Have you been tested?

John Hutton

Had the test done, was mildly unpleasant, made my eyes water a bit and feel like sneezing. Was grand though.

Very impressed with the set up and efficiency all round, in and out in a shade under 10 mins, with a goody bag of ppe in hand.

Not bad doing considering I only rang my GP at 10 am today!

They said I will be text the result within 24 to 48 hours.

John Hutton

Hope I get the results soon, walls of my room are starting to close in haha

charlietheminxx

John Hutton wrote: »

Hope I get the results soon, walls of my room are starting to close in haha

Any update? It is tough going!

John Hutton

charlietheminxx wrote: »

Any update? It is tough going!

No results yet

prunudo

Firstly should say I've been symptom free throughout but I got an app notification on Tuesday morning to say contact with positive case. Contact tracer rang around midday, alleged contact was 8 days prior but unable to confirm time or location.
Text around 2pm to confirm test for the following day.
Arrived at test centre at designated time, all very efficient. In and out in 5 mins. Nasal swab wasn't dreadful but certainly not a comfortable experience.
Negative test result about 24hrs later, although annoyingly I didn't spot the text till yesterday. Not sure if I missed it initially or if it delivered with a seperate message yesterday.

Now to the contact itself, I didn't spend more than 15mins or less than 2m apart on that Monday, certainly not with anyone who has tested positive. But it has since transpired my neighbour was positive so the while not able to categorically prove it, it would appear the app decided we were close contacts either through the walls of the house or the brief pleasantries while exchanged getting out of the cars in the driveway.
Pain in the arse but good to test negative although never really in doubt but you never know. So now in the dilemma of deleting an over sensitive app. Can't afford to take time off work everytime it thinks you were a close contact when you weren't.

Lundstram

Lundstram wrote: »

Went for a Covid19 test today. Pretty good experience. Rang my doctor at 10 explaining my symptons and she said I qualified for a test so she said I'd get a text with a time for today. Got it after 15 minutes for 2pm. Given PPE pack on arrival (2 masks, pack of tissues to clear nose and a booklet explaining the procedure). Went in, had my throat swabbed and then the thing in the nose which was very uncomfortable for about 10 seconds, they put it well in! Staff were very nice and helpful.

Awaiting result now.

Result received 26 hours later. Negative, thankfully.

Was a lot of teenage boys there getting tested at the same time as me, do schools send them there or..?

John Hutton

Got my result this morning, negative thankfully

wirelessdude01

Lundstram wrote: »

Result received 26 hours later. Negative, thankfully.

Was a lot of teenage boys there getting tested at the same time as me, do schools send them there or..?

Guessing they were identified as close contacts of a positive case, possibly in a school context.

Dressoutlet

I had a 1 year old in hospital this week, cough, cold and struggling to breathe. She wasn't even considered for Covid testing. Dr said she had a viral infection,gave her a few nebulisers and sent us home. So many people are now saying I should be isolating but Dr said no just carry on as normal. Bad information everywhere, so frustrating

kg703

kg703 wrote: »

Just for timeframes:

Got negative result 52 hours after test in Ringsend. Hurrah. Still coughing but now I know its a chest infection. Test was arranged 24 hours after contacting GP. Test was fine, not painful at all.

Not looking forward to the winter games of - Cold, Flu or COVID?

An update:

Cough is persistent, goes away for a couple of days then hits me - more like fluid constantly building in my lungs. Had a really bad night Saturday, woke up feeling like im drowning or having an asthma attack (I dont have asthma), sore lungs etc.

Called GP again this morning & explained. He said 'well just because you had a negative COVID result doesn't mean you don't have COVID' and gave me a course of anti biotics. Possible bronchitis?

Bizarre altogether. Is testing that unreliable???

Sardonicat

kg703 wrote: »

An update:

Cough is persistent, goes away for a couple of days then hits me - more like fluid constantly building in my lungs. Had a really bad night Saturday, woke up feeling like im drowning or having an asthma attack (I dont have asthma), sore lungs etc.

Called GP again this morning & explained. He said 'well just because you had a negative COVID result doesn't mean you don't have COVID' and gave me a course of anti biotics. Possible bronchitis?

Bizarre altogether. Is testing that unreliable???

There is roughly a 10% failure to detect Covid. That is why your results said 'Not detected ' instead of "negative'

Daemonic

Could be more than 10% according to Philip Nolan - "Second, even when they start to shed the virus, a sensitivity of 70% to 90% means the test will fail to detect the virus in somewhere between 10% and 30% of cases."

When my test came back negative my GP said up to 35% could be false negatives which seemed a quite specific percentage to have plucked from the air, hence the recommendation to continue isolating until symptoms go.

kg703

Sardonicat wrote: »

There is roughly a 10% failure to detect Covid. That is why your results said 'Not detected ' instead of "negative'

They didnt offer to send me again though. Then again I have no other symptoms...of anything really, just this strange drowning cough. He also told me to restrict my movements for seven days.

TheDenialTwist

Sardonicat wrote: »

There is roughly a 10% failure to detect Covid. That is why your results said 'Not detected ' instead of "negative'

Incorrect, what you have said to this poster in disingenuous. SARS-CoV-2 RNA NOT DETECTED means no Covid-19 was found in the sample.

I've been ill since March as some posters on here are aware of. I was tested back in April and again last week as I've been ill such a long time with "covid like" symptoms.

MY TEST RESULTS - In April via phone and last week via text, I was informed SARS-COV-2 RNA NOT DETECTED in first instance and Covid-19 NOT DETECTED after my second test.

BOTH TERMS MEAN THE SAME THING.

I think you are confusing this with an INDETERMINATE result, which would indeed require a second test.

Please refer to HSE website regarding test results and how they are stated.

And yes, there is about 30% false negative rate according to staff I was talking with while in CUH last week. However, I can't state that as fact as it's anecdotal.

TheDenialTwist

kg703 wrote: »

They didnt offer to send me again though. Then again I have no other symptoms...of anything really, just this strange drowning cough. He also told me to restrict my movements for seven days.

They didn't offer to send you again because there was no Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2 detected in your sample. Aka your result was deemed negative.

You would only be sent for a second test if your test was indeterminate or inconclusive.

Please refer to HSE website regarding Test Results.

I'm very ill since March and in both my tests SARS-CoV-2 RNA was not detected. I'm still being tested for everything and anything and awaiting to see a specialist now.

I wish you well.

TheDenialTwist

From HSE website the following are the possible test results

purplecorn

Just wanted to share my partner's testing experience as someone with no access to a car, but who lives a 5 minute walk away from a test centre.

Rang GP Friday afternoon - GP refers for a test with a note to say that patient has no car, but is within walking distance of Test Centre A.

Friday evening - partner gets a text with an appointment at a different centre, Test Centre B (a 2.5 hour walk away) for 8:45am Saturday.
No choice but to select "Impossible to travel" option in Swiftqueue system. No number to call, so partner lodges ticket/request with details.

Saturday afternoon - gets a call and is told that transport will be arranged first thing Monday morning, and to wait for a text.

Text received on Sunday morning at 11am with a test time of 3:30pm for that same day (Sunday) at Test Centre B again! Selects "Impossible to travel" option again. Partner at least now has a phone number from the call on Saturday. Calls, told they will call back on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon - gets a call to say that there was a mix up, and that test would now happen on Tuesday, and to wait for a text.

Sunday evening - gets another call to say that transport has been arranged for 11am Monday, and not Tuesday as previously advised, for a test time of 11:30 am at Test Centre B. Gets confirmation text a while later.

Transport arrived on time today, no problems with the testing process itself.

Partner's symptoms are thankfully very mild and likely just a cold, but v stressful all the same.
Surely we can't be the only ones without a car getting tested?
Seems bizarre that they didn't refer to Test Centre A given that it is literally across the road.

Zhane

purplecorn wrote: »

Just wanted to share my partner's testing experience as someone with no access to a car, but who lives a 5 minute walk away from a test centre.

Rang GP Friday afternoon - GP refers for a test with a note to say that patient has no car, but is within walking distance of Test Centre A.

Friday evening - partner gets a text with an appointment at a different centre, Test Centre B (a 2.5 hour walk away) for 8:45am Saturday.
No choice but to select "Impossible to travel" option in Swiftqueue system. No number to call, so partner lodges ticket/request with details.

Saturday afternoon - gets a call and is told that transport will be arranged first thing Monday morning, and to wait for a text.

Text received on Sunday morning at 11am with a test time of 3:30pm for that same day (Sunday) at Test Centre B again! Selects "Impossible to travel" option again. Partner at least now has a phone number from the call on Saturday. Calls, told they will call back on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon - gets a call to say that there was a mix up, and that test would now happen on Tuesday, and to wait for a text.

Sunday evening - gets another call to say that transport has been arranged for 11am Monday, and not Tuesday as previously advised, for a test time of 11:30 am at Test Centre B. Gets confirmation text a while later.

Transport arrived on time today, no problems with the testing process itself.

Partner's symptoms are thankfully very mild and likely just a cold, but v stressful all the same.
Surely we can't be the only ones without a car getting tested?
Seems bizarre that they didn't refer to Test Centre A given that it is literally across the road.

Having no car I always wondered how I would be tested if I had to get it done. Was the car discreet? Or an ambulance or a caredoc car? Just curious. I’d imagine I’d have a few curtain twitchers show up if someone in a hazmat suit showed up at my door

Daemonic

Zhane wrote: »

Having no car I always wondered how I would be tested if I had to get it done. Was the car discreet? Or an ambulance or a caredoc car? Just curious. I’d imagine I’d have a few curtain twitchers show up if someone in a hazmat suit showed up at my door

HSE arranged a taxi for me. Taxi had floor to ceiling plexi-glass between the front and back seats.

purplecorn

Zhane wrote: »

Having no car I always wondered how I would be tested if I had to get it done. Was the car discreet? Or an ambulance or a caredoc car? Just curious. I’d imagine I’d have a few curtain twitchers show up if someone in a hazmat suit showed up at my door

Wish it had been a taxi, might have been slightly more inconspicuous! It was a Civil Defence ambulance vehicle, with a driver and then someone on the passenger side who hopped out to sanitise partner's hands before getting in.

Bawnmore

I was in with our 16 week old last week. Referred by GP with persistent high temperature (not very high at all - never over 38). Got an appointment text the same day as the referral. Test was very easy going, baby didn't even notice - just a quick swab around nostrils. results back within 18 hours by text to say negative.

Snails pace

My father was in with the doctor late last week. The doctor has since tested positive, I tried contacting the surgery today on numerous occasions and the voicemail said their closed. Any advice on what to do now ?

purplecorn

Snails pace wrote: »

My father was in with the doctor late last week. The doctor has since tested positive, I tried contacting the surgery today on numerous occasions and the voicemail said their closed. Any advice on what to do now ?

If he wants to get a test and his GP's surgery has now closed, could you start ringing other surgeries nearby?

From the HSE website: "If you don't have a GP, any GP can arrange a test for you."
He wouldn't have to come in as it's all done over the phone, so it should be straightforward enough to get him referred for a test!

Edit: That's assuming he has symptoms and/or gets a call about being a close contact, not sure they would refer him otherwise but if you're worried, no harm in asking I suppose.

St.Spodo

Started developing symptoms Saturday evening. Referred for a test Sunday noon, tested at 3.30pm that day, and received text that I was negative at 7pm yesterday. Very impressive turnaround, it has to be said.

tenreds

What time of day do they stop sending out results,what’s the latest time of day has someone got a result back. Tested this morning hoping for a quick result

purplecorn

tenreds wrote: »

What time of day do they stop sending out results,what’s the latest time of day has someone got a result back. Tested this morning hoping for a quick result

Partner got tested yesterday morning and got a result (not detected) at 10pm this evening!

B.A._Baracus

purplecorn wrote: »

Just wanted to share my partner's testing experience as someone with no access to a car, but who lives a 5 minute walk away from a test centre.

Rang GP Friday afternoon - GP refers for a test with a note to say that patient has no car, but is within walking distance of Test Centre A.

Friday evening - partner gets a text with an appointment at a different centre, Test Centre B (a 2.5 hour walk away) for 8:45am Saturday.
No choice but to select "Impossible to travel" option in Swiftqueue system. No number to call, so partner lodges ticket/request with details.

Saturday afternoon - gets a call and is told that transport will be arranged first thing Monday morning, and to wait for a text.

Text received on Sunday morning at 11am with a test time of 3:30pm for that same day (Sunday) at Test Centre B again! Selects "Impossible to travel" option again. Partner at least now has a phone number from the call on Saturday. Calls, told they will call back on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon - gets a call to say that there was a mix up, and that test would now happen on Tuesday, and to wait for a text.

Sunday evening - gets another call to say that transport has been arranged for 11am Monday, and not Tuesday as previously advised, for a test time of 11:30 am at Test Centre B. Gets confirmation text a while later.

Transport arrived on time today, no problems with the testing process itself.

Partner's symptoms are thankfully very mild and likely just a cold, but v stressful all the same.
Surely we can't be the only ones without a car getting tested?
Seems bizarre that they didn't refer to Test Centre A given that it is literally across the road.

Ever thought of getting a bus to that "2.5 hour walk" (aka what, 30 mins on a bus?)

Many people have surely taken the bus to test centres....

purplecorn

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Ever thought of getting a bus to that "2.5 hour walk" (aka what, 30 mins on a bus?)

Many people have surely taken the bus to test centres....

In my view, it would have been extremely irresponsible to get on public transport while showing obvious symptoms (coughing), being in close contact with strangers for what would have been four separate bus journeys (2 buses to get there, 2 buses back, 45 minutes each way), breathing in the same air and potentially infecting others too

From the HSE website: "Those being tested will be required to follow public health measures, including social distancing, not travelling by taxi or public transport, practising good personal hygiene and wearing a face-covering throughout (including travelling to and from the testing centre)."

Oranage2

Why do people tell complete strangers that their test was negative?

There shouldn't be a stigma attached to positive tests.

charlietheminxx

Oranage2 wrote: »

Why do people tell complete strangers that their test was negative?

There shouldn't be a stigma attached to positive tests.

Do you think it's a stigma? I think it's just people sharing their relief that it was negative. If mine had been positive, I would have posted about that too.