Feel silly for having a second test ...

[chobmon]

I am a secondary school teacher. I had a high temperature and felt poorly in May, so booked a test and received a negative result nearly a week later. It was horrible both doing the test and waiting for the results. I didn't miss any work as i wasn't on the rota that week.

I've now been back at work three weeks and plenty of kids are off with symptoms. I have a temperature of 38.2 and an occasional cough.
Mostly I have a really horrible headache which I've had for a few days. I was really reluctant to book a test and go through it again, but I thought that I should do the right thing.

I've just rung school to let them know that I have a test booked for later. The office manager said something about this being the second time I've had symptoms, and I felt a bit silly. Hopefully if the results are back within 48 hours I won't miss any work, and I certainly don't want to. I don't work today anyway. I'll be honest, I feel a bit silly, and will look silly when it's negative. Did I do the right thing?

[LethargicLumpOfLockdownLard]

I'm in the same position (nurse, not teacher) though this time it's DS not me. I'd been putting off checking his temperature, as otherwise he had sore throat and headache and blocked nose so likely a cold. As soon as I checked his temperature and he had a fever, we had to get him tested. That was Tuesday night. Got a test through work on Wednesday and still waiting on the results (had hoped to be back at work by now).

Feel so annoyed and hate missing work, keep feeling like they'll be pissed off with me. With 3 DCs this is likely to happen every month for the rest of the winter!

[LethargicLumpOfLockdownLard]

Sorry, just seen update. Glad you're vindicated but sorry you've got it.

[RepeatSwan]

Hope you recover soon and I am so glad you were tested as now you can rest as much as possible. sppedy recovery