Replied by Shelley from Douglas City, CA on 12/17/2025

I was injured by a 45mph car that hit my hubby and I in the crosswalk, 10 years April of 2026. I had a brain bleed, that leaked into my olfactory gland. I was in a coma for a week and I could not taste like I had previously. I didn't taste the usual tastes of food. I couldn't smell anything but, Wood smoke, cigarette smoke, cleaning chemicals. All my meds while in the hospital left a chemical taste according to the drugs used. I suffered a total of 1i fractured and shattered bones. I had fractured my skull àt both temples, and at the middle of my oppcipical bone. I don't like sweet very much. I now hated ice cream since all I could taste was sugary, syrupy sweetness. ASore foods made me completély pucker up.

I imagined foods, like steak etc. In Màrch of 2023, I inhaled a small dropperfulof Cold pressed Castor Oil. Up each nostril. I did this 2 to 3X per day. After several months and every so often I could smell things besides wood smoké and cigarettes smoké. I started tó smell foods cooking faintly. Í could smell the càt uriñe ín the litter bóx. Í didn't get á hûge rush of smells returning

I fiñàlly in Jan. 2025, cóúld smell farts, càt feces, ßtíñly laundry detergent. Marijuana. My taste hasn't completely returned. I spice foods móre. Then before..

I recently have developed a minor ability to smell human feces and mold and mildew. Another issue that I wasn't ever told about after the accident. If you suffer Olfactory gland damages, and will develop a type of dry mouth that will cause your healthy teeth develop rot, in your gums damages to healthy gums. I ended up losing all my teeth from complete mouth damages caused by Olfactory gland damages. I was never told about any of the permanent effects.

I still pucker really harshly at the mildest sourness. My cats I believe are laughing at me. Do try the Castor Oil inhalation, I also make my own Stinging Nettle and Horseradish Tincture for allergies, and it helps to aide in some smell and mild taste sense.

I hope this helps.