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Been feeling ill for a couple of days and developed a whanger of a headache. Wifey suggested I use one of the home tests I got from Amazon a little while back. And it says I have Covid.

So out comes the Durvet horsey paste. Wifey cut up some apples (as I figured pretending to be a horse would help things), and I squeezed out a 250-pound portion on to one apple boat. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

My sinuses seem mostly unaffected. I’m coughing just a little, but am very able to clear my lungs of the small amount of whatever is there. My energy is way down (general fatigue) and I still have this massive headache. For that I’ve taken Tylenol, aspirin, and ibuprofen, but none of it has helped much.

Oh - and I had massive diarrhea and nausea yesterday and the day before. Is that a covid symptom? Took Immodium two days in a row and it seems to have helped. Stomach is still a little fragile feeling though so Wifey has limited me to rice with butter on it. (It’s like a fucking Nork prison here.)

Neither I, nor any of my immediately family, have gotten the shot - and we still will not.

Anyone else gone through this shit?

Been feeling ill for a couple of days and developed a whanger of a headache. Wifey suggested I use one of the home tests I got from Amazon a little while back. And it says I have Covid. So out comes the Durvet horsey paste. Wifey cut up some apples (as I figured pretending to be a horse would help things), and I squeezed out a 250-pound portion on to one apple boat. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. My sinuses seem mostly unaffected. I’m coughing just a little, but am very able to clear my lungs of the small amount of whatever is there. My energy is way down (general fatigue) and I still have this massive headache. For that I’ve taken Tylenol, aspirin, and ibuprofen, but none of it has helped much. Oh - and I had massive diarrhea and nausea yesterday and the day before. Is that a covid symptom? Took Immodium two days in a row and it seems to have helped. Stomach is still a little fragile feeling though so Wifey has limited me to rice with butter on it. (It’s like a fucking Nork prison here.) Neither I, nor any of my immediately family, have gotten the shot - and we still will not. Anyone else gone through this shit?

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[–] • 3 pts

The flu doesn’t make me unable to smell the strongest spices in my cabinet.

Yes it does, it blocks your sinuses.

[–] • 3 pts

It blows my fucking mind that the temporary loss of sense/smell is being touted as a special new symptom. It's as if everyone collectively decided to forget that sinus infections / blockage were ever a thing.

[–] • 3 pts

I've had the flu, I've had lifelong asthma, Bronchitis, colds, 17 operations, I'm in my 50's.

NEVER have I had something that instantly took my ability to smell or taste.

Till I caught Covid.

[–] • 2 pts

It blows my fucking mind that people can think they know what they’re talking about when they know they have no clue what they’re talking about.

We’re all adults. We’ve all been sick. It’s not that a select few of us are so retarded that we think this is different when it isn’t. It’s fucking different. Some people not having had it yet does not make them experts

[–] • 2 pts

Same here, last December I instantly lost smell and taste. I couldn't taste or smell anything whatsoever, my nose wasn't congested like others mentioned. I only had the flu one time in my life and never since. My other symptoms were slight achyness.

I couldn't taste coffee, hot sauce, or smell burning stuff. To this day, on and off, I smell "smoke" and it takes my breath. I would compare it to cig smoke, but I prefer it to what I smell sometimes. Noone smokes around me either.

[–] • 1 pt

ALL CAPS OH FUGG HES SUPER SRS AND IT WAS INSTANT

[–] • 0 pt

No, my sinuses are not blocked

[–] • 0 pt

Regardless. The flu does block your sinuses. So you can't smell.

[–] • 1 pt

Sure, but it’s not the same symptom