Taste and Smell

[hopefulsunshine11]

Hi!

I have lost my taste and most of my smell now for 12 days.

I am so depressed I am struggling! I have tried everything to can think of! I am eating raw onion, ginger and garlic and nothing! I feel like my head is congested as I'm talking nasaly but there's nothing there when I blow my nose, I feel like I need to cough to clear my throat and there's mucus sitting in my throat and it's all gravelly but I'm not coughing up anything.

I've always enjoyed my food and now I get no enjoyment from one of the only things that keeps me going! I am so worried I never get it back as most forums I've read are people saying they haven't got taste or smell back and only by a small amount when they do.

Can anyone give me any positive outcomes after loss of taste for more than a week?

I only lost my senses of taste and smell for 6 days but it was related to the congestion. Mine was as you described, but for less time, and my taste and smell came back as that improved. Fingers crossed for you!

I'm gradually getting my taste back three weeks after the positive test but smell is still gone. I'm still quite 'sinusy' but I have problems in that area generally and I don't think that's why my smell is gone. It's a blessing for the dirty nappies but otherwise I'm quite fed up!