I was 28 when I got it (alpha flavor). Resting heart rate rose by ~20 bpm, blood pressure went from <120/<80 to stage 2 hypertension (>140/>90). High enough t

I was 28 when I got it (alpha flavor). Resting heart rate rose by ~20 bpm, blood pressure went from <120/<80 to stage 2 hypertension (>140/>90). High enough that it gave me dizzy spells and chest pains. Two years later I've got my blood pressure mostly under control (2L+ water daily, low sodium, high fiber, no NSAIDs) but my pulse is still elevated. Lungs also took a serious beating, but mostly recovered. I had a bronchoscopy and was the youngest patient they had seen in years. Bronchoscopy showed an absurdly high number of white blood cells in my lungs ~18 months post-covid- evidence of inflammation and extremely reactive tissue. It likes to make sure you remember it, that's for sure.