Im not doubting the possibility that i am wrong snd you are right. That because i was primed to believe this was a new virus that i then convinced myself the symptoms were diffirent.
However, as the other anon pointed out it did feel diffirent. I would say the main diffirential symptom is the loss of smell. While true that is not totally unique i have never heard of a flu or cold on this scale completely altering peoples sense of smell.
Mine has never recovered and this was 2 years ago, i am still unable to smell certain things. This is the same in atleast 4 people i know also.
Ghosty, do you experience phantom odors? It's been over a year since recovering from the Coof. Acutely, my husband and I lost our sense of smell. Certain smells began returning after about a month, but about 2 months into our recovery my husband says, "why do I smell smoke?". I didn't smell it, but got worried and began checking the furnace, outlets, anything that I could think of that may start a fire. What I had not told my husband was occasionally I would smell a strange odor; I can only describe it as a cross between microwave butter popcorn and something rotten....my husband's phantom odor was smoke or cigarette smoke. These phantom episodes became less frequent as 2022 went on. There are still times when I experience the phantom odors, but now my odor has turned into a rancid hot oil/grease smell. Not sure if this info will be of use to Morpheus...
Same for me and my wife. It’s been a little over a year now; it’s gotten a bit better but my brain still processes certain scents strangely. Anything vaguely nutty or savory — peanut butter, meat, coffee grounds — smells weirdly stale, burnt, ashy … you called it with the old oil/grease smell.
How many times did you get the cranial scrape "nasal swab" test?
I agree, Covid is different than flu/fever/colds/pneumonia, none of which are caused by any unicorn-virus however as none have ever been proven to exist.
I'm collecting data on the long-term loss of smell/taste issue and would appreciate your feedback. I can explain the short term loss, as the purpose was to curtail the appetite and allow the body to purge without having the extra job of digestion, which is the hardest work the body does each day.
But I cannot yet explain these cases of long-term smell/taste loss.
Also, can you tell me which extremities you're having the tingling/numbness in? Both hands/arms, both legs/feet? Or is it exclusive to one side, right or left, or the other?
How many nasal swab tests were you subjected to? Are you saying you still have no taste/smell today or you lost it only for a period of time concurrent with your illness?
Also, how frequently and what duration of time did you wear masks during the lockdown period?
Neuropathy is a different situation. Tell me, are your hands and feet cold or warm today?
Wife lost her smell/taste also. After about day 13 I got my smell/taste back. On the day those things returned, I lost feeling in my extremities. My feet were extremely painful, like a thousand bees stinging them for 24-48 hours. I took a fairly high dosage of ivermectin for my body weight, and because I took it faster (1 27 mg every 12 hours) than I was supposed to take, I could not be certain the ivermectin my compounding pharmacy made for me was not somehow contributing to my severe side effects.
I've been doing magnesium baths and exercising more often to increase blood flow. I do still have cold/clammy hands and feet, but these two things are helping with them. But I still have tingling in my extremities.
I just started taking Thorne Labs NAC just this week and I continue to take x2 500 mg L-Glutamine for my gut issues. These two supplements appear to be having a very significant impact, mostly positive, of my vagnus nerve / nervous system damage. Today is day 4 and I am improving more this week than since I got sick again with a covid like illness in August of 2022.
Im not doubting the possibility that i am wrong snd you are right. That because i was primed to believe this was a new virus that i then convinced myself the symptoms were diffirent.
However, as the other anon pointed out it did feel diffirent. I would say the main diffirential symptom is the loss of smell. While true that is not totally unique i have never heard of a flu or cold on this scale completely altering peoples sense of smell.
Mine has never recovered and this was 2 years ago, i am still unable to smell certain things. This is the same in atleast 4 people i know also.
Ghosty, do you experience phantom odors? It's been over a year since recovering from the Coof. Acutely, my husband and I lost our sense of smell. Certain smells began returning after about a month, but about 2 months into our recovery my husband says, "why do I smell smoke?". I didn't smell it, but got worried and began checking the furnace, outlets, anything that I could think of that may start a fire. What I had not told my husband was occasionally I would smell a strange odor; I can only describe it as a cross between microwave butter popcorn and something rotten....my husband's phantom odor was smoke or cigarette smoke. These phantom episodes became less frequent as 2022 went on. There are still times when I experience the phantom odors, but now my odor has turned into a rancid hot oil/grease smell. Not sure if this info will be of use to Morpheus...
Same for me and my wife. It’s been a little over a year now; it’s gotten a bit better but my brain still processes certain scents strangely. Anything vaguely nutty or savory — peanut butter, meat, coffee grounds — smells weirdly stale, burnt, ashy … you called it with the old oil/grease smell.
How many times did you get the cranial scrape "nasal swab" test?
I agree, Covid is different than flu/fever/colds/pneumonia, none of which are caused by any unicorn-virus however as none have ever been proven to exist.
I'm collecting data on the long-term loss of smell/taste issue and would appreciate your feedback. I can explain the short term loss, as the purpose was to curtail the appetite and allow the body to purge without having the extra job of digestion, which is the hardest work the body does each day.
But I cannot yet explain these cases of long-term smell/taste loss.
Lost my taste/smell and gained neuropathy in my extremities from my covid infection. I have never been the same since.
Also, can you tell me which extremities you're having the tingling/numbness in? Both hands/arms, both legs/feet? Or is it exclusive to one side, right or left, or the other?
How many nasal swab tests were you subjected to? Are you saying you still have no taste/smell today or you lost it only for a period of time concurrent with your illness?
Also, how frequently and what duration of time did you wear masks during the lockdown period?
Neuropathy is a different situation. Tell me, are your hands and feet cold or warm today?
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Wife lost her smell/taste also. After about day 13 I got my smell/taste back. On the day those things returned, I lost feeling in my extremities. My feet were extremely painful, like a thousand bees stinging them for 24-48 hours. I took a fairly high dosage of ivermectin for my body weight, and because I took it faster (1 27 mg every 12 hours) than I was supposed to take, I could not be certain the ivermectin my compounding pharmacy made for me was not somehow contributing to my severe side effects.
I've been doing magnesium baths and exercising more often to increase blood flow. I do still have cold/clammy hands and feet, but these two things are helping with them. But I still have tingling in my extremities.
I just started taking Thorne Labs NAC just this week and I continue to take x2 500 mg L-Glutamine for my gut issues. These two supplements appear to be having a very significant impact, mostly positive, of my vagnus nerve / nervous system damage. Today is day 4 and I am improving more this week than since I got sick again with a covid like illness in August of 2022.