Long COVID
RecoveredIll 1 year before improving or writing
Lost taste and smell completely with long COVID, back to normal after a year
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Apr 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I lost mine totally for about a week when I had Covid. It took a full year, almost to the day, before they were normal again.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
It took a full year, almost to the day, before they were normal again.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I lost mine totally for about a week when I had Covid.
In context ↗
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Summary
Island 50212 lost their sense of taste and smell completely for about a week when they had Covid. The senses came back gradually: about 40% by three months, 60% by six, and by ten months everything could be tasted although it seemed off and some things like soda tasted awful. It took a full year, almost to the day, before taste and smell were normal again.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| when I had Covid | COVID infection with total loss of taste and smellI lost mine totally for about a week when I had Covid.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 3 months | about 40% of taste and smell backI think I got about 40% back by 3 months.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 6 months | about 60% back6 months I was at 60%In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 10 months | could taste everything but it seemed offby 10 months I could taste everything but it all seemed very off.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| a full year, almost to the day | taste and smell normal againIt took a full year, almost to the day, before they were normal again.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
I lost mine totally for about a week when I had Covid.
In context ↗