A long time friend invited us to her recent 60th birthday party. It was a potluck dinner and I volunteered to bring a fruit tray as pictured above. I ended up bringing most of it back home because there was so much other food.
One of the guests who had his 60th birthday party late last year told us he had lost his sense of smell earlier that year. He was having tests and scans done but it didn't sound hopeful for him. They recalled close to that time, having burned some plastic wrap in the microwave and wondered if some chemicals had been released to kill the sensitive nerves. That may not even be the case. Maybe it is age related, in the way that some people become hard of hearing in their senior years.
I was reading about someone who is now over 100, it's sad that a lot of people have things go wrong when they hit 50-60.
ReplyDeleteYour fruit tray looks great. Old age brings a lot of problems with it, but as the alternative is dying young, I'm trying to come to terms with them! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI would have gone straight to your fruit place first. I’m afraid I’ve lost my sense of smell and taste too. No fun, but I believe it’s age related.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I’m watching Virtue and Moir and good grief! They are truly in a class of their own. Super impressive!
ReplyDeletethe fruit tray would certainly be my first choice as well, its so good to have such lovely fruits in winter , I feel.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh to lose one's sense of taste and smell would be awful, I didn't know this was an age related thing,, gosh one thing to look forward to!
I have that same tray!
ReplyDeleteMy mother never had a sense of smell! It was funny. They attributed it, as I recall, to an illness, a fever, maybe? I cannot remember.
Not being able to smell would be rough. I love smelling all the things around me.. Wow...your tray looks so good.
ReplyDeleteI would have loved your fruit tray!
ReplyDeleteBeing 71, I can sympathize with those of us who are aging and its age related problems.
I just try to accept them and move on...albeit at a slower pace :)
It is awfully young to lose his sense of smell. That is sad.
ReplyDeleteAnyone wanting to regain a sense of smell can just become addicted to anti-anxiety meds; while I was only on them at the lowest dose possible for 9 days; became addicted and during my month's-long tapering off, my sense of smell became extremely heightened and that persists even now, 1.5 years later. I wouldn't recommend it though; it comes with a host of nasty other symptoms.
ReplyDeleteNice fruit tray. I've been wearing hearing aids for more than 15 years. Crazy, as no one in my family had that problem. It's not listed as a handicap...but let me tell you it is. I miss out on so many conversations in a group because of background noise...but I will keep smiling and laughing because I still have my tastebuds...haha.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a pretty tray of fruit. I read that people who lose their sense of smell usually die in 5 years, according to a scientific study conducted about 6 years ago.
ReplyDeleteoh no Gigi
DeleteI had bacterial meningitis in 2011 and instead of losing my sense of smell for several months afterwards, everything I looked at, whether online or in a magazine, etc. I could smell it. For instance, looking at art online I could smell the oil paints, or seeing an orange or a fruit tray I could smell it like it was right next to me. I steered away from gross things though, lol. it disappeared one day and it was awhile later I realized I wasn't having that experience anymore. I hope they find out it is nothing serious.
ReplyDeletefruits are best part of meal i think and you decided so well to share it there !
ReplyDeletefelt sorry for your friend who lost his sense of smelling due to some mishap
life is so unpredictable and nothing is unexpected in it
sorry forgot to wish you a happy birthday to your dear friend Christine!
ReplyDeleteYum.
ReplyDeletethe loss of smell is possibly age related or due to an injury or it could be from an illness. people lose there sense of smell for so many reasons and the myth of dieing soon after is bollocks
ReplyDeletethanks for your feedback Jennifer.
DeleteThat's horrible, not to smell.
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