All -
In a strange way, a persistant strange odor led to my PD diagnosis. For
which I am thankful, since I thought that I was disintegrating bit by bit
--- voice, handwriting, smell, speaking. Now I know that the symptoms are
from PD --- and that has been treatable, for now.
My complaint that "I don't smell so good" was answered by my physicians
about as you would expect. Finally, one suggested that I might have a
brain tumor. No evidence of such from the MRI, but it got me thinking and
asking the right questions. Which led (after several false starts ) to a
specialist in PD and the correct dx.
Periodically, I smell smoke. And in my area, when you smell smoke you get
up and look, since fires can move quickly in Southern California. No
fires, just some strangeness in my brain.
Now if I smell smoke, I still get up and look. Once it was a fire.
Bill Isbell 64/4 mo.
