SARS-Cov2 & smells
23 Apr 2023 04:37 pmI think I mentioned before that after getting covid - my symptoms appearing on April 3rd and Wax's on April 5th - she pretty much completely lost her sense of smell, and I partially lost mine.
I was sick in bed for about 8 days, and Wax for about 6, although she mostly spent it in the sofa and not in the bed, refusing to wrap up in blankets or recline properly and making me worry about her.
Since that time, Wax has had a nasty cough and still seemed sick, while I have just had a couple of weeks of not really having much sinus congestion, but having plenty of just... sinus IRRITATION. A couple of days I've been able to feel pressure; more often just discomfort, occasionally burning like I've gotten chlorine in my nose, or more mildly, like I've gotten dust or a chemical smell in it; and in general my ability to smell is dulled a little. Things are maybe a little fainter, and I seem to not recognize some of them at all? I assume this means that some of the little brain-nerve connections related to smelling broke, but a minority of them.
For example, several times today and yesterday I've mentioned that I keep faintly smelling gasoline, like as if it was far away or had faded a bit already. Wax has said she couldn't confirm or deny, but I've always concluded the likelihood is that it's Weird Covid Smell Effects and not actual gasoline. Just now:
OTOH I also thought I smelled it upstairs before, and I couldn't have smelled the livingroom trash can from there, so I think my nose's identification was too hasty.
I was sick in bed for about 8 days, and Wax for about 6, although she mostly spent it in the sofa and not in the bed, refusing to wrap up in blankets or recline properly and making me worry about her.
Since that time, Wax has had a nasty cough and still seemed sick, while I have just had a couple of weeks of not really having much sinus congestion, but having plenty of just... sinus IRRITATION. A couple of days I've been able to feel pressure; more often just discomfort, occasionally burning like I've gotten chlorine in my nose, or more mildly, like I've gotten dust or a chemical smell in it; and in general my ability to smell is dulled a little. Things are maybe a little fainter, and I seem to not recognize some of them at all? I assume this means that some of the little brain-nerve connections related to smelling broke, but a minority of them.
For example, several times today and yesterday I've mentioned that I keep faintly smelling gasoline, like as if it was far away or had faded a bit already. Wax has said she couldn't confirm or deny, but I've always concluded the likelihood is that it's Weird Covid Smell Effects and not actual gasoline. Just now:
waxjism: I'm definitely getting my sense of smell back. For instance I'm able to smell that this trash can is smelly. It must have a banana peel in it or something.
OTOH I also thought I smelled it upstairs before, and I couldn't have smelled the livingroom trash can from there, so I think my nose's identification was too hasty.
