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Loss of smell & taste

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jan 10 4:36pm | Replies (26)

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@pah17

Thank you. A "fascinating" progression caught my attention. I made it until Christmas '24 before contracting Covid for the first time. So I'm just past 2 weeks out and the progression is far from linear. It's more like a street with round abouts that you get caught in or the menu special of the day. My husband and daughter are much better. They each had varying degrees of respiratory congestion. I did not (at first). I had pronounced body aches & fatigue. Last weekend I had a couple of days of sneezing with runny nose which was eased with a single dose of Coricidin. (I must have come through the back door) But now I have lingering swollen sinuses, no mucus production and complete loss of smell. My husband and I both still tested positive 3 days ago. The doctor's office says some people test positive weeks out, but we're likely not contagious.
I am working with essential oils for smell re-training. I will report back. Yesterday I was able to get a distinct whiff of a dish that my husband was cooking which gives me hope that this will be short-lived. I taste food but not in full flavor kind of way, but at least it's not unpleasant for the most part.
I am interested in your story and look forward to hearing about your continued path to recovery.

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Replies to "Thank you. A "fascinating" progression caught my attention. I made it until Christmas '24 before contracting..."

It's all bizarre. And fascinating - if one can 'get out of themselves' and look at it. If I were a medical scientist, I'd want to look at all of the symptoms just posted here. At the progression; at what helps some and not others. Living through this is just not fun. I have to update my post about progression .. forgot some of the "fun" symptoms.

I'm thrilled you got a whiff of food. Food for me was unpleasant for a time - it didn't last long. I'm curious to see what goes next!

Here's to us.
JE