Taste and smell loss, diarrhoea and palpitations, now back to previous activity
- Condition
- Condition not stated
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Dec 2021
In their words
- Condition: Condition not stated
I don’t have long Covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I walked around a museum for 2.5 hours (with a mask) and immediately came home and slept 21 hours.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I don’t have long Covid but I wasn’t able to get back to my pre-Covid activity levels until about 9 months afterward, and I had to take it slowly.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
had first symptoms on Nov 4th and tested pos. Nov 6th
In context ↗
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Summary
Kestrel 60883 caught COVID-19 in November 2020; in the second week they had lost taste and smell, and around day 15 came diarrhoea, lightheadedness and palpitations, with a 2.5-hour museum visit leaving them sleeping 21 hours. Symptoms faded after about six months, though exercise pushed their heart rate to 180. Recovering from muscle and cardiovascular damage took about nine months, after which they were back to pre-COVID activity levels.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped a lot
my symptoms eventually faded after ~6 months
In context ↗ - exercise · Worse
after a few months when I tried to exercise, my HR would go up to 180 quite regularly
In context ↗ - taking it slowly · Helped
I had to take it slowly
In context ↗
Approaches: Pacing
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-04 | COVID-19 onset, tested positive two days laterhad first symptoms on Nov 4th and tested pos. Nov 6thIn context ↗ | Mild |
| day 15-16 (Nov 2020) | diarrhoea, lightheadedness and palpitations returned; slept 21 hours after a 2.5-hour museum visitOn day 16, I walked around a museum for 2.5 hours (with a mask) and immediately came home and slept 21 hours.In context ↗ | Mild |
| ~6 months after onset | symptoms faded after about six months, but exercise pushed heart rate to 180Luckily my symptoms eventually faded after ~6 months, but after a few months when I tried to exercise, my HR would go up to 180 quite regularlyIn context ↗ | Mild |
| about 9 months afterward | back to pre-Covid activity levels, built up slowlyI wasn’t able to get back to my pre-Covid activity levels until about 9 months afterward, and I had to take it slowly.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
in my second week I didn’t experience much except fatigue, shortness of breath, and continued loss of taste/smell
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
peanut butter has this eau de shit about it, and fruits taste way too strong and acidic to handle comfortably
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I got diarrhea out of the blue, which I didn’t have as a symptom at all before
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
the lightheadedness and heart palpitations came back
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
when I tried to exercise, my HR would go up to 180 quite regularly
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
The atrophy in my muscles and cardiovascular system was no joke.
In context ↗
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