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Why did you choose to get tested? Did you have symptoms at some point in time?

I was the sickest (respiratory-wise) I'd ever been back BEFORE COVID hit. This was back in January. I (and my wife) was pretty sure it was the flu or some sort of severe bronchitis, but I wasn't tested or officially diagnosed when I went to the doc. Lungs felt full of water that I couldn't expel. Lack of sleep was awful. Never felt that way before, pretty scary.

Not knowing what I had was nagging at me though. The admittedly irrational "what if I had it?" question wouldn't go away. So I figured it was worth the bucks to me (my HSA is pretty stocked) to just put that question to bed once and for all.

Now, when I see people posting about how sick they were at Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years, etc. I know that MY illness at the time is irrelevant to any discussion of whether COVID was here earlier.

Also, I thought it was a good opportunity to learn about how the process worked in case others close to me felt the need to do it.