Hi Henriette,
I lost both smell and taste 3 years ago due to a bad cold that hubby's boss shared with his co-workers and hubby then shared with me.
I immediately lost 20 pounds. Continued to lose but at a slower pace. Now food is all about texture and how it feels in my mouth.
In the past year I have regained partial smell but even that is not consistent and every day differs as to what if anything I can smell on that given day.
Taste however never came back. The only thing I can detect is a butterscotch hard candy. And because of all of this I now have dry mouth.
Weight loss thus far is 39.25 pounds.
I eat a whole lot less now, no pasta, crackers, cookies, beef, fruit (unless in a smoothie which I can now tolerate in my mouth,yea!!), limited veggies, basically anything drying is out unless I have lots of water. I can do seafood, poultry, anything with multiple textures ie..pizza. Most bread is ok. Soft things are good,like muffins or cake/donuts. But again nothing has any flavor or taste.
Thus is my life now.
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