In January of 2017, I flew to an out-of-state family funeral, (before we knew about the U.S. and China bioweapon being tinkered with). In the boarding area while awaiting a connecting flight I was exposed to a very sick Chinese woman. Her heavy, phlegmy coughing was so gross that I had to get up and change seats.
At my windy, subzero destination my nose began to run and by day 4 I'd lost my taste completely. I realized it when I was tasked with making my famous salad dressing and could not taste any of the ingredients! That confounded me.
By day 5 I was fevering on the flight home. I remember asking why they kept the aircraft so cold. I got home and found it was super cold there, too. After one of those 'duh!' moments, I took my temperature. It was103.8.
Soon, a bad headache, extreme vertigo, vomiting and diarrhea hit me. By day 7 my tiny cough turned into a bronchial spasm that made me cough so hard I felt like my chest was being stabbed by needles and the whites of my eyes were bursting capillaries.
For 6 weeks I coughed relentlessly while I laid in bed exhausted. The coughing spasms just wouldn't stop. I'd never experienced that before. Sometimes I'd check the mirror to see if I could see any burst capillaries in my chest, but I never could. The whites of my eyes however, were very red.
Even worse, in addition to smell and taste loss, my hearing was dulled, also.
It was nearly 18 months before I could say my taste and smell was mostly back. My ears didn't fully recover and I had to get hearing aids! The good news is that I am pretty sure I am immune to the CV-19 as I've been around several people who were sick and I got nothing .
So that is why I think I had the 'original COVID' which seemed to fit the description of today's CV-19.
The smell and taste loss was not just inflamed sinuses. It was like it severed the olfactory and auditory senses and nothing would bring them back for a very long time.
Fucking thank you! I never understood the loss of smell thing. Yeah your nose is stuffy that’s completely normal with any cold or flu
I and others I know didn't have a stuffy nose during covid. It was nothing like any cold or flu I had.
In January of 2017, I flew to an out-of-state family funeral, (before we knew about the U.S. and China bioweapon being tinkered with). In the boarding area while awaiting a connecting flight I was exposed to a very sick Chinese woman. Her heavy, phlegmy coughing was so gross that I had to get up and change seats.
At my windy, subzero destination my nose began to run and by day 4 I'd lost my taste completely. I realized it when I was tasked with making my famous salad dressing and could not taste any of the ingredients! That confounded me.
By day 5 I was fevering on the flight home. I remember asking why they kept the aircraft so cold. I got home and found it was super cold there, too. After one of those 'duh!' moments, I took my temperature. It was103.8.
Soon, a bad headache, extreme vertigo, vomiting and diarrhea hit me. By day 7 my tiny cough turned into a bronchial spasm that made me cough so hard I felt like my chest was being stabbed by needles and the whites of my eyes were bursting capillaries.
For 6 weeks I coughed relentlessly while I laid in bed exhausted. The coughing spasms just wouldn't stop. I'd never experienced that before. Sometimes I'd check the mirror to see if I could see any burst capillaries in my chest, but I never could. The whites of my eyes however, were very red.
Even worse, in addition to smell and taste loss, my hearing was dulled, also.
It was nearly 18 months before I could say my taste and smell was mostly back. My ears didn't fully recover and I had to get hearing aids! The good news is that I am pretty sure I am immune to the CV-19 as I've been around several people who were sick and I got nothing .
So that is why I think I had the 'original COVID' which seemed to fit the description of today's CV-19.
The smell and taste loss was not just inflamed sinuses. It was like it severed the olfactory and auditory senses and nothing would bring them back for a very long time.