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Help! I've got Covid and I'm stuck in a hotel

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medusawashere · 22/12/2021 11:26

I travelled to Plymouth for Christmas and did all the right stuff. I'm double jabbed, booster booked for early Jan and have been doing lateral flow tests every day to stay safe and protect others.

This morning, I woke up coughing, sneezing and with chest pains and my LF is positive.

I'm stuck in a hotel with no way of getting home! I live in Bournemouth and my fiance (who was going to meet me Christmas Eve) has also tested positive.

Does anyone have any bright ideas or am I stuck in a hotel room for ten days? I'm devastated. I just want to go home :(

OP posts:
Grimchmas · 22/12/2021 12:59

There’s not. Person on here who wouldn’t just go and get the train rather than spend a week in a hotel room alone.

Thankfully there are plenty of us who would just get on with it because we understand that getting on a train with known covid is an awful thing to do to other people and would likely have far reaching ramifications for other people.

Frauhubert · 22/12/2021 12:59

‘When you find a love that’s right, you can drive all night’ na na na na 🎶 Xmas Confused

Vapeyvapevape · 22/12/2021 12:59

Could DF explain to work what’s happened and ask to clock off a bit early , if he finishes even an hour earlier he could be with you for 7 , then stay overnight and drive back early the next day.

icedcoffees · 22/12/2021 12:59

@SleepingStandingUp

OK he's at work but presumably he finishes at 5 Ish? So why can't he come and get you after work? Get some sleep and work from hotel tomorrow then drive home after 5 again? Or you sleep now, he gets to you for 8 and you drive home by midnight? Does he think you should just stay in the hotel for 7 days? Do they provide meals?
Because he has COVID and should be isolating at home!
pinkcattydude · 22/12/2021 13:01

I’ve pmd you with the advice for Plymouth you need proper guidance

Ormally · 22/12/2021 13:02

I dearly love my husband, but for the first 5 days of covid I wouldn’t have been able to rescue him from a different floor of the house, never mind a drive away.

Same experience unfortunately. Completely unpredictable 'knockouts' in the first 4 days. Long periods of needing to be able to dash to a loo. On day 12 I had to book a cab to and from school for just my DD as her isolation finished. Not driving is entirely sensible in this scenario.

Muchtoomuchtodo · 22/12/2021 13:03

Op please let the hotel reception know and ask what the local procedure is for this scenario

Toplowlight · 22/12/2021 13:03

Your fiancé is an arsehole if he won’t come and get you. Unless he works for literal satan they’re going to understand him taking a half day off to rescue his stranded fiancée.

Idontgiveaf324 · 22/12/2021 13:03

But if she doesn't get the train, she will be stuck there over Christmas! I doubt many on this thread would give up Christmas with their family's just because they have an illness. I'd definitely get the train home. It's just one of those things where you have to be selfish. Okay, it's not great but what's the alternative?

Frauhubert · 22/12/2021 13:04

Honestly, if the fiancé only half tried to explain to his manager what the situation is, i am 300% sure they wouldn’t bat an eyelid, especially now, when everything is winding down. Plus, if he is very new, he can’t be THAT important and irreplaceable for ONE day, to quite literally rescue his stranded fiancee

CrumpledCrumpet · 22/12/2021 13:04

@Vapeyvapevape

Could DF explain to work what’s happened and ask to clock off a bit early , if he finishes even an hour earlier he could be with you for 7 , then stay overnight and drive back early the next day.
Assuming he is well enough this sounds like the most sensible option. If he’s absolutely desperate not to miss any work he could drive 6-9pm in the evening and then 6-9am in the morning.

But I think any half way reasonable boss would just tell him to take the day off.

Original poster
medusawashere · 22/12/2021 13:05

I keep trying to post the test but the app doesn't like me 💀.

It was basically a very VERY faint line. I'll do another one in an hr or so and see what happens.

Thanks for the PM. How do I get those on my phone x

OP posts:
gogohm · 22/12/2021 13:06

Do you know anyone who is positive or just recovered who can fetch you?

gogohm · 22/12/2021 13:08

Alternatively go now, double mask stand in the bit between the carriage with the window open. Needs must

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 22/12/2021 13:08

@medusawashere

I keep trying to post the test but the app doesn't like me 💀.

It was basically a very VERY faint line. I'll do another one in an hr or so and see what happens.

Thanks for the PM. How do I get those on my phone x

I usually have to log onto the site rather than the app. Hope you get home @medusawashere Thanks
Abraxan · 22/12/2021 13:08

In the past (pre covid), I have gone into the office with a high fever and worked shivering and with the screens blurring from time to time. Working from home would be even easier.

Well, that wasn't wise and it was a selfish thing to do oto your colleagues, who you quite likely passed on what ever bg you had to.

Just excuse you technically can do something, doesn't mean you should!

NeverDropYourMoonCup · 22/12/2021 13:09

@JuergenSchwarzwald

My goodness there are some seriously stupid people around. No wonder we have so many road accidents if so many people think it's safe and wise to do a six hour round trip when you are feeling ill. Yes you can be well enough to WFH but not well enough to drive. I have had a bad cold, gone to collect my husband from the station about 2 miles away and got him to drive back because I didn't really feel well enough. I hope that most of you are just being goady.

I'd risk the train. They are not heaving at the moment despite the claims upthread, and the chances are you can find an empty carriage. That said, you can't really go direct from Plymouth to Bournemouth and having to wander around multiple trains and stations wouldn't be great.

You are far more likely to kill someone if you drive while feeling unwell, than you are hiding away in an empty carriage on a train masked up and maybe put a scarf round your face too.

Have you ever done the Plymouth Christmas sardine run? One service gets cut and you're sitting on the floor by the toilets wondering what the point was of booking a seat.
Stravaig · 22/12/2021 13:10

@medusawashere
Thank you for doing the right thing to keep others safe.
Congratulations on your new niece/nephew!
I hope you feel better soon x

Cocomarine · 22/12/2021 13:11

I wouldn’t be rushing to marry your fiancé.
Everyone’s helpful until they’re actually tested, hey?
You’re only 3 hours away! He can do a 6 hour trip after work.
Yes, there’s the breakdown risk, but it’s small. And a friend of his could fill up the car first without coming into contact with him.
Of course if he’s actually ill, he can’t do it - but I’m sure you would have told us if he was ill, and you wouldn’t have said it was about work.

itsgettingwierd · 22/12/2021 13:14

Agree about getting home and asking someone to take you.

But I'd also be re considering marrying someone who won't put me first in this situation and pick me up.

You should come before a job.

pinkcattydude · 22/12/2021 13:15

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RoRoYoYo · 22/12/2021 13:15

@Idontgiveaf324

But if she doesn't get the train, she will be stuck there over Christmas! I doubt many on this thread would give up Christmas with their family's just because they have an illness. I'd definitely get the train home. It's just one of those things where you have to be selfish. Okay, it's not great but what's the alternative?
@Idontgiveaf324 What an apt name you have. You clearly don't give a fuck about anyone on the train and any vulnerable people OP might come into contact with.

OP I'm so sorry this has happened to you. As others have said I would let the hotel know as they probably have a protocol for this situation and will be able to help you.

SilverHairedCat · 22/12/2021 13:17

Frankly, I'd just mask up, jump on the train, and keep away from people. The trains aren't busy from Plymouth at the moment so you won't be in a packed carriage - I was alone to and from London most trips in the last few months.

TheOldLadyOfThreadneedleStreet · 22/12/2021 13:17

Well the train my DH got to work this am had about 10 people on it and was 9 carriages long. It was a commuter train into Paddington, usually heaving, 45 minute journey.

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 22/12/2021 13:19

@logsonlogsoff

Get him to borrow or hire a car if he doesn’t have one. Worst case scenario I would mask up and get the train back.
Breathtakingly daft