Anyone have Covid and lingering issues?

Nobody I know of interact with on a semi-regular basis has has Covid yet.

Someone I work with had it and she was just telling me how she also has a lingering effect of certain foods not smelling or tasting the same. Things she used to love now smell awful and she's been free for over 6 months I think.

Going on 10 months since I first got it in NYC right as the city was shutting down, didn't officially know I had it until antibody testing was available in late April. While there was about a 2-3 day period where my wife and I agreed that if I got any sicker I'd need to go to the hospital I never did.

I still have some inflammation in my lungs for which I have 2 different inhalers but the last 3-4 weeks I seem to have taken a big turn for the better.

My hair has stopped falling out but there is no new growth to indicate that it'll be coming back from the areas it thinned, at least anytime soon. (while I'm 39 and it's possible I just started losing my hair, based on family history and the fact that about 25% of people who've had covid have hair loss I'm pretty sure it's from this)

My short-term memory is coming back. For instance, almost daily I would have episodes of walking from the living room to the bedroom to get something in my small NYC apt and have no idea what I was going to get once I got to the room.

With the help of the inhalers I've been able to run and run decent volume since April although for months I sounded like a heavy smoker trying to sprint. I'm still much much slower than I was pre-Covid but as I mentioned earlier the last 3-4 weeks I've finally started making progress and the for the first time I feel like I'm able to work on gaining fitness again.

Hopefully the fact that you had a milder case means you'll stop seeing those symptoms sooner than the 9-10 months it's been for me. Good luck!

post covid jungle wrote:

I got Covid 2.5 weeks ago. I’m 40 and in good shape. I would say I had a mild/moderate case and felt “recovered” 10 days after symptoms started. Never had a fever but had aches and severe fatigue, cough. I’ve resumed short easy running and it’s going ok.

However, my GI system is still off and my appetite has changed. I have no desire for certain foods I used to love (cereal or steak, for example), and a revulsion to alcohol (I used to drink beer or wine 3x a week). Did anyone else have weird lingering issues like this?

Nope had it in November. Mild symptoms lasted maybe 5 days. Zero lingering effects. I'm 49 and run about 50 mile a week and weight lift 3 times a week. I do regularly take Vitamin D and Zinc, and have been for a long time, which has shown to be helpful in fighting COVID.

Some studies show that only 10% of people with COVID will go on to develop post-COVID syndrome, while other studies are showing much higher percentages — some even suggest that up to 70% of people experience persistent symptoms.

https://www.mysainsburys.me/

Yes, I and some others wrote about it in other threads on here. Search for them and you’ll find some more info.

My wife and I are in our 70s and out of shape. Our symptoms consisted of a sniffle. That was 6 months ago and we seem to feel better now than ever. I am wondering if it gets the immune system charged up. It may be a good thing to get it if you are not obese.

The few people (maybe 6 or 7?) I know who have had it all felt fine after a week or slightly more, never went to hospital. Only one of them runs and has run a marathon PR since then.

I now know more people now who have had the vaccine than got covid. Unless a ton of people I know had covid in the past year but never felt sick enough to go get tested for it, which is probably very possible since most people are fine.

Two months later, I'm still 2 notches below normal on my Garmin's VDOT estimate, for whatever that's worth, and all my paces, from easy run to tempo or faster, are 20-30 seconds slower, depending on the day. About once a week (used to be more often), I'll head out to run and discover pretty quickly that I'll only manage 2 miles at 9:00 pace or so.

You probably should give up like the rest of us did when we got slow. Don't blame Covid. Blame your laziness during Covid.

Seems that everyone I know who has had it is running PRs shortly after recovering.

One of my team members tested positive and apparently had no ill effects and is 100% now.

Another had it and "recovered" but nine months later (NYC) is still feeling effects--most realistic assessment is that the athlete's intercollegiate competitive career has ended.

Just two data points.

I had it in early December. I would call my case moderate. I felt pretty awful for about 7 days, the worst was extreme exhaustion and a feeling like my head and eyelids were 100lbs. I also had a lot of sleep issues but never lost sense of taste or smell.

I did bloodwork and an EKG after isolation and had high troponin levels. I was advised to take another 10 days without exercise, and do all the testing again, the worry being potential for myocarditis. I ended up having to wait to run again for almost 5 weeks from the date of my first symptoms, when I got cleared by the cardiologist after an echo and stress test. My chest pain/tightness is finally diminishing and I feel otherwise normal, aside from being really out of shape.

I haven't gotten it because I always wear a mask and socially distance. Yes, I am superior.

Three days of fever and aches in October. Nothing since.

But there is a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of a severe adverse event from the vaccine!!!

Richard9832 wrote:

Some studies show that only 10% of people with COVID will go on to develop post-COVID syndrome, while other studies are showing much higher percentages — some even suggest that up to 70% of people experience persistent symptoms.

https://www.mysainsburys.me/

There is a 1 in 200,000 chance of anaphylaxis shock so the risks are much greater than you stated.

Thank you for taking the bait. What is a worse? 1 in 10 or 1 in 200,000. I await your calculations! I love when LRC trolls own themselves!

Tougher than running wrote:

There is a 1 in 200,000 chance of anaphylaxis shock so the risks are much greater than you stated.

2600 bro wrote:

But there is a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of a severe adverse event from the vaccine!!!

Richard9832 wrote:

Some studies show that only 10% of people with COVID will go on to develop post-COVID syndrome, while other studies are showing much higher percentages — some even suggest that up to 70% of people experience persistent symptoms.

https://www.mysainsburys.me/

Yes. Yes. Yes. Get your vaccine. Good for you. Wish you the best. Leave me alone.