Age: 69.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Ageusia, Anosmia, COVID-19, Cough, Decreased appetite
Clinical narrative: I received my Pfizer booster for COVID-19 on 10/1/2021. On 8/30/2022, I had a dry cough the entire day. On 8/31/2022, I woke up with a splitting headache. I also still had the cough from the day before. I took a home test for COVID-19 that day and got a negative result. I'm a counselor, and even though I felt bad, I still saw three of my clients via online platform. However, I ended up cancelling the rest of the appointments for that day on account of my feeling ill. On 9/1/2022, I felt worse. I took another home test that day and got a positive result. I had a fever of 102 for pretty much the whole day. I took TYLENOL, which helped bring the temperature down, but it always shot back up when the medicine wore off. I had body aches, and the splitting headache was the worst symptom. My neck also ached. I didn't get much sleep those nights, because I was miserable and uncomfortable. At one point, I lost my senses of taste and smell. I completely lacked an appetite and felt nauseous. I ate very little. I didn't really throw up much; I had dry heaves more than anything. I also had nasal congestion. I went to get monoclonal antibodies on 9/2/2022, but when I got to the infusion center, they discovered that my blood pressure was 85/50 or thereabouts. I was then wheeled to the ER and treated for low BP. I ended up staying practically the entire day at the ER and didn't get the monoclonal antibodies until 9/6/2022. After I received the antibodies, I didn't ache as much, and my temperature was lower. However, I still lacked a sense of taste and smell, lacked an appetite, and felt extremely fatigued. I spent most of my time on the sofa or in bed. I gradually felt a little better, but I became easily fatigued if I tried to do anything. I ended up being out of work for 2 weeks as a result. After those 2 weeks were up, I began easing back into my work again. Before COVID-19, I normally saw 6-8 clients per day. However, when I first started working again, I could only see about 3 before I became too exhausted to see any more. At the time of this writing, I'm still not exactly back to my pre-COVID energy levels. I saw 6 clients the other day, and before the end of the day, I was absolutely wiped out. Whenever I walk my dog, I sometimes get a little winded after walking at a normal speed. I'm normally not a high-energy person, though before I got COVID-19, I was able to walk on the treadmill for about 30 minutes, but I can't even do that now. If I'm resting, I don't have shortness of breath. I only have shortness of breath whenever I'm moving. At the time of this writing, I have regained my sense of taste. However, it's not what it was before I got COVID-19. These days, coffee just doesn't taste the same as it used to. I have also regained my sense of smell; as far as I know, everything is fine in that area. During my bout with COVID-19, I began getting a strange sensation in my right leg. I sometimes would have a tingling or numb sensation that extended from above my knee to about 12 inches above the knee on the ventral surface of the leg. It still comes intermittently. At this point, I would say that I have mostly recovered from my symptoms, but not 100%.