I’m at the hospital now, trying to get tested. I won’t say where (yet) but upon entry they looked very disturbed (I walked in with a face mask as instructed by DoH on phone yday). They’ve taken my ID and put me alone in a side room in the Emergency area. Now I wait.
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Ok so a very nice nurse came in and asked some Qs. Took my temperature. No fever (I stopped having a fever last Friday). Blood pressure is high, however. But that could be (and probably is) related to anything else (my interpretation, not hers). Waiting on another nurse now.
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Another nurse came in with a full head shield type mask. Asked me Qs about my exposure to the virus and the flu I’ve had. She took me to another room. This one has hand sanitizers so I used one. Everything is very good, clean, and fast. And friendly.
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I do wonder what they’re doing with the pens they’re giving to me to sign stuff. I hope they’re sterilised between patient use.
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Some silly replies to this thread so far, including: - “You dont have a fever, why get tested?” (I had a fever from Weds-Fri and have been artificially keeping it down) - “Why go to the ER!?” (That’s what health officials told me to do yday) As if I’d WANT to be here
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Doctor just came in. Checked my breathing, heart rate, and ran through a bunch of questions with me. She says I look good (natch
) and indicated it was the correct thing for me as someone with community exposure to a carrier to get checked.
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Replying to @RaheemKassam
Raheem they can only diagnose it through a CT scan, not a chest x-ray.
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Well, she told me they rule other things out first so maybe it’s for that?
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Replying to @RaheemKassam
I'm sure. And hopefully you will walk out of there with "good" results – which is anything other than the coronavirus. It's good to hear what somebody goes through when trying to get tested for the virus. Thanks for sharing.
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