Coughing so hard I can't pray

[Lady Bug]

I am, too. I would’ve requested it if we couldn’t get our hands on an in home test kit.

Are the in-home ones just as reliable in accuracy?

 

[FaithT]

Are the in-home ones just as reliable in accuracy?

I think so.

correction: I just googled and AI said that they aren’t. If it were me, I’d get one anyway because of the storm coming in. And a few years ago hubby and I both were sick at the same time, he was sicker than I was (I’d been vaccinated, he hadn’t). We talked to our doctor and she didn’t question our results when we both tested positive.
I read more,this time from the CDC,I think, and it said if you test positive, assume you have Covid. If you test negative you could still have it but might not have enough of the virus in your system. .Waiting to go back to the doctor would drive me crazy.

 

[Michie]

At home Covid tests have always been correct for us.

 

[FaithT]

At home Covid tests have always been correct for us.

We have no complaints.

 

[Lady Bug]

can someone give me a link to a reliable but inexpensive one?

 

[Lady Bug]

p.s. I don't want to put something up my own nose

 

[FaithT]

p.s. I don't want to put something up my own nose

We just bought whatever the pharmacy had. And as far as I know they all require you to put a swab in your nose, twirling it around. Nothing to It. I was a little scared the first time I did it but turns out there’s nothing to it.

 

[Michie]

can someone give me a link to a reliable but inexpensive one?

Just go to your local pharmacy and they will walk you through it.

 

[RileyG]

Hi, I'm not good at non-verbal praying. I always pray, talking, but the talking exacerbates my cough indescribably. I feel guilty not doing my prayers the way I want. I want to go back to regular praying again but my coughing is too brutal. I got a prescription for it but there are negative reviews about it. It is called benzonatate. I was told it was a non-drowsy cough medication but that's not what the warning on the bottle says. That means I can't experiment with my first dose until an hour or two before bedtime, and that's some waiting yet.

I got tested negative for the flu, got tested for covid I think, and it's probably covid due to the flu being negative, but I'll see.

edited to add: darnit the after-visit summary in my patient portal shows I got tested for influenza A and B, but doesn't indicate that I received a covid test. that means I may have to go on Monday to get another one.

Lord have mercy! Praying you feel better soon!

 

[FaithT]

p.s. I don't want to put something up my own nose

Did you buy the Covid test?

 

[Lady Bug]

Did you buy the Covid test?

I was going to do that tonight but do you think I'll get a reliable result since I first noticed my symptoms on Christmas Eve?

 

[FaithT]

I was going to do that tonight but do you think I'll get a reliable result since I first noticed my symptoms on Christmas Eve?

i googled AI Overview and it says that if it’s Covid the test would still detect the virus.

 

[Lady Bug]

I ordered one (a set of two tests, in case I botch the first one) but I'm still afraid of sticking something up my nose. How do I know how much to stick up my nose? Granted, when others have done it, it has hurt, so I tell myself to stick it up until it hurts but my gosh I cringe at that thought.

 

[FaithT]

I ordered one (a set of two tests, in case I botch the first one) but I'm still afraid of sticking something up my nose. How do I know how much to stick up my nose? Granted, when others have done it, it has hurt, so I tell myself to stick it up until it hurts but my gosh I cringe at that thought.

I think it tells you I the instructions and hubby said some swabs might have a line To show you.

 

[Lady Bug]

It turns out that I actually did have a covid test ordered, but somehow the patient portal never said that it was being ordered. The results for covid were negative. This is more perplexing now because it wasn't just the cold or the flu, and it wasn't covid. I know I'm sick (even though there are signs of improvement, except for extreme fatigue). Maybe it's something like RSV. I don't know. It seemed like it was exactly the flu or covid, but it isn't either one. It wasn't the cold because I was having a fever/chills/aches the first two or three days.

 

[Michie]

Could very well be a sinus infection.

 

[Lady Bug]

Could very well be a sinus infection.

I didn't realize that sinus infections could be this drastic. I know that sinus pressure totally sucks, though.

 

[Michie]

I didn't realize that sinus infections could be this drastic. I know that sinus pressure totally sucks, though.

They can be very drastic and make you very ill. My husband and sister in law struggles with them yearly.

 

[FaithT]

They can be very drastic and make you very ill. My husband and sister in law struggles with them yearly.

Our daughter used to get them a lot and she’d get very sick from them.

 

[FaithT]

I didn't realize that sinus infections could be this drastic. I know that sinus pressure totally sucks, though.

Do you have allergies? Our daughters sinus infections were part of her severe allergies but you can get them without that.