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[-] lud@lemm.ee 51 points 2 years ago

Next time you should know that any test where the control isn't working, is a defective test. So the third test should have been ignored and redone.

[-] amelia@feddit.de 41 points 2 years ago

There actually is a faint control line. I'm pretty sure it was so "positive" that there were not enough color particles left for the C line.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

That's true.

I guess as long as the decision taken after the test is the safer option (I.E. not going outside), it doesn't matter much.

[-] amelia@feddit.de 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There was no doubt I was still positive, I was in bed feeling like crap and going absolutely nowhere. I actually did the test to see if these rapid tests actually give consistent results rather than to see if I still have covid. And because I'm a scientist and I just like measuring things.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago

Uh oh. A week ago I kept having headaches, fatigue, bit of a sore throat and was alternately sweating/freezing but no fever. I tested negative and proceeded as usual, minus doing anything. I’m still extremely fatigued, and doing little to nothing. I’m about to redo the test.

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

The tests can show negative no matter what your infection status. Some people don't shed enough of the virus in their sinuses to detect.

My wife is one of them. We had covid at the same time, same symptoms, everything. I tested positive while she never did.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

That’s important to know, so I boosted you. Thanks.

[-] w00@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago
[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Kbinauts have an alternative to the Upvote button. It's called 'Boost'. It makes the comment show up higher in the thread. It's like a mega upvote which can get relevant info up faster.

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[-] amelia@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

I had the sweating/freezing thing too, didn't put it into the diagram because I thought it was a side effect of the fever.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Oh wow. Thank you for letting me know. Glad I got vaxxed. Can’t imagine how it may have gone not being vaxxed.

[-] amelia@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah I had 3 shots, but the last one was two years ago. Had thought about getting a 4th one for months but there is no official recommendation for a 4th shot for people under 60 in my country so I didn't. I actually regretted that now, it was pretty nasty. But yeah, completely without vaccines it probably would have been horrible so I'm really glad I got those.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much for this post and the information. I was planning to visit for the holidays, but I’m definitely rethinking, since vulnerables will be there.

[-] amelia@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you for being responsible. Maybe another rapid test can clarify things. Whatever it is, I hope you get better soon!

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much. We have to be responsible. Others don’t deserve this.

[-] WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

For an unvaxxed perspective, I’m on day 1,276 of stuffy, runny nose with limited senses of smell and taste plus constant mild fatigue and brain fog. I was unable to carry a conversation or walk more than 7 or 8 steps the first 3 months due to breathlessness, and smelled nothing at all for 14 months.

I get EVERY vaccine now.

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[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 2 years ago

For future reference, if you're ever not sure, get a PCR test. The at-home rapid tests are great at proving a positive, but not so great at proving negative. These days, if your throat is soar, you more likely have Covid than not.

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[-] Duranie@literature.cafe 22 points 2 years ago

I wear a Garmin watch that monitors heart rate, stress, etc. That was fun to map out my COVID timeline on.

[-] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same. I only really paid attention to day one to day three of symptoms, but my body battery was super low on day two plus non stop stress through the first night (fever that broke around 4am)

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[-] stress_headache@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I've never seen "1" written like that. Is it a German thing?

[-] amelia@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago

I think it's a "Europe minus UK" thing, but I don't know for sure. Pretty certain though that the French write it like that too.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe they are confusing it with ^ in your writing and don’t realize you’re just writing a regular 1.

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

I've never seen it written that way in Spain nor France, so maybe it's a Germanic language thing?

[-] gaael@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

In France we write it both way and AFAIK there is no "recommanded" or "better" way.

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Writing 1 the other way is an american thing.

[-] misophist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That's how we write it in Italy, but northern, so I guess yes, it's a German thing.

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[-] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nice visualisation, but the test on day five is useless. The control isn't showing so something has gone wrong (either on your end, production end or "we'll don't know" end).

If C doesn't have a dash, trash it, it won't tell you anything.

Furthermore, due to oxidation and other foreign influences, I'm not even sure if this diagram is useful if you've taken this photo in one go (lining up the tests). The results are also just valid for like 30 mins or so.

Source: the manual of the tests I had at home (various brands)

Edit: this is merely context. Always check your test and act accordingly. For this visualisation it's okay I guess.

[-] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 16 points 2 years ago

That's so cool! Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to see that it takes a couple of days for the self tests to show positive

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

That's not bad. Mine was - day one: a little tired and things taste funny.

Day two through 10: slept 23 hours a day and ate food in the 1 hour I was awake.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

I have never felt so ill in my entire life as when I had covid. I basically had all of the symptoms except a headache which I suppose was some small comfort.

But it went on for like 3 weeks. One day before my first symptoms I'd gone on a 10 mile bike ride, 3 days after symptoms started I could literally not climb the stairs without a break.

But the worst bit for me was the brain fog. At one point I thought I was really cold but I couldn't really work out why I was cold and of course it turned out that the reason I was cold is because I was outside. But it took me at least 2 minutes of blankly staring around to work that out.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I swear 'test on the first day of symptoms' has been the worst advice every employer has ever given just in case it's not covid. I've never seen someone test positive day of symptoms. It's always days 2-4 or longer.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At no point did I ever test positive. In the end I want to get one of those professional PCR tests done, because I thought I was dying, and that came back positive, but the home test is never worked for me.

If I had been asymptomatic those tests would have been useless and I would have got everyone ill.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You need to yeet that shit FAR up your nose at least

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

If you have a test lying around, or if they're cheap where you are, try one after a few weeks or a month.

Apparently you can test positive even long after you've recovered.

[-] amelia@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Even if it's negative now?

[-] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

I had the occasional mild cough for like 3 months after I tested negative and felt a smell of onion and/or petrol everywhere.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I like this layout

The symptoms fading out in particular was a nice touch

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[-] Gongin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I'm glad you're better.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Damn, dude. That test is unpleasant when you have to take it. You don't even have to take it anymore once you test positive.

I salute your sacrifice for science!

[-] Templa@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for this! Extremely interesting. I just got covid for the first time 3 weeks ago and I still have cough, so annoying.

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