This whole loss of taste thing. I wish it was just a loss. So far things that I KNOW taste good, taste nasty. Things that have always tasted nasty, still taste just as nasty.
And of course, feeling like dried hammered shit.

I talked to two friends the other day that have recovered from covid19. Neither had any symptoms except the loss of smell/taste. I noticed your CUT. In poker, there is a similar saying: "Don't cry about the winners you threw away; cry about the losers you kept".

My taste is fine. But probably 75% of the time I smell smoke. Not cigarette or cigar. Not burning plastic or rubber. More like wood burning. I had a hell of a time sleeping after that started

Sitting here 6 weeks after COVID with a resting heart rate of 150. Cardiologist is working on it. Blood Pressure was nasty too. That we have dealt with.

I did lose smell and taste, but both are back.

I had it in the middle of last month and I did fine. I had fatigue for a few days and that was about it. No fever, no congestion(head or chest), and no loss of taste or smell. It did create a kind of "tickle" spot in my windpipe that caused me to cough for no reason but that subsided as soon as I started working out again.

On the other hand, my wife didn't fare as well. she had all the classic symptoms: no smell or taste, coughing, major fatigue, lower oxygen levels for a couple of days, some trouble breathing, and a bad headache. She was down for about two weeks. That didn't surprise me as she just isn't as healthy as I am. She doesn't exercise and her family history isn't as good as mine.

So, one household, two people, and two completely different reactions.

Did any of you find that any food that had any added salt at all in it, tasted SUPER salty, like someone dumped the entire salt shaker in it? I believe I had COVID in January before everyone knew what it was, and aside from the 103F fever for a day and 101 for a few days, horrible dry cough every few minutes, that lasted 6 weeks, having no energy, aching everywhere, that was one of the symptoms.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
Did any of you find that any food that had any added salt at all in it, tasted SUPER salty, like someone dumped the entire salt shaker in it? I believe I had COVID in January before everyone knew what it was, and aside from the 103F fever for a day and 101 for a few days, horrible dry cough every few minutes, that lasted 6 weeks, having no energy, aching everywhere, that was one of the symptoms.

Yep. Lost smell, which affected taste, but buds on tongue were fine. Salt and sweet were over the top.

I don’t I don’t know about “over the top”, but salty is about all that still tastes right. I haven’t tried sweet.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
Did any of you find that any food that had any added salt at all in it, tasted SUPER salty, like someone dumped the entire salt shaker in it? I believe I had COVID in January before everyone knew what it was, and aside from the 103F fever for a day and 101 for a few days, horrible dry cough every few minutes, that lasted 6 weeks, having no energy, aching everywhere, that was one of the symptoms.

My pastor had it just before New Years and this was one of his symptoms.

In the long run I would think not having a sense of smell could actually be challenging, if not hazardous. It's one of the things we take for granted.

Imagine not being able to smell smoke, chemicals, gasoline, propane markers, etc.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Sitting here 6 weeks after COVID with a resting heart rate of 150. Cardiologist is working on it. Blood Pressure was nasty too. That we have dealt with.

I did lose smell and taste, but both are back.

Artie, have you had a Nuclear Echocardiogram. The one where they inject you with a radioactive dye and have you wait 40 minutes? If you haven't I would suggest that you urgently seek a different Cardiologist. Because there could be a heart valve issue and this type of test will reveal something like that quickly.

Back in October 2018 I had to have a triple bypass and Mitral Valve repair and my issues were revealed by the Nuclear Echocardiogram. Now, I'm back in good health with the exception of the damned arthritis in my wrists and thumbs.

PSS; Hoping the Docs will get you sorted out quickly and have you back into your prime.

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Artie, have you had a Nuclear Echocardiogram. The one where they inject you with a radioactive dye and have you wait 40 minutes? If you haven't I would suggest that you urgently seek a different Cardiologist. Because there could be a heart valve issue and this type of test will reveal something like that quickly.

Thanks for the information. I am going for an echo on Thursday morning to check for that issue.

Take care Artie and good luck!!!!

You are not alone: Lost sense of taste and smell!! Stupid COVID.

Had it not been for the lost of taste, I would have never known I had it.

I got the hypersensitivity to salt too. Taste buds were not knocked out but muted for the first two weeks. And I would kill to be able to take a deep breath again. This head/upper chest congestion really sucks. As does having 5% of normal energy levels and sleeping 15+ hrs a day.
Tested negative at work 12/28. Came home to find my son tested positive after feeling crappy over the weekend. Rest of the family started feeling it during the week... all got tested NYD and all were positive. Got my positive test 1/4. Been hammered since.

Neither my wife nor I lost our sense of taste or smell. Her sister did, but she recovered it a week or so after finally testing negative. I got it three or four days after they did. Even taking precautions realistically if you are in the same house as two others who are fully symptomatic there is real no way to avoid getting it. My case was the most severe but it took her sister longer to test negative. She is a dialysis patient and was getting tested three times a week. Her usual center would let her back until she had two negative tests. For me the worst was chest congestion/cough and fatigue. I bothered to get a pulse ox meter. Was consistently between 87% and 94%. Took a ten days after I tested negative before my cough went away.

Ok, second week is worse. I did pretty much what I wanted around the place last week, fed livestock, cleaned fencerows, etc.

Last night and today I feel like dried, hammered shit. More stuff in my lungs. Touch of fever. Body aches. Fatigue.

I have a pretty serious lung issue, I don’t need to let this get out of control. Been staying on top of nebulizer treatments and taking expectorants. So far that seems to help. Sure does hurt when that stuff tears loose.

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At the very least get a chest Xray.

Hudr,

If you can feel phlegm tearing loose and you are dispelling it consistently, you should be OK. However, as ZSM mentioned, a chest X-ray couldn't hurt.

What other supplements/meds are you taking?