An Optimistic Tale about the Loss of the Sense of Smell & its Recovery {The 5th Sense in the News}

Perfumer Kim Spadaro couldn't smell anymore due to a begnin brain tumor, an ensuing condition generally described as anosmia...

Kim Spadaro describes the feeling as "a mushroom cloud explosion in my head." Not painful, but disorienting. Her heart was racing and she felt "like I needed to hang on."

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You can watch the reportage by Dr. Sanjay Gupta,