Hello, I am new to this group. I had a very hard fall backwards while ice skating and hit the back of my head. I flew up into the air and landed on the exact...
... i am new to this group two. i lost my sense of smell 2 months ago after a heavy sinus infection.i am still waiting for my ENT to find the cure. through my...
Hi Robert, I'm sorry to say that your loss of smell is very likely (if not absolutely) do to your head injury. Although you didn't lose conciousness, you...
Welcome Robert- sorry to hear about your loss of smell... but I am glad that you found us anyway. Look through the archives of this list and you will find MANY...
-Hello Robert, Welcome. You will find alot of useful infomation here...along with people that know exactly what you are going through and care about it. I too...
I'm new to this group. I have hyposmia, technically (I can still smell some things faintly if I bury my nose in them and sniff very deeply), but looking back...
Welcome to the group. I haven't heard of this one before, but if I were to speculate I would say is very possible. I don't have much faith on doctors or ENT's...
Actually, it was about 3 weeks before I realized that I couldn't smell. I don't think it's so unusual because some people actually might not "notice" right...
hello, it could be possaible bcs snorig actually ocures when there is an obstruction in the nasal passage it could be an adenoid or polyp this could be...
Joyce: ... It sounds like the treatment you received WASN'T TCMS. Since they didn't follow Henkin's protocol, can you have them establish for what they were...
While I didn't have snoring, I did have intermittent sleep apnea before my first polyp surgery (as I understand it, many people with apnea do snore). In fact,...
Hello everybody, Another headbanger here. I've been lurking (reading without posting) since early this year and thought it was time to de-cloak. I started...
I have put a great deal of thought into what anosmia means, how I perceive it and how it has changed my life. I think this is something which is different for...
Hi Ed, Welcome to the "Tooting Anosmic Connection". - that's four of us now:-) I think Rich was the first person to mention Tooting. Sorry to hear about the...
Hi Ed, An interesting legal-site article. As usual, written about loss of sense of smell, not about life with no sense of smell from birth. It appears that...
Hello Ed, Welcome to the group! I am not a head trauma anosmic and so I cannot relate from experience; plenty here can and I am sure you will get plenty of...
I've been lurking for a long time on the board, but was taken with your interesting post and wanted to respond. My short history: I have never and never will...
Ed...thank you for your very interesting and thought provoking post. I love your ideas! Your analytical approach to anosmia and the way you describe it has a...
Lovely post Ed! Thanks a bunch for sharing! Interesting that most of the replies so far are from non-trauma ansomics... philosophically speaking. I too have...
OK:-) I've congenital anosmia as part of Kallmann's Syndrome. My olfactory bulbs (there should be two of them, one for each side of the nose) are missing. What...
Well, there is one opinion on blame and suffering! Thanks Jan! Same family but different parents for sure. Diversity is great! -go ... [Non-text portions of...
Well-spotted, Jan! - and welcome to this bb, Ed. I presume we're all talking about St Georges Hospital in Tooting? The senior ENT Consultant I saw there was...
Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions, their situations, and support. I didn't have my groups set to notify me when posts were made. I've changed it...
Robert, well, at least you now know you've done all you can. My 'Alnus' nerve was severed (by prolonged external pressure)a few years ago. The Consultant said...