Re: Weird symptoms post decompression

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Smells can be an aura before a migraine or seizure. Sometimes before a

major headache I smell cake baking and within 20 minutes it hits. I

would suspect pressure on the right place in the brain caused by a

chiari malformation and/or high ICP could cause the same kind of problems.

Any questions ask, I'm not shy. Take care of you.

Big gentle huggles,

Di in Feasterville-Trevose, PA )

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Maggie wrote:

> Hi all,

> I haven't posted in the longest time because my life has just been nuts, but

I'm taking time

> today to read all the posts that I've been saving for the last month! I have a

couple of

> weird things going on that I wanted to see if anyone else knows about.

Background is that

> I had decompression on June 27, 2007 (almost my anniversary!) and started

working again

> in late August. Doing fairly well overall with the usual muscle spasms, some

pain, fatigue,

> and not just quite the energy level I used to have.

>

> One weird thing going on is that carbonation tastes totally flat now. That

happened last

> year when I was taking Topamax, and I know it can be a side effect of the

medicine. I

> haven't taken Topamax in over 10 months. When I quit taking it, soft drinks

tasted normal

> again. Then about three months ago, it started again where soft drinks taste

flat and too

> sweet.

> Any ideas on that one?

>

> The other thing I had before my surgery was having times where I smelled

cigarette

> smoke when there was absolutely none around. That stopped after surgery. Now

it started

> again about three weeks ago. It happens in my house and in my van--- both are

places

> no one has ever smoked. A couple of nights ago, it was so bad that it actually

made my

> eyes burn like there was smoke in my eyes. It is so incredibly strange. My

very reassuring,

> wonderful daughter says not to worry, it is just because I am crazy! (She is

kidding.... she

> doesn't really think that).

> So any ideas on that one?

>

> Hope everyone is having a good Saturday and a pain-free day!

> Thanks for listening to my weirdness!

> Maggie in Texas