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. 😓

You are very unlikely to die or even need hospitalisation - even before your vaccines!
You have had two vaccines, albeit two different brands. I didn’t catch covid off my husband 10 days after my first pfizer vaccine. I know lots of people who have positive household members who don’t get it themselves. Give it a few days and book yourself a PCR if you want some reassurance. But even if you
Catch it you’re likely to have mild symptoms similar to a cold or flu. Please stop panicking. Covid isn’t an automatic death sentence, it never has been! (I’m a nurse)

Yes both of you should stay away from him as much as possible. Remember having a window for air flow helps. And both of you should get a PCR test.

@thebestnamesweregone

I'm a nurse that's negative!

No it's not it is positive....

My positive lateral flow looked like that as well. OP I remember your other threads. You are going to be just fine and maybe your anxiety will reduce when you finally see its not the death sentence you have been expecting

I’m not going to tell you you’ll be fine as enough people have done that already.

What I will say is we’ve very recently had Covid in our house. I’m a porker - 5ft 2 and a size 16. I’m double jabbed. DH is double jabbed. DS is a severe asthmatic. DD caught it. I had been panicking about Covid since the start and my fear at the sight of that test was horrendous.

But here’s the thing….no one else caught it!! I honestly believe the vaccine did it’s job. And it’s much easier to control in an adult as he can be aware of what he touches and doesn’t and can’t mask up. If you want to know what we did, practically, I’ll happily list a few things (or message me), let me know. But we didn’t catch it. And I was quite busy with the business of not catching it and stopped worrying. Having a £9 oximeter helped me no end. And a ton of tests so I could test us all every day.

And for all that effort DD was fine too. She had a runny nose and was tired a bit, but honestly that was it. I remember a few times thinking ‘we’ve got Covid in the family and this is it? 🤷🏻‍♀️‘ was quite an anticlimax to be fair.

I’m sure you’ll be fine!

*CAN mask up, not can’t!

Ds2 (15) tested positive 10 days ago. I didn't shut him in his room or anything like that (and I have been at home with him most of the time) but I cancelled seeing people etc just in case. Dh and I are double vaxxed and his brother (16) has had one dose. None of us caught it. There is hope OP

@Mykittensmittens

Yes please i’d love to hear your tips on how you avoided it.

@Iwannabelikeyouohh

Do I keep our toddler away from him? He’s only 19 months and will be gutted if he can’t spend time with his Daddy 😩

Yes of course you do. And you too. He needs to isolate.

I'm double vaxed, built like a brick shit house covered in jelly and shared a house with positive DS without catching it.

Open the windows, keep some distance, wear masks if in the same room, invest in some dettol spray and wipes and try and take your mind off it (easier said than done but try).

P. S. I work in a school and probably exist in clouds of Covid so I'm bound to get it eventually but not yet!

I've isolated with covid in the house twice and not caught it, just because he has covid doesn't mean you will get it.

Keep the windows open and try and keep a bit of a distance. If you do catch it you are fully vaccinated so chances are you'll be fine.

All of those lfs are positive, so the first thing he needs to do is get a pcr. If thats positive you all need a pcr.

Ok… I did lots but to be fair I could have done a lot less but it made me feel like I was doing something.

She spent a lot of time in her room and when she was with us we both wore a mask (ie sitting watching tv). She generally kept 2m away. We had the back door and windows open. I kept the dishwasher door open and if she used plates or cups she put them in without me touching them. If she used the downstairs loo she wiped the door handle, tap and flush and anything she’d touched with an antibacterial wipe.

Ventilate and ventilate was my approach. I’d probably not share a bed and use a different bathroom if you can.

But don’t panic - I just got busy with it and got on. I really am sure you’ll be fine.

On the flip side, when my husband had covid we figured by the time he had tested positive I’d already been exposed so we continued sharing bed, bathroom etc. Kids were still around him. None of us got it.

My sister had Covid one week and neither of her children caught it. A few weeks later her daughter (aged 12) got Covid, but her other child avoided it again.

My best friend and both her children had Covid a few weeks ago and her husband/their dad never caught it.

It isn’t a given that you will get it just because tour husband has.

Keep him isolated, ventilate the house, wears masks if your anxiety justifies it and take it one day at a time.

Even if you do get it, you are very, very unlikely to die.

DH is refusing to sit upstairs. We don’t have a
TV upstairs and he said he will have nothing to
do…

He’s wearing a mask and has opened windows. 😩

Why don’t you go upstairs? I’d love an excuse to hide away in my bedroom all day!

Can’t he watch stuff on his phone? Or read?

Gosh it sounds like bliss! If I were him I’d be up there like a shot.

Take your DC out for some fresh air and a walk. You’re not testing positive and that wouldn’t be getting close to others anyway. It’s allowed.

I'm just coming out the other side of Covid now. My DD helpfully gave it me.

Im 38 with a BMI of 40. It wasn't pleasant, I was ill with what felt like a bad bout of flu for about 2 weeks. But paracetamol, fluids and hot water bottle helped. After a week I spoke to the drs mainly as I needed a sick note for work.
They went through everything and put me in a preventative course of antibiotics and lent me an oximeter.
A week on I'm ok. I tire more quickly and I've still got a few more days on my sick note so I'm staying at home and just resting.

My DD went to her dads after infecting me as I just wanted to stay in bed. She didn't give him or her step mum it.

I know you've had lots of reassurance so I just wanted to share that you may not get it, but with similar BMIs I found it unpleasant and flu like, but manageable. (And Im a terribly mopey ill person).

He still needs to get a PCR test done to actually confirm he’s got covid and yes isolate as much as possible and double mask if he’s anywhere near you or your child.

OP, my husband has avoided Covid in the house twice now. One DC caught it last winter and the other a few weeks ago.

I caught it off DC2 19 days ago. I'm double vaccinated, in my late 40s and BMI around 30. Like pp said, it wasn't pleasant, and I am still recovering, but I have had a flu that was worse, and the worst of Covid was for 2-3 days.

Good luck, some great advice on here.

He’s been for a PCR this morning.

I can’t sit upstairs all day with a toddler, that’s just not practical.

I isolated upstairs in my bedroom for 10 days, can your husband do the same?

I do have a TV though. Can he use his phone/Ipad/laptop instead?

@Iwannabelikeyouohh

DH is refusing to sit upstairs. We don’t have a TV upstairs and he said he will have nothing to do…

He’s wearing a mask and has opened windows. 😩

Tough. It's to help you and toddler. Does he usually behave like a toddler, nothing to do, I'm bored. Read a book, draw, Garden, do a puzzle

@Iwannabelikeyouohh

He’s been for a PCR this morning.

I can’t sit upstairs all day with a toddler, that’s just not practical.

You shouldn't have to. He is a grown man tell him to act like one. How embarrassing.

Break it down.

He has yet to confirm by pcr (lfts can pick up non Covid viruses)
He may not develop severe symptoms if any
He is mitigating with mask and fresh air
You can distance and carry put basic hygiene
He may not pass the virus on to you or dc
If he did you may still not become ill yourself
A third have no symptoms
Most of the remainder have mild symptoms
You are double jabbed which would help should you become infected
Fewer are being hospitalised
Treatments have improved
Fewer are dying, often of unrelated illnesses but having tested positive