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kareinaI woke up today feeling of some sort of blockage in my upper nasal passages. Not a runny nose, but more a feeling like there is some foam in there--air still goes through if I breath through my nose, but not as much flow rate as I am used to. I tried blowing my nose, and got a very tiny bit of blood out, but then nothing more. This didn't in any way interfere with my normal morning workout, and I feel otherwise great.
However, there is a pandemic going on, and I have to actually go to work--since I work for the Norrbottens museums archives doing archiving, I have to go there; they don't want us to bring that stuff home. Therefore I called the Swedish health care number to ask "Does this count as a symptom, can I go to work?" They replied "Don't go to work, get a covid test" I asked where/how to do that, and they helped me find the booking page on their web page. The soonest test was 09:15 (I did the call before 06:00, since I normally meet J. for our workout over zoom at 06:00, so that I can go to work at 07:00).
Now I am home from the test--they have the system set up well. One drives to a specific parking lot over near my favourite grocery store, parks, and then someone, bundled up in winter clothes, with plastic face covering, comes to the passenger side of the car (presumably to keep even more distance) and asks for ID, which you need to drop into a plastic bag (so they don't touch it) a bit later they come back and give you a plastic bag containing your ID, a plastic vial with your name, personal number, and a bar-code on it, and all of the other necessary accessories and some instructions.
After using three different cotton swabs (throat, nose, and saliva), and soaking each in the provided fluid in that plastic vial I turned on my blinkers to indicate I was done, and they came back and used a long-armed grabby thingie to take the bag with the sample vial.
Now I have to wait 2 to 5 days before I will hear any results, which means not going to work, which is annoying. However, I have plenty of thesis work that needs doing, so hopefully I can make some progress there.
The other complication is that I was supposed to pick E up and bring her home today, so now she needs to decide if she is comfortable with the risk. I don't feel sick, other than the annoying feeling of cotton in my nasal passage, but this pandemic is an illness that can be totally symptom-free and still contagious....
However, there is a pandemic going on, and I have to actually go to work--since I work for the Norrbottens museums archives doing archiving, I have to go there; they don't want us to bring that stuff home. Therefore I called the Swedish health care number to ask "Does this count as a symptom, can I go to work?" They replied "Don't go to work, get a covid test" I asked where/how to do that, and they helped me find the booking page on their web page. The soonest test was 09:15 (I did the call before 06:00, since I normally meet J. for our workout over zoom at 06:00, so that I can go to work at 07:00).
Now I am home from the test--they have the system set up well. One drives to a specific parking lot over near my favourite grocery store, parks, and then someone, bundled up in winter clothes, with plastic face covering, comes to the passenger side of the car (presumably to keep even more distance) and asks for ID, which you need to drop into a plastic bag (so they don't touch it) a bit later they come back and give you a plastic bag containing your ID, a plastic vial with your name, personal number, and a bar-code on it, and all of the other necessary accessories and some instructions.
After using three different cotton swabs (throat, nose, and saliva), and soaking each in the provided fluid in that plastic vial I turned on my blinkers to indicate I was done, and they came back and used a long-armed grabby thingie to take the bag with the sample vial.
Now I have to wait 2 to 5 days before I will hear any results, which means not going to work, which is annoying. However, I have plenty of thesis work that needs doing, so hopefully I can make some progress there.
The other complication is that I was supposed to pick E up and bring her home today, so now she needs to decide if she is comfortable with the risk. I don't feel sick, other than the annoying feeling of cotton in my nasal passage, but this pandemic is an illness that can be totally symptom-free and still contagious....