re: Covid Survivors: What long term effects have you had after recovery?

I had 4 days of bad cold like symptoms, with 1-2 days in the middle of that I had slight chest tightness and difficulty breathing.

Also I had wrap-around 10 days of weird bowels. Not exactly loose, but I needed to shite small amounts often, and it kinda burned.

When I would fart, It felt like and I expected it to be a burning hot magma with noxious fumes. It just had that feeling.

But nope, odorless and dry, thank God. Still, it felt great to get that gas out of my arse. I actually imagined the cells of my body Forcibly kicking out the dead covid virus bodies out of my arse with each fart! ??

I felt weak and listless and also experienced the loss of smell and taste. That came back pretty quickly for me, but slowly.

At first, I couldn’t taste anything. Bacon tasted like cardboard. The next day, it tasted like pasty rancid peanut butter. Even coffee tasted like rancid peanut butter. Fortunately, that only lasted a few days.

I got back to normal and every thing seemed okay except that I got tired a little more easily. This lasted 2 weeks until I felt good enough to do my full outside yard chores in the Louisiana summer heat, which even under the best of circumstances wipes me out. I did it and felt normal.

However, now I’m 3 weeks removed from “full recovery” and I’m getting some symptoms again! Stuffy nose, exhaustion, funny bowels, etc. They say I’m “viral shedding”, whatever that is, and that I’m not contagious. But it sucks to be sickly again. Nothing serious, I just don’t feel great. I need a nap.

One of our nurses had to take a second leave due to lingering severe fatigue and shortness of breath. She’s since returned but it’s still a major issue for her. This thing can wreck your lungs.

Fatigued. It’s a lot like Mono and that last about 3-4 weeks.