>>12244035I had COVID back in late April and early May, likewise with minimal symptoms; my only definitive symptom was loss of smell, which prompted my being tested. I felt fine throughout, apart from a runny nose and minor cough that were present well before I caught COVID. It was in the week or two after "recovering" (i.e. no longer being deemed a risk for infecting others) that I developed a minor/moderate wet cough and what seemed like a slight loss in total lung capacity (not enough to hamper me in my day-to-day). The lung capacity drop freaked me out nonetheless since I didn't want to wake up to anything worse, so I went to ER and they said it was up to me whether I wanted more testing for abnormalities, but that I was probably okay. I got a puffer out of the deal, but I didn't use it much beyond a few days, and it was probably superfluous.
Here I am now, feeling fine. Physical activity has been fine since, though I do wonder if I lost some of my lung capacity permanently. I have no way to test it compared to pre-COVID, and I feel that it's more paranoia than a substantiated worry. In September I picked up a runny nose and minor cough when the weather started to change, which worried me briefly, but the same thing happened when spring set in. In spring I isolated immediately even though it was probably allergies, only to catch it weeks later from the guy I was living with, leading to me spending 5 or 6 weeks in my home (only two of those being COVID-positive).
