Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi Laurel, I don't worry to much about this scent sensitivity right now, I just avoid places where it starts up. No one can put on perfume, aftershave etc. in the house, they have to do it outside, and I have had to ask son's date to wait outside for him because she bathes in perfume...so I have now told everyone that comes to my home, no perfume please. If we are to eat out, and there is someone there with heavy perfume, I will leave the restaurant, or at least that area of it until I can no longer smell it. We usually don't eat out on Sundays's because that is when the seniors seem to be out, and they are the group that tends to wear the heaviest scented stuff, them and the young ladies. I know this makes me sound like a terrible person, but I just can not be around this stuff. If it ever gets to a point where every thing bothers starts to bother me, I will see what can be done about it then. Jody _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Jody, You're not alone! I once made my in-laws ride in the car with the windows wide open in mid-winter since my MIL slathered on Giorgio before we left. It was the last time she put perfume on in my house! The older folks seem to lose their sense of smell and need to use a LOT to prove to themselves they put it on in the first place. Terry > > Reply-To: graves_support > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:19:52 -0500 > To: <graves_support > > Subject: Re: Scents - Laurel > > Jody, > > This is all speculation but I'm thinking that, after all the trouble you had > with your symptoms, and based on the fact that a lot of us get cortisol > overload just trying to make it through the worst of the symptoms, you may > have rewired your olfactory system to indicate " danger " when you get near > heavy scents. Pregnant women commonly have nausea and vomiting in early > pregnancy as a deterrent to ingesting substances that might harm the fetus. > The phenomena in pregnancy goes away when the danger for the fetus does. Bet > yours is hardwired by now. > > I certainly don't think that this makes you a bad person! We make > accommodations for people with other " glitches " (I hate to think of us all as > ill or disabled). Why not those who have this smell sensitivity? I'll bet > the other diners would not be happy if you vomited in their space. > > Laurel > > Re: Scents - Laurel > > Hi Laurel, > I don't worry to much about this scent sensitivity right now, I just avoid > places where it starts up. No one can put on perfume, aftershave etc. in > the house, they have to do it outside, and I have had to ask son's date to > wait outside for him because she bathes in perfume...so I have now told > everyone that comes to my home, no perfume please. > > If we are to eat out, and there is someone there with heavy perfume, I will > leave the restaurant, or at least that area of it until I can no longer > smell it. We usually don't eat out on Sundays's because that is when the > seniors seem to be out, and they are the group that tends to wear the > heaviest scented stuff, them and the young ladies. > > I know this makes me sound like a terrible person, but I just can not be > around this stuff. If it ever gets to a point where every thing bothers > starts to bother me, I will see what can be done about it then. > Jody > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Advertisments placed on this yahoo groups list does not have the endorsement > of > the listowner. I have no input as to what ads are attached to emails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi Terry, I'm glad I'm not alone in this! Do you get sick to your stomach and/or migraines from the scents? If older people do it because they have lost their sense of smell...what is the excuse with the teenage girls and young men? Jody _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi Terry, I'm glad I'm not alone in this! Do you get sick to your stomach and/or migraines from the scents? If older people do it because they have lost their sense of smell...what is the excuse with the teenage girls and young men? Jody _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 > > Reply-To: graves_support > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:46:30 -0500 > To: graves_support > Subject: Re: Scents - Laurel > > Hi Terry, > I'm glad I'm not alone in this! Do you get sick to your stomach and/or > migraines from the scents? If older people do it because they have lost > their sense of smell...what is the excuse with the teenage girls and young > men? > Jody > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Advertisments placed on this yahoo groups list does not have the endorsement > of > the listowner. I have no input as to what ads are attached to emails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hey Terry, I have one of those young men and his friends (ok him too but not always) have on too much stuff to sometimes cover up the things they don't want you to smell. And some of them have no sense of smell because of those things. Some of them just lack the experience to know how much is too much. Once they have it on they can't smell it. So they go around thinking they are very cool and they reek! I had a German Shepard once who felt that way about dehydrated cow manure. Laurel Re: Scents - Laurel > > Hi Terry, > I'm glad I'm not alone in this! Do you get sick to your stomach and/or > migraines from the scents? If older people do it because they have lost > their sense of smell...what is the excuse with the teenage girls and young > men? > Jody > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Advertisments placed on this yahoo groups list does not have the endorsement > of > the listowner. I have no input as to what ads are attached to emails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hey Terry, I have one of those young men and his friends (ok him too but not always) have on too much stuff to sometimes cover up the things they don't want you to smell. And some of them have no sense of smell because of those things. Some of them just lack the experience to know how much is too much. Once they have it on they can't smell it. So they go around thinking they are very cool and they reek! I had a German Shepard once who felt that way about dehydrated cow manure. Laurel Re: Scents - Laurel > > Hi Terry, > I'm glad I'm not alone in this! Do you get sick to your stomach and/or > migraines from the scents? If older people do it because they have lost > their sense of smell...what is the excuse with the teenage girls and young > men? > Jody > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Advertisments placed on this yahoo groups list does not have the endorsement > of > the listowner. I have no input as to what ads are attached to emails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hey Terry, I have one of those young men and his friends (ok him too but not always) have on too much stuff to sometimes cover up the things they don't want you to smell. And some of them have no sense of smell because of those things. Some of them just lack the experience to know how much is too much. Once they have it on they can't smell it. So they go around thinking they are very cool and they reek! I had a German Shepard once who felt that way about dehydrated cow manure. Laurel Re: Scents - Laurel > > Hi Terry, > I'm glad I'm not alone in this! Do you get sick to your stomach and/or > migraines from the scents? If older people do it because they have lost > their sense of smell...what is the excuse with the teenage girls and young > men? > Jody > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Advertisments placed on this yahoo groups list does not have the endorsement > of > the listowner. I have no input as to what ads are attached to emails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi Jody- I'm the same way about perfume. It makes me throwuppy sick. I have an elderly mother-in-law who doesn't believe she doesn't have less hair-receptors in her nose than she did when she was young. Plus there's olfactory fatigue (hair receptors fire so much they get tired and quit for a while-that's why it's difficult to smell yourself). So, since she can't smell her perfume, she's convinced no one else can either and we're all lying to her. Usually, it's not too bad of a problem unless it's morning or she's going out. When we have a 4 1/2 hr drive to L.A. it's really bad because we're clumped up together in a car. I deal with it by opening the window and parking my nose in the wind. It blows out my mother-in-law's hairdo and she gets mad but we've asked her repeatedly not to apply perfume on long trips (wait till we get there). She refuses so what else can I do? Take care, > Hi Laurel, > I don't worry to much about this scent sensitivity right now, I just avoid > places where it starts up. No one can put on perfume, aftershave etc. in > the house, they have to do it outside, and I have had to ask son's date to > wait outside for him because she bathes in perfume...so I have now told > everyone that comes to my home, no perfume please. > > If we are to eat out, and there is someone there with heavy perfume, I will > leave the restaurant, or at least that area of it until I can no longer > smell it. We usually don't eat out on Sundays's because that is when the > seniors seem to be out, and they are the group that tends to wear the > heaviest scented stuff, them and the young ladies. > > I know this makes me sound like a terrible person, but I just can not be > around this stuff. If it ever gets to a point where every thing bothers > starts to bother me, I will see what can be done about it then. > Jody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi Jody- I'm the same way about perfume. It makes me throwuppy sick. I have an elderly mother-in-law who doesn't believe she doesn't have less hair-receptors in her nose than she did when she was young. Plus there's olfactory fatigue (hair receptors fire so much they get tired and quit for a while-that's why it's difficult to smell yourself). So, since she can't smell her perfume, she's convinced no one else can either and we're all lying to her. Usually, it's not too bad of a problem unless it's morning or she's going out. When we have a 4 1/2 hr drive to L.A. it's really bad because we're clumped up together in a car. I deal with it by opening the window and parking my nose in the wind. It blows out my mother-in-law's hairdo and she gets mad but we've asked her repeatedly not to apply perfume on long trips (wait till we get there). She refuses so what else can I do? Take care, > Hi Laurel, > I don't worry to much about this scent sensitivity right now, I just avoid > places where it starts up. No one can put on perfume, aftershave etc. in > the house, they have to do it outside, and I have had to ask son's date to > wait outside for him because she bathes in perfume...so I have now told > everyone that comes to my home, no perfume please. > > If we are to eat out, and there is someone there with heavy perfume, I will > leave the restaurant, or at least that area of it until I can no longer > smell it. We usually don't eat out on Sundays's because that is when the > seniors seem to be out, and they are the group that tends to wear the > heaviest scented stuff, them and the young ladies. > > I know this makes me sound like a terrible person, but I just can not be > around this stuff. If it ever gets to a point where every thing bothers > starts to bother me, I will see what can be done about it then. > Jody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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