Alas Poor Vino, I knew It Well.
By WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
Manchester, England
March 3, 2021 4:25pm CST
I enjoy a nice cup of coffee in bed when I wake up in the morning. It gives me a bit of a kick to get my tired old body going. Sadly, this morning I was very disappointed. Mrs. WorDazza had replenished our coffee supply yesterday afternoon and this morning it appeared she had unforgivably skimped on the quality.
After berating her for introducing some cheap, tasteless and odourless impostor into my cup and poo-pooing her strenuous denials the full horror of the situation hit me. My sense of taste and smell had gone.
So off I went to have a long, thin implement inserted into a couple of orifices and jiggled about a bit. I then paid the girl, left by the back door and toddled off for a Covid test.
I now await my results with baited breath, mildly irritated orifices and a growing sense of despair at the potential of never again enjoying the bouquet and finish of a good Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
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@Deepizzaguy (104160)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 21
I know how you feel since I may have had symptoms of the COVID-19 last year. I wish you the best in having a speedy recovery and that the test will be negative.
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@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Mar 21
Hope it comes back negative and you just have a cold
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@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Mar 21
@WorDazza And that will mess up your sense of smell and taste.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
4 Mar 21
@wolfgirl569 That seems to be all it is. An update is about to be produced.
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
4 Mar 21
@WorDazza Either way, apparently, you still feel up to harassing us here on myLot...
A lot of the people who get Covid here don't feel like talking, let alone typing. I'm glad you feel like keeping in contact. I am worried about your health.
A lot of the people who get Covid here don't feel like talking, let alone typing. I'm glad you feel like keeping in contact. I am worried about your health.2 people like this
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
4 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil To be honest I feel absolutely fine apart from the taste/smell thing. I think that may have improved overnight. I keep getting the odd whiff of things this morning. If I bury my head in the coffee jar I get a faint smell of coffee which wasn't the case yesterday.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
7 Mar 21
If its any consolation my youngest´s girlfriend could not taste or smell anything the other week and she was clear of it no sign at all so its more than likely a stuffy nose here´s to only that and no more.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
7 Mar 21
@WorDazza
Great news for you then you just had the normal common cold that gets up to its tricks every so often.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
7 Mar 21
@lovinangelsinstead21 Probably came as a shock as I've barely been in contact with anyone for the last 12 months so not really picked up any bugs.
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
5 Mar 21
@WorDazza A few are having serious problems regaining their senses after Covid, but a minority. I pity those who have no more symptoms but still show to be contaminated. They are living confined inside their room, "prisoners of the virus".
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
5 Mar 21
@LadyDuck Fortunately, as my latest discussion indicates, I tested negative so it's most likely a temporary respiratory-tract infection.
To be honest, if I'd had to self-isolate, it wouldn't have made much difference. I'm working from home and nowhere is open other than supermarkets.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
3 Mar 21
So far it's mild (if it is covid) as I feel absolutely fine otherwise. Having said that I was struggling a bit last week. I felt as if I couldn't take a full, deep breath especially when exercising. That disappeared on Monday and then this happened this morning!
Eating and drinking has been a somewhat functional activity today. I'll be devastated if it goes on for any length of time.
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@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
4 Mar 21
@WorDazza You don't appreciate how important it is until something happens. I completely lost my sense of taste once, for about a week. We were on holiday with friends. Every day we would have an 'afternoon tea' break at a nice cafe and everyone would be asking 'What's your cake like?' and all I could say was 'Well it looks delicious, and it feels soft and kind of fluffy'.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
4 Mar 21
@Fleura It was pretty bad yesterday. I could actually taste really strong flavours but not to the extent I would expect.
I thought I might take advantage of my situation and eat some avocado but it just felt like eating tasteless soap rather than smelly soap!!!
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