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Posted 5/13/2012 3:41 AM (GMT 0)
OK.  Am I alone in the fact that certain scents can make my day go from "normal" to having a "bathroom day?"  I mean, does anyone else get nauseous from things like bacon cooking (or the lingering odor after it's been cooked), coffee, smoke (even from a blown out candle or match) and anything rancid, pungent or even just a chemical smell?  I mean, even one of the kids going a lil overboard with the Febreeze upstairs has been enough to send me running to the bathroom with me just being downstairs.

Do certain odors do this to any of you?  I'm beginning to think my husband doesn't believe me.  We've been married a year but even though he says he understands, when I ask him not to spray something or cook something, he just doesn't "get" it. 

Thanks so much for your replies!

Posted 5/13/2012 5:46 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, smells in my life are awful,since I have been on remicade for 9 YRS my nose has gone nuts....... I can smell things that are so vile to me I can gag on things other ppl can not smell. Bacon is at the top of my list also,cucumber,ketchup(a bad one) cantalope,fish .
I can go in a grocery store and smell rotten fruit and veggies, moldy bread, and raw meat, I feel ill to my tummy in no time at all.
When I have flown in planes I can smell booze on ppl and omg that is so bad(makes me ill just thinking of it. ) So I understand what you are talking about and my family is amazed at my sense of smell even when they think I am overly fussy about the things that I "complain about.
Posted 5/13/2012 10:42 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Sosueme! Glad to know I'm not alone. I posted this question on a group on Facebook and got a number of replies from others who feel the same way. I hate it that we have such sensitive noses which in turns doesn't set well with our stomachs. But I'm really glad to know that I am not alone in this! Thanks for your reply! :)
Posted 5/13/2012 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
I believe you, but none of the smells you mentioned apply to me; I love the smell of cooking bacon! >_>

I think I have quite a sensitive sense of smell though. At lunch, my dad sometimes has cheese with onion marmalade. As I sit opposite him, I can smell the onion marmalade and it's a horrible, acrid scent.

Also, the bloody sink smells a lot of the time. The bin occasionally smells.

Apart from that, though, I'm okay. Frying food never bothers me, nor does polish, paint, etc.
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