COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
I suffer with no smell or taste,i've had 3 ops for this but it only works for a short while then goes again.Its now 3mths since i had it,so went to doc to-day & she has put me on a weeks supply of steroids, 8 a day,said if that don't work there's nothing more they can do for and would have to live with it.At the moment i only eat to live & find it so depressing.Is there anyone out there that suffers with it & how do they cope.Please Help me.
loveanhugs
Havn't had any replies to my thread yet,i'm feeling a bit isolated as it looks like no one on D.S.has this problem.Well you would't want it anyway it's so depressing when you can not taste.Up until Thursday to finish the steroids,no sleep with that drug,i'm feeling pretty high on it at moment.big hugs needed.xx
BreatheEasy
I am afraid I do not share in this problem with you. In fact I have the opposite problem, food tastes too good. I feel so bad for you though, because eating is one of the few pleasures I have left in life. God bless you! JoAnn
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I have the same problem, no sense of smell, can't taste anything except sweet and bitter. I'm sorry to tell you there is no cure. I've learned to accept it, with great reluctance...meals are a bore, and I worry a bit about not being able to smell smoke or other lurking danger, but I think losing the rest of my vision or hearing would be worse. Just another delightful aspect of the aging process, I guess. I know it's depressing as hell, but I don't think it'll kill us. Cheer up... you're not alone.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel
