(09-06-2018, 12:22 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(09-05-2018, 10:34 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: True story. No one else in my family has the issue but. I was literally dropped on my head as a baby- less than a year old- and had to have holes drilled into my skull to relieve brain swell pressure. That could be the reason why I can't smell but who knows?

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My husband doesn't float air bicuits, he drops juicy sounding air grenades so I still suffer on an auditory level. Lol

Loss of taste and smell happen in 1 out 4 traumatic brain injuries so it's a good bet that's the cause. I'm pretty sure the OP can't smell or taste anything either.

I'm certain this explains a few other things about me. Lol. But for real, I never even heard the words "traumatic brain injury" until our troops were coming back from the sandbox with them. I just know what happened to me and never thought twice about it since I'm functional and no one ever said anything.  

When I was a teenager a family friend was cutting my hair and she freaked out because I had two dents in the top of my skull, probably quarter sized and not very deep, from where they drilled into it. I'd honestly never noticed them because no one said it wasn't normal. That's when my mom told me what happened. I freaked out a bit, as a teenager would, but then realized it didn't change anything.

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