No Sense of Smell???

Oct 07, 2014

Hello everyone! I was just wondering if anyone else has lost their sense of smell with surgery. I had a VSG on 9-14-14 and since then I am not able to smell anything. The past week or so I have either a terrible cold or allergies which is causing me to have a very stuffed up nose, but my ability to smell anything has been gone since a day or two after my surgery. I know it should be helping me since I am not able to smell foods that may tempt me, but it is driving me crazy! Even the strongest of smells I can't smell even if I hold them right up to my nose. And if anyone has had this problem....how long will it last? At my one week doctor visit, I told my doctor's assistant that I couldn't smell anything & she replied, "That's odd." and went right back into her line of questions so I am just trying to find out if this is normal or if I should seek out some help for it.

Thanks!

Sandra

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