loss of smell ?
 

Has any one here suffered a loss of smell i.e. asnomia , or any other loss of a sense like touch ?

thanks

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yes decreased in smell and taste yeah also my dress sense :D

After my fall, at which time I fractured C-1 and C-2 3Xs. I also suffered a coup de coup injury in which my pre frontal lobe suffered the majority of the lasting effects. The accident occured in June of 2003, I didn't realize that I lost my sense of smell until sometime in the winter of 2004. I lost my ability to smell pleasant things like flowers, food etc..
In January of 2004, I had a Grand Mal seizure. After my seizure, I had a horrible smell/taste. It was terrible and reminded me of the toxic gas formed when bleach and ammonia are mixed together. Later it occured to me that I rarely smelled anything, only occasionally I would get a wiff of something that smelled strong or toxic. but that was the extent.
The good news is,...in 2006 I got out of a friends car and as I was walking up my sidewalk to the front door when I smelled my neighbors BBQ!!! I actually had to ask one of my kids, "Is that hamburgers on the grill that I smell?" Indeed it was. Don't loose hope, if you have lost your smell. I consider myself very blessed in my recovery.

Loss of sense of smell is a common symptom of PCS/mTBI. Unfortunately, very few doctors check for this symptom.

My sense of smell is very selective. Some things I can smell very easily. Others, I cannot smell at all. Other smells, I cannot tolerate at all. They may nauseate me or be very irritating.

Since my TBI, my sense of smell is, shall we say, muted. My husband once caught me about to cook a piece of fish that had clearly gone off.

I also find that my tastes have changes. I no longer like things I enjoyed before the accident and will eat stuff I used to hate. On occassion, I also get a metalic taste in my mouth.

I have significant loss of sensation. For example, one hand has some feeling, but the other can barely distinguish boiling hot from freezing cold (and sometimes mixes them up), can't tell sandpaper from silk and can't tell the difference between wet and dry. In addition to being annoying, this has lead to many burns, cuts, etc... (One the plus side, I'm saving a fortune on oven mitts) Bear in mind that I also suffered a spinal cord injury, so it's hard to say if this problem is brain or cord or, most likely, a charming combo pack.

Anyway, you might find that a few simple exercises might help "rewire" your brain for sensation. If one hand has more sensation than the other, put the good hand in a bowl of cold (or hot) water and say cold, cold, cold. Then put the bad hand in too and say "cold, cold, cold." You can also do this exercise with textures. If you get better at it, use a blindfold and recruit a helper. (Sometimes I know something is rough, for example, because I can see it. Without the visual stimulation, my brain has a harder time making the right identification.)

The theory behind this sort of therapy is that it either reminds your brain about something it forgot during the long healing process or that it is helping you to establish new neuro pathways. I can't promise it will help you. However, you may decide it's worth a go. Afterall, you can do it youself, all it costs is a little time and it isn't going to hurt you.

Cheers

By the way, a big welcome to JelyicalCat, too!

Well, Hockey, here we go.

USA Women versus Canadian Women in Olympic Hockey for the Gold.

Hope nobody gets hurt. It will be a good contest.

Hi Mark,

I just finished watching the game.:D

I'm happy, but I hope it doesn't fall to our women to salvage our hockey honour - again.

Cheers

I think the men's game will be just as exciting. We beat you once. We can do it again.

We only want to rent the top of the podium during the medal ceremony. You get to keep it the rest of the year. Like Canada did with the sliding track and snowboard and ski cross course. Way to stack the deck.

Good thing hockey ice is always the same. I see you needed to borrow an American made Zamboni to fix the long track speed skating oval. Can't we just get along. LOL.

We have already been devastated by the weather Canada exported to the south east part of our country. Haven't you guys heard of global warming? Not just Vancouver warming, but global warming.

By the way, Why was it so warm in BC when we are freezing our butts off down here in the lower 48? Can you send us some firewood?

Hi Mark,

None of us could figure out why Vancouver - the only place in Canada it doesn't snow - got the Winter Olympics. When my husband first heard he said, "Let's thank IOC corruption for what is sure to be the Spring Games." Boy, did he call that right.

Cheers