Covid-19: My Sense of Smell Has Permanently Changed

I may have had Coronavirus — but without an antibody test being publicly available in the UK back then, nor now — I won’t know for sure.

2020 — was a cataclysmic year for almost all of us. My mum contracted Covid-19 in hospital and survived — which is miraculous given her age and existing health conditions (If you’re interested, her continuing health she puts down to fruit, vegetables, lots of lemon and ginger tea, using tea tree-based soap for washing her hands. Please always consult a doctor!)

I still don’t know if I contracted it — from my Mum no less, or if she got it from me — but what I do know is that something seems to have changed permanently.

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My sense of smell has changed

Right now, I still have a sense of smell, but it has altered the depth of scents and without a better adjective, their notes and timbres (isn’t it funny how we equate music and smell?). I can’t fully enjoy the plethora of scents from flowers, cut grass or really, most food at the moment.

Thankfully, fruit and veg is still discernible — however the taste of apples, strangely, is much weaker than what I am used to. Barely any sweetness, no tang in the bite — all water and…