Then, on Saturday April 4, I was sitting in my backyard with my family by our fire pit. - Abigail Hardin, assistant professor at Rush Medical College, there have only been a handful of studies, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The tools by which I can influence those things have been tweaked a little bit. I did meet with an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor over Zoom, and she told me that if my normal sense of smell doesn't come back in a year then it's probably not coming back. Then, food started to make her gag. "If we're invited somewhere to a BBQ, I don't go because I don't want to be rude, like your food doesn't smell goodpeople don't really understand," Rogers says. Decker also points out two important considerations: first, that your best shot at improving your sense of smell is during the first 6 weeks after losing it, and that, second, the best way to avoid losing your sense of smell (to COVID-19) is to get vaccinated.. Because of the close links between taste and smell, viral-induced damage to the lining of the nose may be enough to cause taste disturbance. Shes not the only person sharing experiences with post-COVID parosmia on social media. Parosmia distorts people's senses so much that even plain water can smell or taste like sewage or chemicals. 2020; doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29540. For Cano, coffee is nauseating. Two months later, I still didn't have my sense of smell back, but I started to smell burning toast. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), Safe outdoor activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Safety tips for attending school during COVID-19, Advertising and sponsorship opportunities, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. The options can seem endless. I stuck my nose in the jar all the time to see if I could smell something. COVID-19 can make the body. //