For those who've had Covid and lost sense of taste/smell, how long was it gone

Oct 22, 2021
4:55:50pm

Duke Silver All-American

for? I have Covid now and just yesterday noticed my sense of smell is 100% gone, taste is about 80% gone. Not being able to smell anything is much more obnoxious than I thought it would be.

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Duke Silver

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For those who've had Covid and lost sense of taste/smell, how long was it gone

Duke Silver

10/22/21 4:55pm

10 months and still no taste or smell.

cbuck014

10/22/21 4:57pm

wow.

Cougarclaw

10/22/21 5:02pm

Same, just passed the 11 month mark, still nothing.

neboutefan

10/22/21 5:14pm

Similar. I can taste and smell but it feels muted. Been since Thanksgiving

Joel Tilton

10/22/21 5:17pm

I can’t smell my own farts unless they are really rancid

idacoug

10/22/21 5:19pm

You might have a future as a mortician or performing autopsies.

HiLife

10/22/21 5:25pm

Yeesh. Zero interest in gaining natural immunity if that's the case

fattycoug

10/22/21 5:47pm

It can still happen if you get vaccinated

gwill

10/22/21 6:13pm

Still not interested in getting it

fattycoug

10/22/21 8:11pm

Is anyone?

gwill

10/22/21 8:42pm

Yes. Dennis Prager tried to get it, and did.

Cougar Junkie

10/22/21 8:50pm

That was for ratings…and he said that after he got Covid-19.

gwill

10/22/21 9:04pm

I know some people that tried a home remedy and they say it worked.

gwill

10/23/21 8:56am

My wife takes full advantage of my new disability with extra diaper duty.

cbuck014

10/22/21 6:19pm

Mine was gone 2-3 weeks. Taste was distorted 3-4 months.

RdF3

10/22/21 4:58pm

Been just over month for me

Akilleez

10/22/21 5:00pm

On a side note

Akilleez

10/22/21 5:02pm

4 months. taste completely back, smell about 70-80%

oryguncoug

10/22/21 5:01pm

11 months later and I still have decreased taste and smell. Probably operating

Squirt

10/22/21 5:04pm

It’s been three months. My smell is half what it used to be.

Social Distance

10/22/21 5:06pm

Never tested pos, fully vaccinated, fingers crossed

GA_Coug

10/22/21 6:42pm

Mostly back after a few weeks. Still not 100% 10 months later, and there are a

DieHarder

10/22/21 5:06pm

About a week, great way to lose weight when food doesn’t taste good

BYU Fan

10/22/21 5:09pm

Same.

deliciousmocha

10/22/21 5:42pm

It’s been 11 months for me and I’m not sure my smell is 100% yet. Maybe 50-75%.

TCuz

10/22/21 5:17pm

probably only a week or two for me. wife took longer and smell still not 100%

Wally Murph

10/22/21 5:20pm

9 months later and stuff tastes funny still

jpesk2

10/22/21 5:22pm

9 months later for me too. All sodas taste sucky now. Smell and taste

Jacare

10/22/21 5:24pm

Same here. So many savory foods are awful.

dchandle15

10/22/21 6:32pm

Some would say I never had any taste.

EtTuKalante

10/22/21 5:22pm

Week for me. Wife has permanent changes with taste.

cougfanz

10/22/21 5:23pm

These responses alone are enough justification for why I got the vaccine.

dryflycoug

10/22/21 5:24pm

This is a compelling reason to get vaccinated. Even if one is confident of

Cougar Junkie

10/22/21 5:28pm

Delta variant isn't bringing loss of taste and smell like the original variants.

EtTuKalante

10/22/21 5:39pm

A silver lining. Good to know.

Cougar Junkie

10/22/21 6:11pm

Still having tons of people complaining of loss of taste/smell now. Maybe its

cougaman

10/22/21 7:03pm

There are a lot of degrees between zero and 100. I'm just passing what I've read

EtTuKalante

10/22/21 7:31pm

I just know what I've seen in clinic. Most of the people I see that have

cougaman

10/22/21 7:34pm

I stand corrected.

EtTuKalante

10/22/21 7:41pm

Dude, does it matter? People are still getting covid with symptoms of loss of

cougaman

10/22/21 8:05pm

A little bit of hope never hurts. I tried to offer some. My bad.

EtTuKalante

10/22/21 8:15pm

Thanks for sharing what you're seeing. Even if the loss of smell is less common

Cougar Junkie

10/22/21 8:23pm

I talked to 6 people today with positive covid results. 4 of those had loss of

cougaman

10/22/21 8:31pm

Folks talking about potential vaccine side effects should consider that...

Eddie

10/22/21 5:30pm

Never diagnosed with Covid or had bad symptoms but going on 6 months no smell.

tevye

10/22/21 5:31pm

Took about 3 weeks.

BlueVU

10/22/21 5:32pm

Taste never left. Smell was out 3 days. Was delta variant

zephyr

10/22/21 5:37pm

3 months completely gone. 6 months before finally feeling normal again

Chefcurry

10/22/21 5:40pm

About 2 weeks for me. It was never 100% gone for either. Just diminished a bit.

m0resn0w

10/22/21 5:41pm

Took about 1 month but never fully came back. Smell ~50-60% taste ~70-80%

Trinity

10/22/21 5:47pm

Business partner can't smell malodors. I now crop dust his office w/ impunity.

PoolBoy

10/22/21 5:49pm

This might be just what the anti-vaxxers need to make them see reason.

Zaphod

10/22/21 5:53pm

Except I am vaccinated and this is still happening to me. I only felt super ill

Duke Silver

10/22/21 6:26pm

Sorry. That sucks.

Zaphod

10/22/21 6:47pm

Couldn’t smell Thanksgiving dinner. Haven’t been able to smell since then

BenTheBoss

10/22/21 6:06pm

My taste and smell returned after 3-4 weeks. But haven’t ever been the same.

dchandle15

10/22/21 6:26pm

At four months it gradually started coming back. By six months I think I was at 90%. Several months later I’m still...

Brisco

10/22/21 6:26pm

8 months and it finally came back, but not everything is the same

Joe

10/22/21 6:31pm

90% back after a month. The other 10% never came back. Certains foods still

DoomGuy

10/22/21 6:32pm

2-4 weeks.

'69chevy

10/22/21 6:51pm

My neighbor had COVID last year. He completely recovered, except months later

bennerc

10/22/21 7:16pm

Just came to CB to ask the same question. Got a breakthrough case this week.

TheCougarBunch

10/22/21 9:04pm

Week

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