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Post by piratecat on Sept 21, 2020 13:35:14 GMT -6
Right and many said that too but what I meant was the state thinks a test is warranted and since most of us aren’t doctors maybe their guidance is a little more informed than our guesses but it’s neither here nor there I couldn’t get anything quick so I stayed home anyway. I am fortunate I can easily just stay home when in doubt. I do agree with GhoatMonket that your husband's general attitude through it all affected responses. Just like the radon thing. What was the radon thing?
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Post by lunarscallion on Sept 21, 2020 13:35:21 GMT -6
My H has this issue sometimes. He has a chin strap to keep his mouth shut. Much sexy. 🤣 The real annoyance is when he manages to open his mouth even with the chin strap. Oh gosh. Yeah, I’ve seen the chin straps and hacks to make it better but honestly it kind of frightens me. Like I want to be able to open my mouth when I’m sleeping. I just told H I’m getting my cpap back so I can move back into the bedroom. He sighed and said the cpap is noisy too. So I guess I just sleep in the guest room permanently now. Oh well. My husband’s cpap is super quiet. And I’m sensitive to noise. I can’t have our Dyson fan on certain levels because I hear an oscillating noise that my husband can’t hear. I will look at what kind he has later if you want!
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Post by GhoatMonket on Sept 21, 2020 13:40:08 GMT -6
I do agree with GhoatMonket that your husband's general attitude through it all affected responses. Just like the radon thing. What was the radon thing? She can't get a treadmill for the basement because they have a radon mitigation system.
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Post by lunarscallion on Sept 21, 2020 13:42:32 GMT -6
CPAPs are noisy but not nearly as noisy as snoring. Would he be open to a sound machine to drown out the CPAP? H's really isn't *that* noisy. Yeah mine is SUPER quite. Basically like light white noise. Was your prior CPAP kind of old? I have the ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet CPAP Machine with Heated Humidifier and H doesn’t even notice it. jaygee This is the one my husband has too
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Post by piratecat on Sept 21, 2020 13:43:03 GMT -6
What was the radon thing? She can't get a treadmill for the basement because they have a radon mitigation system. What, why?
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willow
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Post by willow on Sept 21, 2020 13:44:20 GMT -6
I have no idea what these tests will or won't cost after going through insurance but I'm not that worried about it and that is 100% my privilege and thankfully very good insurance talking. Woof to having a 4 year old take the test though. We had to hold him down all limbs and his head in place for it to work. It was something. He was VERY upset. They confirmed that we will have our results by tomorrow at the latest so that is nice. brux if you are ever looking, HCMC has 24 hr testing. Also, fun fact, they prioritize peds patients our wait time was 20 min vs the 2 hour wait time for the walk ins for just adults.
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Post by gimmeaQ on Sept 21, 2020 13:45:08 GMT -6
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piratecat
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Post by piratecat on Sept 21, 2020 13:46:03 GMT -6
Okay but you said you had no other symptoms other than being stuffy and your symptoms had already subsided by the time you posted. You yourself thought it was allergies and that your H was overreacting. And as I recall, there were a lot of differing opinions so I don't even know what you're trying to say here. That symptoms some may think are a cold or allergies (which is what I thought) some states health dept think warrant a test. I know it is regional and perhaps olives state wouldn’t think it worthy but I thought he was being wild until I checked with my state health department and then tried to get a test to be sure since they’re the experts not me. Is all. I was sneezing and congested and MA wants that tested. I realize this is likely the most regional thing there is, but that I would defer to doctors and health depts over, well, anything else? Not a big deal really. So you're saying she should defer to a doctor but not enough of us told you to do that when you posted? I mean, I agree with you but you made a thread asking WWYD........
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Post by willow on Sept 21, 2020 13:46:38 GMT -6
Huh. So I texted my BFF who we saw on Saturday to let him know of the possible exposure. He lives in Seattle and works in management for Amazon. He had a test delivered to his house from Amazon Health Care within an hour and should know his test result within the next day. Crazy.
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Post by angelashly on Sept 21, 2020 13:52:57 GMT -6
I feel like that went down differently. But either way, the eye rolls and #breezy award seekers in this thread are something. A woman said her family was dealing with a viral illness - not allergies, so not sure why those came up; not "the sniffles," so not sure why that was the take away. But a "cold," including many of the symptoms - fever, congestion, etc - that might indicate COVID. Said person is allowed sick leave from their job, and I believe I read the option to work at home, but refused to get tested for COVID bc they don't want to quarantine. Later the co-pay was brought up, though I think that would bear some research. And therefore are going to go into their office and not say anything to the other people there. People who may themselves be high risk, or live with those who are high risk, or even care for those who are high risk. I don't care who you are, I would have had the same reaction for you with that set of circumstances. And all the attempts to make the situation presented here the same as other situations that are, in fact, not the same as this situation presented here are rather odd. I know caping for Olive is the en vogue thing right now, but this time, it's missing the mark significantly. I’m not caping for Olive. More information came out from her that wasn’t my stance on things. I truly did not know everyone here was on board with isolating for 10 days every time they have a cold this winter. I’m not breezy at all about Covid either, and while you may not have been talking about me directly, I wanted to clear that up. I did think the fuck yous and such were too much. I’ll stand by that. I don't think anyone is necessarily saying they would isolate for 10 days for a cold though they are saying that they would isolate as much as they could until symptoms went away. Right now we are WFH with limited hours in the office so I notice that is my privilege talking, but it has been said that any stuffy nose, cough, fever, or other symptoms cold or not we are to get a sub for our hours in the office.
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Post by angelashly on Sept 21, 2020 13:53:24 GMT -6
Knowing that there were options to stay at home and still going in is where people had the problem
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Post by Pistol on Sept 21, 2020 13:54:03 GMT -6
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Post by Rusty Red on Sept 21, 2020 13:54:14 GMT -6
my CPAP anecdote is that H has one and he is very, very skinny. it's not only a weight thing, though of course that can contribute. his is also very quiet, even when it's kicking out air. unless he leaves it on top of the pillow to go to the bathroom which was shut down swiftly. otherwise i hardly notice the noise. My doctors always swore to me my weight was the reason my GERD was so bad. Guess what happened when I lost a bunch of weight? My GERD got exponentially worse. I get so sick of docs thinking weight leads to everything bad.
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Post by piratecat on Sept 21, 2020 13:55:22 GMT -6
I feel like that went down differently. But either way, the eye rolls and #breezy award seekers in this thread are something. A woman said her family was dealing with a viral illness - not allergies, so not sure why those came up; not "the sniffles," so not sure why that was the take away. But a "cold," including many of the symptoms - fever, congestion, etc - that might indicate COVID. Said person is allowed sick leave from their job, and I believe I read the option to work at home, but refused to get tested for COVID bc they don't want to quarantine. Later the co-pay was brought up, though I think that would bear some research. And therefore are going to go into their office and not say anything to the other people there. People who may themselves be high risk, or live with those who are high risk, or even care for those who are high risk. I don't care who you are, I would have had the same reaction for you with that set of circumstances. And all the attempts to make the situation presented here the same as other situations that are, in fact, not the same as this situation presented here are rather odd. I know caping for Olive is the en vogue thing right now, but this time, it's missing the mark significantly. I’m not caping for Olive. More information came out from her that wasn’t my stance on things. I truly did not know everyone here was on board with isolating for 10 days every time they have a cold this winter. I’m not breezy at all about Covid either, and while you may not have been talking about me directly, I wanted to clear that up. I did think the fuck yous and such were too much. I’ll stand by that. Everyone here wasn't saying that though...
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Post by GhoatMonket on Sept 21, 2020 13:56:29 GMT -6
my CPAP anecdote is that H has one and he is very, very skinny. it's not only a weight thing, though of course that can contribute. his is also very quiet, even when it's kicking out air. unless he leaves it on top of the pillow to go to the bathroom which was shut down swiftly. otherwise i hardly notice the noise. My doctors always swore to me my weight was the reason my GERD was so bad. Guess what happened when I lost a bunch of weight? My GERD got exponentially worse. I get so sick of docs thinking weight leads to everything bad. Weight does contribute to those things and you are more likely to have issues if you weigh more. It's not the only factor, but your chances are higher if you are over a certain weight.
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Post by Rusty Red on Sept 21, 2020 13:57:17 GMT -6
My doctors always swore to me my weight was the reason my GERD was so bad. Guess what happened when I lost a bunch of weight? My GERD got exponentially worse. I get so sick of docs thinking weight leads to everything bad. Weight does contribute to those things and you are more likely to have issues if you weigh more. It's not the only factor, but your chances are higher if you are over a certain weight. Yes, I know that, but they were 100% certain losing the weight would mean the GERD would go away. Sorry, docs. I defy your expectations.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 13:59:59 GMT -6
Knowing that there were options to stay at home and still going in is where people had the problem But WFH is still not a cut and dry easy solution. It is not easy. There are multiple facets to my situation. People can continue to assume the worst about me but I'm making the best decisions with what I'm given. And I am taking extra precautions within my office. I had someone ask me to come into their office to assist them and I let them know what I was experiencing and they said thats fine, please come in. I'm not spitting covid at people. Eta and we both wore our masks
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Post by Rusty Red on Sept 21, 2020 14:00:16 GMT -6
S/O conditions that should go away, have I mentioned lately that breakouts at my age should not be a thing?
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Post by lunarscallion on Sept 21, 2020 14:00:39 GMT -6
Huh. So I texted my BFF who we saw on Saturday to let him know of the possible exposure. He lives in Seattle and works in management for Amazon. He had a test delivered to his house from Amazon Health Care within an hour and should know his test result within the next day. Crazy. We can get them through my husband’s employer too! I forget what the age cut off was but my son was too young which is why we had to take him to children’s. Sorry your kid had to get tested. Hopefully it’s negative!
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Post by GhoatMonket on Sept 21, 2020 14:01:55 GMT -6
Weight does contribute to those things and you are more likely to have issues if you weigh more. It's not the only factor, but your chances are higher if you are over a certain weight. Yes, I know that, but they were 100% certain losing the weight would mean the GERD would go away. Sorry, docs. I defy your expectations. They should have gone with 99%, but they should have been looking at other factors as well.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Sept 21, 2020 14:03:25 GMT -6
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Post by GhoatMonket on Sept 21, 2020 14:05:09 GMT -6
And there are the gymnastics trying to justify a selfish decision.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Sept 21, 2020 14:05:52 GMT -6
People should be able to stay home with colds too, especially during bad days. Especially when you have a WFH option.
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Post by kmkd on Sept 21, 2020 14:07:28 GMT -6
I don’t know why anyone thinks they can tell they do or do not have COVID without a test when they have cold symptoms.
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Post by brux on Sept 21, 2020 14:09:13 GMT -6
I have no idea what these tests will or won't cost after going through insurance but I'm not that worried about it and that is 100% my privilege and thankfully very good insurance talking. Woof to having a 4 year old take the test though. We had to hold him down all limbs and his head in place for it to work. It was something. He was VERY upset. They confirmed that we will have our results by tomorrow at the latest so that is nice. brux if you are ever looking, HCMC has 24 hr testing. Also, fun fact, they prioritize peds patients our wait time was 20 min vs the 2 hour wait time for the walk ins for just adults. I went to a hennepin health clinic that was billed as an office visit bc I didn't want to bother with the wait at the HCMC walk-in, but this is good to know. I'm sure we'll be there again sometime. I hope your results come soon!
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Post by piratecat on Sept 21, 2020 14:09:50 GMT -6
Everyone here wasn't saying that though... I was being hyperbolic. Obviously not everyone is isolating for colds. But, they way most people were posting, sounded like it was widely expected. I missed that memo, as I did not when I had a cold a few weeks ago. I also said with follow up I didn’t fully agree with her decisions. I was thinking more broadly about all of cold/flu season and when people start to have the symptoms. I guess it's kind of moot for us because we're already working from home. My kid is in preschool and I have to follow their protocol. We only socialize with one other family and when one of them had cold symptoms they let us know and we didn't see them for a few days and we would do the same for them.
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Post by angelashly on Sept 21, 2020 14:12:38 GMT -6
Everyone here wasn't saying that though... I was being hyperbolic. Obviously not everyone is isolating for colds. But, they way most people were posting, sounded like it was widely expected. I missed that memo, as I did not when I had a cold a few weeks ago. I also said with follow up I didn’t fully agree with her decisions. I was thinking more broadly about all of cold/flu season and when people start to have the symptoms. But you should be able to is the point for colds. Employers should be telling people even if they think they only have cold to stay home and see if their symptoms get better.
I know that isn't the case, but yes with COVID symptoms being cold symptoms people should be at least trying to work from home if possible when they have colds. Especially during the bad days we all know you get with colds.
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Post by piratecat on Sept 21, 2020 14:13:26 GMT -6
I don’t know why anyone thinks they can tell they do or do not have COVID without a test when they have cold symptoms. If you ask my 3YO it's because he "already knows everything".
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Post by willow on Sept 21, 2020 14:13:59 GMT -6
I have no idea what these tests will or won't cost after going through insurance but I'm not that worried about it and that is 100% my privilege and thankfully very good insurance talking. Woof to having a 4 year old take the test though. We had to hold him down all limbs and his head in place for it to work. It was something. He was VERY upset. They confirmed that we will have our results by tomorrow at the latest so that is nice. brux if you are ever looking, HCMC has 24 hr testing. Also, fun fact, they prioritize peds patients our wait time was 20 min vs the 2 hour wait time for the walk ins for just adults. I went to a hennepin health clinic that was billed as an office visit bc I didn't want to bother with the wait at the HCMC walk-in, but this is good to know. I'm sure we'll be there again sometime. I hope your results come soon! Yeah I mean of course it’s going to vary by day but we were in and out in an hour. But others there were being told it was a 2 hour wait. So if you have to test your son, then it would likely be faster! This was the downtown clinic. I think the other hcmc clinics may be faster wait times,
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Post by angelashly on Sept 21, 2020 14:14:51 GMT -6
I am aware the fact that I am saying all this while about to host an event makes me sound hypocritical, but we have said already anyone experiencing ANY Cold/Flu like symptoms is not to come
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