Am I going to die :(

[Iwannabelikeyouohh]

My husband has just had a positive LFT.

I’m absolutely petrified. I’m extremely obese with a BMI of 40.

I am fully vaccinated but I have had two different vaccines. 1 AZ and 1 Pfizer.

I feel physically sick with worry. 😓

Definitely agree about the weight motivation. There’s brilliant support on the weight loss chat board

OP, I really feel for you. Are you the same poster who was very anxious about having the second vaccine but did it anyway? I hope so. You achieved a victory over anxiety then which will protect you now. Rather focussing on having not yet lost the weight, start weight loss measures today and be proud of getting vaccinated when things were tough. The current situation might seem overwhelming but you will get through it

@Cookerhood breastfeeding absolutely will cause her body to make antibodies. When a baby feeds the nipple is exposed to the baby's antigens (germs etc) and the mother then makes antibodies which are then passed back in the milk. It's one of the many amazing things about breastfeeding.

@Carrierpigeon

Yes. I’m the poster who wouldn’t have my second AZ as I was too scared of a blood clot.
I had Pfizer as my second jab.

DS is feeding so much today. I can’t avoid the close contact with him.

How long could it be before I test positive?

@Iwannabelikeyouohh

DS is feeding so much today. I can’t avoid the close contact with him.

How long could it be before I test positive?

You might not get it at all.

I’m an unvaccinated 32 year old who doesn’t wear a mask works in a shop and who’s husband travels to london on the tube daily. We’ve all had covid in this house and got over it, I find it funny that someone might think I’m selfish for not wearing a mask or being vaccinated and yet if there was a positive vase in my household there is no way I’d be travelling on holiday next week to potentially spread it around.

@Diplodocus2021

I’m an unvaccinated 32 year old who doesn’t wear a mask works in a shop and who’s husband travels to london on the tube daily. We’ve all had covid in this house and got over it, I find it funny that someone might think I’m selfish for not wearing a mask or being vaccinated and yet if there was a positive vase in my household there is no way I’d be travelling on holiday next week to potentially spread it around.

You wouldn’t be allowed to travel. You’d have to isolate with your household because you’re not double vaccinated.

In the very nicest possible way, I hope you do get it very mildly, you get over it quickly and painlessly, and you can start to put this whole thing behind you.

I would order a postal PCR and do it tomorrow if I was you, there's been a few false negatives from drive/ walk ins that I've read about on here.

But op can still spread it? She knows her dh has it but is considering travelling any way. I just don’t understand the hypocrisy of it all.

@KnobJockey

I will do. I did an assisted PCR so someone at the test centre did it for me.

@Diplodocus2021

But op can still spread it? She knows her dh has it but is considering travelling any way. I just don’t understand the hypocrisy of it all.

@Diplodocus2021

I don’t make the rules.

I haven’t gone on holiday. My DS is positive now.

My DH said he doesn’t see the point in isolating from me now since I’m having close (closer than close) contact with DS who is positive.

No but you were considering it and yet you’ve been terrified even saying you knew your dh would bring it home to you yet you considered travelling an hour away and possibly spreading it there to someone vulnerable. But because you’re vaccinated I guess you didn’t care as long as it’s not you that gets sick.

I’ve got a full refund for my holiday. Glad I got the Covid cover.

@Diplodocus2021

No but you were considering it and yet you’ve been terrified even saying you knew your dh would bring it home to you yet you considered travelling an hour away and possibly spreading it there to someone vulnerable. But because you’re vaccinated I guess you didn’t care as long as it’s not you that gets sick.

@Diplodocus2021

Oh please. Me and my husband have done more than most people we know during this pandemic.

My DS has been for more Covid tests than most toddlers his age because I don’t send him to nursery when he has even a cold!!

We do twice weekly lateral flows and I think we’re the only people we know still doing that!
I even take one before meeting a friend for a walk!!

I still wear my mask everywhere I go.

The holiday was a week In a caravan by the coast.

It was going to be me and my DS.

Who do you think we would spread it to?

We would’ve done lots of walking and maybe sat on the beach. I can keep my distance and it’s outside.

My husband has no symptoms. How many people do you think have no symptoms but aren’t even testing?!

I was only going on holiday if the PCR tests were negative.
How many people do you think are not leaving the house if someone In their household has Covid.

1000’s of kids are mixing at school who probably have Covid positive relatives at home.

But yet someone who wants to stay in a caravan for a week (who has tested negative) and spend time outdoors, no public transport, no mixing indoors, is selfish.

Seriously take a look around you. I am the least selfish person you will meet when it comes to Covid.

I wish there was a way to hide posters. Your risk of heart attack/stroke/diabetes causing death is much higher than death from Covid. Do you spend all day in an anxious sweat worrying about a heart attack?

I know I’m not being fair but it’s not just you I’m so fed up of the drama from people every time someone they know has a positive test, the hours of time wasted - it will be affecting your ability to do your job therefore costing your employee money and adding pressure to your colleagues.

For some of us we have had to live with the reality of treating Covid positive patients every day and it gets a bit draining and scary when others who have been able to isolate/work from home create such levels of drama around the virus.

I hope you stay well and I’m so glad you can’t go on holiday as that would have been a ridiculous idea given you’ve already said a friend tested positive 8 days after her DH.

I am the least selfish person you will meet when it comes to Covid

Except for the fact that you are inflicting your anxiety around Covid on your family (your poor toddler, having to do a LFT every time he sniffles) and expecting your husband to fall into line with your Covid obsession. That is, in its own way, supremely selfish.

I hope you are able to find the right help for your anxiety once you all have the all-clear.

And also if you did go on holiday and tested positive- what about your hours return journey? We broke down on the way back from our holiday and had to spend an hour in a breakdown truck, what about the driver?

What about the paramedics if you had an accident? You seem to be over thinking all the things that could impact you but not other people.

sorry to hear that op hope ds doesnt get it too badly

I'm quite shocked how worried you are when your DH isn't showing symptoms, you will be fine OP and the antibodies will protect you more than the vaccine anyway

OP I'm glad you're not going on holiday and that you got a refund - just yesterday you were saying that I can’t get a refund on the holiday as I would’ve had to cancel within 7 days or 72 hours for a full refund. So I'm glad that's changed overnight and you've not lost money.

It's also good that despite being so fearful of covid you still felt able to go on holiday while your whole family was infected and more than likely you, too (it might be a day or two until you test positive, and you likely would have while you were away). I think that illustrates that you're stronger than you think you are. The thought of being infected with covid and on your own in caravan with a sick toddler would be a scary prospect for anyone, let alone someone with the anxiety you describe.

Fingers crossed you won't catch it at all.

Who do you think we would spread it to?

To be fair, you did day you'd wear a mask if you went into any shops. Masks are useful but they don't prevent the risk of transmission completely. I'm also assuming that even if you remained negative, you'd have to take your infected toddler DS into the shops with you. Would he have been wearing a mask?

Happily all this is academic now you've said you won't be going. But I still do find it hard to believe that someone so concerned about covid would have ever considered placing others - who actually may be vulnerable - at risk, knowingly.

@GoldFrankensteinAndGrrr

So I'm glad that's changed overnight and you've not lost money.

It hasn’t changed overnight. The cancellation policy and Covid cancellation policy are completely different.
I didn’t know this until this morning.

@GoldFrankensteinAndGrrr

I'm also assuming that even if you remained negative, you'd have to take your infected toddler DS into the shops with you. Would he have been wearing a mask?

Are you deliberately trying to provoke me?

Why on earth would I take my DS out of the house?!

DH can watch DS if I needed to go anywhere.

There’s no point DH distancing form DS when they both have it.

I don’t plan on going anywhere.