Fascinating and your vivid description makes me wonder if Covid really was a toxin release or radiation poisoning of some sort as evidenced by your metallic taste. Another common symptom Iām hearing about is hair loss and that also brings to mind poisoning rather than infection!
Good thing you are a writer and not a perfumer designing nuanced fragrances. In France you'd be referred to as a "nose" with a fine sense of smell. Years ago, I read a novel about a perfumer who lived in France during the early 18th Century. From the authors description of the unsanitary conditions you can understand why snuff was a savior.
Anyway, the loss of smell associated with COVID is also prevalent when you're heavily congested and your nose is stuffed.
I clearly remember, as a child losing my taste and sense of smell every time I contracted a very bad cold. So those symptoms are not new. I'm not even convinced "long COVID" actually exists as there was so much hype triggering "COVID anxiety."
In fact, they say folks rushed to emergency rooms thinking they had COVID because of a shortness of breath, but it was just an anxiety attack.
Imagine, being intubated because you were just anxious and the hospitals were determined to secure another dime. An awful circumstance which I understand occured in some disreputable medical facilities.
I went off milk when I was pregnant. Tragic situation for a tea drinker. 30 years later and I still can't drink milk and I can sense when it is about to go bad. I drink it in tea but only semi-skimmed now. Life is full of small tragedies isn't it? But it's nice to occasionally make them seem like big tragedies.
Lucky you, since you must be rid of "long hangover" due to the lack of tannins in Pinot Noir. Furthermore you should mentally also notice the difference in "hangover anxiety" common with claret drinkers before consuming the stuff. Physically you should also notice no shortness of breath since pinot noir can be drunk when young instead of holding your breath for years while waiting for the tannins to soften in the claret.
I went off milk when I was pregnant. Tragic situation for a tea drinker. 30 years later and I still can't drink milk and I can sense when it is about to go bad. I drink it in tea but only semi-skimmed now. Life is full of small tragedies isn't it? But it's nice to occasionally make them seem like big tragedies.
In November/December 2019 3 of 5 in my family had a very unusual illness and in the second week I became unable to taste our usual delightful organic red wine that we always had. When covid became famous in March the following year it took me about a month to realise we must have already had it. When we had the omicron in Decā21 we gave up alcohol ( as itās not the best for a good immune system!) but discovered how the only thing that makes sea bass worth eating is the taste and the butter itās fried in, otherwise itās just this really weird texture that I had to spit out!
not so funny. others lost taste or smell for months or forever and turned depressive. others had Covid in the lungs and still have breathing problems. others have persistent neurological problems, word finding issues, or rapid exhaustion. "I don't have it so it doesn't exist" is not a very smart approach. The studies that claimed it doesn't exist were trash and were quickly debunked.
Fascinating and your vivid description makes me wonder if Covid really was a toxin release or radiation poisoning of some sort as evidenced by your metallic taste. Another common symptom Iām hearing about is hair loss and that also brings to mind poisoning rather than infection!
Good thing you are a writer and not a perfumer designing nuanced fragrances. In France you'd be referred to as a "nose" with a fine sense of smell. Years ago, I read a novel about a perfumer who lived in France during the early 18th Century. From the authors description of the unsanitary conditions you can understand why snuff was a savior.
Anyway, the loss of smell associated with COVID is also prevalent when you're heavily congested and your nose is stuffed.
I clearly remember, as a child losing my taste and sense of smell every time I contracted a very bad cold. So those symptoms are not new. I'm not even convinced "long COVID" actually exists as there was so much hype triggering "COVID anxiety."
In fact, they say folks rushed to emergency rooms thinking they had COVID because of a shortness of breath, but it was just an anxiety attack.
Imagine, being intubated because you were just anxious and the hospitals were determined to secure another dime. An awful circumstance which I understand occured in some disreputable medical facilities.
I went off milk when I was pregnant. Tragic situation for a tea drinker. 30 years later and I still can't drink milk and I can sense when it is about to go bad. I drink it in tea but only semi-skimmed now. Life is full of small tragedies isn't it? But it's nice to occasionally make them seem like big tragedies.
Very witty
Well one would expect that in Hell they can only drink Pepsi...
Excellent, c'est un bon cru. Je lĆØve mon verre et Ć ta santĆ©!!
Ć votre santĆ© Thorsteinn !
I'm pleased for your recovery but I notice that one long covid symptom still lingers on, namely a pernicious tendency to apply feminine endings to adjectives in French where masculine would be correct. When your "cru" is "bourgeois" and your "poulet" is "truffƩ" draw the cork from the Cheval Blanc (sic).
Lucky you, since you must be rid of "long hangover" due to the lack of tannins in Pinot Noir. Furthermore you should mentally also notice the difference in "hangover anxiety" common with claret drinkers before consuming the stuff. Physically you should also notice no shortness of breath since pinot noir can be drunk when young instead of holding your breath for years while waiting for the tannins to soften in the claret.
This is satire right?
I went off milk when I was pregnant. Tragic situation for a tea drinker. 30 years later and I still can't drink milk and I can sense when it is about to go bad. I drink it in tea but only semi-skimmed now. Life is full of small tragedies isn't it? But it's nice to occasionally make them seem like big tragedies.
In November/December 2019 3 of 5 in my family had a very unusual illness and in the second week I became unable to taste our usual delightful organic red wine that we always had. When covid became famous in March the following year it took me about a month to realise we must have already had it. When we had the omicron in Decā21 we gave up alcohol ( as itās not the best for a good immune system!) but discovered how the only thing that makes sea bass worth eating is the taste and the butter itās fried in, otherwise itās just this really weird texture that I had to spit out!
https://www.rosicrucian.org/rosicrucian-books-mental-poisoning
not so funny. others lost taste or smell for months or forever and turned depressive. others had Covid in the lungs and still have breathing problems. others have persistent neurological problems, word finding issues, or rapid exhaustion. "I don't have it so it doesn't exist" is not a very smart approach. The studies that claimed it doesn't exist were trash and were quickly debunked.