Taste and smell still off six months later.

Jul 23, 2021
5:03:54pm

Marvelous All-American

A strange, rancid chemical-like smell and taste lingers and follows me everywhere. It's unpleasant and has ruined some of my favorite foods. Hoping for a full recovery still.

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Marvelous

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POLL: If you've had COVID, have you had any long haul symptoms?

ReyOso

7/23/21 3:49pm

Had COVID, full recovery, but tbh was fully asymptomatic

panacablue

7/23/21 3:50pm

Living the dream, brother. 😉

ReyOso

7/23/21 3:52pm

clean living and superior eugenics (that's the right term, right?)

panacablue

7/23/21 3:54pm

It took a long time for my sense of smell to go back to normal. I had the same

BYUMizzou

7/23/21 3:51pm

And to be clear, neither smell on either end of the spectrum smells like I know

BYUMizzou

7/23/21 3:55pm

That's the only blessing from Covid for me. Someone can drop a Betos deuce.. I

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/23/21 4:05pm

Yuuup, thankfully this has slowly gotten better for me

wannnacruise

7/23/21 4:22pm

My ability to smell has never been the same. Taste is pretty normal now but

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/23/21 3:53pm

Took three months to get taste back. Even longer for smell. I think taste is at 90% and smell at 80%. I’m stuck there.

Brisco

7/23/21 4:15pm

It'll be one year for me in August. I miss the very distinguishable levels of

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/23/21 4:31pm

9 months for me. I have some chest pains, but don’t know if it’s COVID-related.

AF Cougar

7/23/21 7:54pm

I had a nagging cough for a couple of months, but that’s about it. Buddy of mine has lasting taste and smell issues.

Texas Hammer

7/23/21 4:08pm

For me it was a mild cold with no impact after about 4 days. For my family basically the same. 76 year old mom said

Trent

7/23/21 4:20pm

I still can’t smell poop and farts 🤷‍♀️ It’s been eight months

Springirl

7/23/21 4:22pm

Still having heart and lung issues. I function well but notice the difference.

Kilgruman

7/23/21 4:24pm

Curious how bad it got at its worst. Did you have to go to the hospital?

Trent

7/23/21 4:32pm

I was in the hospital for 7 days. Had Covid pneumonia, heart rate in the 30’s

Kilgruman

7/23/21 4:42pm

All the best to you. Sorry it hit you so hard.

Trent

7/23/21 4:45pm

I am doing fine but notice that I am still not the same as before.

Kilgruman

7/23/21 4:58pm

It’s been a year and no side effects. It took me a number of weeks to completely

kotacoug

7/23/21 4:26pm

I barely had any symptoms. If I were to identify a long haul symptom it would be

EtTuKalante

7/23/21 4:40pm

Taste and smell still off six months later.

Marvelous

7/23/21 5:03pm

Same. Taste and smell off and it’s been over 6 months now.

Incognito

7/23/21 7:32pm

Same here

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