have name changed for this
i had coronavirus last year in March - not a confirmed case via swab/lateral flow but I had all the symptoms and a month later I tested positive for the antibodies. Literally couldn't taste or smell anything for months, had one day of a fever then a cough for a day.
last 2 weeks I have had a dreadful cold. I should also say I am asthmatic so usually when I get a cold, I cough. I have had to go into work every now and then so I had a coronavirus test last week (a private one) which was negative and I have to say it does not feel like coronavirus, it feels like a cold (i haven't had a fever). The test was negative.
the problem now is the cough is so bad it is making me throw up. I called the GP and they won't see me because I have coronavirus symptoms even though I have tested negative last week. I can try and call back again tomorrow to get an appointment but ultimately, for someone to see me, I need to test again and that will take at least 3 days (from time for me to get a test to get a result).
I would just like the sodding steroids (which I normally get when I have a bad cough even without coronavirus) but is there a chance I have covid if I had a test already that was negative (when i already had cold symptoms) if I've had no fever, no loss of taste and smell?
what I can't decide is whether to get another test or just insist that the GP give me something in the interim given I had a test last week that was negative?