Water tastes interesting post-covid

I probably have something that people at the KKM (Ministry of Health) consider as 'long covid'. 

It is not the severe long covid thankfully, but some symptoms were more prolonged than others.

Like the cough... and my changed voice (more hoarse, and not necessarily nicer because I tend to sound like I've just woken up!) 

... and the feeling of tiredness and wanting to sleep early all the time

... and interestingly, the water I drink these days taste sweetish... almost like mineral water with the slightest drop of stevia (I kid you not!)

... my tummy capacity has reduced and I really cannot force myself to eat more than I want > this is actually good, because I really don't need to eat all that much!

... I may be a little bit more forgetful [hubby disagrees: my level of forgetfulness is not more or less than previously, he said]

Personally I consider covid an interesting virus, because the symptoms are quite different from one person to the other. Throughout the illness I had had my sense of taste & smell, but had a flu-ish fever that refused to stop. No serious coughing but had tons of phlegm. During the early days I actually tested negative until about Day 3. My son had fever and nothing else. He recovered on Day 3 and was negative by Day 5. My other friend had severe body pains and found it hard to even get out of bed. She lost all taste and smell, with heavy fever to boot.

My aunt on the other hand passed away from covid-19 because her lungs were flooded. Her husband and daughter survived. The family went through a painful time because they were still in quarantine when she was buried. We would have liked a proper goodbye/ send-off, but what can we say. The circumstances did not allow it.

The thing I am most glad now is because the virus has weakened somewhat and doesn't infect people as badly (I guess until the next whatever virus comes along). May our fallen rest in peace and may the rest of us continue to survive fruitfully.