While I ain't afraid of the shanghai shivers, I did get it. The most alarming thing (beyond being a little out of breath going up the stairs) was the utter loss of sense of smell and taste. It was really disconcerting to stick my nose in a bag of jalapeno chips and literally smell nothing whatsoever.
My biggest fear was that it would never come back, and eating food that you can't taste is actually somewhat akin to a kind of torture. It really fucks with you.
It took about a week, and I would say it's about 50% back now (I can taste food, but not highly nuanced flavors) so that fear is abating.
I just wanted to say that it is real, but you'll survive it.
A friend reported the same. He said it was like a sinus infection plus no taste\smell. That was about a month ago. He's back to normal. His wife and kids never got it from him or never presented symptoms
While I ain't afraid of the shanghai shivers, I did get it. The most alarming thing (beyond being a little out of breath going up the stairs) was the utter loss of sense of smell and taste. It was really disconcerting to stick my nose in a bag of jalapeno chips and literally smell nothing whatsoever.
My biggest fear was that it would never come back, and eating food that you can't taste is actually somewhat akin to a kind of torture. It really fucks with you.
It took about a week, and I would say it's about 50% back now (I can taste food, but not highly nuanced flavors) so that fear is abating.
I just wanted to say that it is real, but you'll survive it.
A friend reported the same. He said it was like a sinus infection plus no taste\smell. That was about a month ago. He's back to normal. His wife and kids never got it from him or never presented symptoms