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only certain things. fast food smells, pumping gas, truck exhaust, an old beater with someone smoking in it, very close to hurling. my surgeon said that it is the anesthesia that rewires only some peoples brains. unable to predict this. he also says it may decrease, may go away, or not. this was NOT in the pamphlet!

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Oh my yes! I thought I was weird. My had a good smeller before surgery. Now is it more sensitive. My hubby ate the Soup which he has eaten other times. Now I can really smell garlic and onion that is end it. Glad to know I'm not alone.

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I've given it a few weeks now and it's still super sniffing. I think @@DavidOso is right. Something in the brain got rewired. So, about 2weeks after surgery, My sister asked me whether I have a front loader or a top loader washing machine. I thought about it and could not remember. I could not remember a single thing about the whole laundry room. It was a big black blank in my memory. It was terrifying. The more I tried to remember, the worse it was. I thought about walking through the family room and going into the laundry room and then it all came rushing back. Boom. But, yes, it was like the pathway to that batch of files fad been broken. I am sure I am rewired.

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Will be 3 weeks since I've been sleeved on Thursday and I came home today asking my mom what the smell was... She has heated up corn hours before I got home and I could still smell it.

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This reminds me of a joke.

A blind man walking by a fish market, tipped his hat and said "Good morning ladies". :)

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This reminds me of a joke.

A blind man walking by a fish market, tipped his hat and said "Good morning ladies". :)

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It's ok when I need to see if something has gone bad, but even my Scentsy is too much for me most of the time now!

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