After a cold...

I've had no sense of smell for years. Nasal sprays to keep polyps under control, five nasal polyp ops and another in the offing. Major surgery on my sinuses above my eyes. (Sinuses are a mess). I would just love to even smell a horrible smell. Go in Lush my husband has to go straight out because the smell is overpowering. I smell nothing. Affects taste as well. Please be grateful its just a short term issue. 20 plus years for me.

I am beginning to wonder whether mine was actually flu after all. Going by the people who also caught it and those who should have but didn't, it seems to be the ones who didn't have the jab who caught this. I usually do but for some reason this year decided I'd take a break from it

I've had what must be the flu for just a week now-know just what you mean. I feel so yucky and anything tastes strange too.

Bikergran Could you wear a mask over your mouth and nose, say it’s so you don’t catch any germs!

My nose I mean. .....

Same here, just at the back end of a cold, my baxters tin of Tom soup tested awful yesterday ,,! Not baxters fault just mine. The worse things I find now is doing my work, which is a checkout operator at supermarket. I can't get my tissue out every two mins, then I try to look in th reflection of the scanner to see if it dribbling(sorry) ""!!

Well DH and I are relaxing with Prosecco and Creme de Cassis - and neither of us is getting over a cold! Can recommend.

G&T is the favoured prescription for a cold - 4 hourly I believe.

Lol! Maybe that would make me feel better too :D

That's me today and a bit flat emotionally - is it too early for a G & T?

Recuperation period. Quite normal really, but I know what you mean.

Yes - I'm in that phase now - cold has all but gone but still feel not quite there. I lost my sense of smell 7 years ago due to a viral infection and although some of it has come back it goes again completely with a cold so nothing tastes of anything and appetite is poor. Hope you feel better soon.