Reactions to Smells~my husband will never outlive.......

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I totally get the thing about smells, odors, and dealing with it in

public. Before I knew that I had FM i had a lot of problems with

this. There are actually stores that I can not go into at all.

Pier One, The Body Shop, Yankee Candle, Payless shoes.....the list

could go on and on and on.

We were at a resort for three days this weekend and the smells from

the restaurant were horrible. No one else noticed. They also were

across the street from a quary, and the STENCH from it made the huge

hotel smell like a giant bowl of rotten eggs. Sulfur city. I called

down to the desk and they told us that it happens about once a

month, and that I should not be concerned as it smelled bad but was

not dangerous. I was walking around breathing through my nose and

gagging.

Now comes the fun part. (yeah..gross body function issues) I have

had three children, three c sections, 4 abdominal surgeries, so

unfortunately my bladder is not in tip top shape. Normally it is

not an issue, unless I throw up. So I am walking around gagging,

trying not to throw up and tinkling in my underware. Suck City. ho

hum. Bring on the depends. Not condusive for a family outing.

I was so ULTRA sensitive each time I carried a baby that my husband

made me little barf buckets out of rectangular cracker boxes lined

with shopping bags that would fit between me and the steering wheel

so I could barf and drive at the same time. Hey that is a talent.

I can also tie things in knots with my tongue, but save that for

another day.

While living in East Texas, everywhere you would go they deep fry

foods. All the gas stations fry foods. It is miserable. Grease,

grease, stench, pinesol. But the funniest thing was my poor husband

cleaned up barf from all manner of places. Hes a good guy.

But.....the famous quote that he gave after taking me out for a nice

steak dinnner was........

" I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GO OUT TO EAT, YOU JUST COME HOME AND THROW IT

ALL UP ANYWAY " !!!!!!!!!!!!

We hop into the shower that night and I just got my head covered

with shampoo....having a romantic moment with my husband,,,....and

the water comes out smelling like rotten eggs. They had a watermain

break, and this caused the smell. I threw up that whole steak dinner

right on his feet in the shower.

So now...when ever I want to get my stinkie feet rubbed or something

I can always bring up the quote that will never die. Throwing up

can be funny....I could send you a long list of ways to call vomit.

I'll save that for another day too!

People say that I can smell things that a dog can not. I choose to

take that as a complement. I figure it is a gift, like esp, or espn

without the extra cable cost. I could also make a list of all the

bathrooms I threw up in, but I will definately save that for an

enemy.

Breathing through my nose.....Barbara

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Hiya Barbara .. oh how i know the smell thing,,, i can smell smoke from a fire in the next state over... well it seems that way sometimes heehee Huggles you lots Sophia -- Reactions to Smells~my husband will never outlive....... I totally get the thing about smells, odors, and dealing with it in public. Before I knew that I had FM i had a lot of problems with this. There are actually stores that I can not go into at all. Pier One, The Body Shop, Yankee Candle, Payless shoes.....the list could go on and on and on. We were at a resort for three days this weekend and the smells from the restaurant were horrible. No one else noticed. They also were across the street from a quary, and the STENCH from it made the huge hotel smell like a giant bowl of rotten eggs. Sulfur city. I called down to the desk and they told us that it happens about once a month, and that I should not be concerned as it smelled bad but was not dangerous. I was walking around breathing through my nose and gagging. Now comes the fun part. (yeah..gross body function issues) I have had three children, three c sections, 4 abdominal surgeries, so unfortunately my bladder is not in tip top shape. Normally it is not an issue, unless I throw up. So I am walking around gagging, trying not to throw up and tinkling in my underware. Suck City. ho hum. Bring on the depends. Not condusive for a family outing. I was so ULTRA sensitive each time I carried a baby that my husband made me little barf buckets out of rectangular cracker boxes lined with shopping bags that would fit between me and the steering wheel so I could barf and drive at the same time. Hey that is a talent. I can also tie things in knots with my tongue, but save that for another day. While living in East Texas, everywhere you would go they deep fry foods. All the gas stations fry foods. It is miserable. Grease, grease, stench, pinesol. But the funniest thing was my poor husband cleaned up barf from all manner of places. Hes a good guy. But.....the famous quote that he gave after taking me out for a nice steak dinnner was........ "I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GO OUT TO EAT, YOU JUST COME HOME AND THROW IT

ALL UP ANYWAY"!!!!!!!!!!!!

We hop into the shower that night and I just got my head covered

with shampoo....having a romantic moment with my husband,,,....and

the water comes out smelling like rotten eggs. They had a watermain

break, and this caused the smell. I threw up that whole steak dinner

right on his feet in the shower.

So now...when ever I want to get my stinkie feet rubbed or something

I can always bring up the quote that will never die. Throwing up

can be funny....I could send you a long list of ways to call vomit.

I'll save that for another day too!

People say that I can smell things that a dog can not. I choose to

take that as a complement. I figure it is a gift, like esp, or espn

without the extra cable cost. I could also make a list of all the

bathrooms I threw up in, but I will definately save that for an

enemy.

Breathing through my nose.....Barbara

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Weird... my husband has the same thing with smells and he doesn't have FMS. Must just be a kooky thing. He gets out of control with it sometimes! I have had to ditch all my perfumes. One day they smell amazing to him.. the next day all he can smell is one small note in the scent used to spice it up or something and he hates it.. go figure!

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I love that someone posted about the smell thing because my sense of smell can get out of control. For example, my husband was drinking coffee one night and all I could smell was burning ceramic. I had to take my nose over to his cup, pick it up and smell the ceramic mug. I smelled nothing but the ceramic from the mug from way across the room. He looked at me, laughed, and said, 'Freak!"

Thanks for reminding me of the funny of this condition,

Lexi