It’s Official, COVID has ruined my life

mbalbritton

mbalbritton

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R…U…N…D RUiNeD!!

So a year ago to date I officially had COVID. It sucked, I lived, it took a month to get over feeling horrible. Afterwards I noticed a lack of certain smells. A condition called Anosmia.

About a month ago I noticed that smells were changing. Things I used to not be able to smell, I could now smell, albeit different. Noticeably so was the smell of Onions, soaps, deodorants. They all have this sickeningly sweet rancid smell.

It’s worth noting that just before this change o did have a day where I felt like I had a hangover, but I hadn’t had a drop drink in a couple of days.

So, this past weekend. I take the wife to Savannah for her 40th birthday to make a long weekend of it. Come Sunday I feel like ass and not from drinking. I push on to make sure she has a great weekend. However I’m noticing that the bad tastes are getting worse. Making me nauseous. Specifically Onions, Garlic and certain meats.

I start doing some PHd level googling and reading. That’s when I learned the term Anosmia and Parosmia. It seems my Anosmia has changed to Parosmia. The difference being that smells change, and my symptoms are damn near text book. Apparently there’s no known cure. It’s potentially a life long endeavor.

So we get home after a 6hr drive, and stopping to swap ignition coil #3 on the Honda at Darien, Ga. Good thing, cause that last where Skippers Fish Camp is. If you don’t know that one, look it up!

Anywhoooo, get home and we go to make some tasty sounding chicken noodle soup for the sick baby in me. The wife Cracks open the chicken broth and frozen veggies and starts to tear apart the rotisserie chicken and I tell her to hold on. I grabbed the chicken broth box and stick it to my nose. I damn near puked in the pot!

But wait! That’s not all! I held out a short part of the story. What else could he be disgusted by? What could possibly send him over the edge into a black hole of depression?

At dinner Saturday night we’re wrapping this up and my throat feels a little scratchy, so I think, dang a single malt might do my throat some justice. So I ordered a Glenfiddich.

Kill me now.
 
mbalbritton said:
R…U…N…D RUiNeD!!

So a year ago to date I officially had COVID. It sucked, I lived, it took a month to get over feeling horrible. Afterwards I noticed a lack of certain smells. A condition called Anosmia.

About a month ago I noticed that smells were changing. Things I used to not be able to smell, I could now smell, albeit different. Noticeably so was the smell of Onions, soaps, deodorants. They all have this sickeningly sweet rancid smell.

It’s worth noting that just before this change o did have a day where I felt like I had a hangover, but I hadn’t had a drop drink in a couple of days.

So, this past weekend. I take the wife to Savannah for her 40th birthday to make a long weekend of it. Come Sunday I feel like ass and not from drinking. I push on to make sure she has a great weekend. However I’m noticing that the bad tastes are getting worse. Making me nauseous. Specifically Onions, Garlic and certain meats.

I start doing some PHd level googling and reading. That’s when I learned the term Anosmia and Parosmia. It seems my Anosmia has changed to Parosmia. The difference being that smells change, and my symptoms are damn near text book. Apparently there’s no known cure. It’s potentially a life long endeavor.

So we get home after a 6hr drive, and stopping to swap ignition coil #3 on the Honda at Darien, Ga. Good thing, cause that last where Skippers Fish Camp is. If you don’t know that one, look it up!

Anywhoooo, get home and we go to make some tasty sounding chicken noodle soup for the sick baby in me. The wife Cracks open the chicken broth and frozen veggies and starts to tear apart the rotisserie chicken and I tell her to hold on. I grabbed the chicken broth box and stick it to my nose. I damn near puked in the pot!

But wait! That’s not all! I held out a short part of the story. What else could he be disgusted by? What could possibly send him over the edge into a black hole of depression?

At dinner Saturday night we’re wrapping this up and my throat feels a little scratchy, so I think, dang a single malt might do my throat some justice. So I ordered a Glenfiddich.

Kill me now.
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I've never had COVID and I've always thought scotch smelled and tasted like turpentine... 🤢. Try switching to bourbon. Maybe you're in luck and your taste buds are just moving on to good southern whiskey...
 
Have you tried this?

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its kind of awkward the first few times. Use distilled water in the bottle and warm it in the microwave, hold your face over the sink and tilt your face w the bottle on the top nostril and push the water into your nose and let it run out the other one. After you use half of the bottle turn your face and repeat. It might help you and it's cheap. I've had sinus problems since I was a teenager and this has helped me now and then for some years.
 
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I've been diagnosed with Post Covid Syndrome from where I had it in July.
I havent't been able to work in 6 months.
The smell and taste thing is there ..... as it comes back some smells are WAAAAY off.
Some things I can taste and or smell some I can't.
Funny thing is I could always ( and still can ) taste mustard.
Nope, can't smell poop.
Shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, hair loss, leg inflamation, etc etc etc .....
I'm going to the UNCMed Post Covid clinic and they tell me now I have liver issues and glucose issues.
Both of which did not exist before I had Covid.
 
Damn. I’ve got it right now and y’all got me stressing. So far I’ve kept my taste and smell. At least what can make it through my plugged up snotty nose. I had a raging headache day one into day two. My joints hurt and I’m tired. My cough comes and goes, but so far it’s not bad. Feels like a sore throat is creeping in this morning. I’ve been sicker, but this just feels weird.
 
ncpartsguy said:
I think @ponykilr experienced something similar and found a solution with an aloe nasal spray.
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Yes. Covid damages certain linings in your nose and sinuses. I smelled cigarettes for over a year when there were no cigarettes anywhere near me. It was maddening.Some people smell sewage or garbage.

I had lost taste and smell almost completely for 2 months before it began to slowly come back. It was different somewhat from before. Spicy foods were now VERY spicy, I eat jalapeño with practically every meal and during that time they set me on fire. Meanwhile the ghost cigarettes were driving me insane.

A guy on another board had gone to a specialist for the same issue and was told to hydrate his nose and sinuses with aloe saline nasal mist….constantly. Like every few minutes if possible and it would help keep the linings moist and aid in healing/regeneration.

So I bought 2 sort of large bottles of Walgreens brand aloe saline and I snorted it like a fiend. Right away I noticed that it calmed my nose down and stopped the weird sort of itching. By about week 3 I believe the cigarettes were gone. I kept doing it for a while and my taste in my opinion became pretty close to before. So after over a year of the smell, it stopped.

I keep my sinuses flushed once a week Nettie Pot style as just a hygiene routine, I keep the aloe saline in all the vehicles and in the house and use it just occasionally because it just makes my nose feel good. It did the job, no more issues.


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Another thing that I read was to use an orange. I didn’t try it and it seems to vary as to who it works for but the theory is it shocks your taste and smell and sort of retrains your senses.

 
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Wes said:
raging headache day one into day two. My joints hurt and I’m tired
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Classic symptoms. My bones ached so bad I would be in tears and my head pounded for over a week with no letting up. Some 151 rum was the only thing that eased it off, no pain meds worked.

I just read about sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) for covid. Hospitals use it for inflammation and covid causes inflammation. The article suggested that along with a lot of zinc and C, to take 1/2 tsp of baking soda in water 3 times per day to combat the swelling in your respiratory system and elsewhere.

I would have ate a box back when I had it if there was any chance of helping me.
 
ponykilr said:
Yes. Covid damages certain linings in your nose and sinuses. I smelled cigarettes for over a year when there were no cigarettes anywhere near me. It was maddening.Some people smell sewage or garbage.

I had lost taste and smell almost completely for 2 months before it began to slowly come back. It was different somewhat from before. Spicy foods were now VERY spicy, I eat jalapeño with practically every meal and during that time they set me on fire. Meanwhile the ghost cigarettes were driving me insane.

A guy on another board had gone to a specialist for the same issue and was told to hydrate his nose and sinuses with aloe saline nasal mist….constantly. Like every few minutes if possible and it would help keep the linings moist and aid in healing/regeneration.

So I bought 2 sort of large bottles of Walgreens brand aloe saline and I snorted it like a fiend. Right away I noticed that it calmed my nose down and stopped the weird sort of itching. By about week 3 I believe the cigarettes were gone. I kept doing it for a while and my taste in my opinion became pretty close to before. So after over a year of the smell, it stopped.

I keep my sinuses flushed once a week Nettie Pot style as just a hygiene routine, I keep the aloe saline in all the vehicles and in the house and use it just occasionally because it just makes my nose feel good. It did the job, no more issues.


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Another thing that I read was to use an orange. I didn’t try it and it seems to vary as to who it works for but the theory is it shocks your taste and smell and sort of retrains your senses.

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I went looking for this aloe nasal spray, but could only find some gel stuff. Got a link to what you’re taking about?
 
mommucked said:
Have you tried this?

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its kind of awkward the first few times. Use distilled water in the bottle and warm it in the microwave, hold your face over the sink and tilt your face w the bottle on the top nostril and push the water into your nose and let it run out the other one. After you use half of the bottle turn your face and repeat. It might help you and it's cheap. I've had sinus problems since I was a teenager and this has helped me now and then for some years.
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Yep, I use a Neti pot for congestion. Love it.
 
Some people have reported curing their loss of taste and smell through intentioal MSG supplementation.
 
mbalbritton said:
Geeeee, I wonder where he could have caught any number of viruses from.

Wtf kinda heathen environment do you work in?
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Very heathen. I used to keep this thing spotless. I'm doing a lot more on-site welding now and on top of that, a solid 8 hours of CNC stuff when I am there.
That's my whole realm of thinking too. Shared bathrooms and cleanliness go together well. I also avoid public restrooms like the plague. For this reason. Luckily here, it's just visibly dirty.
 
XJsavage said:
Very heathen. I used to keep this thing spotless. I'm doing a lot more on-site welding now and on top of that, a solid 8 hours of CNC stuff when I am there.
That's my whole realm of thinking too. Shared bathrooms and cleanliness go together well. I also avoid public restrooms like the plague. For this reason. Luckily here, it's just visibly dirty.
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I think you need a ceiling in the bathroom......Is that grinder dust or something else from the shop coming into the bathroom. I hope so, Not sure how else it could get that dirty. Definitely wouldn't want to sit and read NC4x4 on that shitter. Wonder what the last guys ass looks like seat looks clean. LOL
 
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