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Loss of smell and taste after head injury

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Jul 30 2:49pm | Replies (30)
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@colleenyoung

Welcome, @gwenrn74. I moved your discussion to the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Support Group here https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi/

I did this so you can connect with others with brain injury experience like @westd @kayabbott @gregd1956 @dawnpereda @hevykevy @robertpierre89 and many others who understand.

Gwen, you are dealing with a lot of symptoms. Losing you sense of taste and smell has robed you of something you love: baking and cooking.

Did you take part in a brain injury rehab program after the accident to help with recovery?

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gwenrn74 | @gwenrn74 | Jul 28 8:34pm

I did vestibular therapy for 6 months. I'm passing cognitive testing as average, with one area above average. This is all Workman's Compensation driven.

I was a RN for 40 years and have taken care of worse head injured patients than me, so I'm quite confused as to how this was so severe I lost my taste and smell. I'm still doing neuro vision therapy for my right eye. My mother is 103 yo, soon to be 104 yo and I'm sicker than she is and take so many more Rx meds. We live to be very old in my family, so this is devastating- and the ability to not work is concerning in the face of inflation.

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