New reason to lose weight

lthames0810

I have lost my sense of smell. I can only tell if something is salt, or sweet, or sour or bitter, but I can't tell any flavor. For example, all ice cream tastes the same...cold, creamy, sweet...that's it. Not that that's bad. I can still binge on it if I'm not careful.

I can't sniff food to see if it's spoiled, I can't smell smoke or a gas leak, I can't tell if my dogs stink, or my house (or me.) It's hard to cook, too. I miss the non-food scents the most: Flowers, fresh cut grass, the ocean, rain...

One day at work, apparently, a rodent had died up above the ceiling in my office, and the first person in my office that day goes "What is that horrible smell?" Me: What smell?

After all kinds of scans and tests, which continue, my doctor thinks it's caused by inflamation. Only steroids help and only for a few weeks, two months is the record, then I have to wait another six months before I can have another shot.

Sorry about all the bellyaching...suck it up, buttercup...but I'm becoming desperately unhappy about this and I'm looking for anything I can do.

Here's the weight loss connection: I read something about excess abdominal fat contributing to an inflammatory state in the body. Do you thing if I lost all this belly, I would be able to smell again permanently? As if I needed any other reason to want to lose weight, this might really be the thing.

Any other ideas would be most welcome.

Francl27

That can't be normal at all. Go see your doctor.