..Hubby just had a pre-op Covid test......you DONT want one!..

[samnsara]

..about a 5-6 inch swab (he said that's NOT a q tip.. its a brush!)...waaaaay up his nose. I filmed it as I was in the passenger side of the car.
Even if I have to wear a plastic bag over my head I am not going to get myself in the position of having to endure that. I dont even have pierced ears! I know for sure now trump* only had one...no one wants two of those. They give you a wad of tissues in case you have to 'sneeze or cough' after, but i think its in case blood starts gushing out.

results will come tomorrow AFTER his surgery...but we have basically been house bound for two weeks.

[EllieBC]

6. You know, people can complain about discomfort.

It doesn't make them ungrateful.

I complained about the cerclage I had to have during my 2nd pregnancy. It was a painful procedure and bed rest sucked. Was I happy that I got it and my 2nd child stayed in longer than my 1st? Of course. I still complained.

Stop it with this forced positivity nonsense. People can be unhappy. It's NORMAL.

[samnsara]

10. what the hell?? i didnt say I WOULDNT GET ONE!!! just sayin that..

...its another thing to consider if you are taking this too lightly. wtf? Hubby is going in FOR CANCER surgery... and we are BOTH health care providers.

dont tell me to 'grow up'..now if you will excuse me.. im off to the hospital where I have to leave him at the door when he goes thru a 5 HOUR surgery for cancer..
.


.'grow up'...????

[PJMcK]

17. I'm sorry and I wish your husband and you well

All I meant was that people who want to be tested cannot get the test. More importantly, like many medical exams, even if it's uncomfortable, it could mean the difference between life and death.

I'll delete my post. I meant no offense and I apologize.

[PJMcK]

18. You, too.

I deleted the post. My apologies.

[Coventina]

19. Deleted mine. n/t

[unblock]

3. i get something similar a dozen times each quarter.

sphenopalatine ganglion nerve block to reduce migraines.

place needle on spg (nearly the same spot they do the covid-19 test -- very back on nasal cavity).
squirt lidocaine/novocaine/marcaine. repeat through other nostril

twice a week for six weeks, 4 times a year.



a one-time thing with a cotton swab?

oh please!

[brewens]

4. Yes you do want one. We want anyone with symptoms or exposure tested. It's not good to discourage

anyone by describing how unpleasant it is. I've been bitching about trump doing that. I think he was told to for that reason. It's pretty clear he didn't want testing all along.

Sure you'd rather be doing something else, but get tested if you have any cause to. It can't be worse than spreading it around then not knowing what you have if you get sick.

[moriah]

20. Let's rephrase. No one wants to NEED to be tested.

I think that we can all agree on -- nobody wants to be sick enough to contemplate burdening an already overburdened testing system, or have to have testing for rule-outs because of surgery or having been exposed through work.

That being said, if you do need to be tested, yes, you do want to get the test, no matter how unfun it might be. I am aware of how much they have to floss your sinuses even to do a flu test, and don't even enjoy those. If it's at all similar, no, it's not a fun process. But it is a necessary one.

One you can hopefully avoid if you stay the fuck at home (said in Samuel L. Jackson's voice).

[brewens]

22. Yup. If there is some causing exposures, you want to be one that doesn't need to be checked out,

because you weren't there. That saves a bunch of people trouble and risk.

[SheltieLover]

5. Sounds awful!

So sorry he (and you!) had to endure this.

[samnsara]

11. thanks.. he is ok...the surgery to remove his adrenal gland will be worse..

...and most folks normally dont know anything about the tests...

[EllieBC]

7. Hope all goes well with his surgery, OP.

Lots of good vibes for you guys!

[Skittles]

8. ooh

that would make me sneeze uncontrollably

[samnsara]

12. me too.. i sneeze at everything!

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Is it worse than having an ENT push a little lighted tube

through your nostril and down your throat, looking for tumors? I've had that done dozens of times since my cancer.

[samnsara]

13. yikes...dont like tubes in either end!

[Aristus]

15. I got tested. It was negative. Yeah, the swab wasn't fun, but it's not like it was something new.

Back when I was a Medical Assistant, and working at a gastroenterology clinic, my supervisor asked for volunteers to serve as subjects for the nurses to practice inserting nasogastric tubes.

Like an idiot, I volunteered. The procedure was administered conscious and without anaesthesia.

Not fun.

But I survived...

[smirkymonkey]

24. Why do they have to go so far up?

Wouldn't they be able to find the virus in the lower nasal passages as well? Or do a blood test? Pardon my ignorance, I just don't understand why this is the preferred method of testing.

[Tipperary]

16. Hang in there, and thinking the best for your hubs!

[UTUSN]

21. I totally agree with O.P. - not denigrating it, just feeling it.

When this started there was a video of a reporter getting the swab (in both nostrils), and she handled it well, but just because after it was over she said softly, "Ow-ee," several of our fellow DUers were mocking her and paraphrasing "snowflake."

Here's another video (can't find the other one), that is only one nostril, and it's a guy so he's "tough." I also will have it done when it happens, but not looking forward to it.

***ON EDIT: Here's the first video, the woman who got mocked::
https://www.mediaite.com/online/a-lot-worse-than-what-i-was-expecting-watch-a-journalist-take-the-coronavirus-test-at-a-drive-thru-clinic/

[ismnotwasm]

23. Yes we are doing that at my hospital

We tease about it reaching back all the way to the brain. We don’t isolate these patients though, they are kind of presumed negative