Symptoms
On Tuesday night I started having some body aches before bed. It was mild but reminded me a bit of how I get aches when I'm getting mastitis. I decided it might be from lack of sleep. On Wednesday I started having a feeling of tightness in my chest. The best way to describe it is it's the same feeling I get after running in the cold. Except that feeling only lasts for a short time, but this lasted all day. Sometimes I would feel slightly short of breath. The random aches continued. I went to bed early to see if anything changed. On Thursday, everything was the same. I discussed with other providers and we all agreed that I should stay out of work and get tested. I was "fortunate" that we have run out of the prefered NP (nasopharyngeal) swabs. (Those are the ones that go in your nose absurdly far). So instead of the NP swab, I had an OP swab done. That's a throat swab. It can make you feel gaggy and it appears to be a little less sensitive for catching infection, b
