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Smells and pheromones after RP
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:40 am
by buckster
Before my RP my wife always told me she loved my smell. Since my surgery she says my smell is gone and she misses it. I was just curious if anyone else has had this same experience?
Buck
Re: Smells and pheromones after RP
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:49 pm
by Bionic_by_AMS
buckster,
Yup ... same here ... it seems to be another one of those undocumented side effects of prostrate removal that affects some of us, but not all?
Re: Smells and pheromones after RP
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:06 pm
by antelope
Maybe taking a shower at the hospital made the difference....ha ha ha
Re: Smells and pheromones after RP
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:11 pm
by buckster
antelope wrote:Maybe taking a shower at the hospital made the difference....ha ha ha
Surely that couldn't be it because I have my annual bath as regular as clockwork every Christmas.
Seriously, I have to wonder if the prostate or the seminal vesicle produces some sort of scent. My wife mentioned the lack of this scent just a few weeks after my surgery.
Re: Smells and pheromones after RP
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:01 pm
by antelope
Who knows? One of the side of effects of my heart surgery was that my sense of smell went into overtime. Not only do I have the sniffer of a coyote, certain smells are repulsive. For example, I love citrus; can't abide most perfumes and sweet air fresheners. Asparagus almost makes me puke. My heart surgeon assured me that the two were not related, but I the timing was undeniable. And it hasn't abated in the years since.
Greg