I Got COVID-19 As A Young Healthy Person And It Kicked My A–
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My sense of smell went completely away
The day right before symptoms set in, I picked a piece of rosemary from outside and sniffed it – it was robust and aromatic. It smelled amazing. The day I nearly fainted feeding my dog, when I finally had the strength, I went back to the same patch of rosemary. Picked a piece. Smelled it. Nothing. Nothing. I nearly shoved that thing in my nostrils and still, the smell was absolutely nothing. I started trying to smell more and more pungent and aromatic things like my dog’s food, coffee, or laundry detergent. Nothing, nothing, nothing. When your sense of smell leaves with COVID-19, it’s not that kind of “Aw, I’m a little congested and smell is diminished” you get with a cold or the flu. It’s like your olfactory system has completely closed for business.
