Monday, 24 January 2022

Still positive!

 

I'm still testing positive so I need to to do the whole 10 days self isolation.  Current rules here are if you have 2 negative tests 24 hours apart from day 6, you can end isolation.  And since Friday another 3 teachers plus the P1 SLA (Support for Learning Assistant) and a nursery worker have all tested positive too.  The school is literally running out of staff to cover classes.

I've been chatting to the folks who are positive and the range of symptoms is wide.  I've just had rotten cold like symptoms but some have had terrible headaches and joint pain.  And 2 have absolutely no symptoms at all, not even a sniffly nose!!  

My main symptom atm is ringing ears.  I looked it up.  Covid ear is a thing!! 👂

I've also been reading about teachers who are getting it for the second time.  We have an SLA who has had it twice.  There is a teacher in England who has now caught it for the third time!!  What does that do to your long term health??

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  1. Jackie24 January 2022 at 22:05

    I have never heard of Covid ear. That would be very annoying. Hopefully the rest of your isolation will pass by quickly.

    God bless.

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    1. Ali25 January 2022 at 09:33

      It wasn't one of the symptoms I knew about. It's very odd how my colleagues and I are all having different symptoms! Our male Principal Teacher has no symptoms at all!!

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  2. Chris24 January 2022 at 23:21

    That sounds like a pretty serious situation at your school. Are the kids mostly vaccinated? So far here, about 50% of the 5-12 yr. olds have their first doze.

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    1. Ali25 January 2022 at 09:36

      Vaccination hasn't fully started here for under 12s. The main focus has been on the teenagers so far

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  3. Joy25 January 2022 at 08:15

    Year groups and whole schools have been closed occasionally here because of covid related illness. But what else can they do? There are legal requirements to be met and if they can't . . .
    All very difficult.
    I hope you recover quickly and that the ears sort themselves out.
    xx

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    1. Ali25 January 2022 at 09:37

      My ears are driving me nuts with the constant ringing!! I do hope it's temporary!

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  4. Bag End Gardener25 January 2022 at 18:22

    What does that do to your long term health??

    And that, my dear, is the real question that no-one in the media dares ask. I had my own version of "Covid ear" from infection picked up in February 2020. I still get days when it is not quite right. Covid-induced tinnitus is not uncommon and a few really unlucky people have lost their hearing in the affected ear.

    And don't rush back to work too quickly and end up with long-Covid fatigue. Took me 8 months to pull out of my first bout of it.

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    1. Ali25 January 2022 at 19:38

      It's a scary question. In 10 or 20 years time, are we going to have health issues relating back to these Covid years?

      My dear friend and colleague had/has Long Covid. It's taken her 9 months to get back to a decent level of health. At the time she wasn't given much sympathy but there seems to be more awareness now.

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