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Hi guys! Here I am again, still recovering but feeling more like my pre-covid self. It took a while before I got my sense of taste back, but did that stop me from eating.....no it did not as can be plainly seen. I ate anything and everything desperately trying to find what did not taste disgusting or like cardboard and I found it, anything with a heavy tomato sauce, so this is what happens to a person who embarks on a diet of pizza, meatball subs, canned ravioli,spaghetti and icecream for a month. The steroids I was on had me so hungry that it seemed I was constantly eating. Plain cooked meat tasted rotten and would make me gag. My salads and other veggies were just an exercise in chewing and did not ease my hunger, I was just as hungry after eating as I was before I started and it tasted like cardboard. I have never experienced anything like this before in my life! I felt like I was someone trapped in someone else's body. I went back to work after day 5 of covid, I was negative, but it was not done with me. I struggled though the workday....all 4 hours of it and came back home exhausted and starving, every little exertion had me sweating bullets and panting. The addition of wheat back into my diet also triggered sugar binges, I could not taste my coffee so I added sugar, I could taste the sweet. Stevia was bitter. This brought on icecream, I could taste the sweet and it was cold and it was so hot we ate it daily. I was not alone in this, hubby was right there with me. My heart was racing at night, I could not sleep. I ran to see the doctor once a week, they could tell me nothing except be patient, I am not a patient person! I hunted all over the internet and found a few videos that mentioned anti-histimines so I bought some Claritin and started taking it daily, it helped with the brain fog and the inability to focus on a task. I started having some good days, but I still had bad days too. Last week my sense of taste came back and my insatiable hunger subsided. My sense of smell has returned but in a very diminished state, hopefully it will return full force soon. I started taking magnesium and melatonin before bed and I have had a few nights of decent sleep. I can do a days work at the Post Office, but home chores out in the heat still leave me weak, sweating and panting. I have attempted, but am unable to fast, it probably has something to do with my current sugar and bread intake....so I have to start from scratch again, wean myself off of carbs and try to get back on track. This is the first time I have even been concerned about my weight and I am once again in pain with my hip and knee, this morning I tried to ride my bike, it was not happening. So I am going to wean myself first, get some of this inflammation down and try some more. I hope I can get the motivation to continue.
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I haven't even finished reading your post yet (I WILL), I AM JUST SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK, SIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙆♀️ 🥳 I MISSED YOU TERRIBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
07 Sep 23 by member: ZenusWarriorPrincess
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I've missed you guys too Zen, I just did not feel up to scrolling and typing and complaining about how bad I felt. I have not even come back into the app till today. You are doing great!!!!
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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I haven't read it either!! So happy to see you!! XOXOXO 🥰🤗❤❤
07 Sep 23 by member: LadyinDenim
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(((((LadyD)))))) You are doing great too! I only scrolled back about a weeks worth, I figured I can catch up again later!
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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Just finished reading... I'm SO glad you're feeling better!!! Those steroids are a love/hate medicine. They've really helped me in the past, but the eating...ugh. I have gained 10lbs in a week because of them alone. My stomach would be so full, but I remained truly hungry. I would eat until I was completely miserable & had to nap it off. Time I got up, I was eating again...lol. I think it's a good idea to start over slowly. Baby steps! 😉 You've got this, sis, I am right here with you! BIG (((HUGS)))!!!
07 Sep 23 by member: ZenusWarriorPrincess
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Thanks, Deb! I'm trying my very best.
07 Sep 23 by member: ZenusWarriorPrincess
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So glad you're back and finally on the mend. I'm so sorry you have had to go through the horrors of Long Covid. I hope you regain your full health soon.
07 Sep 23 by member: shirfleur 1
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Thanks Shir! I did not even know what long covid was before this, did not even know it existed.....I have not watched the news for nearly 30 years and none of my customers who had covid ever talked about what they went through after the virus had passed, after seeing what I was going through they opened up and passed along some things that helped them. God Bless my customers, they love me and have been very understanding and supportive of me while I worked with this debilitating illness. One friend/customer has been coming in with her broom every morning and sweeping the PO Lobby so I won't have to, Bless her, I told her I could do it now and she said she enjoys doing it, so it's nice and clean every day when I go in.
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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Also read. I found fasting after a week of cake and ice cream very difficult, but was amazed I could see losses at 36h fasted. Was actually seeing losses with ADF. I'm glad you found something you could taste. You will be surprised how much of your weight is water. Right now is very tricky. You can get into an "all or nothing" space and might do "nothing" if "all" fails. I suggest eating at or under maintenance, keeping maintenance updated according to activity level. Select a generous eating window to start: maybe 10 hours. Consider NOTHING off limits. Just log your food and weigh daily, recording your losses. You can shorten your window as tolerated. It's okay to measure out that cup of ice cream if you want some. Just be sure you ate your protein and veg first. I reread Jason Fung's protein opinion and he stays with 0.75 Gm per kg body weight unless muscle building, so we will recycle proteins and not convert them to sugar. So you don't NEED 120 Gm protein unless you are healing. That's all I got. 🙂
07 Sep 23 by member: LadyinDenim
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Edit: Pop (regular and diet) should be off limits because it's poison
07 Sep 23 by member: LadyinDenim
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Today has been the first day I was not ravenous when I woke up, so I just had my coffee with heavy cream, no sweetner, it tastes as good as I remember it did, I'm going to try OMAD today, because I am still not hungry (YAY!) so, if successful I will do OMAD till I get the sugar out of my system, if I can't do it with OMAD I will still cut out the bread and sugar and just trim it back as much as possible. I do feel quite bloated and swollen, I'm sure there is a lot of water weight involved here, but I'm not in an all or nothing mindset. I have been plodding along, I will continue plodding along, at least now my hunger is not off the chart and chicken, beef and pork taste like they should. I dropped the icecream within a day or two of my taste coming back, it was way too sweet, but this is the first day without sugar in my coffee. Baby steps! Again!
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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Sounds like you got this 🙂
07 Sep 23 by member: LadyinDenim
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I know exactly how you feel, I had covid in April and May..a total of 43 days. I've never felt so bad! I didn't totally lose my smell and taste but taste was definitely altered. My chest was so congested! I'm now having long haul covid issues! My hair is falling out like crazy and I'm always tired! My Dr put me on Singular as well and it does help a bit. I hope you continue to improve and just be patient with yourself.🩷🩷
07 Sep 23 by member: Diana 1234
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I'm still not 100% I still have cotton balls inside my head and the ringing in my ears is awful Doc said that may not go completely away, she was surprised that I had never had it because many folks my age have it to a certain extent, I'm getting better at ignoring it and listening to ocean sounds at night kinda drowns it out. I'm looking at it like this, the really bad stuff is gone, other stuff may leave as I get sugar and bread out of my system, but whatever remains I will just have to deal with and not keep my life and health on hold while I wait for it to resolve, we are not doing a repeat of my vision impairment time. I cannot just sit and wait it out. So I am going to do what I can, when I can and hope it all sorts it's self over time.
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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I hope you recover really soon
07 Sep 23 by member: buenitabishop
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I'm so glad to hear from you; I was worried when you went radio silent! The good news is that at least you know what a health-supporting lifestyle looks like. So many people are just clueless and hamper their recovery. Bit by bit you will pull yourself out of this. Sending you healing vibes and support.
07 Sep 23 by member: erikahollister
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Diana, I knew you had been ill, I did not know it was Covid, and I have noticed a lot of hair in my brush for the past few weeks, it happened to me before after my ostomy surgery, I lost about 40% of my hair, geeze, I hope I don't lose that much again! Thanks Buenita! I hope so too!
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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I had a mild case of COVID but my sense of taste was gone for three months. Like you, I looked for anything that I could taste and for some reason it was sweets. I was able to lose the weight. However, for a situation where I thought I would lose weight, I actually gained. You got this, just get back to good habits!
07 Sep 23 by member: astraea82
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Hey Erika! Good to see you! The really bad thing about knowing what's best for you is not being able to do it. I tried so hard to eat what I am supposed to eat and it made me want to throw up just putting it in my mouth. I was upset when I realized the only thing I could tolerate eating were things that I had previously avoided, but I needed to eat, fasting was not an option because I was so horribly hungry. I did not realize that it was the steroids making me hungry and once I had bread and sugar in me they contributed to that too. I'm gonna leave the covid subject now and focus on clearing my body of the sugar and wheat binge, then we will get back to working out. :) All positive vibes from here on in!!!
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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Thanks Astraea, that is what we are aiming for!
07 Sep 23 by member: debrafrederick
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