Posted by phillipa on October 14, 2012, at 21:38:32
In reply to Re: Last time I Ask for Med Advise As Know Some Get Fr, posted by Willful on October 14, 2012, at 12:17:37
I'm not imagining a thing. One of my greatest joys in life was eating simple things especially things no one else seems to like as raw cauliflower, peaches, grapes, salsa and chips reading a good book. Most of the things society revolves around is food. I dread holidays as have to pretend to taste then quickly brush teeth use dental floss and then get quickly involved in something that takes my mind off food. I'm tired of sucking on lindtt dark chocolate truffles as no taste from them anymore either. I've boiled it down to either the fact I'd just stopped biaxin xl after two years for lymes, got the lasix surgery on eyes and it jarred the encapsulated lymes cysts to attack the nueurons in nose and that is the time period it diminished day by day.I was sent to an ENT doc immediately by the lasix doc who sent me for an MRI of brain and sinuses. That's when pituitary microadenoma picked up but sinuses fine. So referred to Wake Forrest Taste & Smell Center where after all of the two days of testing completed that I should never be left alone as the example given if a a gas leak occurred I wouldn't know as I wouldn't be able to smell it. Spoiled food would never know either if ate it til got sick. I was given prednisone for two weeks to try to stimulate the neurons to regrow. Didn't work. So went to Washington DC to another Taste & Smell Center. Repeat of first only added 24 hour urine. Same results same advise. I then waited til this summer again saw an ENT and he did another MRI, scoped my nose and basically said sorry both smell & taste are gone. So take away the option of enjoying Mexican food my favorite, no restaurants no beer no corona. Zinch nothing. So when I state that taste and smell are what is depressing it's fact. As for anxiety it results from the pdoc that convinced me that what I loved nursing was too stressful for me. No what's stressful is being home. I hate being at home as it is completly boring. Add aging and the pain and the cup is full. Phillipa
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