Strange...and lovely

stickywicket
stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
edited 11. Jun 2014, 16:43 in Community Chit-chat archive
My sense of smell has returned.

I don't know when or where it went but I've been years without it. Suddenly, two days ago, when applying the perfume I have to use because I know from many years ago that it's OK on me, I vaguely smelt it.

Yesterday, in the supermarket, I passed by the bakery. Ooooh yes!

Last night I had a bath and not only felt clean but also smelt it. Wonderful!

Then this morning, I walked past my pot of coriander...immediately walked back...and inhaled deeply with my nose right in it...and began devouring it from the pot :oops:

I don't know if it'll last so I intend to make the most of it while it does. (Mr SW will be banned from kicking his shoes off :lol: )
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright
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  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    SW this is brilliant, my father lost his sense of smell, and we didn't really know how much it effected him till the hospice he went to wrote a book of memories and he put in how he missed the smell of food ..newly mown grass...and the list went on ,,I am very pleased for you :D ..x
    Love
    Barbara
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm so pleased you're experiencing the sweet success of smell :wink:
    Just think, now you'll find out why Mr Stickywicket flaps the sheets in the morning :o
    Numpty
  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    How wonderful! Hope it lasts. Get some lillies, beautiful scent.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ah, smells: I reckon the best are freshly-baked bread, babies, coffee, freesias and Johnson's baby talc. I hope this lasts, yes? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh dear! I speed read DD's post as 'freshly baked babies' :shock: and did a double take.

    The magic goes on. Smells are great :D
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh how wonderful. Just in time for all the new summer flowers. Enjoy the good smells.

    :lol: @ Numpty.
    Christine
  • Megrose489
    Megrose489 Member Posts: 782
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That's really good news. Enjoy your sniffing fest!

    Meg
  • villier
    villier Member Posts: 4,426
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Brilliant news Sticky, I have a friend who lost her sense of smell years ago and know what it meant to her. That must have came as a total shock after all this time. It will have it's advantages and disadvantages, I don't think I need to spell out the disadvantages :wink: xx
    Smile a while and while you smile
    smile another smile and soon there
    will be miles and miles of smiles
    just because you smiled I wish your
    day is full of Smiles
  • mike26
    mike26 Member Posts: 416
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    arr sticky
    what great news, we realy dont realize till somethings gone do we,
    like the woman on tv last week got her hearing back after years and years
    of deafness . she herd for the first time the birds singing at dawn and
    it was a very special moment in her life.
    great news sticky ..
    mike..
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    have you guys any idea how special you are? You always take pleasure in someone else's good fortune even when things are rubbish for you. I feel very privileged to count you as my cyber friends.

    Well, this morning Mr SW mowed the lawn :D:D:D

    This afternoon I made a salmon pie :(

    Aint life complicated :wink:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope you enjoyed the smell of the new mown grass. Must be wonderful for you, fingers crossed it lasts.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Brilliant news SW..like someone said just in time for the summer flowers and mown grass..go on then and salmon pie...wonderful, I am really pleased for you :D x
    Love
    Barbara
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Shame about the tuna. I eat a lot of tuna. It's a very smelly fish, isn't it :roll:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I don't like the smell of fish full stop but love to eat it.. :D
    Love
    Barbara
  • Boomer13
    Boomer13 Member Posts: 1,931
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That's wonderful Sticky, I can't imagine not having sense of smell; I love mine. Especially at this time of year.

    Hope it lasts for you. :D
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks Anna. So far, so good.

    What's equally odd is that I've not used my steroid nasal inhaler for about 10 days and I'm OK on that front too :? but :D
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • villier
    villier Member Posts: 4,426
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That's amazing I am so pleased for you long may it continue, I hope it will happen one day for my friend as well. xx
    Smile a while and while you smile
    smile another smile and soon there
    will be miles and miles of smiles
    just because you smiled I wish your
    day is full of Smiles
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    My apologies for harping on about this but it still takes me by surprise every day.

    Today our first white peony is out. Unlike their earlier red cousins, these have a gorgeous scent and today I got it for the first time in years. It's all the more precious as my Dad 'donated' the plant after moving to an apartment with no garden. He couldn't bear to leave it.

    Best 'regular' scents - the bathroom. And me after a bath :lol:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Don't apologise. It's a privilege to be able to share your joy in this.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • villier
    villier Member Posts: 4,426
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hey!!! no apologies needed, you harp on all you want SW, I am over the moon for you that was sweet music to my ears :D xx
    Smile a while and while you smile
    smile another smile and soon there
    will be miles and miles of smiles
    just because you smiled I wish your
    day is full of Smiles
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It's good to hear you are enjoying it.
    Christine
  • marrianne
    marrianne Member Posts: 1,161
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I love smells ........my absolute radar on the world oh dear Sticky such a dble edge sword though to smell dirty things to petrol and the other one cant spell ..........just want you to smell new cut grass ..buns and cakes bakeing ..........oh the scent called ang.. and fresh country walks new cut wood and tarmac ....... xx
  • marrianne
    marrianne Member Posts: 1,161
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    and the sheets that blew dry on the line on a good day xx
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    marrianne wrote:
    and the sheets that blew dry on the line on a good day xx

    Did you, like me, used to always smell the nappies when brought in from the line, marrianne? It kind of made up for having to smell them beforehand :lol:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Smelling nappies? Not me, I used disposables. But you can't beat the smell of a johnson's baby.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich

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