http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/2009/11/30/stroke-and-sense-of-smell/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Our Stroke Recovery Journey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:26:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/2009/11/30/stroke-and-sense-of-smell/comment-page-1/#comment-47451 Kathy Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:38:12 +0000 http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-47451 Rick, you are not crazy. The stroke obviously affected the part of your brain that controls your sense of smell. Steve was very sensitive too, but not quite as severe as you. However, his sensitivity to those smells is wearing off as time goes on. I was so happy that he enjoyed this last Thanksgiving including all the cooking smells. Certain things still really bother him including fabric softener and scented candles. But yet he can wear cologne and it doesn't affect him at all. Go figure! Rick, you are not crazy. The stroke obviously affected the part of your brain that controls your sense of smell. Steve was very sensitive too, but not quite as severe as you. However, his sensitivity to those smells is wearing off as time goes on. I was so happy that he enjoyed this last Thanksgiving including all the cooking smells. Certain things still really bother him including fabric softener and scented candles. But yet he can wear cologne and it doesn’t affect him at all. Go figure!

]]> http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/2009/11/30/stroke-and-sense-of-smell/comment-page-1/#comment-47164 rick george Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:27:55 +0000 http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-47164 dear kathy, I am a 63yr old married male who suffered a brain bleed a year ago. Since then many smells, either real or imagined, are truly driving me to the edge. I seem to smell things like fragrances in laundry soap, air fresheners, room deodorisers, etc, the smell of cooking (turkey for example) and even cooking a potato in the toaster oven. I threw all out all cleaners with fragrances and rewashed everything, I even bought a new Tide product designed to remove scents from the washer itself. Still, there are a million scents floating around this house; I cannot even lay my head on my pillow to escape. My wife I feel, doesn't totally believe me and I don't blame her. I sound completely crazy. dear kathy, I am a 63yr old married male who suffered a brain bleed a year ago. Since then many smells, either real or imagined, are truly driving me to the edge. I seem to smell things like fragrances in laundry soap, air fresheners, room deodorisers, etc, the smell of cooking (turkey for example) and even cooking a potato in the toaster oven. I threw all out all cleaners with fragrances and rewashed everything, I even bought a new Tide product designed to remove scents from the washer itself. Still, there are a million scents floating around this house; I cannot even lay my head on my pillow to escape. My wife I feel, doesn’t totally believe me and I don’t blame her. I sound completely crazy.

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