I had COVID for the first time the other week. Was totally fine other than I lost my sense of smell. Never realised how much I use it! - Cleaning the bathro

I had COVID for the first time the other week. Was totally fine other than I lost my sense of smell. Never realised how much I use it! - Cleaning the bathroom. I did not realise I was inhaling bleach until my sinuses started burning painfully. - My wife came home and said "it kinda smells in here"... I was mortified! Usually I crack open windows for fresh air, but I couldn't smell anything so didn't bother. - I couldn't sniff-test clothes to see if they needed a wash. - Sanding. You know how sometimes the paper gets worn/clogged and doesn't sand as well? I usually smell a bit of sawdust as I'm sanding, which signals to me it's sanding OK. - Are these leftovers ok ...? - My cat made a fart noise next to me. Did it fart? Not sure. Was I breathing in concentrated cat-fart gas unknowingly? - Taste! Everything tasted bland. I tested this by eating a tablespoon of horse radish and a whole chilli. Nothing! - Sometimes the neighbour's chimney blows smoke directly onto our house. When I smell it I close the windows. I couldn't smell it, so the whole house filled with smoke before I realised! - Didn't know my toast was burning. - I avoided painting things because I wouldn't know if I were inhaling harmful fumes (a signal to adjust my mask or move my face away from what I'm painting). My sense of smell did return after a week or so though. An upside was that I was unbothered when my morning walk coincided with the garbage truck doing its weekly route. I also did enjoy intentionally putting pungent things up to my nose and exclaiming to my wife "Look! I can't smell this!!!" She got sick of that pretty quickly.