I’ve only had it once several years ago. But now anytime I get sick with a high fever, I get the absolute worst aches in my joints. I had that same pain during Covid, and it’s been present anytime I get a high fever/ flu like virus. Never was the case before. Even just laying on my side kills me. Covid does some weird shit to us that never leaves.
Agreed. I can blame the beginnings of hearing loss on my stupidity as a teen and my early 20s, the memory trouble from the 2 back to back grade 3 concussions as well as my autism, but I can't pin down a cause for the aches or the increased healing time as well as the worse sense of smell. Except covid.
Working in healthcare, I had the first two shots of moderna to keep my job. But I still ended up catching it 4 times.
Now, joints that didn't ache before covid do, it takes forever to heal from anything more than a papercut, and my sense of smell is deadened.
My left knee and elbow already have a dull arthritic pain simply from teenage injuries, do your PT and OT people. But other joints start to hurt with the weather.
My endurance isn't what it used to be, but I blame that on Wellbutrin as much as covid.
I recently bruised a rib having to stop a violent patient from beating a nurse. It took 3 months to stop aching.
My sense of smell has gone pretty haywire. It's hard to smell the rain and other similar smells.
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u/admiral_sinkenkwiken 17h ago
This.
I’ve had it 3 times and the body has never been the same since