04/25/2023
Hello my friends, I wanted to give you an update on myself and Sweet- E’s. In September of 2022, my children and I got COVID-19. While we all recovered relatively quickly for the most part, I was unfortunate enough to be amongst the 7% of people who develop Parosmia after COVID.
With Parosmia, things that normally have a pleasant smell (or no smell) suddenly smell bad, chemically, or rotten, while other things have no smell at all. This has impacted me and my ability to bake incredibly. For me, the smell/taste of chocolate, coffee, peanut butter, and citrus are all overwhelmingly DISGUSTING, and I can no longer smell things such as cream or milk to see if they’re still fresh.
As you can imagine, this has made baking for me nearly impossible. Getting Covid-19 was one of my biggest fears, as I knew if I lost taste and smell it would alter my life dramatically.
So here we are, more than 6 months in, with no end in site. I have been looking up new treatments and medical procedures and will be discussing them with my doctor in the near future, however for now, I will need to remain temporarily closed. If you have an order in with me, no worries, we will get it done, even if I have to wear nose plugs the entire time!
Parosmia is a distorted sense of smell. The condition happens when smell receptor cells in your nose don’t detect and transmit odors to your brain.