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AERD Awareness Day!
Today is AERD Awareness Day! AERD stands for Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease also known as Samter’s Triad. It has been referred by a couple of names where you can read on the Samter’s Society‘s site, a patient-run disease advocacy group raising awareness on AERD and helps locate resources for patients to manage it. AERD consists of — read more
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Rediscovering Smell: Journey of Gratitude and Affirmations
Life has been interesting. This country and world has been far more interesting, and this year is already flying by. I can’t believe we’re already in mid-April. It’s been a little over a year since I got my sense of smell back. Recently, I logged into my Canva account and stumbled upon this Affirmations: Smell — read more
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10 Things That Happened Since I Gained My Smell Back
#1: I forgot I had a sensitive nose. Stuff just hits my nose so quick and out of nowhere. Sometimes I’m unable to identify what the horrible smells are or just know exactly what they are which are whiffs of trash, sewage, factory smells, old food, poop, bad breath, smoke, gas, and things that just — read more
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Still Smelling: Follow-up on Dupixent
I saw my Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor for a two-month follow-up appointment this past July to see how using Dupixent was going and what the inside of my nose was looking like. I couldn’t wait to share that I could smell again and without steroids! I shared that I have been diligently sticking — read more
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A New Season Full of Smell and Taste
Last November I visited my Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor who I’ve been seeing for 17 years now. You read that right…17 whole years. It’s also crazy that it’s almost been a year since my last visit. So last year, I had been having headaches that felt like sinus headaches for a while. I — read more