Fatigue and mild aches for a week or so here. Mid-late 40s, nearly identical symptoms & amplitude, and strong immune systems (polar opposite of germophobes) for both my wife and I. Total loss of taste and smell for a few days towards the end. No other symptoms for us. I can't remember a time when either of us have run a fever since we've been married.
I was 98% normal after 2 weeks, wife probably an extra week to get there. Kids mostly unaffected, except for a very low grade fever with the 15yo for a day or two.
Wife's friend called to tell her that she had tested positive the day after onset for us. We refuse to contribute to the the mass hysteria that is the nearly sole purpose of all this antigen & PCR testing, so never did that. Divine providence had it perfectly coincide with the 2 weeks I was off work for Christmas holiday last year, so I didn't even bother to inform my boss until the new year.
Can say that we've had somewhat suppressed taste and smell from other illnesses before, but this was entirely different for us...total loss.
That said, covid didn't come remotely close to the worst I've ever felt: Flu vaccine in the army. High fever, debilitating aches. Even my skin and hair hurt. Couldn't keep anything down for days. Eventually admitted to base hospital for IV fluids and overnight observation.
I didn't have loss of smell. I had loss of appetite accompanied by a high temperature for a few days. When my appetite returned, everything tasted either strangely sweet or salty. My theory is that my body was preventing me eating to protect me from inflammation, then encouraging me to eat only bland food to prevent digestive upsets, which I'm prone to. I also had a strange brain-foggy sensation accompanied by something like motion-sickness, which I'm also prone to. No cough or loss of breath. I have a strong cardiovascular system. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and bodies have ways of coping with them if we listen to them.
I was back to full strength within a fortnight. Overall, an odd and not particularly pleasant, but not at all scary experience I'm glad to have had. My immune system is likely to be a lot stronger as a result.
One more thing that told me that I had Covid was loss of smell.
Fatigue and mild aches for a week or so here. Mid-late 40s, nearly identical symptoms & amplitude, and strong immune systems (polar opposite of germophobes) for both my wife and I. Total loss of taste and smell for a few days towards the end. No other symptoms for us. I can't remember a time when either of us have run a fever since we've been married.
I was 98% normal after 2 weeks, wife probably an extra week to get there. Kids mostly unaffected, except for a very low grade fever with the 15yo for a day or two.
Wife's friend called to tell her that she had tested positive the day after onset for us. We refuse to contribute to the the mass hysteria that is the nearly sole purpose of all this antigen & PCR testing, so never did that. Divine providence had it perfectly coincide with the 2 weeks I was off work for Christmas holiday last year, so I didn't even bother to inform my boss until the new year.
Can say that we've had somewhat suppressed taste and smell from other illnesses before, but this was entirely different for us...total loss.
That said, covid didn't come remotely close to the worst I've ever felt: Flu vaccine in the army. High fever, debilitating aches. Even my skin and hair hurt. Couldn't keep anything down for days. Eventually admitted to base hospital for IV fluids and overnight observation.
I didn't have loss of smell. I had loss of appetite accompanied by a high temperature for a few days. When my appetite returned, everything tasted either strangely sweet or salty. My theory is that my body was preventing me eating to protect me from inflammation, then encouraging me to eat only bland food to prevent digestive upsets, which I'm prone to. I also had a strange brain-foggy sensation accompanied by something like motion-sickness, which I'm also prone to. No cough or loss of breath. I have a strong cardiovascular system. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and bodies have ways of coping with them if we listen to them.
I was back to full strength within a fortnight. Overall, an odd and not particularly pleasant, but not at all scary experience I'm glad to have had. My immune system is likely to be a lot stronger as a result.
Loss of smell happens for numerous conditions- particularly what was once called pneumonia.
Yeah but I did not have pneumonia