Long COVID
Mild → much betterIll 3 years before improving or writing
Long COVID smell and taste loss, now much better with time and eating despite distortion
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Aug 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Got Covid 2021 and wow it’s been a ride and half up until now
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I was so desperate to back to normality, obviously it's once of your senses so took a great toll on me
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I would say today I am about 80% there
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
had problems with my ability to smell since 2021 when I got Covid.
Summary
They caught COVID in September 2021 and lost all smell and taste for three weeks; both returned to about half, then in December distorted smells and tastes made many foods unbearable. They tried smelling oils daily to retrain their nose, which did nothing. They credited time and continuing to eat and smell despite the distortion, and by August 2024 put themselves about 80% back, with some smells, such as faeces and weed, still altered.
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What they tried
Also tried
eating what tastes of awful and getting past it· Helpedsmelling different oils daily to "train"· No change
Their words about each treatment
- smelling different oils daily to "train" · No change
Even went to the extreme of buying all different oils and smelling them daily to “train” but that did nothing really.
In context ↗ - eating what tastes of awful and getting past it · Helped
it’s purely time and eating what tastes of awful and getting past it
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | COVID-19; lost all smell and taste1st Covid in September 2021 - lost all smell and taste for a good 3 weeks.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| about 3 weeks after onset | smell and taste came back at about halfSmell and taste came back but at about 50% I would say so I thought I was healing.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| December 2021 | smells and tastes became distorted; got progressively worsefrom that day it just got progressively worse.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023-10-22 | smell starting to go back to normalluckily things now are starting to go back to normal I thinkIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2024-08-18 | about 80% back; some smells still alteredI would say today I am about 80% thereIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
Only issue I still have is smells not being what they used too & taste isn’t as good.
In context ↗