--**-- The Infirmary --**--

[matt267 PE]

So, serious question here. Lately, I have been smelling the odor of a dirty ash tray everywhere I go. In my house, office, car. Virtually every enclosed area with little "fresh" air flow. Not so much outside because the open air atmosphere. We dont smoke, not around people who do. At home we have a forced hot air oil fired furnace. Originally, I thought that we had an exhaust problem with it or maybe dirty ducts, not that. I am going nuts trying to isolate the smell and no one else smells it. Could I be the problem? Could I have a problem with my sinuses? Someone please help.

I've read that pregnant women experience phantom odors. Perhaps your wife's pregnancy is wearing off on you?

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

Do you have a cat?? Pet?

 

[MA_PE]

do you have a wood-burning stove at home? How old is your car..potential exhaust leak into the cabin?

 

[NJmike PE]

Yes I have a dog. Had him for almost 10 years now. No wood burning stove. It's the strangest thing. Last night I took allergy meds and I don't really smell it anymore. Gonna try a sinus wash.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Maybe your dog is secretly a 2 pack a day smoker.

 

[NJmike PE]

I guess it's possible.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Gonna try a sinus wash.

Sexy.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Getting a couple of plantar warts cut out today. This should be fun. At least it will be better than the feeling of pebbles and broken glass in my shoes.

 

[NJmike PE]

Gonna try a sinus wash.

Sexy.

^^^ This is about what it has come to.

 

[snickerd3]

Getting a couple of plantar warts cut out today. This should be fun. At least it will be better than the feeling of pebbles and broken glass in my shoes.

so how are the feet

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I got them pared down and then a treatment of canthardin (beetle extract), which is a blistering agent. The pain is extraordinary, and supposed to get worse for the next couple days. Guess I still have a few working nerves in my feet after all.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

OK I basically can't walk. The slightest pressure is unbearable. Worst burning sensation I've ever had.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Just wait until you hookup with one of those single moms then have to pee...

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Took the dressings off and it is horrifying. Giant, raised blood blisters on both feet. **** this ****, I'm not doing this type of treatment again.

I spoke with the podiatrist on-call. He said this is normal, but I might be having a worse reaction than most. He was surprised they didn't just knock me out and do out patient surgery to remove them.

On a scale of 1-10, it's about a 9.7.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I actually managed to make myself get motion sick enough to throw up entirely by playing video games last night.

First-person shooters aren't so epic on a 65" TV...

 

[cement]

^ sounds like a first world problem

 

[knight1fox3]

I actually managed to make myself get motion sick enough to throw up entirely by playing video games last night.

First-person shooters aren't so epic on a 65" TV...

I respectfully disagree.

 

[NJmike PE]

So, serious question here. Lately, I have been smelling the odor of a dirty ash tray everywhere I go. In my house, office, car. Virtually every enclosed area with little "fresh" air flow. Not so much outside because the open air atmosphere. We dont smoke, not around people who do. At home we have a forced hot air oil fired furnace. Originally, I thought that we had an exhaust problem with it or maybe dirty ducts, not that. I am going nuts trying to isolate the smell and no one else smells it. Could I be the problem? Could I have a problem with my sinuses? Someone please help.

So after two weeks of dealing with this, cleaning my ducts, changing my furnace air filter and aerosoling my house, I decided to take some sinus cold meds today. 6 hours later I had a gushing bloody nose. After it stopped, blew my nose and a huge bloody mucus mess came out. Been smelling fine since. I guess it was a sinus infection.

 

[snickerd3]

i've got a sinus infection in the making goign on right now. woke up choking on the sinus discharge in the middle of the night. the voice isn't quite right either

 

[NJmike PE]

I've never had one effect mee like this. I was going crazy thinking there was a phantom odor.