more than once?

My brother had it last week. For two days. Then went back to work. I bet he gets it again too.

His diagnosis sounds pretty definitive to me. I mean, he did say ‘definitely’ and he confirmed with Google. Plus you can’t ignore that shiver.

Thanks op.

this Is Brilliant