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To: Red Badger

Static in the attic .

Went bird hunting about 25 years ago and probably fired the shot gun a few times and have had buzzing of my ears since, it is increased whenever there is loud noises around me... football games, movies, loud TV, etc. makes it worse. Also about 4 years age my sense of smell has gone.

Wasn’t expecting that to happen. My parents did not lose theirs ... or did not know they did.

Thank the LORD for the many blessings poured upon us daily, in Jesus name! Amen.


30 posted on 06/23/2015 10:46:05 AM PDT by geologist
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To: geologist

If you have ‘lost your sense of smell’ then it’s possible that you may have what is called an ‘Inverted Papilloma’.

I had one, a huge one! It got so big I could not breathe thru my nose. I had 3 separate surgeries in 2008 that finally got rid of it all. It was so huge the bone separating my two nasal cavities behind my forehead had been breached.

After the surgeries I sounded ‘different’ to myself when talking because I had changed the volume of my sinus cavity. It took about three months to get used to my new ‘voice’.

Also, I lost my sense of smell for about a year because they had to remove all the tissue from my sinuses down to the bone, and that included the olfactory nerve endings as well. They told me I had a 50/50 chance of getting it back, but I did. I could not smell anything at all, but now the smell of bacon is sweeter than ever!

You might want to check with an ENT doc and get a sinuscopy. It’s a little weird having a tube sent up your nose, but it’s not bad. My doc had a really small, thin probe with a video attachment so I could see what was going on inside my head!

Google ‘inverted papilloma images” for some really gross pics......


32 posted on 06/23/2015 11:11:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: geologist

“Also about 4 years age my sense of smell has gone.”

Well, on the upside, you should be a wiz at changing diapers now.


33 posted on 06/23/2015 11:15:53 AM PDT by Boogieman
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