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Got tested for COVID-19

May 7th, 2020 at 01:13 am

I saw a posting for a part-time position at a private laboratory with great pay so I applied. I chatted with one of the administrators & she called back to ask me to be tested for COVID-19 before they brought me in for an interview. So I went by today & got my NP swab. Dear God, that was the worst feeling! At first it was just very uncomfortable, then I was uncontrollably coughing & dry heaving, with tears running down my face. I can see why people refuse to be re-tested. I get my results in the morning before my interview. If I’m positive, I’m definitely one of the asymptomatic carriers.

Posted in General musings | 12 Comments »

12 Responses to “Got tested for COVID-19”

  1. Creditcardfree Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 01:41 am 1588815697
    1588815697

    Good luck getting the job! I just saw a video of the test, and prefer never to have that experience. Any thoughts if they could come up with a more humane way to test?

  2. mumof2 Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 04:11 am 1588824680
    1588824680

    hope all goes well and you get the job but not the virus...hubby had to have it done he didn't like it much either and he already had pnemonia

  3. Wink Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 11:34 am 1588851250
    1588851250

    Good luck on the job! I've heard people being interviewed who have had the test and they also described it as being really bad.

  4. terri77 Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 11:44 am 1588851849
    1588851849

    There are alternate collection techniques including a non-induced sputum & I believe a throat swab, but the NP swab is the preferred specimen.

  5. disneysteve Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 02:11 pm 1588860693
    1588860693

    Good luck with the job.

    It's so variable who is able to get tested. Around here, only symptomatic patients can be tested. We can't even get ourselves (front line health care workers) tested unless we develop symptoms even though we've all been exposed multiple times.

  6. CB in the City Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 02:42 pm 1588862527
    1588862527

    I don't like the looks of that test -- my nose is very sensitive, anyway. I do hope that I have had it already, but there will be no way to know until I can get an antibody test.

  7. terri77 Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 05:31 pm 1588872670
    1588872670

    My COVID-19 was negative. I had my interview this morning. Looks like they are moving forward with bringing me on. I’m very excited! We didn’t even talk about pay. I thought about it, but didn’t know how to bring it up. Why does it seem awkward to discuss money when that’s the reason we go to work? I hope since I don’t need the benefits offered that they can bring me on higher in their pay scale. Even the lowest end of the pay scale would be more than I’m making now at my PRN job.

  8. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 05:48 pm 1588873719
    1588873719

    lucky that you got tested and came back negative. What happened to your regular job? Are you just workingmore?

  9. disneysteve Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 07:20 pm 1588879208
    1588879208

    Congrats on the job and the negative COVID test. All good news.

  10. VS_ozgirl Says:
    May 7th, 2020 at 10:54 pm 1588892073
    1588892073

    Hope all goes well with the job, it sounds positive!

  11. terri77 Says:
    May 9th, 2020 at 09:45 am 1589017527
    1589017527

    Still working my full-time day job. This is a part-time evening position.

  12. rob62521 Says:
    May 10th, 2020 at 07:05 pm 1589137559
    1589137559

    Hope the new job works out. Sorry about the uncomfortableness of the test.

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