For the first time in over 2 years I had the great experience of feeling my eyes sting and well with tears while chopping onions this morning. Unfortunately they don't smell like onions but I have noticed that smells are slowly starting to return. It's like I can barely detect them even while having my nose as close as possible but the important thing is that they smell right. For instance I can smell basil, cilantro, and roses when I bury my nose in them. Slow progress to be sure (after 2 years) but I am encouraged that I might get lucky one day and really be able to smell everything good and bad again! Had to write and share with others that I know can relate to how overjoying this tiny step is to me. Hope everyone on this list in time gets to experience things smelling "right" again even if it takes years.
For the first time in over 2 years I had the great experience of feeling my eyes sting and well with tears while chopping onions this morning. Unfortunately...
Mel, That is wonderful news!! It¹ so funny how a thing like smelling onions can be a joyous occasion. I¹m looking forward to the day that I can say the ...
hey Danna-, GET THAT ONE YEAR LIMIT OUT OF YOUR HEAD!!!!! Mayo clinic told me THE SAME EXACT THING-LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT! Well, it took two full years,...
It is 5 years since I have had no smell, very limited taste, no hunger, and no appetite and no sensation in the digestive system. I am also unable to cry...
Elain sounds like your from the UK .... what hospitals have you been too .... i have been given a diagnosis of cyclical parosmia , not the same as you by the...
Hi Luke Something must have altered the nerves in the brain cells during the 2nd open craniotomy for brain aneurysms and I was given very little support for...
Hi Elaine What was the cause of your anosmia? Mick ... r===================== DISCLAIMER ====================== This message is intended only for the use of...
Mick O'Hare
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Jun 29, 2009 9:23 am
Hi Mike We have talked before. It happened after the 2nd open craniotomy for brain aneurysms in Nov 04 at NHNN. We were going to try and meet up so we could...
Elaine, I remember now, of course. Yes, please do get in touch. Walked past your hospital this morning too! M ... Re: [dysosmia] Re: Chopping onions Elaine, I...
Mick O'Hare
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Jun 29, 2009 10:01 am
Thank you for that little ray of hope. I hope it continues for you. If you don't mind me asking, is your dysomia due to an illness, or due to head trauma?...
Today is the 10th anniversary of the concussion that caused my anosmia. Do not believe the 6-month, one-year BS that the docs give you. Over the years, I...
Thank you, Mike, for sharing that. I'm 18 months since my head trauma, no return of smells thus far. My docs all said, "give up". I'm glad there is hope....
My dysosmia is due to head trauma. Almost 2 1/2 years now. I got a split second whiff of mint the other day, it was so wonderful. While I do not smell the...
Hi The reason you detect onions (and burning, ammonia, alcohol possibly, etc) is that these are detected by your trigiminal nerve, not your olfactory system. ...
Mick O'Hare
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Jun 29, 2009 9:25 am
And mint/menthol is another sensation than many people with no olfactory sense of smell can detect too. Again, it's the trigeminal nerve. I never smelled...
The scent of mint is remarkably stronger and of a different quality when the olfactory sense is working, as I discovered when mowing a thick patch of...
Mint really takes over everything when growing it doesn't it? Marjorie ... From: "Wuensch, Karl L" <WuenschK@...> To: <dysosmia@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Indeed, but it likes to move too. My mint patch has migrated about ten yards in the last ten years. Where it first was, it is no more. Oregano will spread...
I am out again! Just like a light blub... slight smell GONE!!! Taste, very very weak....Onions I rarely smell/taste but I still use them, DUH!! Just when...
Hi Harry Bad news mate ;-(( The trigeminal can lead to pain down the face and neck I understand, but not heard about itching. Thewn again I¹m not a doctor. ...
Mick O'Hare
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Jun 30, 2009 8:10 am
I am out again! Just like a light blub... slight smell GONE!!! Taste, very very weak....Onions I rarely smell/taste but I still use them, DUH!! Just when...
Mine was caused by a virus I contracted in May of 2007. ... From: share To: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:07 PM Subject: [dysosmia]...
I lost my sense of smell in 2004 after a viral infection. I have been getting smells back very slowly. I went through the awful smell stage....got a whiff of...
I was also told the same "one year lie" - I lost my sense of smell in Feb 2007 from a virus and had practically no sense of smell for over a year - but it has...
Rhonni - That is so funny that you talk about “fresh cut grass”, because I mow my lawn each and every week – an acre and a half and never even get a wiff...
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