Anybody currently waiting on a test result?

[orangejuicer]

I went to a drive thru test centre yesterday so I'm home and self isolating until I get the results.

Anybody else?

My test came back positive. Got the result tonight, 26 hours after taking the test. West Yorkshire.

DH is waiting for a test to be delivered. I'm secretly panicking in case it comes back positive because he's recently lost a friend (not local) to it and it's left us all quite shaken.

Mooey89

I ticked essential worker and result came back in 19.5 hours last weekend from a drive in site NE.

Son was tested at a drive in centre on Tuesday pm. We got his results back (-ve!) at 6am the following morning! Previous time we waited 5 days.

Tested Tuesday at 2pm results back last night 9pm
Mine are positive and dd negative
DH tested positive on Friday so we are in isolating anyway
Happy half term kids 🙄

Still waiting... 135 hours.
Spoke to a handler last night and she confirmed that I can come out of isolation after 10 days and that since it would take me over the 8 day mark to get an escalated result, I should just wait it out.
So that has Pretty much been the whole of half term.

On the one hand I’m reading about how the numbers are going up, and I’m content to do my bit.
On the other, we’re seeing what a shambles testing and track and trace is, and am having serious doubts about the whole system.

I have been lucky. This has happened at half term, so the kids have not missed school, and it has been raining most of the time anyway, and we have a garden.

I think I now support a circuit break lockdown. If the testing system is not fit for purpose, there is no way people are going to isolate their families for 10 days because one of them had a slight cough.

Re the key worker question, I don't think it makes the slightest difference. I'm a key worker and the result took 100+ hours.

That is shockingly bad @RevIMJolly.

I am certain that ours will be negative. DH was negative and all our coughs have since receded.

A big part of me is tempted to say to hell with it and get on with our lives. Been stuck inside with a 4yo and a 2yo for pretty much the whole half term. But I know we should wait for a result. I’m now thinking of booking private tests. There is a clinic practically at the top of our road who can do it and turn it around in 24 hours.

If we had to isolate for 10 days, my daughter would miss 3 days of school and my son another week of his nursery sessions. So I think I’d rather try and get another test at this stage.

I’m finding this tough enough and despite the massive inconvenience, it is half term, so no missing of school and DH and I are not suffering financially from having to isolate. Can’t imagine what it would be like for people in other circumstances.

Just can’t believe, like you said, that they’re basically just saying that people should stay home to be safe/just in case. Totally unsustainable. No point in having a testing regime at all is there. This is what they advised people to do in March.

If my DD is positive, all her classmates will have missed their isolation period by the time we find out. What’s the actual point of it all then?

I agree RevIMJolly. It doesn't matter how good a track and trace system is if there isn't an effective system to promptly identify who does and who doesn't have the virus.

And absolutely P1242.

DC's negative result came back at 8am this morning - his test was 12pm yesterday so 20 hour turnaround. North West.

I'm waiting. Did a home test Wednesday. Was received in Glasgow this morning. Hoping to hear soon. Keep checking my phone!

I did my weekly test on Wednesday and will probably come back tomorrow ( care assistant.)

Did my test Wednesday 9am and just had the email to say negative. So 46 hours.

150 hours! Still no result.

But I am free anyway as I've been self isolating for 10 days. Thank goodness. We are going for a walk in the woods to celebrate.

10 days isolation because I caught my Ds's cold (he tested negative).

I hate to say it, but I will be strongly interrogating whether something is a 'continuous cough' and not just a cold before I go for a test again.

I am extremely pissed off; I am one of the compliant ones. We stayed in, did everything right, and the testing service thoroughly let us down.

As I've said before, I'm lucky, this was in half term, and I work from home anyway, but this would be unacceptable in term time.

I sent my test off on Wednesday and got the (negative) result at 8am this morning.

The private tests we got done yesterday have all come back negative, 24 hour turnaround.

The tests we had done at a drive through centre on Sunday however have still produced no results as of yet.

115 hours so far.

Anybody had a test in the last few days and got there results back quickly? I've been waiting for DS 's results for 24hours and its already driving me mad especially as there's nothing wrong with him.

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@RevIMJolly

150 hours! Still no result.

But I am free anyway as I've been self isolating for 10 days. Thank goodness. We are going for a walk in the woods to celebrate.

10 days isolation because I caught my Ds's cold (he tested negative).

I hate to say it, but I will be strongly interrogating whether something is a 'continuous cough' and not just a cold before I go for a test again.

I am extremely pissed off; I am one of the compliant ones. We stayed in, did everything right, and the testing service thoroughly let us down.

As I've said before, I'm lucky, this was in half term, and I work from home anyway, but this would be unacceptable in term time.

Did you ever get your results back? I’ve been waiting 7 days now and given up hope of ever getting them back now. :-(

It’s been 16 days since my drive through test. Still no results for me and my children. That’s certainly world beating.

That is terrible! It’s scary to think how many people this must’ve happened to. Not only putting people’s lives at risk but also lost incomes and children’s education.
Utterly shambolic!